College of Fellows

COLLEGE OF FELLOWS
Center for Interdisciplinary and Intercultural Studies

The College of Fellows is the Tübingen model of a university-based Institute for Advanced Studies. It is addressed to all international postdocs and research fellows at the University of Tübingen. As a platform for research, networking and events, the CoF invites all university members to actively participate in shaping the international and interdisciplinary exchange within the university and with the public.
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All upcoming events

► Fri, 26 April 2024: Global Encounters Workshop "Neighbourhoods"

► Fri, 26 April 2024: Semester Opening Event with a Lecture by Professor Vittorio Gallese: "Embodying neural representations: Neural reuse and embodied simulation"

► Tue, 7 May 2024: Workshop with Melissa Frazier "Pushkin in the African-American Imagination" in cooperation with the d.a.i

► Wed, 8 May 2024: Lecture by Professor Vittorio Gallese:  "Bodily self and interpersonal relationships in schizophrenia" in the colloquium of the Center for Mental Health

►9 – 11 May 2024: Annual Conference of the Society for Intercultural Philosophy (GIP) "Topoi, Places, and Spaces in an Intercultural Perspective"

►20 – 21 June 2024: Workshop "Landscape and Imaginary: philosophy, arts, literature" organized by Dr. Lorena Grigoletto

News

Fellows

In the summer semester 2024, we welcome 10 new Teach@Tübingen Fellows who will teach at the University of Tübingen together with 9 other Teach@Tübingen Fellows who are based in Tübingen already. 
Together with the Global Encounter Platform, we are pleased to welcome 4 new Global Encounters Fellows who will arrive in Tübingen in April. We will introduce them as Fellows in Focus in April and May.

From April, we also welcome Vittorio Gallese, renowned Professor of Psychobiology, to the College of Fellows and to the University of Tübingen; Gallese is visiting Tübingen as a recipient of a Humboldt Research Award and will collaborate with other researchers in the Focus Group "Neuroscience and Society". We invite you to attend his lecture at our semester opening event on 26 April.

Summer Term 2024

Semester Opening Event

Fri, 26 April, 4:00pm | Alte Aula (Münzgasse 30, Tübingen)

With a Lecture by Professor Vittorio Gallese:
"Embodying neural representations: Neural reuse and embodied simulation"

Following the lecture, we invite you to join us for a glass of wine. The event offers the opportunity to meet and network with international and Tübingen researchers and guests and to find out about the programmes offered by the College of Fellows for international fellows. For more information please click here.

Calls and Vacancies

Student / Research Assistant (m/f/d)

The College of Fellows is looking for a student assistant (unexamined) or research assistant (BA) for 15-20 hours per month, starting immediately.

We expect an interest in interdisciplinary work and in contact with international guests of the university. Furthermore, we require the willingness to work independently and project-oriented and in a project-oriented manner as well as to participate in the realisation of interdisciplinary events. Independent work, organizational skills, very good language skills in German and English, and proficiency in the use of common PC software are requirements for this position.

The tasks include in detail
- Support with organisational and administrative tasks
- Assisting with the organisation and practical implementation of events
- Communication with international Research Fellows and partners
- Supporting public relations, maintaining the website and social media channels, maintaining the newsletter and creating promotional materials - relevant experience with online media, typo3 and indesign is welcome.

The remuneration per hour is € 13.25 (unexamined) or € 14.09 (Bachelor). Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability. The university is committed to equal opportunities and diversity. Recruitment is carried out by the Central Administration.

Are you interested in a multifaceted job in cooperation with a committed team?
Please send your application (including cover letter, CV and references) by 5 May 2024 by email in a pdf file to infospam prevention@cof.uni-tuebingen.de, addressed to:

COLLEGE OF FELLOWS
University Tübingen
Dr Niels Weidtmann, Director
Geschwister Scholl Platz
72074 Tübingen

Puclications

Porr, Martin und Weidtmann, Niels (Hrsg.): "One World Anthropology and Beyond. A Multidisciplinary Engagement with the Work of Tim Ingold" London: Routeledge.

This edited volume offers a multidisciplinary engagement with the work of Tim Ingold, one of the most influential anthropologists in recent decades. The contributions are drawn from fields such as social anthropology, archaeology, rock art studies, philosophy, and science and technology studies, and critically engage with Ingold’s approaches and ideas. The volume includes contributions from participants in the Masterclass "One World Anthropology" with Tim Ingold, hosted by the CIIS in September 2019.

Past Events

27.10.2023: Semester Opening

At the beginning of the winter semester, The College of Fellows invited all international fellows and interested university members to the semester opening in the Alte Aula on Friday, October 27. The College of Fellows presented its activities and offers for international scientists. Following the guest lecture by Professor Dr Jan Willem Duyvendak (Director of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Amsterdam) entitled "The Return of the Native. Navigating between nostalgic nativism and hopeful liberalism", Professor Dorothee Kimmich and Professor Boris Nieswand took to the podium to talk to Professor Duyvendak and the audience. The concluding reception offered the opportunity to exchange ideas and to network with other fellows and Tübingen scientists over a glass of wine.


New Horizons Fellow 2023: Professor Rita Felski

In October 2023, the College of Fellows welcomed Professor Rita Felski, who visited the University of Tübingen as part of a New Horizons Fellowship. From 23 to 26 October 2023, the New Horizons Workshop "Postcritique, Recognition, Life World" took place as a closed event. The College of Fellows also  invited all members of the university and the interested public to Rita Felski's public lecture entitled "How Not To Talk About Experience" on Wednesday, 25 October 2023.


28 September 2023: Public lecture by Professor Eduardo Viveiros de Castro

On 1 June 2023, renowned Brazilian anthropologist Prof. Eduardo Viveiros de Castro gave an evening lecture entitled "Indigenous Multinaturalism from a Cosmopolitan Point of View". The lecture, as well as the related one-week masterclass with international doctoral students, was organised as part of the CoF's Focus Group "Interdisciplinary Anthropology" and provided an insight into de Castro's anthropological research on Amerindian perspectivism.

You can find detailed information in our events archive.