Monday, 13 October 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow Welcome | Programme planning (members and fellows only)
Monday, 20 October 2025, 4.30–6.30 pm (Studiobühne, Domplatz 23, EG)
Fellow-Lecture: “How Nonprofits Are Using NFTs to Foster Cultural Democracy”
Prof. Dr. Keisuke Takayasu (Osaka/Japan)
Chair: Reinold Schmücker
Monday, 27 October 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Access Points Drafts – Peer Review (members and fellows only)
“Problems of Access to Cultural Goods in International Normative Documents”
Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Ruben Apressyan (Münster)
Moderation: Eberhard Ortland
Monday, 3 November 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow Lecture: “Der behinderte Zugang zu Kultur – Über Barrierefreiheit und mehr”
Prof. Dr. Siegfried Saerberg (Hamburg)
Monday, 10 November 2025, 4.15–5.45 pm
Access Points Drafts – Peer Review (members and fellows only)
Finn Marz: “Kulturgut und Kulturerbe”
Chair: Reinold Schmücker
This will be followed at 6.15 pm by a public evening lecture with Prof. Dr. Thomas Metzinger as part of the “Münstersche Vorlesungen” lecture series organized by Philosophisches Seminar (lecture hall JO 1, Johannisstr. 4).
Monday, 17 November 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Guest Lecture: “Metadaten, ‘forschende Erschließung’ und die Konstitution kultureller Gegenstände”
Dr. Stefan Heßbrüggen-Walter (Münster)
Chair: Reinold Schmücker
Thursday, 20 November 2025, 2.15–3.45 pm
Guest lecture “Die Skulpturmaschine – Kunst und Technologie im 19. Jahrhundert”
Dr. Buket Altinoba (Munich)
The public lecture will take place as part of Ursula Frohne’s seminar “Kunst und Technologie” (Art and Technology).
Monday, 24 November 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Access Points Drafts – Peer Review (members and fellows only)
Prof. Dr. Bernadette Collenberg-Plotnikov: “Jenseits der Identität. Das Museum im digitalen Wandel”
Chair: Eberhard Ortland
Monday, 1 December 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow-Lecture: “Philosophie des Urheberrechts und das Problem der Sperrung des grenzüberschreitenden Zugangs zu Filmwerken”
doc. Mgr. Pavel Zahrádka, PhD (Olomouc/Czech Republic)
Chair: Finn Marz
Monday, 8 December 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow-Lecture: “Expanding the Scope of Everyday Aesthetics: Possibilities and Threats of Digitalization in Experiencing the Everyday”
Prof. Dr. Arto K. Haapala (Helsinki/Finland)
Chair: Eberhard Ortland
Thursday, 11 December 2025, 1.30–5.00 pm (hybrid: Zoom and University of Witten/Herdecke)
Reading Artists’ Books: Problems for Computer
Scientific Organisation: Regine Ehleiter
Registration for online participation: https://uni-wh-de.zoom.us/meeting/register/bCbRCDXpS0ChN8fsdTo7Uw
Monday, 15 December 2025, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow-Lecture: “Zugänge und Ausschlüsse – Kulturelle Teilhabe gestalten”
Dr. Hauke Behrendt (Stuttgart)
Chair: Nora Kluck
followed by the book presentation of Hauke Behrendt: “Ethik der Digitalisierung”
22 December 2025 to 6 January 2026: Christmas holidays
Monday, 12 January 2026, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow-Lecture: “‘We believe this work is culturally important’. Reprints im Spannungsfeld von Merkantilisierung und Gemeinnutz”
Prof. Dr. Annette Gilbert (Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Chair: Ursula Frohne
Thursday, 15 January 2025, from 10:15–11:45 am
Guest Lecture: “Vorstellung / Nachstellung. Künstlerische Rekonstruktion einer Ausstellung”
Sebastian Freytag (Cologne)
The public lecture will take place as part of Ursula Frohne’s course “Kopie, Remix und Reenactment: Künstlerische Aneignung im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert”.
Monday, 19 January 2026, 4.15–6.30 pm
Access Points Drafts – Peer Review (members and fellows only)
Reinold Schmücker: “Zugang zu kulturellen Gütern im digitalen Wandel”
Chair: Lioba Keller-Drescher
Monday, 26 January 2026, 4.15–6.30 pm
Fellow-Lecture: “Ethical and Responsible Use of AI in Research and Information Science”
Prof. Dr. Nosheen Fatima Warraich (Lahore/Pakistan)
Chair: Eric Steinhauer
Monday, 2 February 2026, 4.15–6.30 pm
Access Points Drafts – Peer Review (members and fellows only)
Renate Buschmann: “Digitale Zugänglichkeit von Videokunst: technisch unkompliziert und dennoch problematisch?”
Chair: Ursula Frohne
Thursday, 5 February 2026 to Saturday, 7 February 2026 (Studiobühne)
Conference: “Strukturwandel des Publikums? Konsequenzen des digitalen Wandels für den Zugang zum Theater”
Scientific Organisation: Finn Marz, Lisa-Maria Meier
Wednesday, 4 March 2026 to Friday, 6 March 2026 (Lecture Hall JO 1, Johannisstr. 4)
Conference: “Digital Curating: Ethics of Access and Sustainability”
Scientific Organisation: Renate Buschmann, Josina Dehn, Ursula Frohne
Wednesday, 18 March to Saturday, 20 March 2026 (Please note: date change!) (Seminar room KTh I, Johannisstr. 8–10, 48143 Münster)
Conference: “Kulturelle Teilhabe im digitalen Wandel – Ethik, Ästhetik und Praxis des Zugangs zu kulturellen Gütern von Menschen mit Behinderungen”
Scientific Organisation: Hauke Behrendt, Annette Gilbert, Thomas Kater, Siegfried Saerberg