Theory and society
How modern is the concept of "identity" and "identification" really? Can we think humanism beyond language and institutions? How do we think of time and what does it mean to imagine a future?
The lecture series "Theory and Society" by Prof Dr Andreas Reckwitz at Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin is dedicated to these and other questions. Starting on 29 October, renowned academics from the social and cultural sciences will shed light on current research, discuss diagnoses of society and explore theoretical approaches to better understand our present. Admission is free.
W.E.B. Du Bois Lectures
The W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture Series is organised by American Culture Studies. The aim is to promote intercultural dialogue by inviting scholars and intellectuals. In open lectures, they speak to a broad audience about the crucial aspects and problems of public culture and contemporary forms of cultural criticism.
The lectures will be held in English.
Matters of Activity: Material Agency and Interdisciplinary Knowledge
This lecture series is dedicated to the diverse interdisciplinary research of the Cluster of Excellence "Matters of Activity". The research network, which has been based at Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin since 2019, sheds light on the modes of action of materials from an active perspective. This fundamentally changes the established understanding of materials as passive, ahistorical substances. Materials are therefore not dead substances, but a living part of our living world. They connect human and non-human actors, different times and places and carry their own dynamics as well as an implicit memory.
Lecture series Medea
Medea is one of the most colourful female figures of antiquity. The lecture series Medea opens up new perspectives on this exciting character. The focus will initially be on the ancient texts by Euripides, Ovid and Seneca as well as the Roman fragments that have come down to us. Then the figure of Medea will be examined from a broader, interdisciplinary perspective, for example from the perspective of archaeology and ancient religious studies. Finally, a look will be taken at the reception of the Medea figure in modern times, in contemporary theatre and in the works of Anna Seghers and Christa Wolf.
The lecture series takes place every two weeks and is organised in cooperation with the Berlin Collection of Classical Antiquities. It was organised with the kind support of the Berliner Antike-Kolleg and the Centre for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies at Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin.
The Green Thread. Lecture series of the Sustainability Office of the HU: Hope & Honesty
Every semester, the lecture series brings a fresh "wind of knowledge" from the multifaceted spectrum of sustainability topics to you, the students in particular. The aim is to understand and critically discuss the socio-ecological crisis, its causes and reasons for persistence from many perspectives. With its diverse programme, the Nachhaltigkeitsbüri invites you to explore new aspects of the sustainability discourse from an interdisciplinary perspective. Listeners can expect not only speakers from academia, but also activists and committed individuals who are tackling the sustainability transformation themselves with their projects.
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