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Teaching areas:<\/strong> Curating and Exhibiting<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miriam Zlobinski <\/strong>researches and teaches the theory and history of photography, focusing on photography in journalism, collecting and the visuality of democracy. Her completed doctorate at Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin takes a critical look at the image politics and everyday visual culture of the illustrated magazine Stern. In 2018 she received the Research Grant of the Federal Chancellor Willy Brandt Foundation, and she publishes regularly in journals and other publications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A trained journalist, she co-founded the online format ReVue \u2013 Magazin f\u00fcr Fotografie und Wahrnehmung<\/a> in 2021 and oversees it as a member of the editorial board. Since 2022 she has also served on the board of the History and Archives section of the Deutsche Gesellschaft f\u00fcr Photographie and on the jury for the \u2018Writing & Thinking Photography\u2019 awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Her work as a freelance curator with institutions, festivals and collectives centres on collaborative processes. In addition to her current teaching assignment \u2018Curating and Exhibiting\u2019 at Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts, she teaches at the Ostkreuzschule f\u00fcr Fotografie and at the Institute for Transmedia Design at the Berlin University of the Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Every year, the Coburger Convent draws thousands of fraternity members to Coburg. While some celebrate tradition, others criticise its all-male structures, its torchlight processions and the way it deals with its own history.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Helena Lea Manhartsberger researched Austria’s red-light districts for her bachelor’s thesis.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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Where nothing seems to happen in the evening, yet everything does: young people in a village in Lower Saxony after dark.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n Expo observatory in Melle: the world\u2019s largest amateur telescope <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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When estate agent Bernd Schr\u00f6ter set out to build the world\u2019s largest amateur telescope, many people thought he was mad. But in time for Expo 2000, he really did open his observatory.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n The king of biros: 200,000 ballpoint pens in one collection <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Clicky pens, special editions, promotional freebies: Heinz-Hermann has them all. The story of the biro, from Budapest to Brockel.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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\r\n How Najiba became Afghanistan\u2019s first drag queen <\/h3>\r\n\r\n
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Growing up in a conservative Afghan family, Najib was abused because of his queer identity. Today, as Najiba, he campaigns for the LGBTQIA+ community.<\/p>\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n

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