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Photo (Paderborn University, Stephan Risse): (from left) Dr Kodjo Hola Fambi (PLAZ - Professional School of Education), Prof. Dr Bardo Herzig (Director of PLAZ - Professional School of Education), Prof. Dr Constanze Niederhaus (Institute of German and Comparative Literature), Ulrike Reineke (PLAZ - Professional School of Education), Dr Cornelia Zierau (Institute of German and Comparative Literature), Claudia Decker and Dr. Maria Mochalova (PLAZ - Professional School of Education), Claudia Holle (Managing Director of the Osthushenrich Foundation), Bernhard Lünz (Head of the Municipal Integration Centre at the Paderborn District Education and Integration Centre) and Prof. Dr. Oliver Reis (Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities) are delighted with the good cooperation within the "Strengthening Diversity" project.

10 years of di­versity in the classroom: Pader­born pro­ject cel­eb­rates an­niversary

"Vielfalt stärken" is a benefit for the region

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Photo (Paderborn University): Full house at the senior school quiz in the "gwlb" (vaulted cellar on Marienplatz).

Mul­ti­fa­ceted pro­gramme for pro­spect­ive stu­dents at "Uni Un­der­ground"

The pop-up event "Uni Underground", organised by the faculties of Paderborn University, gave pupils from the region the opportunity to get a taste of university life for three days.

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Photo (Christoph Petras): Prof. Dieter Gorny will be teaching at Paderborn University in the winter semester 2023/24.

Prof. Di­eter Gorny fills fourth "Pader­born Pop Lec­ture­ship"

The fourth "Paderborn Pop Lectureship" will be held in the winter semester 2023/24 by media manager and Grimme award winner Prof. Dieter Gorny.

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[Translate to English:] Foto (Stadt Paderborn): Jean-Paul Couasnon

Pader­born Uni­ver­sity mourns Jean-Paul Cou­as­non (1943 to 2023) and hon­ours his achieve­ments

Jean-Paul Couasnon passed away on 8 November at the age of 80. As a great friend of the "franco allemand", he showed exceptional commitment to Franco-German relations from an early age, particularly to the twinning of the cities of Le Mans and Paderborn.

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Pader­born mu­sic theatre ex­perts de­vel­op new data­base on am­a­teur mu­sic theatre in Ger­man-speak­ing coun­tries

Musicals, operas, operettas or revues - more than 1,400 amateur music theatres (AMT) provide entertainment with their performances in the German-speaking cultural area. In a new database on AMT, interested parties can now find all the information they need at a glance.

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Symbolic photo (Paderborn University): Transparent information about scientific processes is crucial.

On World Sci­ence Day: "Sci­ence com­mu­nic­a­tion is be­com­ing a more chal­len­ging task for re­search­ers"

Interview with Prof Dr Katharina Rohlfing and Prof Dr Britta Wrede

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Photo (Paderborn University): Handing over the baton in the subject area of Philosophy: Prof Dr Volker Peckhaus (left) and Prof Dr Sebastian Luft.

Trans­itions in the sub­ject area of philo­sophy

Change in the Department of Philosophy at the Faculty of Cultural Studies.

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Photo (Paderborn University, Adelheid Rutenburges): The new Dean's Office of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities: (from left to right) Prof. Dr. Dorothee Meister, Prof. Dr. Eva-Maria Seng, Prof. Dr. Oliver Reis, Dr. Larissa Eikermann and Prof. Dr. Britt-Marie Schuster.

New Dean's Of­fice of the Fac­ulty of Arts and Hu­man­it­ies as of WS 2023/24

With the filling of the last Vice-Dean's office in the Faculty Council on 18 October, the new Dean's Office of the Faculty of Cultural Studies is complete for the term 2023 to 2027 and has taken up its official duties.

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Photo (University of Paderborn,Adelheid Rutenburges): Prof. Dr. Iris Kruse in portrait

Pader­born pro­fess­or chairs the jury of crit­ics for the Ger­man Youth Lit­er­at­ure Prize

Every year, about 7,500 titles appear on the German-language children's and youth book market. The German Youth Literature Award offers help with orientation. Prof. Dr. Iris Kruse, Institute for German and Comparative Literature at the University of Paderborn, is the chairperson of the jury of critics who awarded outstanding works of children's and young people's literature at the Frankfurt Book Fair on 20 October. The prize, which is endowed…

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"Ger­man Lit­er­at­ure of the Present": Well-known au­thors con­tin­ue read­ing series at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity in Novem­ber

In November, the Institute for German and Comparative Literature and the Centre for Contemporary German Literature at Paderborn University cordially invite all interested parties to further literary readings by well-known authors.

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Avoid­ing the im­pend­ing cold crisis: In­ter­na­tion­al re­search team re­ceives ERC grant of 9.9 mil­lion euros

For its research on global artificial cooling and its cultural conditions and effects, a team of researchers, in which the Paderborn University is also involved, has received a "Synergy Grant" of around 9.9 million euros from the European Research Council (ERC).

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Photo (Paderborn University, Jennifer Bounoua): (from left) Happy about the new junior professorship at Paderborn University: Prof. Dr. Sabine Schmitz (Chair of the Belgium Centre), Jun.-Prof. Dr. des. Yves Huybrechts (Junior Professor at Paderborn University), Prof. Dr. Birgitt Riegraf (President of Paderborn University), Nic Van der Marliere (Delegate General of Flanders), Marianne Van Boxelaere (Deputy Delegate General of Flanders) and Prof. Dr. Johannes Süßmann (Deputy Chair of the Belgium Centre).

Flanders in fo­cus: Pader­born ju­ni­or pro­fess­or re­searches the his­tory of the re­gion in its European and glob­al in­ter­con­nec­ted­ness

Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of the country in the north of Belgium, is an important economic, cultural, political and knowledge hub in the centre of Europe.

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Photo (Lisa Rempe): Museum case for "Artists' Colonies as Phenomenon - George Minne in St. Martens-Latem and the Artists' Colonies of his Time in Europe", Maya Martynova.

Mu­seum case of the Pader­born Uni­ver­sity on the work of Léon Spilli­aert and George Minne in the Clem­ens Sels Mu­seum in Neuss

On Sunday, 22 October, the exhibition "Daring Visions - George Minne and Léon Spilliaert. From Symbolism to Expressionism." Also included are six museum suitcases from Paderborn university.

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"Fremd(e) - Fasz­in­a­tion, Ablehnung, An­ver­wand­lung": An­nu­al Con­fer­ence of the In­sti­tute of His­tory at Pader­born Uni­ver­sity

On Saturday, 4 November, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., the 30th annual conference of the Institute of History at Paderborn University will be held on the topic of "Fremd(e) - Faszination, Ablehnung, Anverwandlung".

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Work­ing con­di­tions in sci­ence and high­er edu­ca­tion: re­search­ers shed light on con­di­tions of know­ledge pro­duc­tion in new pub­lic­a­tion

The numerous contributions in the volume examine the relations of knowledge production from theoretical, historical, political and empirical perspectives.

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