In the new winter semester, Paderborn University is once again inviting anyone interested to attend a range of public lecture series on numerous topics of social relevance. Every week, teaching staff and researchers from the university’s five faculties, as well as external experts, will explore a wide variety of academic aspects.
‘UPB for Future’
The ‘UPB for Future’ lecture series is taking place for the seventh time this winter semester and, through a series of varied talks, explores the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainability. The lectures take place on Thursdays from 4.15 pm to 5.45 pm in Lecture Theatre L1 at Paderborn University. For the public launch on 22 October, entrepreneur and model Sarah Nuru will be the guest speaker, discussing the topic ‘Profit or Conscience? How economic activity can bring about social change’.
‘Cultural Perspectives on Literature’
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities at Paderborn University is continuing its established international lecture series. Under the title ‘Cultural Perspectives on Literature’, the series will focus on the subject of literature from interdisciplinary and international perspectives during the winter semester. The lectures, which will be delivered in English, will take place every Wednesday from 14 October, from 4.15 pm to 5.45 pm in Lecture Theatre O1.
‘Conceptions of Europe from an Interdisziplinär Perspective’
In the lecture series ‘Conceptions of Europe from an Interdisciplinary Perspective’, starting on Thursday 22 October, academics from Paderborn University and European partner universities will present their respective disciplines’ perspectives on the ‘phenomenon of Europe’ on a weekly basis. The topics covered range from European history, European politics and European law, through literary and philosophical perspectives, to current social issues. The sessions take place on Thursdays from 6.00 pm to 7.30 pm in room H2.240.
‘AI and Gender’
In public hybrid events as part of the ‘AI and Gender’ lecture series, assistants from the fields of Computer Science, Mathematics, Sociology and Media Studies will present their various perspectives on the relationship between gender and AI and invite participants to engage in interdisciplinary dialogue. The events begin on Tuesday 3 November at 4.15 pm with a lecture in Lecture Theatre O2 and can be attended both in person and online. To participate online, please complete registration by emailing gefowiss@upb.de.
“VER:ACHTSAMKEIT. Geopolitics of Pop Cultures”
The transdisciplinary lecture series “VER:ACHTSAMKEIT. Geopolitics of Pop Cultures” will focus, during the 2026/27 winter semester, on the relationship between pop (music) cultures and geopolitical dynamics, areas of tension and upheavals. A series of lectures will examine, amongst other things, political, social and media developments, as well as how these are addressed within popular music cultures. To kick off the series on Tuesday, 20 October, Dr. Monika Mokre from the Austrian Academy of Sciences will give a lecture on the topic ‘Democracy – Promise and Pretext’. The event will take place from 4.15 pm in Lecture Theatre O2.
“Science under Pressure | Science under Obligation”
The Institute of Media Studies at Paderborn University is organising the interdisziplinäre lecture series “Science under Pressure | Science under Obligation” in the coming semester. Through six lectures and a concluding panel discussion, the series will examine current political developments, the rise of anti-intellectual attitudes, and disparaging attacks on individual researchers, institutes or entire universities. The series of events aims to examine, in concrete terms, various scope for action and the need for such action. The opening event will take place on Tuesday, 13 October, from 6.15 pm to 7.45 pm in Lecture Theatre O2.
“Beethoven – work in progress…”
This winter, the public lecture series organised by the Musicology Seminar Detmold/Paderborn will examine the works and creative processes of Ludwig van Beethoven. The lectures will not only focus on the composer’s thought processes as revealed in Beethoven’s manuscripts, but will also consider the conditions that shaped subsequent scholarship on his work. The lecture series is organised by the academic project‘Beethoven’s Workshop: Genetic Textual Criticism and Digital Music Edition’, which is based at the Musicology Seminar Detmold/Paderborn and the Beethoven-Haus in Bonn. The series kicks off on Wednesday, 21 October, from 6.15 pm to 7.45 pm in the Kuppelsaal at the Detmold University of Music for Music.
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