📅 WORKSHOP: Canal Dreams. Towards a Critical History of Inland Waterways | 1–2 Oct. This workshop brings together researchers who have worked on the imagination, construction and operation of artificial inland #waterways throughout #history. 👉 Programme: t1p.de/0mh1q #MaritimeHistory #histtech

✍🏻 Du sehnst dich nach Austausch mit anderen Promovierenden? Dann bietet das #KWISchreibwochenende im Okt. einen guten Rahmen, denn es dient dazu, Herausforderungen des eigenen Schreibens auf einer greifbaren Ebene in fachspezifischer Runde zu behandeln. Jetzt anmelden! ⏰ 15.08. ℹ️ shorturl.at/SUbNd

📢 #CfP: LGBTQI+ Rights in International Politics and the Global South This online workshop offers scholars at any career stage the opportunity to present research on diff. aspects of #LGBTQIRights in #InternationalPolitics and/or in the Global South. 👉 t1p.de/tnxkh 📝 20 Sept. 26 #Polisky #SocSci

💡 NEW FEATURE In a blog post, @mattkranke.bsky.social & Tabea Waltenberg reflect on insights from a workshop on how #GrowthDependencies may be rethought and reduced – to make societies more resilient & economies more sustainable. 👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/features/gro... #PostGrowth #Sustainability

We warmly welcome Tanja Literski as a new member of the College! She provides administrative support to the team of the research professorship 'Public Social Sciences and Humanities: Key Societal Debates'. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration!

On the 'MultiDiv' project, two of our researchers are collaborating with international partners to develop new forms of relational governance to address #biodiversity decline. @anjaklein.bsky.social shares her impressions of the first meeting and explains the concept of multispecies assemblages. 👇

Anja Klein@anjaklein.bsky.social · 2w ago

Here is a short impression from our first MultiDiv project workshop in Zarzis, Tunisia, last month: www.linkedin.com/posts/anja-k... #anthropology #biodiversity #Mediterranean #sts #assemblage #multispecies @college-uaruhr.bsky.social

#FellowFriday: Today, the spotlight is on our current fellow Anna Ohanjanyan, a senior researcher at the Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts ‘Matenadaran’ (Armenia) who specialises in #HistoricalTheology & #ReligiousStudies. 👉 Learn more about her research & motivation (LinkedIn): t1p.de/7yg9w

#CfP 📣 The workshop “Confessions of Bad Taste” aims to explore the historically & culturally shifting relationships between consumption, status, value judgments, and affect that are articulated through performances of guilty pleasures. Submit your ideas! 🗓️ 2-4 June 2027 📍 KWI Essen 👉 urlr.me/AZqwbf

📩 Our new issue of COLLEGE CONDENSED delivers a digest of recent news, events and media coverage, presents projects and publications, and introduces new College members. 👓 Read in your browser: t1p.de/pldso 👉 Subscribe: www.college-uaruhr.de/newsletter

Last opportunity to register for this digital workshop on #SocialProtection and healthy #ageing with a focus on the African continent 👇

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📅 DIGITAL WORKSHOP: Intergenerational #SocialProtection and Governance for Healthy #Ageing in Africa | 23 July This interdisciplinary workshop advances evidence-based dialogue on demography, #SocialPolicy, & Development Studies and generate policy-relevant insights. 👉 t1p.de/htdom #SocSci

#FellowFriday: Today we are introducing Julia Ng, Reader in #CriticalTheory at Goldsmiths, University of London (UK). Her work has explored modern German-Jewish #philosophy and theories of history and language in the 20th century. Learn more about her project and motivation (LinkedIn): t1p.de/c8bbb

Join us in this fully digital workshop on social protection and governance for healthy #ageing in Africa on 23 July! 👉 Programme: www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/... #DevelopmentEconomics, #PublicHealth #SocialPolicy #AgeingResearch #SocSci

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📅 DIGITAL WORKSHOP: Intergenerational #SocialProtection and Governance for Healthy #Ageing in Africa | 23 July This interdisciplinary workshop advances evidence-based dialogue on demography, #SocialPolicy, & Development Studies and generate policy-relevant insights. 👉 t1p.de/htdom #SocSci

Great opportunity for doctoral students at the UA Ruhr to make progress with writing their thesis 👇

Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI)@kwi-essen.bsky.social · 4w ago

📣 Das #KWISchreibwochenende für Promovierende steht wieder vor der Tür! Vom 9.-11. Okt. können Promovierende der #GeiWi & #SoWi der #UARuhr hier gemeinsam intensiv an ihren Arbeiten schreiben und in den Austausch mit Gleichgesinnten treten. ⏰ Anmelden bis zum 15.08. 👉 shorturl.at/SUbNd

#FellowFriday: Meet Aschalew Abeje Lakew, Assoc. Prof. of #MigrationStudies at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. His research focuses on migration and #ChildLabour in #Ethiopia. We interviewed him about his project and collaboration with Anja Tervooren @unidue.bsky.social (LinkedIn): t1p.de/3hux1

Defining growth dependence — published by Matthias Kranke and others in Sustainability Science: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Next week at the College: this interdisciplinary workshop on #NeoEmotions explores how new kinds of emotions emerge over time and what role digital technologies and AI play in this context. Register until 10 July! – co-organised by Kathryn D. Temple & Eva Weber-Guskar, @ruhr-uni-bochum.de #philsky

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📅 WORKSHOP: Neo-Emotions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Feelings and Change | 16 July t1p.de/429v0 Scholars from different disciplines will examine how feelings become established #emotions, what catalyses ‘inventing’ new emotions, and what role digital technologies and AI play. #philsky

We warmly welcome Sule Emmanuel Egya as new research professor. A leading scholar in #EnvironmentalHumanities, he examines environmental issues within the context of colonial history and global imbalances. He is also an award-winning poet and novelist. www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

JOB: Wir suchen eine studentische Hilfskraft (w/m/d) zur Unterstützung der Geschäftsstelle des College for Social Sciences and Humanities in Essen, #UARuhr. ***ENGLISH***: We are looking for a student assistant (f/m/x) to support our Managing Office. 👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

In a new film portraying our Institute for Advanced Study, former Senior Fellows @tannisthas.bsky.social & William C. Donahue share what they found beneficial about the #fellowship & their personal impressions of the College and the Ruhr area. #UARuhr 📽️ Watch the film (LinkedIn): lnkd.in/p/eq7bHzTF

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#FellowFriday: Today we are introducing our Senior Fellow Sreeparna Chattopadhyay. As an anthropologist, she focuses on gendered violence, intersectional inequities, and political ecology. Learn more about her research, her view of the #fellowship, and her motivation (LinkedIn): t1p.de/250ay

Still a few places left in this participatory workshop for researchers working in interdisciplinary settings – next week in Essen. Register until 5 July! 👇

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📅 WORKSHOP: Working across the Borderlands: Epistemic Recognition for #InterdisciplinaryResearch | 9 July www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/... This participatory workshop for researchers working in interdisciplinary spaces introduces #EpistemicRecognition and invites participants to help build it.

Next week at the College and online: this workshop sheds light on different cultural, social and economic contexts in which women experience or shape violence. 👉 Take a look the complete programme & register by 6 July: www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/... #GenderedViolence #Criminology #sociology

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📅 WORKSHOP: Women as Victims or Perpetrators of Violence: An International Perspective, 9–10 July, hybrid t1p.de/j5y7i This workshop aims to gain a better understanding of how women experience or shape the nature of #violence and victims in different cultural, social and economic contexts. #SocSci

Next week at the College & online: This workshop aims to deepen the understanding of #ChildLabour by combining keynotes and panel discussions. Register by 29 June. 👇

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

📅 WORKSHOP: Children Who Work: Child Labour in Multidisciplinary Perspectives | 3 July, hybrid t1p.de/i65jk This workshop examines #ChildLabour from an interdisciplinary & international comparative perspective, focusing on socio-economic structures, legal frameworks, and historical aspects. #SocSci

A warm welcome to our new College member Anke Przybyla! Anke supports our three research groups in administrative and organisational matters. Before joining the College, she worked at the University of Duisburg-Essen for more than five years. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration!

Nächste Woche finden am College for Social Sciences and Humanities zwei Veranstaltungen im Rahmen des #EssenerWissenschaftssommer statt. Melden Sie sich gerne noch an, wir freuen uns Sie begrüßen zu dürfen!

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Das College trägt mit 2 Veranstaltungen am 22. & 23. Juni zum Science-Festival #EssenerWissenschaftssommer bei. Erfahren Sie, wie das heutige Ruhrgebiet entstanden ist, und wie sich rechtsextreme Inhalte über soziale Medien verbreiten. 👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/events Wir laden Sie herzlich ein!

📅 WORKSHOP: Working across the Borderlands: Epistemic Recognition for #InterdisciplinaryResearch | 9 July www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/... This participatory workshop for researchers working in interdisciplinary spaces introduces #EpistemicRecognition and invites participants to help build it.

📅 DIGITAL WORKSHOP: Intergenerational #SocialProtection and Governance for Healthy #Ageing in Africa | 23 July This interdisciplinary workshop advances evidence-based dialogue on demography, #SocialPolicy, & Development Studies and generate policy-relevant insights. 👉 t1p.de/htdom #SocSci

📅 WORKSHOP: Neo-Emotions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Feelings and Change | 16 July t1p.de/429v0 Scholars from different disciplines will examine how feelings become established #emotions, what catalyses ‘inventing’ new emotions, and what role digital technologies and AI play. #philsky

📅 WORKSHOP: Women as Victims or Perpetrators of Violence: An International Perspective, 9–10 July, hybrid t1p.de/j5y7i This workshop aims to gain a better understanding of how women experience or shape the nature of #violence and victims in different cultural, social and economic contexts. #SocSci

Morgen! 👇🏽 Sensorische Re-Situierungen: Die Sinne in techno-ökologischer Veränderung 11.–12.06.2026 | College for Social Sciences and Humanities, Essen Tagung der DGS-Sektionen Soziologische Theorie und Soziologie des Körpers und des Sports. Infos/Programm: www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...