📅 CONF: Ordinary Men. Perpetrator Memory in Spanish Culture 4–5 Dec. | Essen How do Spanish literature, film & culture represent perpetrators in the context of the Civil War & Franco Dictatorship? The conference explores concepts of complicity, bystanding & perpetration in Spanish cultural memory.

Three weeks left to apply for #postdoc researchers at @ruhr-uni-bochum.de | @unidue.bsky.social | @tu-dortmund.de!

💡 NEW FEATURE | Event Review Therapeutic Encounters: Social and Ethical Implications of AI Chatbots in Mental Healthcare Read here how the organisers of the symposium ‘Therapeutic Encounters with Chatbots’, @benjaminmarent.bsky.social and Sebastian Merkel, reflect on key insights: t1p.de/h341s

#FellowFriday: Meet our fellow Ingo Heidbrink from Old Dominion University, USA. A maritime historian, he is a specialist for inland #WaterwayHistory, fisheries and whaling history, and polar history. Learn how his historical research is relevant for us today in this Q&A (LinkedIn): t1p.de/5f8p9

Welcome, Tamara Mercante Thierauf! Tamara joined the research group ‘Sweat – #Sociology of Transpiration in the Age of Global Warming’ as a doctoral researcher. Her research explores sweating with a focus on the entanglements of bodies, data infrastructures, and global warming.

Reminder to all postdocs from the #UARuhr working in the social sciences and/or the humanities: if you would like to form a cross-university working group with fellow #postdoc researchers, our #PostdocLab programme is tailor-made for you. 📧 Apply here until 26 Nov.: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab

Welcome, Bjarne Behrens! He joined the research group ‘Political Economy of Inequality’ as a doctoral researcher. Bjarne's research focuses on the role of public discourse in preference formation, with particular interest in climate policy & distributive implications of environmental transitions.

📅 WORKSHOP: Sweaty Matters. Körper, Medien, Kühltechniken 13 Nov. | hybrid | in German Der Workshop setzt sich mit Körperflüssigkeiten, Kühltechniken, „schwitzenden Medien“ & feministischen Infrastrukturen auseinander. Dabei geht es auch um methodische, materielle & politische Fragen. t1p.de/1vszy

#FellowFriday: Daniel Feierstein is Director of the Center of #GenocideStudies at National University of Tres de Febrero, Argentina. In the Q&A (LinkedIn), he explains the need for transdisciplinary research and the benefits of the tandem partnership with a #UARuhr researcher: t1p.de/ff-feierst

📅 WORKSHOP: Deep Dive into ICCS 2022 – Advanced Data Analysis of Large-Scale Assessment Data in R 28 Nov. Interested in enhancing your understanding of the methodological foundations and the analysis of large-scale assessment data, in particular ICCS? 👉Register until 7 Nov.: eveeno.com/586544186

📅 WORKSHOP: Social Memories and Collective Identities in the Context of Genocide 25–26 Nov. This transdisciplinary workshop challenges different approaches to social memories and collective identities in the context of genocidal social practices. Register by 20 Oct.: t1p.de/q8pvw #SocSci

📬 A new issue of our newsletter COLLEGE CONDENSED is out, bringing you up to date about recent news and activities at the College. Read it in your browser: sh1.sendinblue.com/ae7mfz67wlpf... 📧 Subscribe here: www.college-uaruhr.de/newsletter

📅 WORKSHOP: Was heißt Schwarze Archivpraxis? 21–22 Oct. | in German t1p.de/05ovu Ausgehend vom Nachlass der afrodeutschen Musikerin & Friedensaktivistin #FasiaJansen (1929–1997) thematisiert die Veranstaltung die Lebendigkeit und Widersprüche einer Schwarzen #Archivpraxis. #BlackHistories

Global Green Visions and World Order in the Anthropocene – just published by Bruna Bosi-Moreira & @mattkranke.bsky.social in @gepjournal.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...

From good to bad? The contested desirability of economic growth – just published by @mattkranke.bsky.social in @brisunipress.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/edcollbook-o...

🗨️ Elena Beregow, cultural #sociologist, will be guest at the event series 'Streit ums Politische' at Schaubühne Berlin on 13 Oct., 19:30 (livestream). With host Heinz Bude, she will talk about "the temperatures of the current turning point in history": www.schaubuehne.de/de/produktio...

Unique opportunity for postdocs from the University Alliance Ruhr #UARuhr working in the social sciences and/or the humanities: with its #PostdocLab programme, the College for Social Sciences and Humanities offers funding for cross-university working groups. 🔔 Call: www.college-uaruhr.de/postdoclab

Reminder: The #CfP for the international conference ‘Ordinary Men: Perpetrator Memory in Spanish Culture’ on 4 and 5 Dec. 2025, organised by our Senior Fellow @ryanlor.bsky.social, is still open – submit your abstracts until 8 October: www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

Scholarship opportunity for doctoral students in the social sciences and humanities within the #UARuhr 👇

We warmly welcome Dr Nesrin Tanç and Jenny Oliveira Caldas as new members of the College for Social Sciences and Humanities. They recently joined the research professorship 'Curating Digital Objects of Cultural Knowledge and Memory' led by Prof. Tahani Nadim. #UARuhr

In his article published in 'Global Policy', our Senior Fellow Qingxiu Bu elucidates how the fragmentation of #GlobalTrade in response to China’s dominant position in #GreenTechnologies risks derailing the energy transition, & suggests ways to prevent it. www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/16/09/2...

#NextWeek The ECF conference, »Reflecting Virtuality«, will take place on September 24 and 25 at Ruhr University Bochum. Registration information: www.virtuelle-lebens...

NEW PUBLICATIONS: 📄 Elena Beregow: 'Thermische Intrasubjektivität. Eine Soziologie des Schwitzens', Berliner Journal für Soziologie 📄 @mattkranke.bsky.social: special issue of Global Environmental Politics (ed.) & intro article 'Global Green Visions and World Order in the Anthropocene'

#CfP Call for papers for the conference ‘Ordinary Men: Perpetrator Memory in Spanish Culture’, 4-5 December 2025, Essen Submit your abstract by 8 October 2025: www.college-uaruhr.de/calls Thanks for sharing! @fidromanistik.bsky.social #HispanicStudies #Romanistik #MemoryStudies #OrdinaryMen

We warmly welcome our new Senior Fellows! Eight distinguished researchers from universities in Argentina, Bangladesh, Mozambique, Turkey, the UK and the USA form the fourth cohort of our international Senior #Fellowship Programme. #UARuhr Learn more: t1p.de/0xvnv

⌛ Der Countdwon läuft! Noch bis Mittwoch, 17. September, ist die Anmeldung für die Herbstakademie 2025 geöffnet. 🔎 Die Teilnahme an 15 digitalen Kurzworkshops ist für alle fortgeschrittenen Promovierenden der Universitätsallianz Ruhr kostenfrei. 👉 www.research-academy-ruhr.de/programm/her...

📄 @tannisthas.bsky.social, who was a Senior Fellow at the College until August, reflects on the pedagogical legacy of bell hooks and what it takes to "teach to transgress" in neo-liberal higher education spaces in this article published in 'The Hindu' (paywall): www.thehindu.com/education/fr...

📣 The #ERCSyG Project #Cryocultures is hiring: If you're interested in the cultural implications of artificial cold and considering a dissertation, apply for a #PhD position in #Philosophy! 👉 shorturl.at/dDtso 📍TU Darmstadt| @tuda.bsky.social 📆 Deadline: Oct. 18, 2025 🔗 cryocultures.org

The magazine ‘Metropole’ published by the Regionalverband Ruhr (RVR) features the College for Social Sciences and Humanities of the UA Ruhr in its new issue. The article recounts how the College was founded and explains its unique design. Read the magazine here (in German): t1p.de/pl6g8 #ruhrarea

💡 NEW FEATURE | Essay World Champions of Forgetting. Remorseless American Exceptionalism In his essay, William Donahue discusses how memory culture has metamorphosed into a forgetting culture, made in the #USA. Read the essay here: t1p.de/zly8y #USA #Germany #Erinnerungskultur #memoryculture

We are taking a summer break and will only post sporadically for the next three weeks. We will be back fully recharged on 8 September.

#FellowFriday: Meet Barış Uslu, Prof. of Higher Education Policy and Management from Turkey, who collaborates with Liudvika Leišytė from @tu-dortmund.bsky.social during his fellowship. Learn more about his research and what impressed him about the #Ruhr region & #UARuhr (LinkedIn): t1p.de/ff-uslu

📅 WORKSHOP: Editing Journal Literature | #Journalliteratur edieren 23–24 Sept. 2025 | Essen This workshop initiates a discussion between #JournalLiterature research & #EditorialPhilology with a focus on 19th-century literature. Please register by 17 Sept.: www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

📄 New article by our former Senior Fellow Stephen Brown on the decriminalisation of same-sex relationships in Mauritius in the journal 'Politics, Groups, and Identities' (open access) 👇

The book 'Kulturelles Gedächtnis und #Literatur' (cultural memory and literature) by Nesrin Tanç shows how #literature documents collective memory, #migration experiences and #CulturalHeritage in the #Ruhr region: www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7... #MemoryCulture #KulturellesGedächtnis

Our future fellow Ingo Heidbrink, Professor of #MaritimeHistory, will give a lecture on the history of battery-electric #propulsion in inland waterway transport in Germany at the LWL museum Schiffshebewerk Henrichenburg on 9 Sept. (in German): schiffshebewerk-henrichenburg.lwl.org/de/veranstal...

💡 NEW FEATURE: The #Sociology of Public Sitting: What Essen’s Benches Reveal About #Intergenerational Relationships Our fellow, sociologist Imran Sabir, reveals the social dynamics behind seemingly mundane act of #sitting on public #benches in this humorous blog post. www.college-uaruhr.de/features

#FellowFriday: We introduce our Senior Fellow Mirzokhid Rakhimov from the Academy of Sciences Uzbekistan whose research focuses on contemporary #History & international and regional relations in #CentralAsia. Learn more about him & his project in the Q&A (LinkedIn): www.linkedin.com/posts/colleg...

Time Use – Gender – Unpaid Work: Perspectives on Living Standards Interested in joining the discussion? Abstracts can be submitted until 15.08. Link to the call for papers here: www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/i...

Our junior professor @mattkranke.bsky.social contributed to the graphic novel 'Welt im Wandel' that makes the climate crisis tangible for pupils through five visualised stories. The periodical 'KlimaWandelBar' explains the novel's use in school teaching: phfr.bsz-bw.de/frontdoor/in... #EduSky

Although #inequality is increasing in Germany, #redistribution plays a subordinate role in politics. The reasons for this and the factors influencing public perception are the research focus of Florian Fastenrath, new junior professor at the College. ▶️ Interview: www.college-uaruhr.de/features

#Sweat can challenge our cultural ideals of control and distance. On Deutschlandfunk, research group leader Elena Beregow talked about the social significance of #sweating & its political dimension. 🎧 Complete interview (German): www.deutschlandfunk.de/schwitzen-is... #CulturalSociology #Sociology

#FellowFriday: We introduce our Senior Fellow Benjamin Marent @benjaminmarent.bsky.social whose research focus is on digital transformation of #healthcare. In the Q&A, he shares what his research is about and what he has gained from his tandem partnership (LinkedIn): www.linkedin.com/posts/colleg...

The CfP for a #sociological study on in-vitro fertilisation and #motherhood among women aged 40+ is still open. If you are interested in sharing your experiences, please contact our Senior Fellow Tannistha Samanta @tannisthas.bsky.social by 30 July. #IVF 👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

Invitation to my evening lecture at the Egyptology Department and Egyptian Museum of the University in Bonn in less than 2 weeks! I will present the first results of my ongoing research project at @college-uaruhr.bsky.social #egyptology #actor-network-theory #latour #archaeology #ancientegypt

📄 New publication: In his article ‘Weltmeister des Vergessens’ published in the journal MERKUR, William C. Donahue reflects on American #exceptionalism and ponders whether our perspective on American memory culture needs readjustment. #MemoryCulture, he argues, is also a culture of forgetting.

How do temporality, gender, class, and familial interdependencies shape life trajectories in Germany and Pakistan? Learn more about cross-cultural life-course research in this hybrid workshop on 14 July. The complete programme is now available: www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

#FellowFriday: Meet our Senior Fellow Tannistha Samanta @tannisthas.bsky.social, a sociologist who focuses on the intersection of #health & #ageing. Learn more about her research, her motivation to apply, and how she counterbalances a day of brain work (LinkedIn): www.linkedin.com/posts/colleg...

Registration extended until 1 July: Join the workshop 'New Perspectives in #Economics, #Education and #SocialSciences' this Thursday (morning session hybrid) 👇 @edusky.bsky.social

Call for papers: The Centre for Global Cooperation Research @unidue.bsky.social invites contributions to the interdisciplinary conference 'The #Politics of Limits: #Sustainability and #Democracy in Times of Changing Climates' on 8 & 9 Dec. 2025. 👉Call (PDF): www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/i...