Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: Habilitation

Habilitation procedure at the Faculty of Media
Habilitation projects at the Faculty of Media

The habilitation is a post-doctoral qualification which allows a scholar to become a full professor. The purpose of the procedure is formally to demonstrate the qualification for autonomous research and academic work in the chosen field of expertise, and to gain the necessary teaching skills.
The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar authorises the Faculty of Media to confer the right to add “habil.” to the doctoral degree as follows:

Computer Science and Media: Dr. rer. nat. habil.; Dr.-Ing. habil.
Media Management: Dr. rer. pol. habil.
Media Studies: Dr. phil. habil.

Furthermore, the authorisation to teach (venia legendi) can also be conferred on written request. On conferral of the venia legendi, the candidate is permitted to use the appellation “Privatdozent” (PD).

The habilitation regulations determine the admissions requirements and the entire habilitation procedure. The Habilitation Committee constituted by the Faculty Board is responsible for assessing written and oral performance, as well as for appraising pedagogical skills. On the basis of the recommendation of the Habilitation Committee, the Faculty Board decides on the conferral of both the habilitation and the authorisation to teach (venia legendi).

Brief overview of habilitation requirements

1. Post-doctoral thesis
2. Academic discourse with oral examination (colloquium)
3. Public lecture
4. Publication

Brief overview of habilitation procedure

1. Request in writing for admission and, if desired, for the conferral of authorisation to teach (venia legendi)
2. Commencement of the habilitation process
3. Decision on the assessors’ reports
4. Admission to the academic discourse with oral examination (colloquium)
5. Recommendation on the conferral / non-conferral of the habilitation
6. Decision on the conferral of the habilitation and, if requested, of the authorisation to teach (venia legendi)
7. Public lecture
8. Publication of the post-doctoral thesis
9. Handover the habilitation certificate and, if requested, the certificate for the authorisation to teach (venia legendi)

If you have any questions, please get in touch with Verona Schwarz, phone: +49(0)3643-58 37 00 or e mail: verona.schwarz[at]uni-weimar.de. Please send applications in writing to the dean Prof. Dr. Lorenz Engell by standard mail to:

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
Fakultät Medien
Dekan
Schwanseestr. 143
99427 Weimar

Year	Name	Department	Habilitation Thesis	Lecture
2020	Gregory, Stephan	Medienwissenschaft und Kulturgeschichte	Class Trouble. Klassifikation und Klassenkampf um 1700	Der Verrat im 21. Jahrhundert
2014	Wittmann, Barbara	Kunstgeschichte und Kultur- wissenschaft	Bedeutungsvolle Kritzeleien. Die Kinderzeichnung als Instrument der Humanwissenschaften, 1880 - 1950	Die Viktorianer – unsere Zeitgenossen. Zum Revival der Salonmalerei in der Gegenwart
2012	Scholz, Leander	Philosophie und Kulturtheorie	Der Tod der Gemeinschaft. Studien zur politischen Philosophie	Der Fall Haiti: Partikularität und Universalität der Kulturtheorie
2011	Krajewski, Markus	Medien- wissenschaft und Wissen-schaftsgeschichte	Der Diener. Mediengeschichte einer Figur zwischen König und Klient.	Medien der DDR.
2011	Schmidgen, Henning	Medienwissen- schaft und Wissen-schaftsgeschichte	Hirn und Zeit. Die Geschichte eines Experiments, 1800-1950	Kino ohne Film. Architekturen und Technologien des biologischen Anschauungsunterrichts um 1900
2010	Ziemann, Andreas	Soziologie und Medienwissen-schaften	Medienkultur und Gesellschaftsstruktur. Soziologische Analysen	Eine (Kultur-) Soziologie der Prostitution
2008	Neef, Sonja	Medien- und Kulturwissen- schaft	Abdruck und Spur. Handschrift im Zeitalter ihrer technischen Reproduzierbarkeit	Pfingsten in Babylon (Medien der Übersetzung)