ESSCS Summer School Lisbon: Call for Papers

The Lisbon Consortium at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, will host its XV Lisbon Summer School for the Study of Culture on the topic: "The Age of Excess", between June 30 and July 5, 2025.

There is a reserved quota of places for members of the GSAH and the IFN or doctoral students of the faculty: send an abstract in English (max. 200 words), and a short bio (max. 100 words) to mike.toggweiler@unibe.ch by 6 February 2025.

Film Talk: Framing Agnes

Julietta Singh and Chase Joynt were guests in Bern in May 2023. In their works, both text-based and cinematic, the two explore the ongoing global effects of colonisation and their intersection with ecology, race, gender and sexuality. In addition to a public lecture and workshop, Joynt's film "Framing Agnes", which focuses on the life of Agnes, a trans* woman and important figure in trans history, was shown in collaboration with Rex Cinema. The film, which won an award at the Sundance Film Festival, was voted best film of the year by The New Yorker.

The film talk with director Chase Joynt was moderated by Michaela Schäuble.

Digital collaboration with the GGK/GCSC (Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen)

The GSAH is aiming to broaden its online environment in times of the pandemic. As of now, some online events organized by our partner institution, the International Graduate Center for the Study of Culture are open to GSAH members. Conversely, the GSAH also invites colleagues and doctoral researchers of the partner institutions to participate in some of its events. Please check out this GCSC-page for online-events open for GSAH participants.

THoR

Taking the Humanities on the Road (THoR) is an Ideas-and-Actions-Lab at the Walter Benjamin Kolleg Bern to crowdsource ideas and actions that showcase the vitality and innovative potential of the humanities at the University of Bern, Switzerland, and beyond. The initiative aims at establishing a discussion of concrete ways to build bridges between academia and the public, individual research and participation, analytical and engaged scholarship. THoR is a bottom up working group. We invite scholars (from all disciplines, at all levels), as well as artists, teachers, activists, bloggers, para-academics, and community organizers etc., who are passionate about engaged scholarship to participate. VISIT OUR ONLINE PLATFORM AND JOIN!

Library WBKolleg

The WBKolleg has a small reference library in the research pool.

The library stock can now be viewed online.

Publish dissertation

At the latest after the defense of the dissertation the question arises: Publish, but how?

The Open Science Team of the University Library has summarized the most important information in a brief information.

The document is in German.

Vizerektorat Forschung: Update des Infoblatts für Postdoktorierende

Postdoktorierende aufgepasst: Unter dem Titel «Promotion geschafft – Wie weiter mit der akademischen Karriere?» hat das Vizerektorat Forschung sein Informationsblatt aktualisiert.

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