Ringvorlesungen Fall 2014
The University's Ringvorlesungen are a series of topical lectures in which researchers pass on knowledge to the general public. The lectures are interdisciplinary by nature and provide an opportunity for our specialists to pick up on impulses and questions in society while encouraging the audience to think and learn independently.
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Lecture series on the first World War and its effects on culture, society, and economy.
Faith in the economy and literature, faith in God, in one's computer or doctor.
Theoretical financing models are examined and discussed from a variety of interdisciplinary perspectives.
Visions of the Future in Judaism (in German)
More about Visions of the Future in Judaism (in German)Visions of the future have played a major role in Judaism from ancient times to the present.
Full Stop: Medieval Concepts of the End (in German)
More about Full Stop: Medieval Concepts of the End (in German)How medieval theoreticians regarded the end of time, space, language, forgetting, and death
The Senses and Perception in Old Age (in German)
More about The Senses and Perception in Old Age (in German)These lectures explore how our senses change as we age and how we perceive ourselves in old age.
América(s) Latina(s): Remappings (in German)
More about América(s) Latina(s): Remappings (in German)New hypotheses on a changing region: Can Latin America lead the way for the Global South?
What does avant-garde mean today? Does it even exist? And: What was considered avant-garde 50 or 100 years ago?