Lectures, onferences, interviews and consultancies
Gender oriented approaches to preventing violent extremism.
Input to the conference section “Violent Extremism as a Gendered Threat” of the International Security Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, on 13-15th June 2016.
Feed-back from practitioners of prevention – and media strategies.
Input to the Workshop "Nationale Strategie Terrorismus-/Extremismusprävention" organized by the Federal Criminal Police Office’s Research Department, Wiesbaden, on 30th – 31st, May, 2016.
Strategies and issues for a long-term national action plan on preventing violent extremism and terrorism.
Consultancy meeting with the French Minister of EU Affairs, Harlem Desir, and the team of the French embassy, Berlin, 14th March, 2016.
Prevention of violent extremism/ terrorism and disengagement interventions.
Interview with National Public Radio/USA, Berlin, on 18th January, 2016.
Good practice principles of prevention and disengagement interventions.
Workshop at the Donau University Krems, Vienna, Austria, on 12th Jan. 2016.
The European Fair Skills methods as element of a community approach.
Input to the inauguration workshop of the Erasmus+ project “Community Counteracting Radicalisation”, organized by mhtconsult.dk in Elsinore, Denmark, on 10th – 11th December, 2015.
Cultures Interactive’s WomEx/ Gender and European Fair Skills approach.
Presentation at the Lisbon Forum on “How to combat radicalisation and terrorism: Prevention Tools and Shared Knowledge in the Mediterranean and European space”, organized by the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe, at the Ismaili Centre, Lisbon, Portugal, on 3rd-4th December, 2015.
Women in Extremism/ WomEx, European Fair Skills, and the RAN Center of Excellence.
Presentation at “The OSCE Security Days: In Pursuit of Peace and Security: How Gender Makes a Difference”, in Vienna, Austria, on 13th November 2015.
RAN approaches, gender and youth work aspects.
Input to the EuroMesco conference on “Radical Groups: Security Threats in the Euro-Mediterranean” on 4th-5th November, 2015, at the Al-Ahram Center, Cairo, Egypt.
The EU practice field of preventing violent extremism.
Input to the national workshop “Prävention Internationaler Islamistischer Terrorismus”, organized by the Federal Criminal Justice Office, Research Dept. (Bundeskriminalamt, KI 11) on 1st Oct., 2015, in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Implementation of Deradicalisation Programms – The European Fair Skills Project.
Presentation at the conference: “Building resilience to radicalisation and violent extremism – a multi-agency approach on early prevention” organized by the City of Aarhus, November 19th – 20th 2015. Aarhus, Denmark.
Guidelines for methods of preventing and disengaging from violent extremism.
Presentation, workshop, and media interviews to CZ media at the “Internal Security Forum Prague”, organized by the European Values Foundation under the auspices of the Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of Parliament of the Czech Republic, Prague on 3rd - 4th Sept. 2015.
Towards a national action plan for France.
Consultancy meeting with Pierre NGahane, Prefect of the Interministerial Committee on Prevention of Violent Extremist Offenses (CIPD), and the French embassy team, on 31st August 2015, Berlin.
The EFS self-evaluation tool produced by Cultures Interactive.
Input to the FP7 IMPACT Europe project meeting, at the ISCA Institute, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 27th – 28th, August, 2015.
European action plan(s) of preventing violent extremism and the foreign fighter phenomenon.
Presentation at the high-level experts meeting “Framing the Development Solution to Radicalization in Africa” organized by The United Nations Development Program Regional Bureau for Africa, in Nairobi, Kenya, on 20-22nd July 2015.
Principles of disengagement and prevention interventions.
Workshop for the plenary of the RAN Derad working group, organized by the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), in Budapest, Hungary, 2nd – 3rd July, 2015.
Bottom-up evaluation and practice research in preventing violent extremism.
Input to the FP7 IMPACT Europe project meeting, at RAND EUROPE Offices, Brussels, on 21st May, 2015.
Exit/ disengagement strategies and interventions.
Workshop of the RAN Derad working group for the Baltic States, Finland, and Poland, organized by the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN), in Riga, Latvia, 16th -17th April, 2015.
So-called Deradicalisation - Principles of Good Practice in Disengagement and Rehabilitation from Involvement in Violent Extremism in Europe, including Gender, Media, and Youth Work Aspects.
Presentation at the Center for European Studies at Buffalo University, Buffalo, New York State, on 13th April, 2015.
De-radicalisation? Good Practice in Rehabilitation from Violent Extremism - Narrativity, Gender, Media, Commuity and Youth.
Presentation at the international conference “Countering Violent Extremism in the United States and European Union” in Pittsburgh, USA, on April 9th/ 10th, 2015.
As to a national action plan on preventing violent extremism and terrorism.
Consultancy meeting with the French State Secretary of Urban Development, Myriam El Khomri, and the team of the French embassy, Berlin, 24th March, 2015.
Détection et prise en charge de la radicalisation religieuse des personnes détenues.
Consultancy meeting with the research board of the first French Program in CVE and Deradicalisation, Paris, 23rd Feb., 2015.
So-called de-/radicalisation and prevention of violent extremism/ group hatred in psychological perspective.
Interview with “Therapy Today”, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, www.bacp.co.uk, 19th of March, 2015,
Youth work and the European Fair Skills project.
Input to the RAN Steering Committee meeting (Radicalisation Awareness Network/ EU Commission) on the RAN Collection Handbook and CVE strategies in media and youth work. Brussels, 21st Jan., 2015.
Women, gender and prevention of violent extremism.
Interview with Swiss journal ‘Annabelle’, published in: http://www.annabelle.ch/leben/ politik-umwelt/gotteskriegerinnen-was-treibt-junge-frauen-den-jihad-36693?page=0%2C1, 24th November, 2014.
The role of local authorities in preventing violent extremism and group hatred.
Input to inaugural meeting of the LIAISE project by the European Forum of Urban Security/ EFUS, Paris, 7th November, 2014.
Discussant panel input on “Countering Female Terrorist Radicalization and Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Recruitment” at the GCTF-OSCE International Workshop on “Advancing Women’s Roles in Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism”, Vienna, 21-22 October 2014, Hofburg Congress Centre.
How to gain ‘deradicalising narratives’ and why ‘counter narratives’ don’t work.
Paper at the conference: Inaugural VOX-Pol Conference: 'Violent Online Political Extremism: Setting a Research Agenda' on the 28th and 29th August 2014 at Kings College, London, UK.
Deradicalisation interventions in South-East Europe.
Planning and facilitating the Practice Exchange Workshop, launched by the RAN-Working Group: ‘First line Deradicalisation Practitioners and Interventions’ (within the Radicalisation Awareness Network/RAN, EU Home Affairs, Brussels), in Sofia, Bulgaria: 17/18th July 2014.
Building networks against intolerance and xenophobia.
Paper at the conference: “Right-wing extremism in Romania and Europe. Trends, structures, counter-strategies”, organized by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, October 10th 2013, Bucharest, Rumania.
European initiatives to prevent and intervene against violent extremism and hate crime – the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN).
Paper at the Conference: “Diversity and Tolerance in Europe: Challenges and cooperation opportunities” organized by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation, 10. September 2013, Kiev, Ukraine.
Local NGO approaches to prevent violent extremism and hate crime.
One day workshop at the Kiev Conference: “Diversity and Tolerance in Europe: Challenges and cooperation opportunities” organized by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Foundation, 11. September 2013, Kiev, Ukraine.
Deradicalisation interventions in South Europe.
Planning and facilitating the Practice Exchange Workshop, launched by the RAN-Working Group: ‘First line Deradicalisation Practitioners and Interventions’ (within the Radicalisation Awareness Network/RAN, EU Home Affairs, Brussels), 8-9 July 2013, in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Online deradicalisation? – what can and what cannot be done via internet and social media.
Paper at the conference: “Terrorism and extremism: challenges and counterstrategies” – The EENeT annual conference, hosted by RAND Europe and Bundeskriminalamt Deutschland, 25th-27th of September 2013, Cambridge, UK.
(Co-)Narrativity and gender issues – in deradicalisation and hate crime offender rehabilitation.
Paper at the conference: “Terrorism and extremism: challenges and counterstrategies – the EENeT annual conference”, hosted by RAND Europe and Bundeskriminalamt Deutschland/ BKA, on the 25th-27th of September 2013, Cambridge, UK.
Do we really need counter-narratives for the internet?
Paper at the “International conference on the prevention of violent radicalization”, organised by the Directorate General Security and Prevention of the Belgium government, in association with EFUS (the European Forum for Urban Security), on 23rd and 24th September 2013, in Brussels, Belgium.
Principles of good practice in deradicalisation and hate crime rehabilitation.
Paper at the “International conference on the prevention of violent radicalization”, organised by the Directorate General Security and Prevention of the Belgium government in association with EFUS (the European Forum for Urban Security) on 23rd and 24th September 2013, in Brussels, Belgium.
The Radicalisation Awareness Network in Europe – challenges and opportunities.
Paper at the conference: “Manipulation, Abuse, and Maltreatment in Groups – Conference of the International Cultic Studies Association, 3rd -5th July, 2013, in Triest, Italy.
European research on deradicalisation methods.
Round table contribution at: “For a shared Europe of diversity – Right-wing extremism in Europe: Country analyses, Counter-strategies and labour-market oriented Exit-strategies”, organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Berlin, inaugurated by Commissioner Cecilia Malström (EC Home Affairs) and the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, 14. May 2013, Berlin, Germany.
Research on methods of social/cultural deradicalisation interventions.
Paper at the conference: “The Face Behind the Hate”, hosted by the Hungarian National Institute of Criminology (OKRI), organized by the Foresee Research Group, 27. May 2013, Budapest, Hungary.
Collective Violence – and Deradicalisation.
Roundtable input at the fifth international conference of the European Forum for Urban Security (EFUS): “Security, Democracy and Cities: The Future of Prevention” 12th – 14th December 2012 in Paris/ Aubervilliers and Saint-Denis, France.
When are counter narratives effective for processes of deradicalisation?
Workshop session at the RAN Working Group ‘Voice of the Victims of Terrorism’, November 6th and 7th, 2012, The Hague, Netherlands.
Learning from international partners in practice – The Violence Prevention Network Approach”.
Presentation at the Conference “Challenge Hate Crime: Deal With It”, organized by Niacro/Belfast (Northern Ireland Ass. for the Care and Resettlement of Offenders), on 13th & 14th September 2012, in Belfast, Northern Ireland/ UK.
Deradicalisation interventions in North-West Europe.
Planning and facilitating the Stockholm RAN Practitioners Exchange Workshop within the RAN-Working Group: ‘First line Deradicalisation Practitioners and Interventions’ (Radicalisation Awareness Network/ RAN, EU Home Affairs, Brussels), on 3rd – 5th of June 2012, in Stockholm, Sweden.
Input statement at the conference “Tackling extremism through de-radicalising and disengagement initiatives”, on 8/9th of May 2012, under the auspices of the European Commission and the Danish Ministry of Social Affairs and Integration, in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Fair Skills – youth cultural approaches in rightwing extremism prevent work.
Paper at the German Crime Prevention Congress (DPT), on 16/17th April 2012 and within the DPT Annual International Forum (AIF), in Munich, Germany.
The RAN network – European concepts of extremism prevent work.
Paper at the annual EENeT conference, European Expert Network on Terrorism Issues, 17th – 19th of October 2012, hosted by the Hungarian National Institute of Criminology (OKRI), and the Bundeskriminalamt/ BKA, in Budapest, Hungary.
Deradicalisation interventions in South Europe.
Planning and facilitating the Barcelona RAN Practitioners Exchange Workshop under the auspices of the RAN-Working Group: ‘First line Deradicalisation Practitioners and Interventions’ (within the Radicalisation Awareness Network/ RAN, EU Home Affairs, Brussels), on 9th – 11th Oct, 2012, in Barcelona, Spain.
Input statement at the conference “Prison and probation practitioners' Practitioner Exchange”,
in Birmingham, 5Th / 6th Dec. 2011, organized by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD), and the Recognize Racism Institute (RecoRa), in London, UK
Deradicalisation and building resilient societies.” Input at panel discussion on the Inauguration Meeting of the ‘European Radicalisation Awareness Network‘ (RAN, EU DG Home Affairs), on 9th September 2011, in Brussels, Belgium.
Narratives in Groups: The ‘Violence Prevention Network’s Approach of Psycho-Dynamic Group Work with Young Hate Crime Offenders”.
Workshop at the conference: “Tackling Hate Crime Head On. Working with Hate Crime Offenders and Extremism”, of the Forensic Psychological Services at Middlesex University, on 21st September, 2010, London, UK.
The meaning of self-awareness building in groups and fictional narratives as tools to de-radicalize latent and manifest radicalism with adolescents and young adults”.
Paper at the Pakistan Institute of Policy Studies, 24. Mai 2010, Islamabad, Pakistan.
The meaning of self-awareness building in groups and fictional narratives as tools to de-radicalize latent and manifest radicalism with adolescents and young adults.
Paper at the Institute of Defense & Strategic Studies at Quaid-e-Azam University, 25. Mai 2010, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Issues of terrorism, prevention, community work, and prison work – empirical violence studies and qualitative research (TPVR) in its significance to Pakistan.
Input at life TV talk-show at Geo TV, 25. Mai 2010, Multan, Pakistan.
Narrative discourse in self-awareness group work and what it may do for education in times of national embitterment and conspiracy theory.
Paper at the “International Conference on Extremism, Education & Rehabilitation”, Bahauddin Zakariya University, 26. Mai 2010, Multan, Pakistan.
German Terrorism after World War II and narratives of persecution.
Paper at the VC University of Lahore, 27. Mai 2010, Lahore, Pakistan.
Psychology of Radicalisation. The Journey to Conversion and methods of pedagogical and cultural intervention work.
Paper at the Superior University Lahore, 27. Mai 2010, Lahore, Pakistan.
The Cultures Interactive approach of violence/ extremism prevention through engagement in youth cultures and creative practices.
Round table input at the Sahara for Life Trust Foundation of Abrar-ul-Haq and the Youth Assembly Movement of Pakistan, Lahore, 27. Mai 2010, Lahore, Pakistan.
Cultural and fictional narratives in groups of recipients as pedagogical means of peace building and skill formation in context of the UN and EU initiative towards Globally Responsible Leadership.
Input at the Symposium “Globalisation & Muslim World”, of the Centre for Global Leadership, University of Management & Technology, 28. Mai 2010, Lahore, Pakistan.
Bildung in Zeiten des Extremismus -- Lebensweltlich-narratives Arbeiten in der Gruppe.
Zwei Modellprojekte und qualitative EU-Begleitforschung.“ Paper at the German Crime Prevention Congress (DPT), 11. Mai 2010, Berlin, Germany.
Psychodynamic methods of preventing youth violence and hate crime – EU research projects.
Paper at the German Crime Prevention Congress (DPT), within the Annual International Forum International, on 10th May 2010. Berlin, Germany.
Empirical research on VPN’s group-method of reintegrating hate crime offenders and the Meaning of cultural narratives.
Input at the conference “Radicalización en el ámbito penitenciario y en Servicios de Probación”/ “Radicalisation in Prison and Probation”, on 27th –29th January 2010, in Segovia, Spain.
Methods of psycho-dynamic group work as means of Violence Prevention.
Paper at the conference “Linking Race and Hegemony in Asia: Drawing Implications for Practitioners”, Co-organized by ARENA, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and Korea Democracy Foundation, 24 June 2009, Seoul, Korea.
Abschied von Hass und Rassismus – Von der Gruppenarbeit mit Gewalt-Straftätern zum Gespräch über Literatur.
Round table input, organized by the German Academic Exchange Agency/ Deutschen Akademischen Austauschdienst (DAAD), Goethe-Institute Korea and the German Embassy, on 25th Juni 2009, in Seoul, Korea.
4th HERA Annual Conference ‘European diversities – European identities’ and 1st European Conference for Collaborative Humanities Research (ECCHR).
Invited participant for the HERA discussion forum, on 8th-9th October, 2008, in Strasbourg, France.
Literarische Motive der ‚Kindsbraut‘ oder/und empirische Erfahrungen der (sexuellen) Kindesmisshandlung. Auf dem Weg zu einer interdisziplinären Kultur- und Sozialgeschichte der Gewalt.
Paper on the DFG-Conference „Von Mignon zu Lulu. Das Phantasma der Kindsbraut in der Literatur des Biedermeier und Realismus“, on 18th -20th September, 2008, in Husum, Germany.Johann Wolfgang Goethes ‚Harzreise im Winter’ in narratologischer Sicht. Seminar-Workshop.
Universität Leipzig, 27. Januar, 2008
‘Transmediality’, ‘transculturality’, and the ‘other transes’. Which kind and how much “trans” do the humanities/’Geisteswissenschaften’ need to establish an interdisciplinary research approach?
Konferenz: Transmediality and Transculturality, an international and interdisciplinary conference. Veranstaltet von Nadja Gernalzick an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz,
6. – 9. Dezember, 2007
Concepts of Interdisciplinary Methodology for Psychological Approaches in Culture Studies and Historiography.
Gastvortrag: State University of New York at Binghamton, 17. Oktober, 2007
Poststructuralism, Trauma, and Cultural Memory. The pitfalls of post-structural trauma concepts and what to do about it?
Gastvortrag: Washington University, St. Louise, 15. Oktober, 2007
Sind denn aber die Geisteswissenschaften überhaupt psychologie-fähig? Plädoyer für eine methodische Rekonstruktion des philologischen Wissenschaftsverständnisses.
Konferenz: Psychotherapie und Pädagogik als geisteswissenschaftliche Disziplinen. Vergangenheit – Gegenwart – Zukunft. Veranstaltet von Gottfried Fischer, Psychotraumatologie, Köln, 3. – 5. Oktober, 2007
Präsentation von Material aus MedienErlebnis-Gruppendiskussionen.
Methodenkolloquium: 3. Berliner Methodentreffen des Forums für Qualitative Sozialforschung. Freie Universität Berlin, 15. – 16. Juni, 2007
www.berliner-methodentreffen.de
Judith Hermanns ‚Hunter-Tompson-Musik’ in narratologischer Hinsicht. Seminar-Workshop.
Universität Leipzig, 9 Mai, 2007
Haruki Murakamis Roman ‚Gefährliche Geliebte’ - ein literarischer Bestseller in Deutschland. Seminar-Workshop.
Universität Leipzig, 15. November, 2006
Die Unfähigkeit der Geisteswissenschaften, interdisziplinär zu werden. Vortrag.
Universität Leipzig, 16. November, 2006
"The trauma has to remain inaccessible" – Trauma-melancholia and other (ab-)uses of trauma concepts in philological discourses.
Konferenz: 3rd International Trauma Research Net Conference des Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung, Jan-Philipp Reemtsma, www.traumaresearch.net: Trauma – Stigma and Distinction. Social Ambivalences in the Face of Extreme Suffering. St. Moritz, 14. – 17. September, 2006
Das Gruppenanalytische Literatur- und Medien-Seminar. Zur Nutzung von Medienerlebnissen für Mediendidaktik, Resilienzförderung und Therapie.
Kongress: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie. Nürnberg, 18. – 21. September 2006
www.dgps.de
Media und literatry interaction vis-a-vis psycho-trauma resilience research. Qualitative-empirical case-study.
Konferenz: IGEL-Conference 2006 (International Society for the Empirical Study of Literature and Media). München/ Herrenchiemsee, 5. – 8. August, 2006
www.redes.lmu.de
Präsentation von Fallstudien aus biografischen und MedienErlebnisinterviews.
Methodenkolloquium: 2. Berliner Methodentreffen des Forums für Qualitative Sozialforschung.. Freie Universität Berlin, 15. – 16. Juli, 2006
www.berliner-methodentreffen.de
Narrative Medieninteraktion und Selbstwerdung. Theorie und Fallrekonstruktion der Medieninteraktionsforschung.
Kolloquium: Textwelt – Lebenswelt. Am Kompetenzzentrum für Hermeneutik der Universität Zürich, 16. – 17. Juni 2006
www.unizh.ch
Psycho-traumatological media-interaction research. The case of Mila.
The Forschungs-Colloquium of the Institute for Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, on May 3rd, 2006, Zürich.
Psychotrauma, Narration and the Literary Public. Contemporary Literature and Film in the Service/ Defense of the Collective Working-Through of Historical Trauma.
Colloquium: 2nd International Symposium of the Narratology Research Group, Hamburg University. Universität Hamburg, November 2003.
Trauma und Narration: Psychotraumatologie, Erzählforschung und Gruppenanalyse als Grundlagenwissenschaften einer künftigen Erinnerungskultur.
Internationales Kolloquium: Bewahren der Erinnerung. Zur Fragilität des Gedenkens an die Shoah in Mitteleuropa: Zeugnisse der Überlebenden aus Sachsen, Schlesien und der Bukowina. Veranstaltet von Walter Schmitz, Dresden/Görlitz, Januar 2003
"[…] dazu passend: Rotwein mit Eierkognak zur Hälfte in einem bauchigen Glas". Borderline literarische Interaktion am Beispiel von Ernst Jüngers Kriegsschriften.
Internationales Symposium der Philipps-Universität Marburg: Ernst Jünger: Politik – Mythos – Kunst. Veranstaltet von Lutz Hagestedt, Marburg, November 2002
Strategies of Trauma-Identification in the Arts: Claude Lanzmann's Shoah and the Production of Anti-Antisemitism. Kongress der Gesellschaft für Psychotraumatologie, veranstaltet von Gottfried Fischer. Universität Köln, April 2002
Holocaust-Literatur und klinische Psychotraumatologie.
Gastvortrag: Universität Leipzig, Mai 2001
Ernst Jünger, Jörg Haider und die IVG im Zeichen der Ambivalenz-Abspaltung. ‚Beziehungsanalyse’ als kulturwissenschaftliches Paradigma zur Untersuchung ästhetischer Sprachhandlungen.
Kongress der internationalen Vereinigung der germanistischen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft (IVG), veranstaltet von Peter Wiesinger. Universität Wien, September 2000
Claude Lanzmanns ‚Shoah’ – eine ästhetische Strategie des ‚Misremembering’.
Internationales Kolloquium: Erinnerte Shoah. Die Literatur der Überlebenden, veranstaltet von Walter Schmitz. Technische Universität Dresden, Juni 2000
Peter Handkes Text ‚Die Stunde der wahren Empfindung’ im Lichte der jüngeren Thorien der borderlinen Störungen.
Seminar-Kolloquium. Institut für Gruppenanalyse Heidelberg, Mai 2000
mit Christine Garbe, Silja Schoett und Gerlind Schulte Berge: Geschlechterdifferenz und Lektürepraxis in der Adoleszenz. Funktionen und Bedeutungen von Lektüre im Medienverbund von Jugendlichen.
Kolloqium des DFG-Schwerpunktes Lesesozialisation in der Mediengesellschaft, veranstaltet von Norbert Groeben. Universität Köln, Februar 1999
Die Psychoanalyseforschung im Rahmen der Bindungstheorie. Konsequenzen für Therapie und Kulturwissenschaften.
Seminar-Kolloquium. Institut für Gruppenanalyse Heidelberg, Januar 1999
mit Christine Garbe und Silja Schoett: Narrative Interviews und rekonstruktive Fallanalyse als Methode für die qualitative Lese- und Medienforschung.
Kolloqium des DFG-Schwerpunktes Lesesozialisation in der Mediengesellschaft, veranstaltet von Norbert Groeben. Universität Köln, November 1998
Zur Philosophie von deutscher Größe. Suizidale Grandiosität in Hölderlins ‚Empedokles’ mit Blick auf ‚Germanien’ und Martin Heidegger.
Konferenz: Freiburger literaturpsychologische Gespräche. Universität Freiburg, Mai 1998
"Wie an den Füßen ein Kind, ergriffen und an die Felsen geschleudert." Die Gewaltthematik in Hölderlins ‚Hyperion’ in beziehungsanalytischer Perspektive.
Kolloquium: Wissensordnung und Medien um 1800 – Das Beispiel Hölderlin, veranstaltet von Jürgen Link, Helmut Mottel und Walter Schmitz. Technische Universität Dresden, November 1997
"Murmeltiere abrichten" Eine beziehungsanalytische Lektüre von Lessings ‚Emilia Galotti’.
Seminarkolloquium: Freie Universität Berlin, Januar 1996
Was heißt hier rechtsnational? Botho Strauß als Repräsentant eines neu-rechten Diskurses.
Gastvortrag: Freie Universität Berlin, Juni 1995.
Constructivism and Object Relation Psychoanalysis. A Critical Synopsis.
Konferenz: Konstruktivistisches Rundgespräch. Universität Eichstätt, Januar 1995
Literature, ‚Vergangenheitsbewältigung’, and the Psychodynamics of a Totalitarian Disposition. A Psychoanalytic Reading of Botho Strauß.
Konferenz: Convention of the Modern Language Association. Toronto, Dezember 1993
The Working Through of a Totalitarian Disposition Through Literature. The Texts of Friedrich Hölderlin.
Konferenz: Fascism[s]. roots/extensions/replays. University of Oregon, April 1992
On the Psychoanalysis of Alienation in Friedrich Hölderlins ‚Hyperion’ and ‚Germanien’.
Konferenz: History and Hysteria. Psychoanalytic Theory and Clinical Therapy. University of Missouri, Columbia, November 1991
Hölderlins ‚Der Tod des Empedokles’ und die Psychoanalyse einer Mentalität der Entfremdung.
Konferenz: German Studies Association Conference. Los Angeles, Juli 1991
Feministische Moderne und Postmoderne in Irmtraud Morgners ‚Trobadora Beatriz’. Eine psychoanalytische Lektüre.
Konferenz: Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, April 1991
How real is Dorbeck? The Psychoanalysis of the ‚Doppelgänger’ in Willem F. Hermans's ‚De donkere kamer van Damokles’.
Konferenz: Dutch Language and Literature Conference. University of California at Los Angeles, Juli 1990
The Skin Image in W.F. Hermans's ‚Het behouden huis’. Post-Freudian Psychology of War.
Konferenz: Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, April 1990
Schreiben aus Lust an der Katastrophe. Zur bürgerlichen Psychologie der Gewalt in den Texten Heiner Müllers.
Konferenz: Kentucky Foreign Language Conference. Lexington, April 1990
"Die Logik der [bourgeoisen] Gefühle." Psychoanalytischer Versuch zum Triebschicksal der Shakespeareschen Leidenschaft in Botho Strauß' ‚Der Park’.
Konferenz: First Annual Languages and Literature Conference. University of California at Los Angeles, September 1989