Sarah Horn studied media studies in Cologne and Bochum and was a fellow at the DFG Research Training Group”Documentary Practices: Excess and Privation” at the Ruhr University Bochum. She received her PhD with a dissertation on queer temporalities in trans* video blogs. She is on the editorial board of the journal “kultur & geschlecht”. From 2020 to 2022 she was spokesperson for the working group “Gender/Queer Studies” in the Society for Media Studies and part of the DFG-funded Scientific Network “Gender, Media, and Affect.”

Editorial board of the FTMK Newsletter

Library Acquisitions for Film Studies

Coordination of the Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Colloquium with Prof. Dr. Alexandra Schneider and Prof. Marc Siegel

DFG Research Network “Gender, Media and Affect”

AG Gender/Queer Studies and Media Studies

Society for Media Studies (GfM)

FG Gender – Gender Studies Association

1. PS. Zugänge zur Filmwissenschaft (Sommer): Zeitlichkeit
   Instructor: Dr. Sarah Horn
2. SLS. Filmwissenschaftliche Praxis (60h)
   Instructor: Dr. Sarah Horn
3. SLS. Filmwissenschaftliche Praxis (90h)
   Instructor: Dr. Sarah Horn
4. SLS. Filmwissenschaftliche Praxis BF (60h)
   Instructor: Dr. Sarah Horn
5. SLS. Sichtung zum PS (Sommer)
   Instructor: Josefine Hetterich; Dr. Sarah Horn; Dr. Roman Mauer; Camilo Porras Sandoval; Univ.-Prof. Dr. Marc Siegel
6. VL. Berufsorientierung
   Instructor: Dr. Sarah Horn

SoSe 2026

Queer and feminist theory

Trans Studies

Media and Gender (especially masculinities)

Queer temporality

Affect politics