Teaching at the Chair of Popular Cultures
Materials for writing term papers (PDFs)
Are you writing a term paper at the Chair for Popular Culture? Then you can find the current style guide here with a list of the formal requirements, as well as a checklist with the most important points to remember before submitting. You can also download a range of templates to use in your papers (Title page, Contents, Bibliography, Declaration against plagiarism). Furthermore, we implore you to take the AI-policy into account. In addition you can find a guide here for finding academic literature. For any questions or concerns, please reach out to our student assistants.
Submissions should be posted to the following address:
Europa-Universität Viadrina
Lehrstuhl Prof. Illger
Große Scharrnstraße 59
15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Alternatively, you can drop your submission off in person in the post office:
Hauptgebäude
Raum K21/22
Große Scharrnstraße 59
15230 Frankfurt (Oder)
Tips for requesting thesis supervision
If you would like to ask one of our staff to be a first or second supervisor for your bachelor’s or master’s thesis, remember ...
... to factor in enough time for this request with respect to the planning, registration and submission of your thesis.
... to include a paragraph stating what you would like to research and how you would like to carry out this research.
Due to limited capacity, we give preference to theses that have a focus on Media Studies.
Teaching in the Winter semester 2025/26
Daniel Illger
Tuesday 11-13 Uhr - Midnight Madness in Cottbus (BA), GD 201
Tuesday 16-18 Uhr Surviving Capitalism. Frostpunk, Wirtschaftssimulationen und ökonomische Subjektivierung (BA), AM 104
Wednesday 11-13 Uhr - Was ist Hoffnung? (MA), GD 204
Wednesday 16-18 Uhr - Forschungsseminar (MA), AM 203
Lucia Wiedergrün
Tuesday 16-18 Uhr - Mit Filmen denken, über Filme sprechen - Einführung in die Filmanalyse (BA), GD 305
Dr. Thomas J. J. Scherer
Tuesday 16-18 Uhr - %"$&/(!!! - Audiovisual Figurations of Anger (MA), AM 203
Octavia Rudek
Thursday 16-18 Uhr - Sociocultural History of Speculation (BA), LH 101/102
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Previous courses
Daniel Illger
Einführung in die Kritische Theorie
Research seminar
Bilder des Schreckens
The Limits of Humanity - What is Cyberpunk and why should we care?
Lucia Wiedergrün
7 Years of #MeToo - What Remains?
Dr Thomas J. J. Scherer
The Emotions of Politics and the Politics of Emotions in Series
Octavia Rudek
Sociocultural Introduction to Gambling and Sports Betting
Daniel Illger
Understanding Epic Fantasy: “Elden Ring” and “Baldur’s Gate 3”
Forschungskolloquium
Introduction to Media Studies
Grundlagen der feministischen Psychoanalyse
Lucia Wiedergrün
Dargestellt, gesehen, verändert? Repräsentation zwischen Politik und Ästhetik
Dr. Thomas J. J. Scherer
Imaging European Identities. Analyzing Audiovisual Campaigns for EU Elections
Octavia Rudek
Gamification und die Rolle des Spiels im täglichen Leben der Gegenwart
Daniel Illger
Horror and Video Games - Mondays 11-13, GD 06
Contemporary European Crime TV Series - Mondays 16-20, biweekly, GD 06
Endzeiten: Apokalyptik, Katastrophismus und der Engel der Geschichte - Tuesdays 14-16, GD 04
Forschungsseminar Populärkultur - Tuesdays 18-20, AM 103
Elizabeth Neumann
Wozu denn noch Mensch sein? Essays zum Trans- und Posthumanismus - Tuesdays 14-16, GD 205
Lucia Wiedergrün
»Mit dem Dynamit der Zehntelsekunden« – Grundlagen des Konzepts Filmischer Zeit - Wednesdays 14-16, GD 205
Daniel Illger
Einführung in die Theorie und Analyse von Fernsehserien
Erspieltes Grauen, Horror und Videospiel
Forschungsseminar Populärkultur
Wunden, Schmerzen, Krankheiten
Daniel Illger
Einführung Kulturwissenschaften – „Bring me that horizon!“ – Abenteuer und Natur
Rache in der Populärkultur
Forschungsseminar Populärkultur
Marxistische Ästhetik
Daniel Illger
Einführung Kuwi-Geschichten der Straße
Folk Horror im Film
Horkheimer/ Adorno - Dialektik der Aufklärung
Forschungssemi Popkultur