Semester Programme
Every semester the CDC organises its public programme, a series of events related to current research projects. Coherent topics and themes are developed collectively and reflect the problems and questions CDC researchers are dealing with. The central ‘spine’ of the semester themes is formed by the CDC Talks, Colloquia, Workshops, and Panels. We also plan and organise event formats such as symposia, as well as a variety of more experimental and open conversations, that take place during the semester or in the term break.
Video recordings of past events are available on Vimeo. You can see the current semester programme below.
CENTRE FOR DIGITAL CULTURES – WINTER TERM 2025/26
21.10.2025, 14:00–16:00, C40.530
Colloquium
Performance-Making After AI: Susanne Kennedy’s and Markus Selg’s Posthumanist Theatre World
Lisa Moravec (University of Applied Arts, Vienna)
18.11.2025, 14:00–17:00, C40.530 and Zoom
Climate Futures Workshop
Heat: A Media Ecological Approach to Climate Sensitivities
Ayesha Omer (York University, Toronto) and John Shiga (Toronto Metropolitan University)
Moderated by Maren Haffke and Vera Tollmann (Leuphana University of Lüneburg)
26.11.2025, 18:00–20:30, Hamburg Media School
Screening
Digital Media in the Making 4
BA Students Digital Media (Leuphana University and Hamburg Media School)
02.12.2025, 14:00–16:00, C40.530
Climate Futures Colloquium
On Posthumous Media and Climate Change
Sean Cubitt (The University of Melbourne)
04.12.2025, 18:00–20:00, HS3
Lecture
Large Language Models and the Returns of Critical Theory
Wendy Hui Kyong Chun (Simon Fraser University)
09.12.2025, 14:00–16:00, C40.530
Colloquium (in conjunction with Center for Critical Studies)
On Beauty and Ecocritical Aesthetic Politics
Sean Cubitt (The University of Melbourne)
16.12.2025, 14:00–16:00, C40.530
Smartness as Wealth Talk
World Models and Simulated Physics: From Digital Twins to Generative AI
Joel McKim (Birkbeck, University of London)
27.01.2026, 14:00–16:00, C40.530
Book Launch
Umgebungsaufnahmen (Environmental Recordings)
Maren Haffke (Leuphana University Lüneburg)
