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As part of the seminar "Dystopian Film and Fiction" by Prof. Dr Susanne Peters, Dr. Lars Schmeink will give a lecture entitled "Reflections on our Future in the Metaverse" on 19 June 2024 (9:15 to 10:45 a.m., building 40, room 232), to which the interested university public is cordially invited. Lars Schmeink studied American, English and German Studies and completed his PhD in 2014 with a thesis on contemporary posthuman science fiction at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He is one of the initiators and past president of the Gesellschaft für Fantastikforschung, co-editor of the Zeitschrift für Fantastikforschung and managing editor of the SFRA Review. He now works as a researcher in future studies at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and will also report on his practical experience following the lecture.

The Department of English Studies is pleased to welcome the renowned cultural geographer Dr. Andrew Harris from University College London for a lecture on "Reimagining Culture-led Urban Regeneration" as part of the interdisciplinary lecture series The City. Culture-led Regeneration. Space – Knowledge – Participation, which takes place weekly from 17:00 to 19:00 in Building 44, Lecture Hall 6 at the Zschokkestraße campus. Before he gives his lecture on 18 June, there will be a Walk & Talk with Andrew Harris and Zuhar Aljundi in the Port of Science from 11:00 to 13:00 on the same day. For registraton, please mail .

Andrew Harris' presentation will assess how culture-led urban regeneration has been approached, understood and implemented, and emphasise the need for greater interdisciplinary exchange and comparative learning in efforts to develop a more imaginative and progressive agenda for the role of culture in contemporary urban policy. Examples will be drawn in particular from London and the UK, which has played a crucial role in the international spread of the creative city. It will show how practices and activities associated with creativity have been incorporated into urban regeneration policy over the last three decades and highlight important limitations identified in this increasing role of culture in shaping urban change.

As part of the BMBF-funded joint project "3IOS Sleep - Pain - Stress - Cultures and Techniques of Biofeedback Systems 1960 to 1990: Material Culture Research in the Medical Technology Collection of the OVGU", the Chair of Anglophone Cultural and Literary Studies invites applications for a research assistant position with 100% working hours and remuneration according to TV-L 13 as of 1 July 2024. The externally funded position is jointly responsible for the establishment of research in the field of Medical Humanities at the OVGU and in the BMBF joint project. The application deadline is 7 June 2024, applications will be accepted via the online portal. Prof. Dr. Susanne Peters and PD Dr. Nora Pleßke are available to answer any questions you may have.

The position for research assistant (100% TV-L 13) includes the following areas of responsibility:

• independent research in the field of Medical Humanities with associated research and archive work
• active participation in collection-related research in 3-month object laboratories
• collaboration in project-related workshops and events, e.g. lecture series, exhibition and collection conference
• participation in national and international conferences and publication of research results
• preparation of a dissertation

Applicants should have the following profile:

• successfully completed academic university education (Diploma/M.A.) in Anglophone cultural and/or literary studies
• strong research interest in related cultural studies topics (e.g. material culture studies, medical humanities, science studies)
• very good methodological skills
• very good knowledge of German and English
• reliable, conscientious and structured work, commitment, initiative, ability to work in a team and scientific curiosity

In the summer semester 2024, PD Dr. Nora Pleßke and her team from the transSCAPE: Cultural Spaces of Knowledge project, part of the TransPORT transfer initiative for the transformation of the Port of Science, are organising the interdisciplinary lecture series at the Faculty of Humanities (Building 44, Lecture Hall 6, Zschokkestraße 32) every Tuesday from 5:00pm to 7:00pm. Under the title "The City - Culture-led Regeneration: Space - Knowledge - Participation", the lecture series will feature experts from the fields of history, political and social sciences, cultural studies, literature and linguistics as well as philosophy, geography, architecture and art, who will examine and critically discuss culture-led regeneration from various disciplinary perspectives. The lecture series invites participants to discuss the challenges and potentials of culture-led regeneration in cities and to provide new impetus for participatory and future-oriented urban development. Further information on the lecture series and the transfer initiative transPORT can be found here.

Commission:

Chair: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Unger, Department III, FHW, OVGU
Supervisor: Prof.in Dr.in Susanne Peters, Department III, FHW, OVGU
Supervisor: Prof.in Dr.in Kylie Crane, University of Rostock
Member: PD Dr.in Nora Pleßke Nora Pleßke, Department III, FHW, OVGU
Member: Prof. Dr. Michael Böcher, InstitutDepartment II, FHW, OVGU