From 23 June to 5 July, the poster exhibition ‘Richard III and the Power of Myth’, created by history students at Paderborn University, will be on display in the University Library.

Open, participatory dialogue about good teaching - with teachers, students and staff

As part of the public lecture series "Schule der Vielen - Bildungsperspektiven für eine heterogene Gesellschaft", Professor Dr. Denise Büttner will give a lecture on Tuesday, 23 June on the topic of "Wer darf mitsprechen? (Radical) democratic education under the conditions of school spokesperson and ability systems".

On Tuesday, 23 June, the Lichtblick arthouse cinema will be showing the film "Saint Omer" at 8.30 pm in the Pollux Kino Paderborn.

The multi-award-winning children's and young adult author Heinz Janisch is coming to Paderborn University. All those interested are invited to a reading entitled "Give me wings! Poems and children's books for everyone" on Wednesday, 24 June in the Studio Theatre (Studiobühne). Registration is requested.

Under the title "Cultural Perspectives on Gender", the international lecture series of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University in the summer semester 2026 is dedicated to the topic of "gender" from interdisziplinär and international perspectives.

As part of the lecture series "Carl Maria von Weber: Music - Edition - Interpretation", Stefan Astheimer and Peter Stadler from the Musicology Seminar Detmold/Paderborn will give a lecture on Wednesday, 29 April on the topic of "The Carl Maria von Weber Complete Edition digital: Sources on the life and work of Weber".

On Wednesday, 24 June, at 7 p.m., Sylvia Schlettwein will give a reading at Paderborn University, room Q1.219. She is a Namibian writer, translator and linguist.

As part of the lecture series "Education in the digital transformation. A lecture series for student teachers", Leonie Schmid and Dr. Niklas Sänger will give a lecture on Thursday, 25 June on the topic "Back to the future? The profession of retail salesperson".

The multi-award-winning children's and young adult author Heinz Janisch is coming to Paderborn University. On Thursday, 25 June, a lecture on poetics followed by a discussion will be open to visitors.

Anyone interested in studying but who still has lots of questions can find the answers at Paderborn University on Thursday 25 June, from 4 pm to 7 pm.

As part of the "UPB for Future" sustainability lecture series, a lecture on "Energy transition(s) - facts and myths" will be held by professor Dr.-Ing. Alexander Schlüter on Thursday, 25 June from 4.15 to 5.45 p.m. in lecture hall L1.

From 26 June to 3 July, pupils will have the opportunity to spend a week getting to know various STEM subjects and student life as part of the Summer University. Those interested can register until 12 June.

On Friday, 26 June, the Faculty of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Mathematics will bid farewell to this year's graduates with a ceremony in the Audimax from 3 pm.

As part of the public lecture series "Schule der Vielen - Bildungsperspektiven für eine heterogene Gesellschaft", Sofia Sboui from ADIRA - Antidiskriminierungsberatung und Intervention bei Antisemitismus und Rassismus will give a lecture on "Antisemitismus - Herausforderungen für die Schulkultur" on Tuesday, 30 June.

The summer semester is coming to an end and with it the semester abroad of many exchange students at Paderborn University. The International Office therefore invites you to an official farewell ceremony on Tuesday, 30 June at 4.30 pm in room Q0.101.

In the summer semester 2026, the Department of Art at Paderborn University will continue the digital discussion series "Silogespräche". Four assistants will use the example of art and exhibition institutions to discuss the specific fields of action for the presentation and mediation of contemporary art.

On Tuesday, 30 June, the Historical Institute of Paderborn University and the Association for History and Antiquity of Westphalia, Paderborn Department, are organising a joint lecture at the LWL Museum in the Imperial Palace. At 8 pm, Professor Dr Harald Müller from RWTH Aachen University will speak on the subject of "The seat of the empire: Charlemagne, his Aachen palace and his throne".

On Tuesday, 30 June, the Lichtblick arthouse cinema will be showing the film "Candyman's Curse" at 8.30 pm in the Pollux cinema in Paderborn.

Under the title "Cultural Perspectives on Gender", the international lecture series of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University in the summer semester 2026 is dedicated to the topic of "gender" from interdisziplinär and international perspectives.

For those interested in an external doctorate without a position at Paderborn University or those interested in an international doctorate, a digital information event will take place on Wednesday, 1 July, from 4 to 5.30 pm.

On Wednesday, 1 July, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Benz, historian of contemporary history and representative of prejudice research, anti-Semitism research and National Socialism research, will be a guest on "ZeKK live" at 6 pm.

As part of the lecture series "Education in the digital transformation. A lecture series for student teachers", Professor Dr. Rebekka Schmidt will give a lecture on Thursday, 2 July on the topic "Of people, images and machines: Is AI changing our image of creativity?".

As part of the "UPB for Future" sustainability lecture series, a lecture by Dorian Weiß and Chiara Dreßler from SC Paderborn 07 will take place on Thursday, 2 July, from 4.15 to 5.45 pm in lecture theatre L1. The lecture will highlight the social sustainability strategy of SC Paderborn 07 with a special focus on promoting social participation through education and exercise.

As part of the event ‘Dimensions of Concern: Images and Narratives of Solidarity in a Post-Migrant Society’ at Paderborn University, a public reading by the two contemporary authors Ronya Othmann (‘Vierundsiebzig’) and Dana von Suffrin (‘Toxibaby’), followed by a discussion, will take place on Thursday, 2 July, a public reading by the two contemporary authors Ronya Othmann (“Seventy-Four”) and Dana von Suffrin (“Toxibaby”) will take place,…

On Thursday 2 July, the ‘Popular Music and Media’ study programmes at Paderborn University are hosting ‘Popkritik’. Under the theme “¿11 Amigos? Football & Pop Culture”, the event will take a closer look at the current Football World Cup and discuss it through the lens of various questions relating to Music and pop culture.

Paderborn University’s ‘Big Band’ invites you to its concert, ‘Beyond Directions’, in the Audimax on Thursday 2 July at 7.30 pm.

At the end of the lecture series "Carl Maria von Weber: Music - Edition - Interpretation" organised by the Musicology Seminar Detmold/Paderborn, the concert "The unknown Weber - Concert on the 200th anniversary of his death with chamber music and Scottish songs" will take place in the Detmold Summer Theatre.

As part of the event “Dimensions of Concern: Images and Narratives of Solidarity in a Post-Migrant Society” at Paderborn University, an interdisziplinär workshop will take place on Friday 3 July from 9.30 am at the International Meeting Centre (IBZ) in the Jenny-Aloni-Haus.

In the summer semester 2026, the Paderborn University) Studio Theatre will perform the play "FRAUENSACHE" by authors Lutz Hübner and Sarah Nehmitz.

From 4 to 18 July, students from Paderborn University will be exhibiting their sculptures and prints at the ‘point of view’ art exhibition in the ‘Raum für Kunst’ (Kamp 21, 33098 Paderborn) and warmly invite anyone interested to attend.

From 7 to 9 July, a series of events at garage33, the Paderborn University start-up centre, will explore various aspects of the food supply chain from a sustainability perspective.

Every first Tuesday of the month, German and international doctoral candidates at all stages of their doctorate and from all faculties are welcome to join us for lunch in the "Mensula".

As part of the public lecture series "Schule der Vielen - Bildungsperspektiven für eine heterogene Gesellschaft", CLAIM - Allianz gegen Islam- und Muslimfeindlichkeit will be holding a lecture on Tuesday, 7 July on the topic of "Antimuslim racism - challenges for school culture".

On Tuesday, 7 July, the Lichtblick arthouse cinema will be showing the film "Blutzbrüdaz" at 8.30 pm in the Pollux cinema in Paderborn.

The Paderborn abuse study under discussion

Under the title "Cultural Perspectives on Gender", the international lecture series of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University in the summer semester 2026 is dedicated to the topic of "gender" from interdisziplinär and international perspectives.

As part of the lecture series "Education in the digital transformation. A lecture series for student teachers", Clara-Vivian Amann will give a lecture on Thursday, 9 July on the topic "'Irritated, and now?' On the way between transformation and irritation: Rethinking educational processes".

As part of the "UPB for Future" sustainability lecture series, Emily Nass will give a lecture on "Sustainable Leadership: Understanding and developing current perspectives" on Thursday, 9 July from 4.15 to 5.45 p.m. in lecture theatre L1.

Under the motto "KW writes (better) together", the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GKW) and the Writing Competence Centre organise a monthly interdisciplinary writing group. The meeting on Monday, 13 July, will take place from 2 to 5 p.m. in room H3.241 and hybrid via Zoom.

Dr Anda-Lisa Harmening from the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GKW) and Prof. Dr Ingrid Scharlau, from the Department of Psychology and Head of Mentoring Programmes and the Writing Centre at Paderborn University, will be answering questions on Tuesday, 14 July, in room H3.241, they will be answering questions about PhD supervision and the role of PhD students in this process.

As part of the public lecture series "Schule der Vielen - Bildungsperspektiven für eine heterogene Gesellschaft", the theatre performance "Beyond the lines" by Susanne Höcker and Jürgen Larys from artENSEMBLE THEATER Bochum will take place on Tuesday, 14 July.

On Tuesday, 14 July, the Lichtblick arthouse cinema will be showing the film "The Man Who Lived Twice" ("Seconds") at 8.30 pm in the Pollux cinema in Paderborn.

On Wednesday 15 July, the focus will be on the topic of ‘Pension provision for PhD students and postdocs’.

Under the title "Cultural Perspectives on Gender", the international lecture series of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University in the summer semester 2026 is dedicated to the topic of "gender" from interdisziplinär and international perspectives.

To conclude the lecture series "Carl Maria von Weber: Music - Edition - Interpretation", Dr Andreas Friesenhagen and Prof. Dr Joachim Veit from the Musicology Seminar Detmold/Paderborn will give a lecture on Wednesday, 15 July on the topic of "Tracking down the 'domestic musical sense': Weber's tonal language in chamber music and song".

As part of the "UPB for Future" sustainability lecture series, there will be a lecture on Thursday 16 July from 4.15 to 5.45 pm in lecture hall L1 on the topic of "Shaping the future instead of administration:Paths to a strategically anchored, data-based ESG practice" by Mark Edler, Head of Corporate Sustainability at Weidmüller, and Dörte Foit from the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University.

On Wednesday, 5 August, Prof Dr Sebastian Kurtenbach, professor of political science and social policy at Münster University of Applied Sciences and private lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences at Ruhr University Bochum, will be our guest at 6 pm.

On Tuesday, 1 September, the PLAZ - Professional School of Education at Paderborn University invites you to a digital information lecture from 4 to 5.30 p.m., where prospective students can gain a detailed insight into the teaching degree and the subsequent career as a teacher.

On Wednesday, 2 September, Dr. Joachim Valentin, associate professor of religious and cultural theory at Goethe University Frankfurt a. M. and director of the Catholic centre "Haus am Dom" in Frankfurt a. M., will be a guest on "ZeKK live" at 6 pm.

On Wednesday, 9 September, Lamya Kaddor, member of the German Bundestag, Islamic scholar, religious educator and publicist, will be a guest on "ZeKK live" at 6 pm.

Under the motto "KW writes (better) together", the Graduate Centre of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (GKW) and the Writing Competence Centre organise a monthly interdisciplinary writing group. The meeting on Thursday, 17 September, will take place from 9 am to 1 pm in room H3.241 and hybrid via Zoom.

On Wednesday, 23 September, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the annual Paderborn Foreign Language Day will once again take place at Paderborn University. At the main entrance to the university, the popular event offers around 30 training programmes on current topics and issues relating to modern foreign language teaching in English, French and Spanish.

On Wednesday, 7 October, Professor Dr. Georges Tamer, professor at the Chair of Oriental Philology and Islamic Studies at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg and Director of the Bavarian Research Centre for Interreligious Discourse (BaFID), will be a guest on "ZeKK live" at 6 pm.

On Wednesday, 4 November, Professor Dr. Michael von Brück, former head of the Interfaculty Study Programme in Religious Studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and now rector and spiritual director of the Domicilium Akademie Weyarn, will be a guest on "ZeKK live" at 6 pm.

A didactic conference on philosophy at Paderborn University

On Saturday, 21 November, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University invites its graduates of the Bachelor's and Master of Arts study programmes as well as doctoral and postdoctoral graduates to a farewell ceremony. The graduation ceremony will take place from 4 to 6 p.m. in lecture theatre G.

On Wednesday, 2 December, Professor Dr Ahmad Milad Karimi, professor of Kalām, Islamic Philosophy and Mysticism at the University of Münster, will be a guest on "ZeKK live" at 6 pm.