As part of the ZEF Lectures organised by the Centre for Narrative Research (ZEF), lectures are held every semester on topics relating to narrative and narrative research. This summer semester, Prof Dr Lambert T. Koch will be our guest. The former rector of the University of Wuppertal holds the Chair of Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Transformation at BUW. In his lecture "Narratives in the economic sphere: dogma-historical framework and disciplinary categorisation using the example of the current transformation process", Koch will outline and reflect on the current situation in the economic sciences for a broad audience. Which narratives are dominant? The lecture builds a bridge between the School of Humanities, where most of the members of ZEF are based, and the Schumpeter School of Business and Economics.

The lecture will take place on 22 May (6 to 8 pm) in lecture hall 23 (building S, level 08, room 03).

Since its foundation in 2007, ZEF has initiated and coordinated research, transfer and research-based teaching on all aspects of narrative from a cultural studies, theoretical, systematic and historical perspective. Among other things, it focuses on the numerous varieties of literary and audiovisual narration in various genres and media (fictional and factual narration). On the other hand, members of the ZEF intensively analyse the role of narratives in social discourses (including migration, Europe and transformation) as part of transdisciplinary and transformative narrative research. This brings a broad spectrum of narrative phenomena into focus, ranging from oral storytelling in everyday communication to identity-forming master narratives and collective narratives.

More information on the website of the Centre for Narrative Research.