Study Programme
The study and qualification model consists of a combination of transdisciplinary, practice-oriented training and research-related courses, promoting practical acquisition of knowledge and experience. The study programme is the result of many years of experience at Hildesheim in the supervision of post-doctoral and PhD students, and is designed so that both interdisciplinary and subject-specific courses are offered. The form and closeness of supervision varies over the course of the PhD: to begin with, the focus is on the inter- and transdisciplinary positioning of the student’s own PhD project and engagement with the academic methods and issues specific to the training group, while nearer the completion of the PhD intensive collaboration with a supervisor becomes increasingly important.
In addition to the interdisciplinary meetings of all participants, the colloquia and the annual conference organised by the PhD students, both of which provide a forum for the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas, the study programme comprises three further levels. First, research participation in the semester-long collaborative project unique to Hildesheim (“Projektsemester”), which takes place every two years and in which aesthetic-practice projects are developed and enacted, underlines the relevance of the reciprocal relationship between academic reflection and aesthetic practice for the students’ own research projects. Second, close supervision in decentralised subject groups helps students focus on their own individual research perspective. Finally, e-learning facilities enable students to carry out work and research outside of Hildesheim as well. The programme is rounded off by the teaching of key skills for the students’ academic careers by supervising professors and lecturers, and accompanying reflection on and discussion of academic practice.
Events within the Framework of the Study and Qualification Program
Events of the Current Semester
Winter semester 2024/25
Intensive meeting
30.09. - 02.10.2024, Haus Zeppelin & Steinberg Goslar
Summer semester 2024
Intensive meeting
04 - 06 April 2024, Kulturcampus
Text workshop
Thursdays (every 14 days)
Workshop on anti-racism
07 - 08 June 2024
External trainers: Nadine Golly, Shirley Inafa (Kollektiv KARFI)
Past Events
Reading workshop: Benjamin's visual practices
15 - 17.02.2024, Kulturcampus
Methods Workshop: On making visible - visualization as an aesthetic practice
27.01.2024
with Laura Ohmes (Oldenburg) and Paul Heinicke (Potsdam)
Workshop to ensure good scientific practice
08.12.2023, online
External trainer: Dr. Kathrin Ruhl
Methods Workshop: Describing aesthetic practices
09 - 11.11.2023, Kulturcampus
Methods Workshop: Practices of listening and meditation
08.11.2023, Kulturcampus
with Diane Barbé
Guest Lecture: The "i" in Gender Studies. On the Importance of Experience and Experiencing for the Critique of the Gender Order
08.11.2023, Kulturcampus
by/with Prof.*in Dr.*in Tomke König (Bielefeld)
Methods Workshop: "Speaking about - Speaking from"
09.11.23, Kulturcampus
with Prof.*in Dr.*in Tomke König (Bielefeld)
Fourth Intensive Meeting with the Second Doctoral Cohort of the Research Training Group "Aesthetic Practice" (Retreat)
04.-06.10.2023, House Sonnenberg, St. Andreasberg
Competence Workshop Publishing in Science
09.06.2023
External trainer: Dr. Barbara Handke
Competence Workshop (optional): Writing workshop on focusing the research question and outline
07./08.06.2023
External trainer: Dr. Sven Arnold
Methods Workshop Translating as Aesthetic Practice
03./04.06.2023
at the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
Third Intensive Meeting with the Second Doctoral Cohort of the Research Training Group "Aesthetic Practice
11./12.05.2023
Methods Workshop on Critical Fabulation in the Context of Postcolonial Black Theory (Saidiya Hartman)
20.01.2023
with Dr. Ines Kleesattel (Zurich University of the Arts)
Talk on internal university research networking
26.10.2022
Prof. Dr. Stefanie Diekmann (Media Studies), Prof. Dr. Britta Hoffarth (Center for Gender Studies)
Second Intensive Meeting of the Research Training Group
17.-19.11.2022
First Intensive Meeting with the Second PhD Cohort of the Research Training Group "Aesthetic Practice" (Retreat)
Competence Workshop (optional): Equal opportunities in science
24.11.2022
External trainer: Dr. Anna Welpinghus
Research Seminar
Fridays 14:00-18:00, House 3
Dates: 22.04/ 06.05/ 20.05/ 03.06/ 17.06/ 24.06/ 01.07/ 15.07
Competence Workshop (optional): Designing the doctorate as a project
18./19.05.2022
External trainer: Dr. Sarah Weber
Competence Workshop (optional): Communication, Cooperation and Conflict in Doctoral Studies
14.06.2022
External trainer: Dr. Andreas Egeling
Talks on professional activity/career between science and art
28.01.2022 (online)
Guests: PD. Dr. Sybille Peters (Fundus Theater Hamburg), Prof. Dr. Maike Gunsilius (Hildesheim) and JProf. Dr. Fiona McGovern
Intensive work meeting of the Kollegiat:innen / writing retreat
10.-14.01.2022
Academy Waldschlösschen
Intensive working meeting of the junior scientists
12.-16.12.2021
Newhaus Dierhagen
Lecture/Discussion and Theory/Practice-Workshop "Body as Instrument"
02./03.12.2021
with Anna Huber (dancer and choreographer), Valeska Gert Visiting Professor Academy of Arts Berlin
Competence Workshop (Equal Opportunity) "Feminist Critique of Science via the Way of the Body"
29./30.11.2021
Cooperation with the AK Feministische Kritik of the Center for Gender Studies and the Equal Opportunity Office of the University of Hildesheim
External trainer: Sunny Graff
further information
Methods Workshop "Theory and Practice of No-Theater in Zeami's Text ,Kakyō' (The Flower Mirror)"
26.11.2021 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
with Prof. em. Dr. Ryōsuke Ōhashi
Conversation on intra-university research networking
25.11.2021 14:00 - 16:00 (online)
with Prof. Dr. Britta Hoffarth and Dr. Susanne Richter (Center for Gender Studies)
Competence workshop "Voice and presence training" (for female scientists)
03.08.2021 (online) with Heike Hofmann (Body&Speech)
Workshop Postcolonial Aesthetics: Theory Building, Photography and Museum
09.07. / 10.07 (online) with Christopher Nixon
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Competence Workshop "Basics of Moderating"
06.07. / 07.07.2021 (online) with Heike Ahlsdorff
Methods Workshop "Describing Aesthetic Practice"
23.04.2021 (online) Deepening of the workshop from 20.11.2020, focus: working on own text examples in small groups, use of feedback methods (DasArts)
Fourth Interdisciplinary Meeting of all Participants of the Research Training Group "Aesthetic Practice"
22 - 24.03.2021 (online) Focus: working in small groups on text drafts for the dissertation
Competence Workshop "Publishing in Science"
15 + 17 + 19.02.2021 (online) with Barbara Handke
Theory/Practice Workshop on Teaching Peformance Art
22. - 23.01.2021 (online) with Johannes Deimling
Methods Workshop "Describing Aesthetic Practice"
20.11.2020 (online) internal
Third Interdisciplinary Meeting of all Participants of the Research Training Group "Aesthetic Practice"
05 - 07.10.2020, Bildungshaus Zeppelin & Steinberg e.V., Goslar
Topic: Interim review (first cohort of PhD students), research under the conditions of the covid pandemic
Competence Workshop to Maintain Good Scientific Practice
10.07.2020 (online asynchronous/synchronous) with Dr. Kathrin Ruhl (QualitätsZirkel Promotion)
Competence Workshop: Writing for PhD Students
31.03.20 (online) with Dr. Beate Richter ( Scientific Writing Workshop Berlin), focus: elaboration of a scientific question (objective) and development of a stringent text concept; application of creative writing methods
Practical Research Seminar in Cooperation with Kunstverein Via 113
09.01. + 23.01. + 06.02.2020 with Oliver Dressel
Theory Research Seminar
10.01. + 24.01. + 07.02.2020 internal
Competence Workshop Equal Opportunities
08.11.2019 Cooperation with the initiative Solidarity at the Theater
Methods Workshop "Phenomenological Analysis of Borderline Situations"
07.11.2019 with Prof. Dr. Claudia Peter (Goethe University Frankfurt/M.)
Second Interdisciplinary Meeting of all Participants of the Research Training Group "Aesthetic Practice".
25.10.2019, Emphasis on the focus of the research projects
Competence Workshop "Self-Organization for Doctoral Students"
16.06.2019 with Dr. Katharina Ludewig (Ludewig.Team)
First Interdisciplinary Meeting of all Participants of the Research Training Group "Aesthetic Practice".
13./14.05.2019 Focus: Presentation of the research projects/qualification projects.
Research Colloquium
Fridays 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
