Research Colloquium

Abstract:   How did Deutschlandfunk cover the  beginnings of the Gaza War? What kinds of portrayals of violence prevailed, and which frameworks for understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict were dominant in this time? This lecture focuses in particular on the role of scholars of Middle East politics and their scientific authority in the German public sphere. Who (…)

PhD student Anne Clausen from the Digital Democracy Centre, University of Southern Denmark presents findings from her PhD project ‘High Choice Platform Environments and the Spreading of Intolerance’ (2024-2027). The project focuses specifically on online hate speech targeting sexual and gender minorities.

Abstract:   The controlled substance “ibogaine” is reported to have unique addiction-interrupting properties. Due to its illegal status, the drug’s application for treating substance dependency has been explored by a network of addicts and harm reduction activists in underground and off-shore clinics. Söderberg presents the results of a several year-long, multi-site case study of a global (…)

Abstract:  My lecture presents key points in the historical evolution of software user interfaces (UIs) and their role in the relationships between users, designers, machines, and economic and social systems. I argue that UIs serve as critical visual technologies that mediate interactions between users and computers. I outline the history of UIs, from early home (…)

Abstract: Drawing on Georges Didi-Huberman’s Survival of the Fireflies (Survivance des lucioles), this seminar argues for a new historiography of Yugoslav women’s cinema grounded not in canonical narratives or complete archives, but in the survival of fragile images, dispersed traces, and fragmentary memories. Rejecting the assumption that marginalised filmmakers, films, and works simply disappear from (…)

Abstract:   The project Informed by Influencers (INDI) focusses on the way in which knowledge relevant to climate change is disseminated and consumed on social networks, with a particular emphasis on short-video platforms such as TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Our aim is to determine the proportion of social media content on this topic that users are (…)

The invitation to the event with the abstract of the lecture and more information about Prof. Dr. Emilija Gagrčin can be found here.

The invitation to the event with the abstract of the lecture and more information about Prof. Dr. Katrin Weller can be found here.