Programme Colloquium Summer Term 2018 Wednesday, 11th April, 4.15 p.m. Demetrius Eudell (Wesleyan University): “A Language for the Eye”: Lichtenberg, Lavater, Hogarth and the Spirit of Observation in the 18th Century Wednesday, […]
Flyer_MenschenBilder_Ausstellung_Tag-der-offenen-Sternwarte 12th April to 5th May 2018, Historic Observatory Focusing on the work of the Kolleg’s namesake Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) and his colleague Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840) this exhibition examines a […]
Each academic year, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation fund up to twelve Post-doctoral Fellowships in the Humanities for stays of 9 to 12 months in Germany. The Lichtenberg-Kolleg […]
The team and the fellows of the Lichtenberg-Kolleg wish you happy holidays and a great start of the new year 2018!
Freedom with and without Europe: Indian and European Ways of Thinking Lichtenberg-Kolleg Göttingen Institute of Advanced Study 14th-15th December 2017 Venue: Historische Sternwarte, Geismar Landstrasse 11, Göttingen K. Ramanujan’s […]
Enlightenment Man – Workshop in Honour of Hans Erich Bödeker 30 November 2017 Part 1: Theory and Methodology 10.00 – 11.00 Tony La Vopa, The Process of the Political: […]
The Labor of the Mind – Intellect and Gender in Enlightenment Cultures A Book Launch & Conversation with Tony La Vopa, Joanna Wharton and Julia Voss (Historic Observatory, Red Hall, Wednesday 29th […]
Workshop: Global Natural History around 1800: Collections, Media, Actors Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Historic Observatory, 7-9 December 2017 Limited spaces are available upon prior registration. Please contact Dominik Hünniger until 29th November 2017. The later […]
The Lichtenberg-Kolleg, the Göttingen Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, invites applications for up to 10 Early Career Fellowships Opening its doors in 1737 Göttingen quickly established itself […]
What a wonderful Open Day! We would like to warmly thank the over 700 visitors who have joined us today for our exhibition ‘Sturm der Bilder’, live music from the award-winning ensemble […]
