Award of §17 professorship to Dr. Regina Back and Manuel J. Hartung

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Ceremony at the Institute for Culture and Media Management (KMM): The President of the Hamburg University of Music and Drama, Prof. Elmar Lampson, has awarded the title of "Professor" to KMM lecturers Dr. Regina Back and Manuel J. Hartung.

The title was awarded in recognition of their outstanding achievements at the KMM Institute and beyond, in accordance with Section 17 of the Hamburg Higher Education Act, which was also confirmed by several external experts during the nomination process. The proposal to appoint Dr. Back and Mr. Hartung as professors of the University of Music and Drama was unanimously approved by the Institute Council of the KMM Institute, and the Senate of the HfMT also approved it with great unanimity.

Dr. Regina Back and Manuel J. Hartung have both been teaching at the KMM Institute since 2018. Both have been highly committed to their respective specialist groups from the very beginning:

Dr. Regina Back regularly teaches courses from the teaching area of the "Foundations & Fundraising" specialist group at the Institute KMM, in which she also acts as deputy to the spokesperson Prof. Manuela Rousseau. Dr. Regina Back has co-initiated numerous extracurricular events, established high-profile transfer formats such as the "Hamburg Talks on Culture and Media" at the institute together with Manuel J. Hartung, actively supported student initiatives and initiated and accompanied a wide range of collaborations, excursions and projects for students.

Manuel J. Hartung regularly teaches courses from the "Media & Digital" department in the KMM's face-to-face and distance learning programs. From the beginning of his involvement at the KMM Institute, he took over the management of the "Media & Digital" specialist group, whose profile he has further developed and added important new subject areas to. He has succeeded in attracting numerous new, outstanding lecturers to the institute, continuing and further developing high-profile special formats such as the "Digital Media Theme Days" together with Prof. Bettina Rothärmel, and establishing high-profile transfer formats such as the "Hamburg Talks on Culture and Media" together with Dr. Regina Back.

"Together with the entire faculty, the team and the students of the institute, I am delighted that the outstanding commitment of Regina Back and Manuel Hartung has received the recognition it deserves from the university and that our collaboration has been given an appropriate framework and a long-term perspective," affirms institute director Prof. Dr. Martin Zierold: "The topics of foundations and media are of central importance for all courses at the KMM Institute and we could not wish for more suitable people than Regina Back and Manuel Hartung to represent and shape these areas."

In view of the current pandemic situation, the appointment as professor on November 30, 2021 by Prof. Elmar Lampson, President of the Hamburg University of Music and Drama, could only take place in a small circle - the inaugural lectures for the institute and university public in a festive setting are to follow in 2022.