Events

DiLCo an international research network on ‘Digital language variation in context’ is pleased to announce a new series of online lectures with 10 lectures from April to December 2022 on digital language and communication research.

The lecture series is designed as a continuous online event via Zoom. All lectures are free of charge, but registration is required. More information on the individual...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

Between Invisibility and Autonomy: Negotiating Gender Roles in Manuscript Cultures

Lecture 8/9

Nuns, Domestic Virgins, and Female Devotees in Late Antique Egypt: Evidence From Greek and Coptic Graffiti, Papyri, and Other Written Artefacts

Dr Leah Mascia (Hamburg)

Epigraphic, papyrological, and other textual sources provide essential information on the role played by women in the Christian...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

The Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” at the Universität Hamburg integrates natural and social science aspects of climate change research to perform an inter- and transdisciplinary exploration of human-environment interactions. One focus of this research is to analyze and cooperatively explore sustainable ways for society to adapt to climate change.

This...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

The Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability” kindly invites you to the following digital KOLLEG-FORUM:

11 January 2023, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon (CET)
Digital KOLLEG-FORUM: Presentation by Sören Altstaedt (Humanities Centre):
“Future Cultures – A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Social Nexus of Future-making Practices”

Sören Altstaedt is research associate at our...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

The Career Center of the University of Hamburg is happy to invite you to a breakfast with female founders - in cooperation with beyourpilot.

Are you interested in founding a company? Are you about to start a business or have you already founded one?
Then come by to share your thoughs and ideas and ask your questions on the topic of "founding" with other women.

What to expect?
Depending on your...

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.          

Regardless of the language, academic writing is a challenge for all. This English-language workshop will give participants an understanding of the entire writing process as well as tools to break down a daunting writing project into smaller tasks and pursue it productively and more comfortably.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.

Target Group: All employees at UHH / Language: German / Trainer: Jutta Schwarz / Max. Participants: 14

In diesem Workshop reflektieren Sie Ihre eigene Biographie und können so Stärken und Wünsche ableiten. Die „Antworten“ oder mögliche Perspektiven entwickeln Sie somit selbst.

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Permanent Seminar on Manuscript Analysis, Description, and Documentation

Forms of Manuscripts and Their Description: ‘Folded Manuscripts (Concertinas)’

‘Folded manuscripts’ are a wide class of written artefacts that have as a common feature the folding of a surface along a horizontal or vertical axis, or in both directions subsequently (concertinas, leporellos, folded almanacs and ‘bat books’)...

This event takes place in German.

Between Invisibility and Autonomy: Negotiating Gender Roles in Manuscript Cultures

Lecture 9/10

Vanished from the Pages: The Female Scribe in the Codex Telleriano-Remensis and the Transformation of Mexican Manuscript Cultures in the Early Colonial Period

Dr Anna Boroffka (KEK, Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin / Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures, Universität Hamburg)

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This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.          

This event takes place in German.

The Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” at the Universität Hamburg integrates natural and social science aspects of climate change research to perform an inter- and transdisciplinary exploration of human-environment interactions. One focus of this research is to analyze and cooperatively explore sustainable ways for society to adapt to climate change.

This...

This event takes place in German.

The event will take place in German.

Target Group: Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers / Language: German / Trainer: Meike Schoon / Max. Participants: 14

In diesem Workshop lernen Sie, was das eigene Profil für Arbeitgebende außerhalb der Hochschule attraktiv macht und wie Fähigkeiten überzeugend dargestellt werden.

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This event takes place in German.

The Humanities Centre for Advanced Studies “Futures of Sustainability” kindly invites you to the digital KOLLEG-FORUM:

18 January 2023, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon (CET)
Digital KOLLEG-FORUM: Presentation by Dr. Marcel Sebastian (TU Dortmund):
“Emotion work in the slaughterhouse: how slaughterers deal with emotional work requirements”

Dr. Marcel Sebastian is a research associate at the Chair of...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

Target Group: Doctoral and postdoctoral researchers / Language: German / Trainer: Joanna Bouchi-Häfner / Max. Participants: 9

In diesem Workshop erarbeiten Sie Ihre persönlichen Stärken und die damit einhergehenden beruflichen Perspektiven. Allein und in Kleingruppen erarbeiten Sie sich Ihre Karriereplanung.

Vor dem ersten Termin am 19. Januar 2023 werden individuelle Telefontermine (45 min.)...

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.          

This event takes place in German.

The crucial first 100 fs in molecular light energy conversion - new insights with ultrashort X-ray pulses.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.          

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

Digitalisation – Visual-Pattern Analysis in Digitised Written Artefacts

Agnieszka Helman-Wazny and Hussein Adnan Mohammed

Automatic visual-pattern analysis has become increasingly important for scholars in the humanities as the number of digitised manuscripts has grown exponentially. Even clearly defined tasks such as image categorisation or finding specific visual elements have become very...

This event takes place in German.

Between Invisibility and Autonomy: Negotiating Gender Roles in Manuscript Cultures

Lecture 9/9

Female Contributions to Islamic Text Production and Circulation

Professor Dr Britta Frede (Universität Bayreuth)

This lecture looks at written testimonies of Islamic scholarship within contemporary Mauritania. Women scholars were active in local institutions of Islamic education since several...

The law on fixed-term employment contracts in German academia (Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz, WissZeitVG for short) regulates the possibilities of setting a time limit for research staff at universities in Germany. The so-called 12-year rule applies in particular to early career researchers. According to this, research staff can be employed for up to six years during the doctoral phase and for a...

This event takes place in German.

The Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” at the Universität Hamburg integrates natural and social science aspects of climate change research to perform an inter- and transdisciplinary exploration of human-environment interactions. One focus of this research is to analyze and cooperatively explore sustainable ways for society to adapt to climate change.

This...

SAVE THE DATE

for the Book Launch and Discussion of

Experimentalism and Sociology: From Crisis to Experience
on 24th January 18:00 - 19:30 CET
Registration and Zoom Link can be found via the link below.

Author:

Dr. habil. Tanja Bogusz (Center for Sustainable Society Research, Universität Hamburg)

Speakers:

Karin Knorr-Cetina (O. Borchert Distinguished Service Professor, University of Chicago)
...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

What funding is available for postdocs and what should be considered when submitting an application?

This spotlight will provide a comprehensive overview of national funding formats with focus on the German Research Foundation (DFG) and supplementary information on federal funding and foundations. Special focus will be on funding formats for postdocs, both in the early and later postdoc phase...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

Which EU funding is interesting for young scientists after their PhD?

The information event will give an overview of the funding formats "Marie Sklodowska Curie Fellowships" and "ERC Grants" as well as an insight into the specifics of EU applications. After the presentation, you will have time for your individual questions.

HRA spotlight: The Hamburg Research Academy offers regular short...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

Effective collaboration with scientists from diverse and versatile cultural backgrounds, disciplines and mindsets is not an easy task but a challenging one. Various understandings and perspectives on commitments provide special challenges for research, teaching and supervision in international groups. At the same time collaboration with professionals having different educational backgrounds makes...

This event takes place in German.

Target Group: All employees at UHH incl. doctoral and postdoctoral researchers / Language: English / Trainer: Meike Schoon / Max. Participants: 100

The talk shows how important it is for successful (internal or external) applications to know your own core competencies and interests and to be able to specify them precisely.

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This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This workshop deepens your understanding of how networks may positively influence your career, your research projects and your personal development, and it helps increase the usefulness of your own networks. Special emphasis is placed on aspects related to working in international contexts and to pursuing an international academic career.

Contents
- What is a network? Which effects does it have?
-...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

In Collaboration with Kampnagel

Since the 2000s, the “material turn” in science and art has led to a paradigm shift. Accordingly, work processes and their materialities (researched and used documents, rehearsal recordings, archiving of productions) have increasingly been brought into focus and artistically reflected in dance and performing art. Thus, in the performative arts, which are considered...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

Programming skills are essential for many job opportunities in academia today. In this Summer-Winter School, you will learn the basics and intermediates of the programming language Python, and how to apply it to increase sustainability. The School focuses on the question "How does programming for academic purposes work using the Python computer language for increasing sustainability?" It takes...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

Target Group: All employees of Universität Hamburg incl. doctoral and postdoctoral researchers / Language: English / Trainer: Paul Endrejat / Max. Participants: 12

After the seminar you will have understood -from a psychological perspective - how individuals could be motivated to engage in sustainable change.

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The course can be credited to "Learn to Lead - Mindset Leadership" for...

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.      

Permanent Seminar on Manuscript Analysis, Description, and Documentation

Forms of Manuscripts and Their Description: ‘Folded Manuscripts (Concertinas)’

‘Folded manuscripts’ are a wide class of written artefacts that have as a common feature the folding of a surface along a horizontal or vertical axis, or in both directions subsequently (concertinas, leporellos, folded almanacs and ‘bat books’)...

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.      

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

Target Group: Doctoral and Postdoctoral Researchers / Language: English / Trainer: Paul Endrejat / Max. Participants: 20

In this workshop, we look into the factors that impact on how we think and make decisions. Learn to question how your mindset can help or hinder your day-to-day life and your future career prospects.

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This course is creditable in "Learn to Lead - Leading with...

Target Group: All employees at UHH incl. doctoral and postdoctoral researchers / Language: English / Trainer: Meike Schoon / Max. Participants: 100

This talk shows how bold networking and increasing your visibility can help you tap into the enormous potential of the so-called hidden job market. 

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This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

Instructor: Professor Dr Cécile Michel

The seminar will start with an overview of the cuneiform writing systems (logographic, syllabic, alphabetical) and their decipherment, cuneiform manuscripts and inscriptions, the variety of cuneiform texts, their organisation in archives and libraries, the scribes and their curriculum. This general introduction on cuneiform texts forms the basis for the...

This event takes place in German.

When doctoral researchers take the next step in their career, they may move into leadership positions and need to manage projects and teams, be it in public research or industry. Polls have shown that while their scientific competence is usually good, most of the times these researchers need to improve their capacity in project and time management to deliver a successful performance. Thus, it is...

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.      

Zielgruppe: Alle Beschäftigten der UHH incl. doctoral and postdoctoral researchers / Sprache: Englisch / Trainer:in: Meike Schoon / Max. Teilnehmende: 100

This talk is all about typical job interview questions (and possible answers). From interviewing techniques to preparation and your personal mindset. 

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This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

The Career Center of the University of Hamburg is happy to invite you to a breakfast with female founders - in cooperation with beyourpilot.

Are you interested in founding a company? Are you about to start a business or have you already founded one?
Then come by to share your thoughs and ideas and ask your questions on the topic of "founding" with other women.

What to expect?
Depending on your...

The Active Bystander training program aims to empower doctoral and early career researchers to challenge poor behaviors, and bring about cultural change through the reinforcement of messages defining the boundaries of unacceptable behavior.

Contents
- An understanding of what bystander apathy is and the importance of being an active bystander
- Learn skills and techniques to positively challenge...

Most of the content of your dissertation is now clearly defined. Outline and structure are beginning to take shape and the submission deadline is drawing closer. Your main question is: “How can I use the remaining time most efficiently?”

The “Getting It Done”-workshop provides you with useful tools to tackle the final stage of your dissertation with as little hassle as possible. Get to know tried...

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.

This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.

Target Group: Postdoctoral Researchers / Language: German / Trainer: Dieta Kuchenbrandt / Max. Participants: 12

Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es, Sie über alle Phasen des Berufungsverfahrens detailliert zu informieren und Ihnen konkrete Hilfestellungen und Tipps für Ihre Bewerbungen zu vermitteln.

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This event takes place in German. For more information, please visit the Hamburg Research Academy website.

This event takes place in German.

This event takes place in German.

DL Workshop 2023: Computer Vision and Natural Language Processing – Challenges in the Humanities

The humanities meet computer science to create new synergies using computer vision and natural language processing.

Aim & Scope

Historians are increasingly using technologies to evaluate digitised texts in a machine-readable way, as well as techniques from the field of natural language...