In the upcoming summer term, we welcome three Guest Lecturers and two Guest Researchers at the BGHS.

Nils Brunsson (Uppsala Universitet, Sweden)
Sarah Colvin (University of Cambridge, England)
Alan Lessof (Illinois State University, USA)
Rosamond McKitterick (University of Cambridge, England)
Thien-Huong Ninh (California State University, Sacramento, USA)

Guest Lecturers

Professor Sarah Colvin and Professor Rosamond McKitterick come to Bielefeld from the University of Cambridge.
Professor Colvin is director of the Department of German and Dutch at the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages. She is going to be a guest at the BGHS from 29 to 31 May. During this time she is holding a seminar on Narratives and/of exclusion (EkVV).

Professor McKitterick teaches Medieval History and is the Director of Research at the Faculty of History at Cambridge. She is going to hold a seminar entitled The uses and communication of the past in late antiquity and the middle ages on 8 and 9 June (EkVV).

On 1 and 2 June we welcome Professor Nils Brunsson from the University of Uppsala. He teaches at the Department of Business Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences and offers a seminar on Organizing Organizations (EkVV).

Guest Researchers

In addition to the Guest Lecturers, we are looking forward to welcome two guests from the US as Guest Researchers.
Professor Alan Lessoff, a historian from Illinois State University, is going to be in Bielefeld from 26 June to 17 July. During his four-week stay, he is going to give a seminar entitled Public and Local History: Methods, Concepts, and Issues on 28 and 29 June (EkVV).

We also welcome Thien-Huong Ninh, Ph.D. from California State University, Sacramento from 19 May to 15 June. Thien-Huong Ninh teaches in the Department of Sociology at the College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies. During her stay at the BGHS, she will be offering a seminar on Religions, Refugees, and Relocation (EkVV).

An overview of the current and past Guest Lecturers and Guest Researchers of the BGHS can be found at: www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/bghs/Personen/Gastlehrende
Further information about the programme and events of the BGHS in the summer term 2017 can be found at the BGHS study programme and the BGHS-Calendar.

The new Doctoral Representatives (from left to right): Marcus Carrier, Daniel Emmelius, Torben Möbius, Susanne Richter, Carolin Stummeier, Christopher Dorn Photo by Thomas Abel

The new doctoral representatives started their work at the BGHS. The representatives for »Doctoral Programme« are Marcus Carrier (History) and Carolin Stummeier (Sociology). The representatives for »Internationals« are Christopher Dorn (Sociology) and Daniel Emmelius (History). Susanne Richter (Sociology) and Torben Möbius (History) are elected representatives for »Social and Cultural Affairs«. The office term of the new elected doctoral representatives is one year.

Doctoral representatives at the BGHS

Doctoral representatives at the BGHS are there for the concerns of the doctoral researchers. Since the BGHS lays a great emphasis on its members' participation, the doctoral researchers choose their representatives among themselves. These are in complete six doctoral researchers, one in history and one in sociology for the "Doctoral Programme". In addition, there are two representatives for "Internationals" and "Social and Cultural Affairs".
The doctoral representatives for the "Doctoral Programme" are the main contact persons for all doctoral researchers of the BGHS. They represent the interests of the doctoral researchers, attend the meetings of the Executive Board, participate in the selection of fellows, mediate conflicts etc.
The doctoral representatives for the "Internationals" are contact persons for international doctoral researchers and fellows. They promote the specific interests of international doctoral researchers and accompany and advise the newcomers, as well facilitate their entry into university life in Bielefeld.
The doctoral representatives in the field of "Social and Cultural Affairs" are contact persons for social and cultural events at BGHS. Their task is to bring the BGHS members together, to plan joint activities, to perform and help shape the social and cultural life at the BGHS.

For further information on the representation of interests at the BGHS and the Guidelines of Representation, please see: www.uni-bielefeld.de/bghs/Personen/Promovierendenvertretung