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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· 1d

📄 NEW PUBLICATION: 'Data Flow' by Tahani Nadim | t1p.de/97gj0 In her essay, Tahani Nadim reflects on a genome’s transposable elements, or ‘jumping genes’, having witnessed the monocultural landscapes of maize that form the Corn Belt in the Midwestern United States along the Mississippi River.

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· 7d

📅 WORKSHOP: Canal Dreams. Towards a Critical History of Inland Waterways | 1–2 Oct. This workshop brings together researchers who have worked on the imagination, construction and operation of artificial inland #waterways throughout #history. 👉 Programme: t1p.de/0mh1q #MaritimeHistory #histtech

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· 13d

📢 #CfP: LGBTQI+ Rights in International Politics and the Global South This online workshop offers scholars at any career stage the opportunity to present research on diff. aspects of #LGBTQIRights in #InternationalPolitics and/or in the Global South. 👉 t1p.de/tnxkh 📝 20 Sept. 26 #Polisky #SocSci

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· 14d

💡 NEW FEATURE In a blog post, @mattkranke.bsky.social & Tabea Waltenberg reflect on insights from a workshop on how #GrowthDependencies may be rethought and reduced – to make societies more resilient & economies more sustainable. 👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/features/gro... #PostGrowth #Sustainability

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· 15d

We warmly welcome Tanja Literski as a new member of the College! She provides administrative support to the team of the research professorship 'Public Social Sciences and Humanities: Key Societal Debates'. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration!

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· 19d

#FellowFriday: Today, the spotlight is on our current fellow Anna Ohanjanyan, a senior researcher at the Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts ‘Matenadaran’ (Armenia) who specialises in #HistoricalTheology & #ReligiousStudies. 👉 Learn more about her research & motivation (LinkedIn): t1p.de/7yg9w

collage with a photo of Anna Ohanjanyan and a quote: "Living in increasingly multicultural and multi-ethnic societies, we continue to face challenges related to coexistence, communication, and cultural exchange. Looking at how these dynamics unfolded in the past helps us better understand both the continuities and the differences between early modern and contemporary societies."

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· 21d

📩 Our new issue of COLLEGE CONDENSED delivers a digest of recent news, events and media coverage, presents projects and publications, and introduces new College members. 👓 Read in your browser: t1p.de/pldso 👉 Subscribe: www.college-uaruhr.de/newsletter

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· 26d

#FellowFriday: Today we are introducing Julia Ng, Reader in #CriticalTheory at Goldsmiths, University of London (UK). Her work has explored modern German-Jewish #philosophy and theories of history and language in the 20th century. Learn more about her project and motivation (LinkedIn): t1p.de/c8bbb

collage with a photo of Julia Ng and a quote: "I look at ways in which the idea of non-action – not working, not complying, not conforming […] – was borrowed from Daoism during Germany’s colonial period in China and adapted as a key concept in capital-critical social theory by German Jewish thinkers central to the beginnings of the Frankfurt School."

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· Jul 10

#FellowFriday: Meet Aschalew Abeje Lakew, Assoc. Prof. of #MigrationStudies at Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia. His research focuses on migration and #ChildLabour in #Ethiopia. We interviewed him about his project and collaboration with Anja Tervooren @unidue.bsky.social (LinkedIn): t1p.de/3hux1

collage of a portrait photo and a quote: “My research project examines the persistent issue of child labour in the Awi Administrative Zone of the Amhara Region, Ethiopia. It seeks to uncover the forces that perpetuate this practice and document the daily challenges and lived experiences of the affected children.“

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· Jul 8

We warmly welcome Sule Emmanuel Egya as new research professor. A leading scholar in #EnvironmentalHumanities, he examines environmental issues within the context of colonial history and global imbalances. He is also an award-winning poet and novelist. www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

collage with a portrait photo of Sule Egya and a quote: "Trained as a literary scholar, I have been concerned with the environmental imagination that shapes literary and cultural productions in Africa. Beyond that, I have also focused on the role of literature and artistic productions in confronting environmental destructions arising from extractive activities across the African continent."

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· Jul 7

JOB: Wir suchen eine studentische Hilfskraft (w/m/d) zur Unterstützung der Geschäftsstelle des College for Social Sciences and Humanities in Essen, #UARuhr. ***ENGLISH***: We are looking for a student assistant (f/m/x) to support our Managing Office. 👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· Jul 3

#FellowFriday: Today we are introducing our Senior Fellow Sreeparna Chattopadhyay. As an anthropologist, she focuses on gendered violence, intersectional inequities, and political ecology. Learn more about her research, her view of the #fellowship, and her motivation (LinkedIn): t1p.de/250ay

collage of a portrait photo and a quote: “Extreme weather, especially severe heat, is a huge challenge not only for countries like India, but also increasingly in Europe. How we respond to this and whether we are able to protect those most vulnerable tells us a lot about our social contract.”

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· Jun 18

A warm welcome to our new College member Anke Przybyla! Anke supports our three research groups in administrative and organisational matters. Before joining the College, she worked at the University of Duisburg-Essen for more than five years. We look forward to a fruitful collaboration!

Welcome Anke Przybyla, Administrative Assistant, Research Groups

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· Jun 12

📅 WORKSHOP: Working across the Borderlands: Epistemic Recognition for #InterdisciplinaryResearch | 9 July www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/... This participatory workshop for researchers working in interdisciplinary spaces introduces #EpistemicRecognition and invites participants to help build it.

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· Jun 12

📅 DIGITAL WORKSHOP: Intergenerational #SocialProtection and Governance for Healthy #Ageing in Africa | 23 July This interdisciplinary workshop advances evidence-based dialogue on demography, #SocialPolicy, & Development Studies and generate policy-relevant insights. 👉 t1p.de/htdom #SocSci

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· Jun 11

📅 WORKSHOP: Neo-Emotions: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Feelings and Change | 16 July t1p.de/429v0 Scholars from different disciplines will examine how feelings become established #emotions, what catalyses ‘inventing’ new emotions, and what role digital technologies and AI play. #philsky

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· Jun 10

📅 WORKSHOP: Women as Victims or Perpetrators of Violence: An International Perspective, 9–10 July, hybrid t1p.de/j5y7i This workshop aims to gain a better understanding of how women experience or shape the nature of #violence and victims in different cultural, social and economic contexts. #SocSci

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· Jun 2

📅 WORKSHOP: Right-Wing #Radicalisation and Youth Activism as a Transnational Phenomenon | 9–10 June, hybrid t1p.de/flqjd This workshop brings together scholars focusing on right-wing #extremism among young people in regional or transnational settings, or in an international comparative context.

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· Jun 1

📅 WORKSHOP: Children Who Work: Child Labour in Multidisciplinary Perspectives | 3 July, hybrid t1p.de/i65jk This workshop examines #ChildLabour from an interdisciplinary & international comparative perspective, focusing on socio-economic structures, legal frameworks, and historical aspects. #SocSci

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· May 29

#FellowFriday: Meet Alison Cuellar, Prof. of Health Administration & Policy at George Mason University, USA. Her project focuses on #YouthMentalHealth in Germany. Learn more about her research and what surprised her about the Ruhr region (LinkedIn): t1p.de/3zzkt

collage with a photo of Alison Cuellar and a quotation: "I am examining youth mental health in Germany through a life course lens − exploring how early-life disadvantage shapes mental health outcomes and what this means for prevention policy."

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· May 28

Das College trägt mit 2 Veranstaltungen am 22. & 23. Juni zum Science-Festival #EssenerWissenschaftssommer bei. Erfahren Sie, wie das heutige Ruhrgebiet entstanden ist, und wie sich rechtsextreme Inhalte über soziale Medien verbreiten. 👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/events Wir laden Sie herzlich ein!

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· May 26

📅 WORKSHOP: Heat and Health: Bodies, Environments, and Unequal Thermal Worlds | 26 June t1p.de/b7m4g This workshop examines #heat as an embodied and sensorial experience that shapes health and illness, exhaustion, recovery, and care. A second focus lies on approaches to heat in #HealthGovernance.

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· May 20

📅 WORKSHOP: Editorial Politics: Transmission and Reception of Religious and Confessional Knowledge in the Ottoman Empire | 18 June | hybrid t1p.de/poh61 The workshop explores how religious knowledge is transmitted through texts and images as they move between manuscripts and printed forms. #History

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· May 19

📅 LECTURE: Rechtsextremismus als Hype? Zur Radikalisierung junger Menschen in den Sozialen Medien | 23. Juni | Essen #EssenerWissenschaftssommer Nicolle Pfaff & Wivian Weller zeigen anhand v. Social-Media-Inhalten, wie ideologische Vorstellungen zum Bezugspunkt von Jugendkultur werden. t1p.de/tn45f

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· May 18

🔔 JOB OPENING: 1 postdoctoral researcher (f/m/x) to join the research professorship 'Public Social Sciences and Humanities: Key Societal Debates' (Prof. Sule Emmanuel Egya) #envhum #PublicHumanities #IndigenousStudies 📆 15 June 2026 👉 www.uni-due.de/karriere/ste...

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· May 13

📅 WORKSHOP: German Jewish Thought, Critical Theory, and the Global South | 17–18 June t1p.de/v748g This hybrid workshop addresses what is missing in the histories of German Jewish thought & of #CriticalTheory: a sustained account of their relations to European imperialism & colonialism. #philosophy

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· May 13

📅 BOOK TALK: Die Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets bis 1914 | 22. Juni 2026, 18:00 t1p.de/kdem9 Wie ist das heutige #Ruhrgebiet entstanden? Band 1 der Buchreihe #Geschichte des Ruhrgebiets zeichnet die Entstehungsgeschichte der Region von der Frühen Neuzeit bis zum Beginn des Ersten Weltkriegs 1914 nach.

Zeichnung von Allan Tappe 1872, ©LWL-Museen für Industriekultur

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· May 12

Investigating disinformation and mistrust, AI agency in school development, and civic participation in urban planning: four cross-university working groups selected for the 2nd cycle of our #PostdocLab programme have launched their research projects. #UARuhr 👉 www.college-uaruhr.de/news-events/...

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College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· May 8

#FellowFriday: Today, we are introducing our Senior Fellow Kathryn Temple, Prof. of #Law & #LiteraryStudies at Georgetown University, USA. She specialises in the history of legal #emotions. In this short interview, she explains her research interests and her motivation (LinkedIn): t1p.de/q3ihs

collage with photo of Kathryn Temple and a quotation: "We are in the midst of an epistemic collapse that has led to widespread polarisation as various sides revel in ‘feeling certain’. ... I am exploring the potential of ambivalence as an epistemic emotion capable of creating space for exploration and learning."

College for Social Sciences and Humanities | UA Ruhr@college-uaruhr· May 4

📅 DISKUSSION: Ungleichheit als Gewalt ─ Wie Scham politisch wirksam wird | 8. Juni, 18:00 t1p.de/jeqa6 Autorin Daniela Dröscher & Philosoph Christian Neuhäuser @tu-dortmund.de diskutieren über #Ungleichheit: ihre philosophische Betrachtung, künstlerische Verarbeitung und politischen Folgen.