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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
💡 FEATURE | Policy Brief Governing for Healthy Ageing: Intergenerational Social Protection in Sub-Saharan Africa Daniel Chigudu & Martina Brandt examine how #governance & #SocialProtection in sub-Saharan Africa can be redesigned and propose an integrated agenda for #HealthyAgeing. 👉 t1p.de/1uj00
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Congratulations to Ruhr Innovation Lab on being selected for funding as a University Consortium of Excellence! We are delighted that the joint initiative of @ruhr-uni-bochum.de & @tu-dortmund.de was successful in this highly competitive selection process. #UARuhr
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📅 WORKSHOP: Sweat as Method. Explorations of the 'Lower Senses' | 26–27 Nov., hybrid What can sweat reveal about bodies, atmospheres & relations that remains inaccessible to distanced observation? This workshop opens up broader reflections on sensory research. 👉 t1p.de/u3l12 #Sociology #SocSci
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
📅 TALK: Alles in Ordnung im Archiv? Gespräche über Zugang und Widerständigkeit | 29. Okt. Die Veranstaltung befasst sich aus künstlerischer, gesellschaftspolitischer und wissenschaftlicher Perspektive mit Widerständigkeiten im #Archiv, mit einem Fokus auf Zugang und Zugänglichkeit. 👉 t1p.de/jika5
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🔎 New Project: From Web, Library, War to Fire, Garden, Feed Artists and theorists examine how #metaphors shape our perceptions and narratives of the internet and digital infrastructures. The project is part of the Medienkunstfellows programme of Medienwerk NRW. 👉 www.medienwerk.nrw/projects/met...
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From Web, Library, War to Fire, Garden, Feed – medienwerk.nrw
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
📆 Global Sustainability Governance: Towards Transnational Planning in the Age of Ecological Crisis | 2–3 Nov. t1p.de/owatl This workshop explores the potential of different forms of #TransnationalPlanning for leveraging transformative change and fosters interdisciplinary dialogue. #SocSci #EnvHum
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
💡 NEW FEATURE Feel the Heat. Thermal Inequalities and Health Sreeparna Chattopadhyay & Elena Beregow reflect on the impact of extreme #heat on our social lives. The blog post highlights how heat vulnerability is connected with inequalities. 👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/features #SocSci
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We warmly welcome ten new Senior Fellows at the College! The distinguished researchers from universities in Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Japan, Nigeria, the UK, and the USA have arrived in Essen to start their tandem projects with scholars from the #UARuhr. t1p.de/xawrl
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🔎 New Project: Our researchers Florian Fastenrath & Anna Doumanas have started a project that examines social acceptance of wealth social policies, as part of the new collaborative research centre DIFIS-SOFO of @difis.bsky.social. 👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/research/pro... #Sozialpolitik #SocialPolicy
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College UA Ruhr: Proejct 'Akzeptanzbedingungen einer Vermögenssozialpolitik – Gesellschaftliche Konfliktlinien und politische Gestaltungsoptionen'
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
On 1-2 October this workshop on #ShippingCanals will take place at the College. The Workshop aims to bring together researchers exploring artificial inland waterways throughout history. Register by 24 September. 👇
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Researchers at any career stage have the opportunity to present their work in progress on #LGBTQI rights in #InternationalPolitics at this digital workshop, organised by @stephenbrown.bsky.social & Dennis Dijkzeul. Submit your abstract until 20 Sept.! #Polisky #SocSci
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Summer Break: we are taking a short break and will be back with renewed energy on 7 September.
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
#FellowFriday: Meet Wivian Weller, Prof. at the U of Brasília (Brazil), whose research focuses on #sociology of education, educational inequalities & comparative #YouthResearch. She shares the outcomes of her #fellowship & what has influenced her academic career (LinkedIn): lnkd.in/p/e_yXcT-r
Collage with photo of Wivian Weller and a quote: "Particularly young people are identifying with nationalist, racist, sexist and anti-migration discourses, raising concerns about the potential for a transnational right-wing youth movement. I aim to provide an analytical perspective on how right-wing attitudes are reproduced and spread far beyond national borders."
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Tabea Waltenberg, doctoral researcher at the College, has just returned from New York City where she conducted fieldwork at the UN High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) on #SustainableDevelopment. In this short interview she puts her first impressions into context (LinkedIn): lnkd.in/p/eFhJrCby
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
📻 RADIO-INTERVIEW Im Interview mit dem DLF erklärt Soziologin Elena Beregow, wie #Schwitzen gesellschaftlich gedeutet wird: „Der schwitzende Körper stört eine bestimmte Vorstellung, und zwar die vom vollständig autonomen und kontrollierten Individuum“. 🎧 Hier nachhören: t1p.de/0dk9o #Soziologie
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The College looks forward to hosting communication researcher Dr @felixsimon.bsky.social from Oxford University (UK) as Invited Fellow in September. His research focuses on the societal impacts of AI, especially on the information ecosystem, the media, and democracy. Learn more: t1p.de/uj01i
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
📄 NEW PUBLICATION: 'Data Flow' by Tahani Nadim | t1p.de/97gj0 In her essay, Tahani Nadim reflects on a genome’s transposable elements, or ‘jumping genes’, having witnessed the monocultural landscapes of maize that form the Corn Belt in the Midwestern United States along the Mississippi River.
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Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) @kwi-essen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
📣 Work with us! Apply now for our KWI International/Thyssen@KWI Fellowship. Various project formats are possible: spend your time in Essen finishing a book or a special issue, finalising a research proposal, or setting up a research group. ⏰ Apply by Aug 17 🔗 tinyurl.com/ypn2hvpj shorturl.at/ubpFV
Apply Now: KWI International Fellowships/Thyssen@KWI Fellowship from 1 April 2027 until 30 September 2027, Deadline: August 17th 2026
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
📅 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
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Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) @kwi-essen.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
✍🏻 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
KWI-Schreibwochende für Promovierende: 9.-11.10.2026, Anmeldeschluss: 15.08.2026
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
📢 #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
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
💡 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
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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!
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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. 👇
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#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
collage with a photo of Anna Ohanjanyan and a quote: "Living in increasingly multicultural and multi-ethnic societies, we continue to face challenges related to coexistence, communication, and cultural exchange. Looking at how these dynamics unfolded in the past helps us better understand both the continuities and the differences between early modern and contemporary societies."
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Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut Essen (KWI) @kwi-essen.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
#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
Ausschnitt aus „Der Kampf zwischen Karneval und Fasten“, Pieter Bruegel der Ältere, um 1559, Öl auf Eichenholz (118 × 164,5 cm), Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Bilddatenbank
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
📩 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
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Last opportunity to register for this digital workshop on #SocialProtection and healthy #ageing with a focus on the African continent 👇
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College UA Ruhr: Intergenerational Social Protection and Governance for Healthy Ageing in Africa: Policy Innovations for Inclusive and Resilient Societies
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
#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
collage with a photo of Julia Ng and a quote: "I look at ways in which the idea of non-action – not working, not complying, not conforming […] – was borrowed from Daoism during Germany’s colonial period in China and adapted as a key concept in capital-critical social theory by German Jewish thinkers central to the beginnings of the Frankfurt School."
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
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
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Great opportunity for doctoral students at the UA Ruhr to make progress with writing their thesis 👇
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
#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
collage of a portrait photo and a quote: “My research project examines the persistent issue of child labour in the Awi Administrative Zone of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It seeks to uncover the forces that perpetuate this practice and document the daily challenges and lived experiences of the affected children.“
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Institut für Sozioökonomie @ifso.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Defining growth dependence — published by Matthias Kranke and others in Sustainability Science: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
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
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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/...
collage with a portrait photo of Sule Egya and a quote: "Trained as a literary scholar, I have been concerned with the environmental imagination that shapes literary and cultural productions in Africa. Beyond that, I have also focused on the role of literature and artistic productions in confronting environmental destructions arising from extractive activities across the African continent."
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
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/...
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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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🚪 Open the door to a place dedicated to excellent research in the social sciences and humanities. Designed as an international Institute for Advanced Study, the College for Social Sciences and Human...
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
#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
collage of a portrait photo and a quote: “Extreme weather, especially severe heat, is a huge challenge not only for countries like India, but also increasingly in Europe. How we respond to this and whether we are able to protect those most vulnerable tells us a lot about our social contract.”
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Still a few places left in this participatory workshop for researchers working in interdisciplinary settings – next week in Essen. Register until 5 July! 👇
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
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
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College UA Ruhr: Women as Victims or Perpetrators of Violence: an International Perspective
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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. 👇
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
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!
Welcome Anke Przybyla, Administrative Assistant, Research Groups
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
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!
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
📅 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.
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
📅 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
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
📅 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
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
📅 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
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Theoriesektion (DGS) @theoriesektiondgs.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
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/...
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Next week at the College & online: This workshop combines lectures with reading sessions to examine the relations of the histories of German Jewish thought and #CriticalTheory to European imperialism and colonialism. #philosophy Register by 15 June. 👇
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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr @college-uaruhr.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
⌛ 12 days left to apply for this #postdoc position (f/m/x) in our research professorship 'Public Social Sciences and Humanities' led by Sule Egya: join our Institute for Advanced Study, part of the #UARuhr, based in Essen @unidue.bsky.social, Germany. #PublicHumanities #envhum #DecolonialStudies
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