Events

At the College for Social Sciences and Humanities, academic events in various formats take place on a regular basis. You will find lectures, conferences, workshops, or panel discussions linked to different fields of research within the social sciences and humanities. Open science formats addressing the general public are also part of the portfolio.

Most events are planned by resident researchers and Senior Fellows, organised with support from the College’s event coordinator. Moreover, the College hosts select events offered by other members of the University Alliance Ruhr working in the social sciences and humanities.

The following list provides a full overview of upcoming and past events at the College.

Next Event

Waste as a By-Product of Modernity: New Approaches to the Old Problem

14/05/2024, Essen

The old dream that plastic would improve the world is one of many failed projects of modernity. The panel discussion, which is co-organised and chaired by College Senior Fellow Małgorzata Sugiera and Dorota Sajewska (Ruhr University Bochum), will focus on how artistic and discursive/speculative projects and practices could help us unmake waste by looking for an alternative modernity to counter the…

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Waste as a By-Product of Modernity: New Approaches to the Old Problem

14/05/2024, Essen

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New Maps and Rubbish. Dynamic Forms of Nature - Artist Talk with Joanna Zdzienicka-Obałek

15/05/2024, Essen

From mind-mapping to the final result, artist-collector Joanna Zdzienicka-Obałek reflects upon her search for artistic methods and field practices gathering rubbish at Żabie Doły, a nature and landscape protected area. The talk is chaired by Mateusz Chaberski, assistant professor at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland.

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Towards Social Innovation Digital Ecosystems (SIDEs): Challenges and Opportunities

21/05/2024, Essen | partly hybrid

How can digital ecosystems support social innovation? The workshop, co-organised by Douglas Wegner, Senior Fellow at the College, and his tandem partner Jürgen Howaldt (TU Dortmund University), assembles different perspectives of invited experts in the field of social innovation. Examining cases in Latin America and Europe, the workshop addresses success factors, challenges, and opportunities.

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collage of portrait pictures and the neoclassical facade of the College building

Multimodal Landscapes of Mediterranean Antiquity

25/04/2024 - 27/04/2024, Essen, College for Social Sciences and Humanities

This workshop will catalogue and study existing and remembered imageries of ancient pasts in the city of Essen. Co-organised by Senior Fellow Marta García Morcillo and her tandem partner Florian Freitag, this experimental project will unite researchers from different fields to investigate cultural artifacts and signs on site, including advertising, branding, photographs, and street art as well as…

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Discourses and Practices of Development and Humanitarian Assistance

12/04/2024, Essen, College for Social Sciences and Humanities | hybrid

Prof. Stephen Brown from the University of Ottawa (Canada), current Senior Fellow at the College, and his tandem partner Prof. Dennis Dijkzeul (Ruhr University Bochum) are holding a half-day workshop for graduate students under the theme of “Discourses and practices of development and humanitarian assistance”.

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Events

Next Event

Waste as a By-Product of Modernity: New Approaches to the Old Problem

Waste as a By-Product of Modernity: New Approaches to the Old Problem

New Maps and Rubbish. Dynamic Forms of Nature - Artist Talk with Joanna Zdzienicka-Obałek

Towards Social Innovation Digital Ecosystems (SIDEs): Challenges and Opportunities

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Past Events

Multimodal Landscapes of Mediterranean Antiquity

Discourses and Practices of Development and Humanitarian Assistance

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