3 The Charismatic Counselors

Eva Illouz broadcasting from parlamonium
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, research interests: the impact of society on the formation of emotions, the capitalistic consumer society, and on media culture, publications (selection): Die Errettung der modernen Seele – Therapien, Gefühle und die Kultur der Selbsthilfe (2009), Jerusalem, Der Konsum der Romantik. Liebe und die kulturellen Widersprüche des Kapitalismus (2003), Jerusalem

Claudia Basrawi
Writer and actress, current publication: Mittelmeeranämie (2009), Berlin

Dr. Sladja Blazan
Postdoc at the Institute for British and American Studies, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, publications (selection): Ghost, Stories, Histories: Ghost Stories and Alternative Histories. (2007), American Fictionary: Postsozialistische Migration im amerikanischen Roman (2006), Berlin

Vaginal Davis
Performance, video and visual artist, expert on the cinema of the 1920s, member of CHEAP, Los Angeles/Berlin

Ulrike Draesner
Poet, writer of prose and essays, current publications: Vorlieben (January 2010), berührte orte (2008), Schöne Frauen lesen (2007), Berlin

Judith Hopf
Media, performance and installation artist, Professor of fine art at Staatliche Hochschule für Kunst, Städelschule Frankfurt (University of Art), curator of the exhibition „Konzepte der Liebe“ (concepts of love) 2008, Frankfurt/Berlin

Dr. Thomas Macho
Professor of Cultural History at Humboldt-Universität Berlin, current publication: Tiefenrausch. Ein Lesebuch zur Unterwelt (2008), Berlin

Angela Richter
Director and artistic director of Fleetstreet, Hamburg

Nicolas Siepen
Professor of performing arts at Universität Tromsø (Norway), artist, filmmaker and member of b_books, Berlin

Michael Stehr
Producer and manager of gala events and international film productions, Berlin

Jan Verwoert
Writer, curator, Visiting Professor at Kunstakademie Umea/Sweden, (Acadamy of Arts Sweden), publications in frieze, springerin, afterall, metropolis m, camera austria, editor of the anthology: Die Ich-Ressource - Zur Kultur der Selbstverwertung (2003), Berlin

Dr. Christiane Voss
Research Assistant at the Collaborative Research Center “Aesthetic Experience and the Dissolution of Artistic Limits”, Freie Universität Berlin, Visiting Professor of Media Philosophy at Bauhaus University Weimar, current publication: Es ist, als ob. Fiktionalität in Philosophie, Film- und Medienwissenschaft (2009), Berlin

Dr. Stefanie Wenner
Philosopher and curator, co-founder of Diskursive Poliklinik (DPK), since 2008 curator at Hebbel Theatre Berlin, Berlin