in den Kulturwissenschaften

Kooperation in den Studiengängen zur Komparativen Theologie in Qom und Paderborn

Der DAAD förderte in den Jahren 2018 bis 2021 die gemeinsame Arbeit der Universität Paderborn und der University of Religions and Denominations (URD) im Iran im Programm "Fachbezogene Partnerschaften mit Hochschulen in Entwicklungsländern". Dort lernen Studierende Weltreligionen aus der Perspektive ihrer jeweiligen Theologien kennen. Um die Fragen ...

Duration: 01/2018 - 12/2021

Funded by: DAAD

Contact: Klaus von Stosch

Grim Look and Teeth-Gnashing: Conditions of Constructing John and Henry III’s Emotions in Chronicles and Letters (1199–1272)

This dissertation project aims to investigate and identify the different reasons and conditions for descriptions of the emotions of rulers in historiography using the example of two English kings, John and Henry III. One of the key questions is whether these descriptions allow us to draw conclusions about the habitus of a particular ruler. To this ...

Duration: 01/2018 - 07/2024

Inklusive Domerkundung

Bei dem Projekt der inklusiven Domerkundung steht die Erkundung des Hohen Doms zu Paderborn aus Sicht von Kindern der dritten Klasse im Fokus. Der Dom ist die zentrale Kathedralkirche der Stadt, die vor mehr als 750 Jahren erbaut wurde. Über die Jahrhunderte hinweg haben viele unterschiedliche Bischöfe, Bauheeren und Gläubige den Dom aufgesucht und ...

Duration: 01/2018 - 12/2023

Ehrenamtliche Mitverantwortung

In (Gesamt-)Pfarrgemeinderäten und Kirchenvorständen bringen Ehrenamtliche viel Herzblut ein. Diese Gremienformen spielen weiterhin eine wichtige Rolle, müssen aber um weitere Formen der Mitverantwortung ergänzt werden. Denn ehrenamtliches Engagement verändert sich: Viele Menschen wollen sich weniger langfristig an eine Aufgabe binden. Nicht nur ...

Duration: 01/2018 - 07/2023

Die schöpferische Kraft der Fremdheitserfahrung. Phänomenologische Überlegungen zur Fremdheit – zum geschichtsdidaktischen Konzept des Fremdverstehens – zu geschichtskulturellen Ordnungen

The doctoral project has two main directions: On the one hand, it discusses the 'Phenomenology of the Strange' according to Bernhard Waldenfels, additionally employing fundamental considerations on the topic of strangeness. Taking these considerations as the basis, the historical didactic concept of understanding strangers is critically reflected ...

Duration: 11/2017 - 10/2024

British Forces in Germany. The occupation and the stationing of troops in a transnational perspective

The research project examines the social and cultural impact of the stationing of British troops in north-western Germany over the period of three generations on both the approximately two million members of the Armed Forces and the local population. Whereas historical research has mostly concentrated on American impacts on social and cultural ...

Duration: 03/2020 - 01/2025

Funded by: DFG

The right to conquer - Legitimising Conquests in the early and high Middle Ages

Conquests required legitimation. This project aims to show that this is also true for the earlier Middle Ages (c. 500 - c. 1150), thus refuting the prevailing scholarly views on this issue. By demonstrating that the military expansion of rule required justification this work is poised to make significant contributions to the study of the concept of ...

Duration: 01/2019 - 12/2025

Funded by: DFG

International Cultural History of Tax Morale

The project investigates discourses about (honest) tax payment behaviour in different societies (West Germany, Spain, and the USA) between the 1940s and the 1980s. The aim is to analyse the change of norms of tax payment behaviour.

Duration: 03/2018 - 12/2025

Funded by: DFG

Contact: Annette Zaloudek, Prof. Dr. Korinna Schönhärl

Resistance against foreign rulers in the high and late Middle Ages. On ethnic and nationall identity formation in medieval conflicts

The primary aim of the project is to systematically analyse resistance to foreign rulers and thus the effects of foreign rule in the high and late Middle Ages by means of a comprehensive comparison of individual conflicts and to identify the conditions under which foreign rule productively promoted the formation of new identities. On this basis, it ...

Duration: 08/2011 - 12/2026

Funded by: DFG

Papstherrschaft im Raumentwurf: Die Architekturbücher Domenico Fontanas (1543–1607) und das Rom Sixtus’ V.

Wer zur allgemeinen Geschichte des europäischen Städtebaus bzw. zur römischen Stadtgeschichte am Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts im Speziellen forscht, kommt sowohl an Domenico Fontana (1543–1607) als auch an dessen Architekturbüchern (1590, 1604) nicht vorbei.Bereits in ihrer Konzeption und Ausführung stellen die zwei Bände der Trasportatione ...

Duration: 01/2021 - 12/2025

Funded by: BMBF

Musical Communities in the (Post-)Digital Age - Teilprojekt Paderborn (MusCoDA-TPP)

MusCoDA untersucht Songwriting-Prozesse als Beispiel kollektiver Kreativität in (post-)digitalen Gemeinschaften. Im Fokus des Teilprojekts an der Universität Paderborn stehen informelle Bands und Solomusiker:innen, während das Erfurter Teilprojekt Songwriting an Schulen in den Blick nimmt. Dabei werden kollaboratives und kooperatives Lernen in ...

Duration: 12/2020 - 11/2024

Funded by: BMBF

Contact: Timo Neuhausen, M.Ed.

SANDD Sub-Saharan Africa DaF digital network

With partners in Augsburg, Kara, Windhoek and Namibia, the project team in the field of German as a Second and Foreign Language at Paderborn University tackles various topics in research and teacher education relating to German as a Foreign Language and the professionalization of German teachers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Duration: 05/2024 - 12/2026

Funded by: DAAD

German Studies Partnership Pader-Akdeniz-Marmara

The partnership between Paderborn University, Akdeniz University Antalya and Marmara University Istanbul in the field of German studies focuses on joint research in the areas of education for sustainable development, global citizen education and tourism from the perspectives of literary studies, linguistics, cultural studies and didactics, with ...

Duration: 01/2024 - 12/2026

Funded by: DAAD

Vielfalt und kulturelles Erbe der Peripherie: Regionale u. orale Kulturen Tunesiens, Marokkos u. Deutschlands – Aufbau eines Netzwerks zwischen universitären u. zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteuren der betreffenden Regionen zur Etablierung eines Forschungsprojekts

Vielfalt und kulturelles Erbe der Peripherie: Regionale und orale Kulturen Tunesiens, Marokkos und Deutschlands – Aufbau eines Netzwerks zwischen universitären und zivilgesellschaftlichen Akteuren der betreffenden Regionen zur Etablierung eines gemeinsamen ForschungsprojektsDas Projekt Vielfalt und kulturelles Erbe der Peripherie: Regionale und ...

Duration: 04/2023 - 12/2025

Funded by: DAAD

INDIGO

The project “ Indigo – interkulturelle digitale Germanistik ohne Grenzen ” was initiated with a focus on research-based learning and the promotion of young talent at the interface between graduation and doctorate in 2021. An essential part of the project is the Indigo homepage. A platform is being created here that links all projects in ...

Duration: 09/2020 - 12/2024

Funded by: DAAD

Federal State Office for Intangible Cultural Heritage, North Rhine-Westphalia

Intangible cultural heritage includes customs, rituals, festivities, performing arts, oral expressions, knowledge and skills that are passed down from generation to generation and evoke feelings of identity, continuity and community. In 2013, the Federal Republic of Germany ratified the UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible ...

Duration: 12/2015 - 12/2024

Funded by: MKW NRW

Contact: Jonas Leineweber

NRW Research College Work 4.0: Design of flexible working environments - People-centered use of cyber-physical systems in Industry 4.0

For production companies, the transition to Industry 4.0 opens up great opportunities for modernization and the associated increase in the efficiency of production processes. In addition to the still largely existing technical challenges involved in developing such systems, the role of employees throughout the entire value chain is undergoing ...

Duration: 08/2014 - 12/2022

Funded by: MKW NRW

Contact: Prof. Dr. Gregor Engels, Prof. Dr. Martin Schneider, Prof. Dr. Eckhard Steffen, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roman Dumitrescu, Prof. Dr. Christian Harteis, Prof. Dr. Iris Gräßler, Prof. Dr. Eric Bodden, Anja-Kristin Abendroth, Martin Diewald, Stefan Kopp, Günter W. Maier, Frank Ulrich Rückert, Britta Wrede