Events 2015

Authorial series such as "Mad Man" or "House of Cards" have been booming for several years - some critics speak of a "Golden Age of Television" in view of the leap in quality in series production." In the second part of the lecture series "fernsehen 4.0: Die Bewegtbild-Offensive" you will learn how the forms of serial narration have changed since the 19th century and what constitutes the quality of today's authored series.

The second part of the lecture series Life in the media world will take place Tuesday, 8. December 2015 at 6 p.m. c.t. in the Gießhaus of the University of Kassel. The event is aimed at students and the interested public. You are cordially invited! 

Award-winning children's and young adult author Andreas Steinhöfel is coming to the University of Kassel on December 15. He will present excerpts from his new novel "Anders" in a public reading. The event will take place at the Campus Center of the University of Kassel, Moritzstraße 18, Lecture Hall 3, Room 1135. Start time is 7 p.m.

House of Cards, Homeland, Breaking Bad - US quality TV is making its way into German living rooms! Although... not necessarily only in living rooms. Video on demand offers make it possible: The viewer can watch his favorite show when, where and how he wants. Whether via the new smart TV on the couch, via tablet at the breakfast table or smartphone on the suburban train. Digitization is revolutionizing the television landscape not only in terms of technology, but also in terms of content: PayTV offerings, media libraries and video platforms such as YouTube offer a huge range of moving image offerings. 

What role will public and private television programs play in the future? Do the successes of Amazon, Netflix and YouTube show that viewers would like to be their own program directors? These questions are the subject of the lecture series "TV 4.0: The Moving Image Offensive," in which academics and practitioners will speak.

The weekly lecture and discussion series "Gender and Genre" is taking a critical look at popular television series for the second time this winter semester. The productions discussed range from "House of Cards" to "True Detective" and "The Walking Dead". Last winter semester, the lecture series examined TV series from a gender-theoretical perspective. Because of the great success, there will be a continuation this winter semester. The series begins on November 11. The lectures will take place on Wednesdays from 8 to 10 p.m. Location: Campus Center, Lecture Hall 3 / 1135.

Research on writing texts using external or given materials or sources lies at the intersection of writing and reading research. Studies on text-productive forms of reading, on strategies of understanding, reviewing, retaining, or organizing information while using external knowledge resources have so far stood unconnected to each other. The summer school aims to facilitate interdisciplinary exchange between writing and reading research with the goal of gaining research perspectives on writing with external sources and materials and on the conditions associated with it.

The 2015 Brothers Grimm Professorship goes to Paul Maar. The children's author, who became famous for novels such as "Lippel's Dream" or "Mr. Bello and the Blue Wonder," but especially for his stories about Sams, will be a guest at the University of Kassel on June 9 and 10. To mark the occasion, the Institute of German Studies is offering a teaching focus on "Children's Literature Language" in the 2015 summer semester.