Wel­come to the web­site of the Gradu­ate Centre of the Fac­ulty of Cul­tur­al Stud­ies!

Founded in 2021, the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GKW) is an academic institution of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Its services (career advice, events, workshops) are aimed at those interested in a doctoratedoctoral candidatespostdoctoral researchers and junior professors and works together with the Jenny Aloni Centre for Early Career Researchers as a university-wide graduate institution. The tasks of the GKW are regulated in the statutes. The GKW is led by a board of directors and supervised by a management board. You can find an overview of the GKW's programmes in our flyer.

Doc­tor­al can­did­ates

Would you like to get a formal overview of your doctorate? Here you will find an overview of all information on the subject of doctorates, as well as information on individual counselling options at the Graduate Centre.

Postdocs

Are you a postdoc at the KW Faculty? Here you will find all relevant information on potential career paths, funding and networking opportunities and much more. In addition, we offer you individual counselling options to support and guide you on your path.

Ju­ni­or pro­fess­ors

Are you a junior professor and looking for information on the habilitation process, options for your career organisation or want to find out about the funding opportunities available to you? You can find all this and information on our individual counselling services here.

News from the GKW

09.01.2025 - 09.01.2025

Forschungslunch KW

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15.01.2025 - 15.01.2025

KW im Dia­log: Die Ver­­or­­tung­s­­fra­ge der Gen­der Stu­dies & wie das Ge­schlecht in die Wis­sen­schaft kom­mt

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16.01.2025 - 16.01.2025

Sti­pen­di­enabend des Graduier­ten­zen­trum KW

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More events

News­let­ter, event cal­en­dar & mail­ing list of the GKW

News­let­ter of the GKW

Our newsletter, which you can subscribe to, informs you about news in the field of graduate funding (events, calls for proposals, information, etc.)

Newsletter of the GKW

Cal­en­dar of events

Our event calendar informs you about all upcoming events that are relevant for your status group.

Calendar of events

Email dis­tri­bu­tion list

You will receive all relevant information for your status group once a week via the respective status group mailing lists for doctoral candidates, postdocs and junior professors. You are welcome to send admission requests to our e-mail address.

Registration by mail

Man­age­ment Board

The Graduate Centre KW is managed by a Board of Directors. On this page you will find the current members of the board.

Board of the GKW

Clear­ing centre

The Graduate Centre KW has a clearing office whose members are elected by the Faculty Board. They advise the members and support them in finding solutions to problems that arise in connection with the further academic qualification of graduates and cooperation with university lecturers.

Clearing centre of the GK

Team

The team of the Graduate Centre supports the implementation of all offers of the Graduate Centre KW.

Team of the GKW

In­ter­dis­cip­lin­ary Stud­ies of the Pader­born Gradu­ate Centre for Cul­tur­al Stud­ies

Edited by Sabiene Autsch, Andrea Becher and Volker Peckhaus.

The new series "Interdisciplinary Studies of the Paderborn Graduate Centre for Cultural Studies" (only available in German) takes into account research that has been produced in the context of the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Cultural Studies at Paderborn University (GKW). The volumes consistently specify the epistemic potential of interdisciplinary work derived from the research findings. Interdisciplinarity is not merely understood as the compilation of research findings from different disciplinary perspectives. Rather, it relates these perspectives and thus broadens horizons. The series claims to stand at the intersection of academic research and reflection on one's own academic practice by focusing on the particularities of one's own disciplinary perspective and knowledge culture. The aim of the series is to provide a thematically open platform for different approaches within interdisciplinary cultural studies.

Requests for publication should be addressed to the editors.

Net­work part­ners of the GKW

The GKW works closely with institutions within and outside the UPB. The network partners support the GKW at events and also have very individual competences and offers for the promotion and further training of scientists.

Networks of the GKW

Jenny Aloni Centre for Early Ca­reer Re­search­ers

The Jenny Aloni Centre for Early Career Researchers is the umbrella organisation for researchers in the qualification phase. It offers programmes for doctoral candidates and postdocs from all subject areas.

Jenny Aloni Centre

Would you like to or­gan­ise spe­cif­ic events and/or re­ceive in­di­vidu­al ad­vice? I look for­ward to hear­ing from you:

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Dr.in Anda-Lisa Harmening

Graduate Center of the Faculty of Arts and Humanites

Consultations for PhD-Students and Postdocs

Write email +49 5251 60-3913