Events


Please find here a selection of the events at the Walter Benjamin Kolleg in the autumn semester 2026. More events will be added during the course of the semester.

Coffee Lectures Unitobler+

This autumn semester you again have the opportunity to learn about new and useful information about research in the humanities in 15 minutes during the lunchtime coffee at 1:00 p.m. Participation in our Coffee Lectures - a cooperation with the University Library - is possible in person at the Walter Benjamin Kolleg as well as online over Zoom.

Slides of past Coffee Lectures on ILIAS

Flyer (PDF)

Coffee Lectures in Autumn Semester 2026

Kein Geld mehr vom SNF? Wie finanziere ich jetzt mein Buch?

Dr. Elio Pellin (Universitätsbibliothek)

Date: Tuesday, 29 October 2026, 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Place: Walter Benjamin Kolleg (Unitobler) and online

 

Der Schweizerische Nationalfonds ändert seine Förderpraxis für Bücher. Langformat-Publikationen, die nicht in einem SNF-geförderten Projekt entstanden sind, werden vom SNF finanziell nicht mehr unterstützt. Ausgenommen davon sind Dissertationen und Habilitationen. In dieser Coffee Lecture, die im Rahmen der Open Access Week stattfindet, schauen wir uns an, welche Alternativen es gibt. Wo kann man Geld für Buchpublikationen beantragen? Oder noch besser: Wo kann man wissenschaftliche Bücher auch ohne finanzielle Mitgift publizieren?

Coffee Lectures in Autumn Semester 2026

Messy Humanities Data? Data Wrangling with OpenRefine

Adrian Demleitner (Digital Humanities), Ursula Loosli (Humanities Data Steward)

Date: Tuesday, 10 November 2026, 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Place: Walter Benjamin Kolleg (Unitobler) and online

 

Spreadsheets with inconsistent spellings, duplicates, and typos are part of everyday research - whether in metadata corpora, historical source registers, or bibliographic lists. OpenRefine is a free, open-source tool developed specifically to deal with such data: to clean, standardise, and enrich it. The Coffee Lecture first situates the topic within the context of research data management, then demonstrates, with examples from the humanities, what OpenRefine can and cannot do.

Coffee Lectures in Autumn Semester 2026

The Digital In/Justice Hub - a network project funded by the Digitalization Commission (2026-2030)

Dr. Michaela Egli (Walter Benjamin Kolleg)

Date: Tuesday, 1 December 2026, 1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Place: Walter Benjamin Kolleg (Unitobler) and online

 

The Digital In/Justice Hub serves as a transdisciplinary space for research and knowledge transfer on digital injustice. It develops innovative approaches to researching how digital data and AI reinforce, challenge, or transform societal power relations. Its offers include transdisciplinary teaching, a lively network to engage in critical digital practices, and public events open to all.

Events of the WBKolleg, the Interdisciplinary Postgraduate Research Network (IPN, german IFN), the Graduate School of the Arts and Humanities GSAH (doctoral programs ICS, GS, SLS and SINTA), the Center for the Study of Language and Society (CSLS) and the Center for Global Studies (CGS)