The Oldenburg School 2019 is once again promoting young academics. This year, the undead play just as much a role as writing training and third-party funding applications.
Promoting and improving the quality of research and training for young academics: This is the centre of the fourth Oldenburg School for the Social Sciences and the Humanities. Organised by the University's Schools I to IV and the 3GO Graduate School, the Oldenburg School 2019 offers various events on topics and research methods from 6 to 17 September. Internal or external Master's students, doctoral candidates, graduates and postdocs from all disciplines are invited to attend. Interested academics can also take part in the event series themselves with workshops, guest lectures or masterclasses.
The Oldenburg School 2019 starts on 6 and 7 September with the interdisciplinary workshop "The Question of Property". What is property actually? What forms does it take? And what social functions do they have? The workshop is being organised by PhD students Nina Gmeiner and Niklas Angerbauer, who are working on the topic of property in their doctoral theses. The aim is to link the academic debate on ownership with current social discourses. The economist Prof Dr Dirk Löhr, the philosophers Prof Dr Matthias Kaufmann and Prof Dr Tilo Wesche and the sociologist Prof Dr Gesa Lindemann will present different perspectives on this topic.
The workshop "Finding a topic and writing a synopsis" on 10 September supports doctoral students in the initial phase of their dissertation as well as Master's students who are at the end of their studies. Together with advisor Dr Nina Feltz, participants will develop the building blocks of the exposé, which they can then work on individually.
Tips and tricks for writing academic texts can be found in the workshop "Schreibraum. Inputs, free writing time & individual advice" from 10 to 12 September. It is aimed at students and doctoral candidates. After an input from lecturer Dr Maxi Berger, participants will develop a personal daily plan with free writing time, which can be supplemented with individual consultations.
The practical workshop "Qualitative Evaluation Workshop" by Dr Christine Moritz will also take place on 12 September. The event will provide insights into various evaluation methods used in qualitative social research. In addition to keynote speeches, for example on the preparation of empirical data, participants will analyse their own material in practical work phases.
Dr Christine Moritz will present how to organise funding for a research project in the workshop "Third-party funding applications and scholarship applications" on 13 and 14 September. The workshop will focus in particular on projects in the humanities and social sciences.
At the end of the Oldenburg School on 16 and 17 September, everything will revolve around the undead and their place in pop culture. In the workshop "Zombies in popular culture", film scholar Prof Dr Marcus Stiglegger will introduce the genre of the zombie film. This will be followed by a screening of the film Dawn of the Dead (1978) before a masterclass on 17 September. In addition to the history of the genre and its current status, individual works will also be analysed and placed in their cultural context - because the zombie genre often acts as a mirror for the historical time in which it was created.
The Oldenburg School is sponsored by the EWE Foundation, the Protestant Academy, the Office for University and Trade Union Co-operation, the AStA and the Schools I to IV.
Registration for the workshops is requested. All events are free of charge. Further information can be found at: https://uol.de/3go/oldenburg-school/
