HGGS Interdisciplinary Research Colloquium
28 April 2026
“Rewriting the Margins: Queer Identity in 1928 Literature”
Margherita Lanza, English Department, Faculty of Modern Languages
"The Reception of Napoleon I in the Context of Western European Integration, 1952-1973"
Lisa Fahrni, History Department, Faculty of Philosophy
Moderation: Dr. Astrid Wind
5 May 2026
“Structural Priming as Implicit Learning driven by Prediction Errors during Second Language Acquisition in German”
Elizaveta Savina, Institute of German as a Foreign Language, Faculty of Modern Languages
“Between two worlds. Edition and commentary of early medieval visions in the Life of St. Aldegund"
Eva Marie Heimers, Medieval Latin Philology, History Department, Faculty of Modern Languages
Moderation: Hikari Bun
12 May 2026
“The Acquisition of Start-Up Companies in European Merger Control Law”
Sinan Barış Yaşar, Faculty of Law
“A social and intellectual history of Indian socialism”
Prateek Pankaj, Department of History, South Asia Institute, Faculty of Philosophy
Moderation: tbc.
19 May 2026
“The Message Beyond the Message: Implications of Text in Contemporary Russian Street and Public Art”
Mariia Korneeva
Institute for Slavic Studies
Faculty of Modern Languages
“Hope: An Ecological Concept”
Anna-Zoë Herr
Institute of Anthropology
Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies
Moderation: tbc.
26 May 2026
“Remembering for ‘never again’: the entanglements of memories of the Holocaust and the Asian-Pacific War in Japanese perspective towards Holocaust memory in the post-witness era”
Hikari Bun, Institute of Japanese Studies, Faculty of Philosophy
“Expectations in Child Protection“
Florence Wieder-Kinne, Institute of Ethnology, Faculty of Behavioural and Cultural Studies
Moderation: Carlos Fabris
About the Colloquium
HGGS members are invited to present their doctoral projects at the Interdisciplinary Research Colloquium. Participation is kindly required of all members in their 1st year and in their 2nd or 3rd year. Guests are welcome. Colloquium presentations normally focus on individual doctoral projects, initial chapters or work-in-progress. Members can also try out new ideas and concepts at the colloquium.
As all HGGS members will be speaking to peers from different research cultures, however, speakers make sure to
- explain key concepts of their discipline,
- discuss the methodology of their work,
- highlight the interdisciplinary approaches or connections of their project.
Presentations are in English to allow our international members to participate in all meetings. If one´s working language is German, presenters may use German ppt-slides and explain them as far as possible in English. The HGGS can assist with translations. The audience will have a chance to ask questions at the end of the presentation and to make constructive criticism. Presentations are thus limited to 15 minutes, followed by 15-20 minutes of discussion.
Please note the dates for our colloquium in your calendar:
Tuesdays, 12:15 – 13:30 (s.t.).
initial dates: 28 April – 5 May – 12 May – 19 May – 26 May 2026.
Further dates will be announced later this semester.
Colloquium Programme, Summer Semester 2026
Location: HGGS, Voßstr. 2, Room 104. As it´s a lunchtime session, participants can bring food and drinks.
Looking forward to your responses and indeed to learning more about your projects!
