Funded KOSMOS Workshops in 2018

During the funding period of the year 2018, 18 KOSMOS Workshops were funded.

HU Institution

Title

Partner Institutions

The Institute for Asian and African Studies
 

Dr. Pepetual Chiangong  Mforbe

 

Crossings and Comparisons in African Literary and Cultural Studies

  • University of Ibadan, Nigeria
  • University of Nairobi, Kenya,
  • University of Lomé

 

Department of Physics

Dr. Aline Dinkelaker      

From Quantum to KOSMOS - Optical Quantum Technologies for Small Satellites

  • National University of Singapore (NUS)
  • NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), USA
  • University of Strathlcyde (GB)
  • Technische Universität Berlin (TUB)

Department of

Northern European Studies

 

Dr. Clemens Räthel

Exploring (Women’s) Europe from the Books.

The Princesses’ Libraries and the 18th century world of literacy, leisure and politics

  • Litteraturvetenskapliga Institutionen
  • Faculty of Arts-European Literature and Culture, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
  • Uppsala Universitet
  • Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
  • Études scandinaves, Université de Strasbourg

 

Department of Social Sciences

 

Prof. Dr. Silvia von Steinsdorff

Democracy and European (Dis)Integration: Challenges and Opportunities in Times of Turmoil

  • European University Institute (EUI), Italy
  • London School of Economics and
    Political Science (LSE), UK
  • Central European University (CEU), Hungary
  • Sciences Po, Paris
  • Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
  • Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS), Pisa, Italy

Law Faculty

 

Prof. Dr. Martin Heger

Balancing freedom and security in the fight against terrorism – Historical experiences and current challenges

  • Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

 

Law Faculty

 

Tanja Marielle Herklotz

Shaping Law. Shaping Gender - Experiences from India

  • Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat
     

 

Department of Social Sciences; Berlin Institute for Integration and Migration Research

 

Prof. Dr. Magdalena Nowicka

Memories, normative ideals and empathic solidarities in Europe in aftermath of 'migration crisis'

  • Hungarian Academy of Sciences
    Budapest
  • Malmö University, Sweden
  • The University of New South Wales, Sydney (Australia)
  • AGH University of Science and Technology Krakow, Poland

 

Department of Romance Studies

 

Prof. Dr. Jörg Dünne

Situated Knowledge and Literary Situation-Formation. Alternative Cultural Geographies of Latin America

  • Universidad Nacional de La Plata (Argentinien)
  • New York University (USA)

Department of Chemistry

 

Dr. Florian Bischoff

Workshop on Numerical Methods in Quantum Chemistry

  • Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS), USA

Department of Slavistics

 

Prof. Dr. Alfrun Kliems

The War is Over. The Killing Begins.

Literary Responses to Postimperial Violence in East Central Europe after 1918

  • Université Paris-Sorbonne
  • EUR'ORBEM Cultures et sociétés d'Europe orientale, balkanique et médiane (Paris)
  • Leibniz-Institut für Geschichte und Kultur des östlichen Europa (GWZO) (Leipzig)

Department of Slavistics

 

Torben Philipp

„Energy Humanities East“. Discourses of Energy and Resources in Russian and (Post-)Soviet Culture since

1900

  • Saint Petersburg State University (Russische Förderation)
  • LMU München
  • Otago University, New Zealand

 

Geography Department; Georg Simmel Center for Metropolitan Studies

 

Carolin Genz

Beyond Urban Transformation

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Urban Everyday Life

  • University of Toronto; Harvard University, Graduate School of Arts and Science (GSAS)
     

Institute of Philosophy

 

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schmidt

Humboldt Normativity Conference 2018

  • University of Southampton
    Department of Philosophy (UK)

Cluster "Image Knowledge Gestaltung"; HZK

 

Dr. Lorenzo Guiducci

Breathing skins: A hands-on investigation of self-regulating origami-based foldable structures for temperature

and humidity control in buildings

  • Biomimicry Research and Innovation Center Myers School of Art and Department of Biology The University of Akron, Ohio

Faculty of Theology


Dr. Kirill Chepurin

Political Theology and the Contemporary Moment: Beyond the Christian and the Secular

  • Vanderbilt University (USA)
  • University of Liverpool (UK)
  • San Francisco State University (USA)
  • Pace University (USA)
  • Winchester University (UK)
  • ICI Berlin (Germany)
  • La Salle University (USA)
  • UC Berkeley (USA)

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

 

Prof. Dr. Claudia Becker

 

Theory of Mind and understanding of mental states in deaf and hard of hearing children

  • Interkantonale Hochschule für Heilpädagogik, Zürich
  • Harokopio University, Athens
  • Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture, Cyprus

Department of English and American Studies

 

Prof. Dr. Martin Klepper

Body & Mind: Self-Help in 20s/30s US Mass Cultures

  • Princeton University
  • Trinity College
    Hartford
  • Loyola University Chicago

Department of Musicology and Media Studies

 

Dr. Mats Küssner

Mind Wandering and Visual Mental Imagery in Music

  • Department of Music,
    Durham University, UK
  • Department of Educational Science and Psychology,
    Freie Universität Berlin
  • Department of Music,
    The Sheffield University