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Friday, Oct. 9, 2026
From 11:30 a.m. Arrival and Welcome
All KriSol working groups and interest groups are cordially invited to hold open or internal meetings on-site starting at 12:00 p.m. Separate rooms are available. It is still possible to add meetings to the agenda in this time slot.
12:00–1:45 p.m. Working Group Meetings (simultaneous)
– Attacks on Civil Clauses and the Militarization of Science—What Role can KriSol Play in Alliances to Defend “Peaceful” Science? (Discussion initiated by the Militarization Working Group, moderated by Jan Regler, open to non-working group members)
– KriSol AI Manifesto (discussion on the risks of AI in academia and culture; presentation of the working group’s AI-critical work-in-progress; open to all interested parties; initiated by the Digital Infrastructures Working Group)
– Critical and Solidarity-Based Scholarship: Decolonial and Migrant Perspectives and Interventions (internal meeting; Pablo Valdivia Orozco, Zoya Masoud, and others)
1:45–3:00 p.m. Lunch break
3:00–4:45 p.m. Panels / Workshops (concurrent)
– Austerity at Universities. Critical Scholarship does not have Savings Potential (panel organized by the University Cuts Working Group, with contributions from Sarah Karim and Kathrin Peters)
– Introduction to Secure Internet Browser Use (workshop by the Digital Infrastructure Working Group, with input from Mohamed Barakat)
– KriSol and Academic Responsibility in the Face of Occupation and Genocide (Continuation of the event series initiated by Jules El Khatib)
5:15–6:00 p.m. Invocations/Provocations from the KriSol Advisory Board
6–8 p.m. Plenum: Reflection on Working Principles (with representatives from the Committee for Concerns and the Speakers Council)
8 p.m. Dinner
Saturday, 10 October 26
from 9.00 a.m. Arrival and coffee
9.30–11.30 a.m. Plenum: How to KriSol – How do We Build Sustainable, Discrimination-Sensitive Organisational Structures? (Circle Structure Working Group)
11.45 a.m.–5 p.m. General Assembly
11.45 a.m.–1 p.m. General Assembly Part 1
1.00 p.m.–2.00 p.m. Lunch break
2.00 p.m.–5 p.m. General Assembly Part 2
5.15 p.m.–6.30 p.m. Plenum: To Conclude is to Continue
Please find here a short survey regarding participation in the annual meeting and the general assembly: ↗ https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/yFHgVZln36qKBbBHod3Q29KdLfwMfn3JmIggTRSj7oI/
The upcoming General Assembly will elect a new Speakers Council, so we would like to provide information on running as a candidate.
Link to FAQs SK Candidacy: ↗ https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/Pcw2LTS56deB03+2GelPK-XGNBz3706wcpySWMltN38/
In accordance with the KriSol statutes, the agenda for the General Assembly will be sent out two weeks before the meeting.
Location:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum
Hörsaal HGB 10
Getting to campus: ↗ https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/anreise-zum-campus
We offer childcare. Please let us know your special needs.
Accomodation:
Single rooms at the Hotel B&B Bochum City (accessible, barriere-free) have now been reserved under the code “Krisol.” The price is 79.90 EUR per single room, including breakfast. The room allocation will be held until 28 days before arrival.
Further recommendations: Hotel Claudius (accessible, barrier-free), B&B Hotel Bochum Hbf-Süd, B&B Hotel Bochum Hbf-Nord
The Bunk Hostel in Essen offers affordable accommodations (27 EUR); the hostel is located near Essen Central Station, and from there it’s about a 10-minute trip to Bochum Central Station.
Friday, Oct. 9, 2026
From 11:30 a.m. Arrival and Welcome
All KriSol working groups and interest groups are cordially invited to hold open or internal meetings on-site starting at 12:00 p.m. Separate rooms are available. It is still possible to add meetings to the agenda in this time slot.
12:00–1:45 p.m. Working Group Meetings (simultaneous)
– Attacks on Civil Clauses and the Militarization of Science—What Role can KriSol Play in Alliances to Defend “Peaceful” Science? (Discussion initiated by the Militarization Working Group, moderated by Jan Regler, open to non-working group members)
– KriSol AI Manifesto (discussion on the risks of AI in academia and culture; presentation of the working group’s AI-critical work-in-progress; open to all interested parties; initiated by the Digital Infrastructures Working Group)
– Critical and Solidarity-Based Scholarship: Decolonial and Migrant Perspectives and Interventions (internal meeting; Pablo Valdivia Orozco, Zoya Masoud, and others)
1:45–3:00 p.m. Lunch break
3:00–4:45 p.m. Panels / Workshops (concurrent)
– Austerity at Universities. Critical Scholarship does not have Savings Potential (panel organized by the University Cuts Working Group, with contributions from Sarah Karim and Kathrin Peters)
– Introduction to Secure Internet Browser Use (workshop by the Digital Infrastructure Working Group, with input from Mohamed Barakat)
– KriSol and Academic Responsibility in the Face of Occupation and Genocide (Continuation of the event series initiated by Jules El Khatib)
5:15–6:00 p.m. Invocations/Provocations from the KriSol Advisory Board
6–8 p.m. Plenum: Reflection on Working Principles (with representatives from the Committee for Concerns and the Speakers Council)
8 p.m. Dinner
Saturday, 10 October 26
from 9.00 a.m. Arrival and coffee
9.30–11.30 a.m. Plenum: How to KriSol – How do We Build Sustainable, Discrimination-Sensitive Organisational Structures? (Circle Structure Working Group)
11.45 a.m.–5 p.m. General Assembly
11.45 a.m.–1 p.m. General Assembly Part 1
1.00 p.m.–2.00 p.m. Lunch break
2.00 p.m.–5 p.m. General Assembly Part 2
5.15 p.m.–6.30 p.m. Plenum: To Conclude is to Continue
Please find here a short survey regarding participation in the annual meeting and the general assembly: ↗ https://cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/form/view/yFHgVZln36qKBbBHod3Q29KdLfwMfn3JmIggTRSj7oI/
The upcoming General Assembly will elect a new Speakers Council, so we would like to provide information on running as a candidate.
Link to FAQs SK Candidacy: ↗ https://cryptpad.fr/pad/#/2/pad/view/Pcw2LTS56deB03+2GelPK-XGNBz3706wcpySWMltN38/
In accordance with the KriSol statutes, the agenda for the General Assembly will be sent out two weeks before the meeting.
Location:
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum
Hörsaal HGB 10
Getting to campus: ↗ https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/de/anreise-zum-campus
We offer childcare. Please let us know your special needs.
Accomodation:
Single rooms at the Hotel B&B Bochum City (accessible, barriere-free) have now been reserved under the code “Krisol.” The price is 79.90 EUR per single room, including breakfast. The room allocation will be held until 28 days before arrival.
Further recommendations: Hotel Claudius (accessible, barrier-free), B&B Hotel Bochum Hbf-Süd, B&B Hotel Bochum Hbf-Nord
The Bunk Hostel in Essen offers affordable accommodations (27 EUR); the hostel is located near Essen Central Station, and from there it’s about a 10-minute trip to Bochum Central Station.
Facing the Authoritarian
Drift: Art Schools
as Sites of Critique
Facing the Authoritarian
Drift: Art Schools
as Sites of Critique