Study Weeks

Under the motto Diversity can Inspire, the HfMT is organizing the Diversity Study Weeks in the winter semester 2023/24. Together we are celebrating diversity, because it is not just a buzzword, but the heart of our interaction and creative development at an artistic and academic university.

During the six Study Weeks, we will deal with the following topics: Inclusion, classism, proximity & distance, anti-discrimination and participation in education, coloniality and equality for women, inter-, trans- and non-binary people. To this end, we have organized panels, artistic events, lecture series, seminars and much more. These events enrich the range of courses on offer and are open not only to all students, but also to lecturers and staff at the university and, in some cases, external visitors. Come along!

Embedded in the Study Weeks is a lecture series on intersectional topics. Through an artistic-scientific approach, the lecture series aims to raise awareness of the diversity present at the HfMT in all its forms, as well as to identify gaps in diversity and investigate their causes.

The Study Weeks take place as part of the Initiative for Diversity at German Universities of the German Rectors' Conference, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.

Wednesday, 18.10.2023 - 7 pm, HfMT Forum

In our kick-off event, we will focus on the topic of diversity. We will introduce the 'Why?' and 'What? Why are we addressing diversity issues and what do we need to do to become more open, diverse and accessible.

Welcome: Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Sprick (President of the HfMT)
Greeting: Dr. Eva Gümbel (BWFGB, State Councillor)
Introduction: Dr. Bilinc Ercan-Catanzaro (Vice President of the HfMT for Diversity and Social Responsibility)
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Natasha Loges (Freiburg University of Music)

Artistic contributions: Lied duo with Josephina Lucke and Antonia Brinkers (feminine team); Cansu Arat Group and others

keynote
Did Brahms eat too many doughnuts? - Some eco-friendly considerations for diversification.

The biggest challenge of diversification is certainly its boundlessness. We would all like to think of ourselves as tolerant and open-minded, but what does that mean in practice? How much is enough? And how do we prevent the music industry from dividing into progressive vs. conservative, ethical vs. aesthetic, 'woke' vs. dormant/empowered(!)? I use a model from contemporary ecological economics - the doughnut - to make sense of the contradictory demands we face as musicians and educators in the context of increasing ecological despair.

Admission free

Registration is required and can be done via eventbrite.

October 17 - 7 p.m., Mendelssohn Hall
Lecture series on inclusion
Music and Drama today - inclusion as an artistic extension
Topic: Processes of change in terms of teaching formats and artistic expression that inclusion entails
[Public event]

October 18 - 7 pm, Forum
Kick-off event of the Diversity Study Weeks
We focus on the topic of diversity: Why do we deal with diversity issues and what do we need to do to become more open, diverse and accessible?
Welcome: Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Sprick (President of the HfMT)
Greeting: Dr. Eva Gümbel (BWFGB, State Councillor)
[Public event]

October 19 - 5-7 p.m., Movement Studio 1
invisible but not hidden
Learning lab with Prof. Hans-Georg Spiegel
invisible disabilities: How do I behave as a fellow student or lecturer?
[internal event ǀ for students and lecturers]

October 19, 2-5 p.m., seminar room at Wiesendamm
The economy of diversity
Thematic action seminar with artistic-scientific final performance
[internal event ǀ for students]

October 20 - 9 am - 4 pm, Fanny Hensel-Saal
Basic seminar on easy language
Workshop/seminar with Krishna-Sara Helmle
[internal event ǀ for students, teaching staff and employees]

28 October
"Breaking Point - how do you measure fragility"
Workshop by the Theaterakademie
Choreographer Alessandro Schiattarella and a team of dancers and performers with disabilities go in search of the breaking points of our bodies.
[internal event ǀ for students] fully booked

November 7 - 7 p.m., Mendelssohn Hall
Lecture series on classism
[Public event]

10 November - 7 pm, Fanny Hensel-Saal
"Über Bravheit"
Lecture by Dr. Benjamin Sprick
[Public event]

November 21 - 7 p.m., Mendelssohn Hall
Lecture series Nähe & Distanz
Grenzen setzen und gestalten in Hochschule und Beruf
[public event]

22 November - all day at the Theaterakademie
Day of Action Closeness & Distance
diverse offerings from various experts
with performances, workshops, lectures and discussion forums
[partly public event]

November 23
Film screening in the Movie meets Music series
[internal event]

12 December - 2-4 p.m., Multifunctional Studio
Anti-discrimination strategy of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Dr. Isabell Collien (BWFGB, Head of the Anti-discrimination and LGBTI* Department)
[internal event for employees]

12 December - 7 p.m., Mendelssohn Hall
Lecture series on anti-discrimination and educational participation at an arts and sciences university
Discussion with experts
[public event]

December 13 - 6 pm, Fanny Hensel-Saal
Fear and social change - (not) a topic for teaching?
Lecture by Prof. Dr. Gitta Strehlow
[public event]

14 December - 3-5 p.m., Multifunctional Studio
Panel: Avoiding the reproduction of racism through visual material (in textbooks)
Dr. Christopher Nixon
[internal event ǀ for students, lecturers and staff]

15 December - 10-12.30, Fanny Hensel-Saal
Recognizing and acting on discrimination
Workshop with Dr. Philipp Dorestal (Equality and Diversity Management Officer)
[internal eventǀ for students, lecturers and staff]

will probably be postponed to the summer semester
My art - my colonialism
Interdisciplinary workshop with Klara Janina Luckow and Alexander Riedmüller
[internal event ǀ for students, lecturers and staff]

January 11 - 14:15-17:45, seminar room in Wiesendamm
January 25 - 09:15-12:45, seminar room in Wiesendamm
Coloniality: From theory to cultural practice
[internal event] (only for students of cultural and media management)

January 15 - 10:00-13:00, multifunctional studio
VERLERNEN LERNEN: Theories and concepts around de/coloniality
Basic workshop by Vera Heimisch
[internal eventǀ for students, lecturers and staff]
Afterwards (14:00-16:00):
A (de)colonial foray through Hamburg: walking & mapping
with Kajan Luc & Vera Heimisch
[internal eventǀ for students, lecturers and staff]

January 16 - 7 pm, Mendelssohn-Saal
Lecture series Coloniality
Moderation: Silke Wenzel
[public event]

17 January - 4-6 p.m., Theaterakademie
Workshop on the opera RETURN by Priya Basil, writer and activist
[internal event ǀ for students only]

January 17 - 7 pm ligeti zentrum
Health is Other People
Lecture by Priya Basil, writer and activist
[public event] no pre-registration required

January 18 - 7 pm, Orchesterstudio
Colonial listening and the birth of ethnomusicology
Lecture by Prof. Frank Böhme
[public event]

19 January - 10 am - 4 pm, Fanny Hensel-Saal
Decolonizing German Music Theory? A critical review
Workshop with Dr. Benjamin Sprick and Michail Paweletz (journalist, newsreader, TV presenter and violinist)
[internal event ǀ for students, teachers, staff]

January 19-20 - 10am-6pm, Theaterakademie
Stories matter - Decolonial and feminist strategies of storytelling
Workshop with Rebecca Ajnwojner (theater scholar & dramaturge)
[internal eventǀ for students only]

January 19 - 7 pm, Fanny Hensel-Saal
"Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Masks" (docudrama about the "thinker of decoloniality")
Film screening with introduction and subsequent discussion
[public event]

6 February - 7 p.m., Mendelssohn Hall
Lecture series on equality
Moderation: Dr. Silke Wenzel
[public event]

February 8
Film screening in the Movie meets Music series
[internal event]

February 9 - 7 pm, Fanny Hensel-Saal
"Female Rage"
multimedia concert with Josefa Schmidt (piano and concept), Vera Schmidt (psychology and concept), Rebecca Lawrence (double bass)
[public event]

new date: April 29, ligeti zentrum
Symposium on Female and Non-binary People in Multimedia
Workshop with Prof. Dr. Georg Hajdu and Prof. Alexander Schubert
[public event] with registration at agentur@ligeti-zentrum.de

Start: 16 October, 4-5:30 pm and then every Monday, Fanny Hensel-Saal
Coloniality in Music and Musical Life in the Modern Era (1500-2024)
Seminar by Dr. Silke Wenzel
[internal event]

Start: 17 October, 10-12 a.m. and then every Tuesday, Fanny Hensel-Saal
Between Europe and Latin America: Entgangled Music Histories in the Long 19th Century
Seminar by Prof. Dr. Cornelia Bartsch
[internal event]

Start: October 19, 2-5 p.m. and then every Friday, Wiesendamm seminar room
"The Economy of Diversity"
Thematic action seminar with artistic-scientific final performance
Lecture series with Dr. Benjamin Sprick
[internal event]

In the winter semester 2023/24, the library offers a media shelf on the topics of the Diversity Study Weeks during opening hours. Be sure to stop by!