SHSS Lecture Series - Spring 2011

Spring 2011: Speaker Schedule
  9 February
7:00-8:30 pm
IRC, Conference Room

Prof. Dr. Karl-Dieter Opp
University of Leipzig and University of Washington
Co-organizer: CoWell Center

"Social Mechanisms, Analytical Sociology and Rational Choice Theory. A Critical Analysis of Recent Developments in Theoretical Sociology"

Abstract (.pdf)

  16 February
7:00-8:30 pm
Inaugural Lecture - University Club

Prof. Dr. Michael Graff
Jacobs University Bremen
Co-organizer: TEAMS Research Center

"Does Financial Activity Promote Economic Growth?" Inaugural Lecture

Abstract (.pdf) 

  17 February
7:00-8:30 pm
ICC Conference Room

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hanitzsch
Institute of Communication Studies and Media Research, University of Munich
Sponsored by Research Center VisComX


"Visualizing Multidimensional Similarities across Cultures: CoPlot and Its Application in Communication Research"

Abstract (.pdf)

23 February
7:00-8:30 pm

IRC, Conference Room

Prof. Dr. Siegwart Lindenberg
University of Groningen & Tilburg, The Netherlands

"Social production functions, goal-frames and self-regulation:Their relevance for institutional analysis and the study of wellbeing"

Co-organizers: CoWell Center and BIGSSS

Abstract (.pdf)

  8 March
7:00-8:30 pm
RLH Seminar Room

Dr. Vincent Lagendijk
Leiden University, The Netherlands
Co-organizer: TEAMS Research Center

"We are Builders, Growers and Healers": The UN and the Development of the Jordan and Mekong

Abstract (.pdf)

 

 

18 March
2:15-3:30 pm
Conrad Naber Lecture Hall (Reimar Lüst Hall)

Fabian Wigand
Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii)

"Bringing the Desertec Vision into Reality
Towards a Renewable Energy Supply from Deserts"

Abstract (.pdf)

  29 March
7:00-8:30 pm
ICC Conference Room

Prof. Dr. Monica Juneja
Global Art History & Historicities
and Heritage
University of Heidelberg
Sponsored by Research Center VisComX

Can the world become home? Art history and the “will to globality”

Abstract (.pdf)

5 April
7:00-8:30 pm
IRC Conference Room

Prof. Dr. Brian Feltman
University of Cologne
Sponsored by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences  

Reconnecting with the Fronts: Sacrificial Nationalism, Manhood, and Military Captivity in the First World War

Abstract (.pdf)
 

6 April
7:00-8:30 pm
IRC Conference Room

Dr. Ulrich Nußbaum 
Finanzsenator, Berlin
Sponsored by TEAMS Research Center 

2020: Towards a New Financial Architecture in Germany?

Abstract (pdf)

13 April
8:00-9:30 pm
Please, note the change in the scheduled time! 8 pm instead of 7 pm !
ICC Conference Room

Dr. Alexander-Kenneth Nagel
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Sponsored by TEAMS Research Center

"Urbi et Orbi? Religious Social Capital in a Transnational Perspective" 

Abstract (.pdf) 
 

  14 April
7:00-8:30 pm
RLH Seminar Room 274

Dr. Elke Grittmann
Department of Journalism and Communication
Science, University of Hamburg
Sponsored by Research Center VisComX 

Analyzing News Photography:
An Introduction to Image Type Analysis

Abstract (.pdf)

  26 April
7:00-8:30 pm
RLH Seminar Room

Dr. Heinrich Hartmann
University of Basel, Switzerland
Co-organizer: TEAMS Research Center

"Modernization Alla Turca: Population Policies in Turkey Between Kemalist Traditions and Western Expertise, 1940s to 1980s"

Abstract (.pdf)

27 April
7:00-8:30 pm
JCLL Seminar Room

Dr. Arndt Wonka
University of Bremen (BIGSSS)
Co-organizer: TEAMS Research Center 

 “Contesting Europe? Actors, scope and content of political mobilization on European Union policies in EU member states“

Abstract (.pdf)

  5 May
Please, note the change of the date.
7:00 - 8:30 pm
RLH, Seminar Room

Prof. Erhabor S. Idemudia
North West University, South Africa
Co-organizer: CoWell 

"Culture, cognition, and well-being: An African perspective"

Abstract (.pdf)  

10 May
7:00-8:30 pm
ICC, Conference Room

Dr. Michael Renner
Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz
Co-organizer: VisComX  

"Image and Design Process: Towards a Practice-Led Iconic Research"

Abstract (.pdf)

11 May
7:00-8:30 pm
Inaugural Lecture - University Club

Prof. Dr Guido Möllering
Jacobs University Bremen

"How Trust and Deception Enable and Prevent Each Other "

Abstract (.pdf)

12 May
7:15-8:30 pm
Research IV, Conference Room

Dr. Nikola Tietze
Hamburg Institute of Social Research
Co-organizer: TEAMS Research Center

"The Semantics of Religion in Europe in Legal and Political Contexts: Implications for Policies towards Muslims in Germany?"

Abstract (.pdf)