Events (Archive)

Archive of events that were organised or supported by the ZeM. It is possible to sort the events by year or by type of event. The archive can also be searched for specific keywords. Or go to upcoming events.

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Conference Colloquium Lecture series Talk Film screening Workshop Excursion Exhibition

Thu
23 April 26 -
Fri
24 April 26

Workshop

5th Network meeting “Camera Studies”

Prof. Winfried Gerling (University of Applied Sciences Potsdam)

Location

ZeM – Brandenburg Center for Media Studies
Hermann-Elflein-Straße 18
14467 Potsdam

Registration

Internal workshop of the network “Camera Studies”

Thu
16 April 26

17.00 - 19.00 h

Conference

ZeM Members’ Meeting 2026

Location

ZeM – Brandenburg Center for Media Studies
Hermann-Elflein-Str. 18
14467 Potsdam

Registration

You can register for the event at .

Thu
26 March 26 -
Fri
27 March 26

Workshop

Workshop “Film-Konzepte: Hans Jürgen Syberberg”

Heiko Christians (University of Potsdam), Chris Wahl (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)

Location

ZeM – Brandenburg Center for Media Studies
Hermann-Elflein-Straße 18
14467 Potsdam

Registration

Due to limited capacity, we kindly ask you to send an email to if you are interested in attending in the workshop.

Mon
23 March 26

17.00 - 19.00 h

Talk

ZeM LECTURE “Ecologies of the Multipolar Information Disorder: On Media, Climate, and Wars Over Land and Truth”

Prof. Adrian Ivakhiv (Simon Fraser University), Dr. Steffen Hven (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF)

Location

ZeM – Brandenburg Center for Media Studies
Hermann-Elflein-Straße 18
14467 Potsdam

and online via Zoom

Registration

You can register for the event at .

Sat
14 March 26

19.00 h

Film screening

International Silent Film Festival Bonn visiting: FORGOTTEN FACES

Maud Nelissen (NL), Petra Constantinescu (University of Potsdam), Oliver Hanley (Stummfilmtage Bonn)

Location

Filmmuseum Potsdam
Institut der Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Breite Str. 1a
Marstall
14467 Potsdam

Registration

Please reserve your tickets through the Filmmuseum Potsdam’s schedule.

Thu
19 February 26 -
Tue
20 January 26

Workshop

Workshop “Rekursive Bilder – Algorithmen und KI in fotografischen Prozessen”

Dr. habil. Kathrin Yacavone (Philipps-Universität Marburg), Prof. Winfried Gerling (Fachhochschule Potsdam)

Location

ZeM – Brandenburg Center for Media Studies
Hermann-Elflein-Straße 18
14467 Potsdam

Registration

Please register in advance at

Wed
11 February 26

18.00 h

Film screening

Abschlussveranstaltung “Konrad Wolf – Dialoge mit der Gegenwart”

Film and Lecture Series at Filmmuseum Potsdam "Konrad Wolf - Dialoge mit der Gegenwart", Stefanie Eckert (DEFA-Stiftung), Johanna Deventer, Lew Hohmann, Fabien Meier, Regine Sylvester

Location

Filmmuseum Potsdam
Institut der Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Breite Str. 1a
Marstall
14467 Potsdam

Registration

Tickets via / +49 331 27 181-12.

Wed
28 January 26

18.00 h

Talk

Ulrike Schneider: “Konrad Wolf als jüdischer Filmemacher?”

Film and Lecture Series at Filmmuseum Potsdam "Konrad Wolf - Dialoge mit der Gegenwart", Ulrike Schneider

Location

Filmmuseum Potsdam
Institut der Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Breite Str. 1a
Marstall
14467 Potsdam

Registration

Tickets via / +49 331 27 181-12.

Wed
28 January 26 -
Fri
30 January 26

Workshop

Workshop “The Shifting Energy of Media: Extraction, Generation, Transmission”

Giacomo Tagliani (Università di Modena-Reggio), Jacopo Rasmi (Université Saint Etienne), Birgit Schneider (University of Potsdam), Jan Distelmeyer (University of Applied Sciences Potsdam), Winfried Gerling (University of Applied Sciences Potsdam)

Location

ZeM – Brandenburg Center for Media Studies
Hermann-Elflein-Straße 18
14467 Potsdam

Registration

Due to limited capacity, we kindly ask you to send an email to if you are interested in participating in the workshop.

Tue
27 January 26

10.00 - 16.00 h

Colloquium

[canceled] ZeM Forum for Doctoral Students

Prof. Dr. Michael Wedel (Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF), Dr. Michael Ufer (ZeM)

Location

ZeM – Brandenburg Center for Media Studies
Hermann-Elflein-Str. 18
14467 Potsdam

Registration

For participation we kindly ask you to register by e-mail to

Tue
27 January 26

18.15 - 19.45 h

Lecture series

Crystal Z. Campbell: “Abstraction, Pareidolia, and the Underloved”

International Lecture Series "Abstraction Today: The Real and the Imaginary", Crystal Z. Campbell (University of Buffalo)

Location

Online (Zoom)

Registration

Participation via Zoom: Zoom link

Thu
22 January 26 -
Fri
23 January 26

Workshop

Workshop “(Meta)Data in Film, Video, and Moving Images – Research, Cleaning, Visualization with OpenRefine and Excel”

Evgenia Samoilova (University of Potsdam), Thomas Schick (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF), Hannes Schnaitter (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Location

ZeM – Brandenburg Center for Media Studies
Hermann-Elflein-Straße 18
14467 Potsdam

Registration

By email to
Registration deadline: 17 December 25

Tue
20 January 26

18.15 - 19.45 h

Lecture series

Alberto Toscano: “A Practice of Abstraction: Race in the Field of Vision”

International Lecture Series "Abstraction Today: The Real and the Imaginary", Alberto Toscano (Goldsmiths, University of London)

Location

Online (Zoom)

Registration

Participation via Zoom: Zoom link

Fri
16 January 26

14.00 - 16.00 h

Colloquium

ZeM Reading Colloquium “Platformatizations”

Prof. Dr. Michael Wedel (Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF), Dr. Michael Ufer (ZeM)

Location

ZeM – Brandenburg Center for Media Studies
Hermann-Elflein-Str. 18
14467 Potsdam

Registration

You can register for the event at .

Wed
14 January 26

18.00 - 22.00 h

Talk

ZeM LECTURE “GOYA zwischen Widersprüchen und Experiment”

Mariana Ivanova (University of Massachusetts Amherst), Film and Lecture Series "Konrad Wolf – Dialoge mit der Gegenwart"

Location

Filmmuseum Potsdam
Institut der Filmuniversität Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
Breite Str. 1a
Marstall
14467 Potsdam

Registration

Tickets via / +49 331 27 181-12

Tue
13 January 26

18.15 - 19.45 h

Lecture series

Birgit Schneider: “Making Climate Data Graspable through Visualization and Sonification in Art and Science”

International Lecture Series "Abstraction Today: The Real and the Imaginary", Birgit Schneider (University of Potsdam)

Location

Online (Zoom)

Registration

Participation via Zoom: Zoom link