Wednesday, 2 April – Friday, 4 April 2025
Masterclass: “Zugang zu sensiblen Sammlungen – Digital und analog” (“Access to Contested Collections – Digital and Analog”) (in German)
Scientific organisation: Maria Engelskirchen, Prof. Dr. Ursula Frohne, Dr. Dorothea Schöne
Keynotes: Greta de León (The Americas Research Network, Mexico City), Dr. Yilmaz Dziewior (Museum Ludwig, Köln) and Mathilde Heitmann-Taillefer (Museum Folkwang, Essen)

Monday, 7 April 2025, 4.15–8.30 pm
Meeting of the Glossary working groups (group-wise) (members and fellows only)

Monday, 14 April 2025, 4.15–8.30 pm
Glossary Debate (in German) (members and fellows only)
Chair: Dr. Eberhard Ortland

Monday, 28 April 2025, 4.15–7 pm
Fellow Welcome and Glossary Debate (in German) (members and fellows only)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Reinold Schmücker

Monday, 5 May 2025, 4.15–8.30 pm
Concept Debate: Culture and Culture (in German) (members and fellows only)
Chairs: Prof. Dr. Ludger Jansen, Jesko Veenema and Leonie Spielbrink

Monday, 12 May 2025, 4.15–8.30 pm
Concept Debate: Restitution (in German) (members and fellows only)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ursula Frohne

Tuesday, 13 May 2025, 10.00 am (s.t.!) – 12.00 pm
Guided Tour: “Art on the Campus” (in English, if requested) (members and fellows only)
Meeting point: Entry Hall of the Philosophikum (in front of the Studiobühne)
Guide: Dr. Eckhard Kluth (Head of the Central Custody of the University of Münster)

Monday, 19 May 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
“Strukturprobleme des digitalen kulturellen Gedächtnisses – am Beispiel des neuen niedersächsischen Pflichtexemplargesetzes” (“Structural problems of digital cultural memory – using the example of the new law on deposit copies in Lower Saxony”) (in German)
Prof. Dr. Eric Steinhauer (Hagen/Berlin)

Monday, 26 May 2025, 2.00–4.00 pm
Opening of the exhibition “case study #1: Access to Curatorial Networks – Postcards from Kasper König”
Panel discussion with Dr. Marianne Wagner (curator, LWL Museum of Art and Culture) and Jana Bernhardt (Skulptur Projekte Archiv, LWL Museum of Art and Culture)
Idea, concept, and organization: Students of the colloquium course taught by Ursula Frohne and Berit Hummel (summer semester 2025)

26 May to 30 June 2025, Monday to Friday, 9.00 am to 19.00 pm
Exhibition “case study #1: Access to Curatorial Networks – Postcards from Kasper König”
Idea, concept, and organization: Students of the colloquium course taught by Ursula Frohne and Berit Hummel (summer semester 2025)

Monday, 26 May 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Guest Lecture: “Kopieren als Adaptieren” (“Copying as adaptation”) (in German)
Prof. Dr. Ludwig D. Morenz (Bonn)
Chair: Dr. Eberhard Ortland

Monday, 2 June 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow Lecture: “Ur & Alexandria: Counter-narrating museum history to access diverse heritage” (in English)
Dr. Isabel Hufschmidt (Vienna)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Reinold Schmücker

Monday, 16 June 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow Lecture: “Digital guest books – A cultural good that has been neglected until now?” (in German)
Prof. Dr. Henry Keazor (Heidelberg)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ursula Frohne

Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 7.00 pm (Auditorium of the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10)
Film series “Zugang und Rückgabe: Restitution im Film” (“Access and Return: Restitution in films”), Part 1: Restitution as an act of recognition
Introduction: Jolanda Saal (Münster)
Filme: YOU HIDE ME, Nii Kwate Owoo, 1970, 16 Min. | DAHOMEY, Mati Diop, 2024, 71 Min.
The event is organised in cooperation with the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur.
Admission: 5 Euros (no registration required)

Monday, 23 June 2025, 4.15–8.30 pm
Concept Debate: Levels, dimensions and conditions of access (in English) (members and fellows only)
Chairs: Dr. Thomas Kater and Dr. Eberhard Ortland

Tuesday, 24 June 2025, 7.00 pm (Auditorium of the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10)
Film series “Zugang und Rückgabe: Restitution im Film” (“Access and Return: Restitution in films”), Part 2: Opposing voices and rhythms of resistance
Introduction: Maria Engelskirchen und Corinna Kühn (Centre for Advanced Study “Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change”)
Filme: OBJECT ID, Pauline Hafsia M’barek, 2012, 6 Min. | UNEARTHING. IN CONVERSATION, Belinda Kazeem-Kamiński, 2017, 15 Min.
UN-DOCUMENTED: UNLEARNING IMPERIAL PLUNDER I Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, 2019, 36 Min. | ONE HUNDRED STEPS, Bárbara Wagner & Benjamin de Burca, 2021, 32 Min.
The event is organised in cooperation with the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur.
Admission: 5 Euros (no registration required)

Monday, 30 June 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow Lecture: “Zugang FAIR gestalten: Was sind und was können Referenzontologien?” (“Making access FAIR: What are reference ontologies and what can they do?”) (in German)
Prof. Dr. Ludger Jansen (Brixen)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Reinold Schmücker

Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 7.00 pm (Auditorium of the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur, Domplatz 10)
Film series “Zugang und Rückgabe: Restitution im Film” (“Access and Return: Restitution in films”), Part 3: Reparative practices of remembering
Introduction: Sam Hopkins (Köln)
Films: MBARODI, Mamadou Khouma Gueye, 2024, 21 Min. | CRACKS IN THE MASK, Frances Calvert, 1997, 57 Min.
The event is organised in cooperation with the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur.
Admission: 5 Euros (no registration required)

Wednesday, 2 July 2025, 10.00 pm–15.00 pm (Burg Vischering), Departure at 9.00 am
Workshop: “Droste Digital – Ein neuer Zugang zu Literatur?” (“Droste Digital – A new access to literature?”) (in German)
The workshop is a joint project with Burg Hülshoff – Center for Literature
Concept: Oliver Pawlak und Thomas Kater

Thursday, 3 July 2025, 2.00–4.00 pm (Library foyer, Philosophikum)
Opening of the Exhibition “case study #2: Re:Set: From Slide to Database – Media Change in Art History“
Talk with Prof. Dr. Ursula Frohne and Dr. Philipp Goldbach
Idea, concept, and organization: Students of the advanced seminar taught by Ursula Frohne

3 July to 5 September 2025 (Library foyer, Philosophikum)
Exhibition: “Re:Set: From Slide to Database – Media Change in Art History”
Idea, concept, and organization: Students of the advanced seminar taught by Ursula Frohne
Monday–Friday 9.00 am to 7.00 pm (during lecture period until 18 July 2025)
10.00 am to 6.00 pm (during lecture-free period from 21 July 2025)

Monday, 7 July 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow Lecture: “Reimagining Access: Immersive Media for Transforming Cultural Engagement”
Dr. Susanne Thurow (Sydney)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ursula Frohne

Monday, 14 July 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow Lecture: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Bild und Soziale Gerechtigkeit in digitalisierten Konsumgesellschaften” (“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised. Image and social justice in digitalized consumer societies”) (in German)
Dr. Christopher Nixon (Hamburg)
Chair: Maria Engelskirchen, M.A.

Monday, 21 July – Saturday, 26 July 2025
Fifth Summer School Museology
at the LWL-Freilichtmuseum Detmold (Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Alltagskultur)
Prof. Dr. Lioba Keller-Drescher (Münster) and Dr. Birgit Johler (Graz/Vienna, Austria)

3 to 5 September 2025 (Lecture Hall JO1, Johannisstr. 4)
Workshop “Digital Restitution. Bridging Access, Conservation, and Ethical Challenges”