2023
- Munich: Book launch Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau: City Girl at Filmmuseum München
- Potsdam: Conference lecture Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau: Themen, Motive, Konzepte
- Online: Conference lecture The Off-Screen
- Sydney: Invited guest lecture Macquarie University
- Sydney: Invited guest lecture University of Sydney
- Melbourne: Invited guest lecture Monash University
- Vienna: Invited guest lecture University of Vienna (05/23)
- Oslo: Conference lecture NECS (06/23)
- Bergamo: Invited guest lecture Università degli Studi di Bergamo (10/23)
- Cluj-Napoca: Conference lecture Affective Intermediality (Keynote) (10/23)
2022
- Paris: Conference lecture The Nearby and the Distant in Film and Literature
- Bremen: Conference lecture Bremer Filmsymposium
- Vienna: Invited guest lecture University of Vienna
- Rome: Conference lecture Italian cinema and media: Past and present, continuity and change, expectations for the future
- Rome: Invited guest lecture Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
- Bucharest: Conference lecture NECS
- Ischia: Conference lecture Can Beauty Really Save the World?
- Groningen: Conference lecture Reinvigorating Beauty
2021
- Brussels: Invited guest lecture Free University of Brussels
- Antwerp: Invited guest lecture University of Antwerp
- Paris: Invited guest lecture Université Paris 1 Research Colloquium
- Paris (2x): Invited guest lectures Université de Paris: Paris 7 Diderot
- Zurich: Conference lecture Images of Nature
- Online: Conference lecture SCSMI
- Online: Conference lecture NECS
- Groningen: Guest lecture research colloquium Art, Medium and Moving Images
2020
- Zurich: Invited guest lecture University of Zurich
- Darmstadt: Workshop Praktische Philosophie und Phänomenologie (Keynote)
2019
- Rom: Invited guest lecture, Università Roma Tre
- Landau: Invited guest lecture, conference The Age of Sharing (Keynote)
- Mainz: Invited guest lecture, conference Nähe suchen, Distanz wahren: Konfigurationen des filmischen Raums
- Bukarest: Invited guest lecture, conference Shifting Roles: The Manifold Identities of Phenomenology
- Wien: Conference lecture Atmospheres of Shared Emotion
- Seattle: Society of Cinema and Media Studies Conference: Organisation of the Panel „The Structures of the Film Experience: Historicizing and Expanding Jean-Pierre Meunier’s Film-Phenomenology”
- Groningen: Invited guest lecture, Science-Dinner What You Think You See
2018
- Johannesburg: Invited guest lecture, University of Johannesburg
- Pretoria: Invited guest lecture, University of Pretoria
- Stellenbosch: Invited guest lecture, Stellenbosch University
- Kapstadt: Invited guest lecture, University of Cape Town
- Bloemfontein: Invited guest lecture, University of the Free State
- Bremen: Invited guest lecture, conference Research in Film and History
- Valencia: Invited guest lecture, University of Valencia, conference Film and Crisis in Southern Europe
- Canterbury: Invited guest lecture, University of Kent
- Berlin: Invited guest lecture, School of Mind and Brain, Conference Being Moved. Art, Film, Narrative, and the Body-Brain
- Bukarest: Invited guest lecture, Conference Social Experiences of Film/Film Experiences of Sociality (Keynote)
- Groningen: Invited guest lecture, Study Association IK
- Amsterdam: Conference lecture NECS
2017
- Los Angeles: Invited guest lecture, UCLA
- Los Angeles: Invited guest lecture, Goethe-Institut
- Orange, CA: Invited guest lecture, Chapman University
- Regensburg: Invited guest lecture, University of Regensburg
- Paris: Conference lecture NECS
2016
- University of Cologne/Husserl Archive: Invited guest lecture
- Berlin: Conference lecture, Society of Media Studies (GfM)
- Palmse/Tallinn: Conference lecture Stories of Hope and Fear: Mapping Emotions and Affects in Life, Arts, and Literature
- Potsdam: Conference lecture NECS
- University of Bielefeld: Invited guest lecture, lecture series Late Silent Films: 1924-30
- Canterbury: Invited guest lecture, University of Kent
2015
- Groningen: Invited guest lecture, Esthetische Kring/Aesthetic Circle
- Bucharest: Invited guest lecture, University of Bucharest
- Oxford: Conference lecture, Film-Philosophy
- Bayreuth: Conference lecture, Society of Media Studies (GfM)
- Los Angeles: Invited guest lecture, Chapman University
- Groningen: Invited guest lecture, Nooderzon Performing Arts Festival
- Montréal: Conference lecture, Society of Cinema and Media Studies
2014
- Frankfurt: Invited guest lecture, German Film Museum
- Munich: Invited Guest Lecture, Institute for German Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
- Milan: Guest Lecture, Università Cattolica del Sacre CuoreUniversity of Mannheim: Gast Lecture, Institute for Media and Communications Studies
- Munich: Conference Lecture, Film and Media Studies Colloquium, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
- University of Utrecht: Guest Lecture, Research School of Media Studies
- Groningen: Response to Murray Smith, Lecture Series Thinking Cinema
- Postdam: Guest Lecture, Einstein Forum
- Lisbon: Conference Lecture, Philosophy and Film: Thinking Reality and Time Through Film
- Milan: Conference Lecture, NECS
- Hamburg: Conference Lecture, Cinema as Place of Experience
2013
- San Francisco: San Francisco State University, guest lecture
- Amsterdam: Conference lecture, Film-Philosophy Conference, Panel “Benjamin and Stiegler”
- Groningen: Organisation and final lecture of the series “Films and Feelings. New Research on Cinematic Emotions”
- Hildesheim: Universität Hildesheim, guest lecture in the series “Film and Psyche”
- Berlin: University of the Arts, Lecture at the annual conference of the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI)
- Chicago: Society of Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS), lecture and organisation of the panel “Cinematic Emotions, Feelings and Moods: Cognitivsm Meets Phenomenology”
- Amsterdam: Guest at the Film and Television Academy Amsterdam
- Groningen: Introductory lecture of the film series “Humor Doesn’t Travel? Around the World in 5 Comedies” on German humor and Good Bye, Lenin!
2012
- Frankfurt/Main: Goethe University, Conference of the Society of Media Studies (GfM), “Das spekulative Potential visueller Medien. Sprachliche Evokationen des nicht-sichtbaren in Film, Comic und Computerspiel”
- Göttingen: University of Göttingen, Keynote Lecture at the conference “Ghost-Movies in Southeast Asia and Beyond”
- Frankfurt/Main: Guest lecture, Institute for English and American Studies, Seminar „Culture of Fear” (by Johannes Völz)
- Tel Aviv: Conference lecture, International Colloquium on Film and Television Studies, Panel “The Ends of the World”
- Mannheim: Conference lecture, Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen, Panel “New Developments in Experimental Aesthetics”
- Groningen: Application lecture, Assistant Professorship in Film Studies
- Marburg: Lecture, research network “Film Style”
2011
- Bremen: Conference lecture, “Anschauen und Vorstellen. Gelenkte Imagination im Kino“, University of Bremen
- Potsdam: Conference lecture, Society of Media Studies
- Berlin: Chair of the panel “Emotion and violence” at the Graduate School conference of the research center “Languages of Emotion”
- Freiburg: Guest lecture, workshop „Medienbegehren“, University of Freiburg
- Bochum: Lecture, research network „The Cinema as Place of Experience“
2010
- Cologne: Guest lecture, International Film School Cologne
- Los Angeles: Conference lecture and chair of the panel “Explorations of Film Genre“, Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS)
- Bielefeld: Conference lecture, “Emotionsvermittlung und Emotionalisierung in Literatur und Film“, Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung (ZiF)
- Bern: Guest lecture, Hochschule der Künste
- Berlin: Conference organization, introduction and lecture, “Auslassen, Auffüllen, Andeuten. Der Film und die Imagination des Zuschauers“ (financed by Volkswagen-Stiftung; organization with Hans Jürgen Wulff), Institute for Cultural Inquiry (ICI)
2009
- Hamburg: Application lecture, Institute for Media and Communication, University of Hamburg
- Berlin/Potsdam: Conference lecture, “Zum Lachen“, Einstein Forum
- Lund (Sweden): Conference lecture, organization and chair of the panel “Laugh at First Sight“, Network of European Cinema Studies
- Heidelberg: Conference lecture, “Arnold Schwarzenegger. Interdisziplinäre Perspektiven auf Körper und Image“, University of Heidelberg
- Vienna: Conference lecture, Society for Media Studies
- Berlin: Organization and introduction of the conference “Physiologie der Künste“ (financed by the German Research Foundation), Cluster of Exzellence “Languages of Emotion“, FU Berlin
2008
- Philadelphia: Conference lecture, Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Panel “Mind Over Medium”
- Bremen: Conference lecture, International Film Symposium
- Berlin: Chair of the panel “Corporate Media, Corporeal Films“, Graduate School of North American Studies Conference
- Munich: Guest lecture at the Institute for German Studies, Ludwig-Maximilians-University
- Berlin: Guest lecture Seminar for Film Studies, Seminar „Einführung in die Filmtheorie“ (by Sulgi Lie), FU Berlin
- Berlin: Guest lecture Seminar for Film Studies, lecture series „Motion Pictures“ (by Gertrud Koch), FU Berlin
2007
- Chicago: Conference lecture, Society for Cinema and Media Studies, Panel “Close Encounters of the Synaesthetic Kind”
- Boston: Conference lecture, Popular Culture Association, Panel “Conventions of Horror Cinema”
- Berlin: Research colloquium Seminar for Film Studies, FU Berlin
2006
- Nicosia (Cyprus): Conference lecture, European Association of American Studies, Panel “Affect and Excess: The Politics of Melodrama“
- Chemnitz: Post-Graduate Forum, German Association of American Studies
- Munich: Guest lecture, Institute for German Studies, Ludwig Maximilians University
- Berlin: Research colloquium John F. Kennedy Institute, FU Berlin
- Berlin: Research colloquium Seminar for Film Studies, FU Berlin
2005
- Berlin: Research colloquium John F. Kennedy Institute, FU Berlin
- Berlin: Research colloquium Seminar for Film Studies, FU Berlin
2004
- Amsterdam: Guest lecture, Media Department, University of Amsterdam
2003
- Washington, D.C.: Young Scholars Forum, German Historical Institute
- Berlin: Research colloquium John F. Kennedy Institute, FU Berlin