Leslie Hardes

Leslie Hardes initially pursued a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Linguistics, and History at Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, and subsequently studied Art History and Comparative Literature at Freie Universität Berlin. Leslie Hardes is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Cultural Theory and History at Humboldt University of Berlin.

Leslie Hardes has been a student assistant in the Department of Kulturwissenschaftliche Ästhetik und Kulturtheorie since February 2024. In the winter semester of 2025/26, they led the project seminar »Aesthetics of the ›Flesh‹: Black Ways of Writing about Transatlantic Slavery and its Afterlife.«