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The mediality of the Spider-Verse films. Discussion of an excerpt of the dissertation in the literature and cultural studies colloquium, Osnabrück University, 22/05/2024.

An aesthetic introduction to Alfonso Cuarón's Roma (2018) in the film series Cine Club at Osnabrück University, 14/05/2024.

A film-historical introduction to Jacques Demy's Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1967) in the film series Cine Club at Osnabrück University, 14/11/2023.

A film-historical introduction to François Truffaut's Les Quatre Cents Coups (1959) in the film series Cine Club at Osnabrück University, 23/05/2023.

Postdigital characters and environments. On the hybridisation of realism and abstraction in contemporary computer-animated films. Talk at the workshop Wahrnehmungsweisen postdigitaler Medienmilieus at the Passau University, 16-18/02/2023.

On the persistence of cartoon style in computer-animated films. Talk at the annual conference of the Society for Animation Studies (SAS) at Teesside University, UK, 26/06-03/07/2022.

The hybrid aesthetic of computer-animated films. Potentials and Challenges. Talk at the doctoral colloquium of Prof. Dr. Jan-Noël Thon at Osnabrück University, 25-26/06/2022.

The hybrid aesthetic of computer-animated films. An analysis of Pixar's Soul. Online-talk in the course Media Analysis and Aesthetics at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, 28/09/2021.

Science Fiction films as inspirations for science. Online-talk during the Children's University Siegen, 14/09/2021.

Documenting „reality”? – Simulated phenomena within cartoon worlds. Online-talk at the workshop The Visuality of Virtuality of the network Animation and Contemporary Media Culture, 24/06/2021.

Aesthetic Strategies of Computer Simulation in Animated Films. Online-talk at the Animation Research Colloquium of Tübingen University, 10/03/2021.

Film history as a source of inspiration. Online-talk at the student initiative Filmwerkstatt of Siegen University, 09/02/2021.

Aesthetic(s) of computer animation. Online-talk in the lecture series Media Aesthetics of Images at Siegen University, 25/01/2021.

Motion Capture Today. Online-talk in the panel Experimenting with Animation – The Rotoscope apparatus at the annual conference of the Society for Media Studies (GfM) in Bochum, 29/09-02/10/2020.

Simulated materiality. Talk in the panel Animaterialität: Workshop der AG Animation at the annual conference of the Society for Media Studies (GfM) in Köln, 25-28/09/2019.

„Is it future or is it past?“ Visual effects in Twin Peaks: The Return. Talk at the conference Canonizing David Lynch. Audiovisual aesthetics and shocking standards at Siegen University, 05-06/09/2019.

Animating the unforeseen. Computer simulation and the introduction of randomness into animation. Talk at the Winter School Doing Animation History: Exploring Challenges and New Visions in Writing Animation Histories at Tübingen University, 25-27/03/2019.

Practical Effects vs. Visual Effects. Puppet and computer animation in modern blockbuster cinema. Talk in the series PopKULTur at the city library Siegen (2019).

„To Infinity and Beyond!“ What makes Pixar movies so special? Talk at the Radius Lounge in the Musikbar Schellack (Siegen, 2018).