Guests Summer Term 2025

• Bettina Ellerkamp & Jörg Heitmann, silent green Kulturquartier 
  
  
• Lea Schleiffenbaum, Kunsthistorikerin und Kuratorin
  
  
• Dr. María Elena Bedoya Hidalgo, Kulturhistorikerin und Kuratorin 
  
  
• Prof. Dr. Philip Ursprung, Kunst- und Architekturhistoriker 
  
  
• Sylvia Sadzinski, Kuratorin 
  
  
• Diversity Arts Culture 
  
  
• Kreativ Kultur Berlin 
  
  

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Guests from Past Semesters 

A 

Nora Al-Badri, Artist

Kim Albrecht, Prof. Dr., Professor for Information Design, Folkwang University Essen

Michael Annoff, Curator Kein Schöner Archiv, Mediator Neue Auftraggeber and Artist

Sabrina Apitz, Project Coordinator, Kulturförderpunkt Berlin

Salome Asega, Artist, Director NEW INC and Co-Founder POWRPLNT

Stefan Aue, Curator and Researcher 

Jacqueline Azarmi Eskandani, Assistant to the Artistic Director, Festival Theaterformen, Hannover 

B

Mirjam Baitsch, Head of Marketing & Development, Kunstmuseum Basel 

Yael Bartana, Artist and Filmmaker 

Ute Meta Bauer, Prof. Dr., Curator and Professor, NTU CCA Singapore / Nanyang Technological University

Kristina Bernhardt, Production Manager 

Ellen Blumenstein, Artistic Director IMAGINE THE CITY, Kunst und Kultur Hafencity, Hamburg 

Felix von Boehm, Film producer, Lupa Film GmbH

Rosi Braidotti, Prof. Dr., Philosopher and Professor (Emeritus), Utrecht University 

Candice Breitz, Artist and University Professor 

Dr. Kate Brehme, Curator, Co-Initiator Berlinklusion 

Mirja Busch, Artist

C

Chezweitz GmbH, museale and urbane Szenografie

Michelle Christensen, Prof. Dr., Designer and Scientist, UdK 

Pia Christmann, Co-Initiator and Co-Creative Director Studio Pandan 

Florian Conradi, Prof. Dr., Designer and Scientist, Einstein Center Digital Future 

Curatorial Collective for Public Art (CCPA) (Lianne Mol, Yael Sherill u.a.) 

D

Nuray Demir, Curator Kein Schöner Archiv and Artist

Lins Derry, Dr., Choreographer and Dance Scholar, metaLAB (at) 

Amelie Deuflhard, Artistic Director, Kampnagel

Ranjodh Singh Dhalwalil, Prof. Dr., Researcher, University Basel 

Joe Dumit, Prof. Dr., Professor of Anthropology, University of California 

Moritz van Dülmen, Cultural Manager, Kulturprojekte Berlin 

E

Anna Ehrenstein, Prof., Artist

Matthias Einhoff, Artistic Director, ZK/U Berlin 

Işıl Eğrikavuk, Dr., Artist and Scientist, LMU München 

Canan Erek, Project Manager Offensive Tanz für junges Publikum Berlin 

Sophie Erlund, Prof., Artist and Scientist, TU München 

F

Omer Fast, Prof., Video Artist and Film Director

Britta Färber, Deputy Global Head of Art, Deutsche Bank

Silvia Fehrmann, Dr., Director of the Berlin Artists-in-Residence Programme of the DAAD

Zachary Feldmann, Curator, Goethe-Institute, New York

Rudolf Fischer, Dr., Director, Archiv der Avantgarden – Egidio Marzona (AdA), Staatliche Kunstsammlung Dresden 

Stefan Frucht, Artistic Director Siemens Arts Program Berlin/München

Kasia Fudakowski, Artist

G

Anna-Catharina Gebbers, Curator, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin

Elisa Georgi, Communications Officer, ZK/U Berlin

Thomas Girst, Dr., BMW Group, Director Kulturengagement, München 

Andreas Görgen, Dr., Ministerial Director at the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

Anna Gritz, Dr., Director, Haus am Waldsee 

Clemens Gruber, Co-Director ClimART, ZK/U Berlin

Krist Gruijthuijsen, Curator and former Director KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin 

Simone Grünwald, Kiezwald e.V. 

Monika Grütters, Member of the German Bundestag, former Minister of State for Culture and the Media

H

Tessa Hart, Culture Creator and Project Manager AfroPolitan, Berlin

Lea Wohl von Haselberg, Publicist 

Lars Hecker, Offensive Tanz / Kulturbus

Martin Heller, Dr., Chairman of KW Freunde e.V. 

Louis Henderson, Artist and Film Maker 

Carolin Hochleichter, Dramaturge and Curator, former director of the Berliner Theatertreffen

J

Amelia Jones, Prof. Dr., Art Historian and Author  

K

Franzis Kabisch, Film maker

Eduardo Kac, Artist 

Nadia Kaiouli, Prof., Television Journalist

Joy Kristin Kalu, Prof. Dr., Dramaturge and Curator, Visiting Professor at UdK 

Mine Kaplangı, Curator and Co-Founder Collective Çukurcuma 

Gabriele Knapstein, Dr., Curator, Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin 

Eike Knüppel, Director, Knueppel & Scheffler 

Clemens Koderisch, Co-Director of ClimArt, ZK/U Berlin 

Judith König, Production Manager 

Florian Kräutli, Dr., Swiss Art Research Infrastructure (SARI), University of Zurich 

Hans Krestel, Communications for Art and Culture 

Matylda Krzykowski, Designer and Curator

Florian Kuhlemann, Digital Curator and Artist

Janne Kummer, Artist 

L

Marie Laurberg, Director of Copenhagen Contemporary 

Maria Ines Plaza Lazo, Curator and Editor of Arts of The Working Class 

Matthias Lilienthal, Dramaturge, Festival Director, and Theatre Intendant, Volksbühne 

Andrea Lissoni, Curator and Artistic Director, Haus der Kunst, Munich

Marcus Lobbes, Director  of the Academy for Theatre and Digitality, Theater Dortmund 

M

Giuseppe Maio, Radio Play and Feature Director 

Ute Marxreiter, Education, Mediation, and Visitor Services, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz 

Fotini Mavromati, Art Commissioner at the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt)

Andreas Meder, Festival Director, NO LIMITS Festival 

Anika Meier, Author and Curator 

Heike Catherina Mertens, Cultural Manager & Managing Director of Villa Aurora Thomas Mann House e.V., Berlin 

Beatrice Miersch, Dr., Curator, Scholar, Lecturer, Potsdam

Kristin Miller, Program Officer, ZK/U Berlin 

Philipp Modersohn, Artist 

Rabih Mroué, Artist and Theatre Director 

Elisa Müller / Institute for Resistance in Post-Fordism, Artist and Curator

N

Katja Naie, Dr., Executive Board Member, Schering Stiftung

Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Prof. Dr., Artistic Director, Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW Berlin) 

Helene Nymann, Dr., Artist

O

Thomas Oberender, Artistic Director, Berliner Festspiele 

Nora O’Murchú, Curator and Scholar, Artistic Director, transmediale e.V.

P

Michalis Pichler, Artist and Head of MISS READ Art Book Festival 

Charmaine Poh, Artist 

Hanna Potthast, Kiezwald e.V. 

R

Milo Rau, Director and Playwright  

Marcelo Rezende, Curator and Author

Ann Richter, Co-Initiator and Co-Creative Director, Studio Pandan 

Anita Rind, Residency Consultant, ZK/U Berlin 

Dario Rodighiero, Prof. Dr., Data Scientist, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen 

Agnieszka Roguski, Dr., Curator and Art Scholar 

Margit Rosen, Head of Collections, Archives & Research, ZKM 

Stephanie Rosenthal, Dr., Director Guggenheim Abu Dhabi 

Andrea Rostásy, Artist and Curator  

S

Hrair Sarkissian, Artist

Vanina Saracino, Curator and Scholar 

Laura Sang Hee Scherling, Dr., Designer & Researcher, Columbia University 

Lea Schleiffenbaum, Curator, Neue Auftraggeber 

Sebastian Schmieg, Prof., Artist & Design Professor, HTW Dresden 

Jeffrey Schnapp, Prof. Dr., metaLAB (at) Harvard, Harvard University 

Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, Co-Director, Arsenal - Institute for Film and Video Art

Lotte Schüßler, hannsjana Performance Collective

Lilia Moritz Schwarcz, Prof. Dr., Professor of Anthropology, University of São Paulo and Princeton 

Shain Shapiro, Author, Founder & Executive, Sound Diplomacy 

Yael Sherill, Curatorial Collective for Public Art, CCPA, 

Gülsah Stapel, Dr., Berlin Wall Foundation  

Barbara Steiner, Director, Bauhaus Dessau 

Susanne Stephani, Research Associate, Institute KMM Hamburg 

Janina Sundermeier, Prof. Dr., Digital-Entrepreneurship, Freie Universität Berlin 

T

David Teh, Prof. Dr., Curator and Scholar, National University of Singapore 

Sandra Teitge, Curator

Emily Thomey, Journalist and Editor

Oraib Toukan, Dr., Artist

Members of the Valdez Tribe, Chugach Region, Alaska 

U

Wolfgang Ullrich, Dr., Art Historian and Cultural Scientist

V

Annemie Vanackere, Management & Artistic Direcor, Hebbel am Ufer 

Ilya Vidrin, Prof. Dr., Dancer and Assistant Professor of Creative Practice Research, Northeastern University 

Daniel Völzke, Editor, Maonopol – Magazin für Kunst und Leben 

W

Lyndsey Walsh, Artist

Sophie Warmbrunn, Radio Journalist

Clemens von Wedemeyer, Prof., Artist

Z

Monika Zessnik, Curator, Ethnological Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Marius Zoschke, Artistic Director, Reclaim

Anna Zosik, Program Director, 360° - Fund for the Cultures of the New Urban Society

Gitte Zschoch, secretary general, Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa)