29 June 2026, 2 pm @Stadtkino Wien (Akademiestr. 13, 1010) — Film screening and conversation with Prof. Dr. Monika Pietrzak-Franger, Kamilla Peter and Vicenzo Straface. This event is presented as the final project of the PhD Seminar “How Can the Humanities Change the World?” at the University of Vienna. Find the event on Stadtkino website. Entrance fee € 7 – buy and reserve your tickets
Am 23. April wird Univ.-Prof. Dr. Monika Pietrzak-Franger ihr Buch “Scheinbar genesen – Leben mit Long Covid” am Institut für Liberal Arts & Sciences and der Universität Hamburg vorstellen. Weiterhin wird sie im Gespräch mit Prof. Dr. Sophie Witt (Institut für Liberal Arts & Sciences,Universität Hamburg) über den Alltag von betroffenen Personen mit Long Covid sprechen, sowie über das Buch selbst, welches anhand von Interviews und künstlerisch-dokumentarischem Fotomaterial aus Österreich und in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Betroffenen entstanden ist. Insgesamt soll…
The standard enlightenment representation of the human body is of a singular, upright, able-bodied, autonomous man. Dr. Nora Heidorn’s medical humanities and visual culture research project Being Horizontal is concerned with imagery of reclined and inclined bodies that contest this ideal. The philosopher Adriana Cavarero, whose book Inclinations: A Critique of Rectitude (2016) has informed my thinking, theorises inclination as a model of the subject that is mutually dependent with others and situated in its world. Being Horizontal collects images from the history of…
“But You Don’t Look Sick” – Making the Invisible Visible — This year, two team members, Monika Pietrzak-Franger and Maria Morata Marco, will present their projects at Lange Nacht der Forschung on 24 April 2026 (17:00-23:00). Have you ever been told you look perfectly fine while having to actively manage pain? At our interactive station at LNF, we explore why the phrase “you don’t look sick” can be more of a burden than a compliment. Inspired by Christine Miserandino’s famous blog post under the same title and her formulation…
Edited by Anna M. Elsner and Monika Pietrzak-Franger
Videos of the symposium of 20 June 2023 are now available [in German]
Have a listen to our new podcast “(Long) Covid & Society” hosted by the research teams of the “Post-Covid-19 Care” cluster project.
Edited by Anna M. Elsner and Monika Pietrzak-Franger
Opening: 13 Jun 2023, 19:00 – Running: 14 Jun 2023 – 14 Jul 2023
Montag, 16. Januar 2023 18:30- 21:00 gesponsert von Campus Aktuell, veranstaltet im Rahmen von “Post-Covid-19 Care”