Category: News
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The Lichtenberg-Kolleg Archive
Thank you for visiting the director’s blog of the Lichtenberg-Kolleg. Please note that the Kolleg closed its doors on 30 September 2021. This is the digital archive of the Kolleg. It gives you an overview of its philosophy, of its activities over the past decade and, most importantly, it contains information about all the fellows […]
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Research Seminar Summer Term 2021
We are delighted to announce the programme of our research seminar for the summer term. Our weekly sessions will resume on 21 April. Guest are warmly welcome. Please email us to register: lichtenbergkolleg@zvw.uni-goettingen.de Appointment: Wednesdays, 4:15-5:45 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) online 21 April 2021 – Alexandre Mendes Cunha “Influences and Convergences in the Dissemination of Cameralist Ideas […]
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Latest News Voices – Presse-Spiegel
The University of Göttingen has closed the Lichtenberg-Kolleg as per 30.09.2021. ‘Hiobsbotschaften aus Hochschulen nehmen zu’ – HNA (20.02.2021) ‘Angst vor der Zweitklassigkeit. Grüne und FDP in Niedersachsen kritisieren den Kahlschlag bei den Hochschulen’ – Weser Kurier (19.02.2021) ‘Grüne kritisieren Rot-Schwarz für Sparkurs an Hochschulen’ – NDR (18.02.2021) Landtagsabgeordnete Eva Viehoff: ‘Rede zum Sparkurs an […]
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Literatur im Archiv – Nachlässe an der Israelischen Nationalbibliothek Jerusalem
Online-Vortragsreihe Literatur im Archiv – Nachlässe an der Israelischen Nationalbibliothek Jerusalem Sommersemester 2021 Eine Kooperationsveranstaltung des Centrums für Jüdische Studien der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz, der Israelischen Nationalbibliothek, des Instituts für Germanistik der Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz und des Lichtenberg-Kollegs an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen. Die Israelische Nationalbibliothek in Jerusalem ist die älteste Kultureinrichtung des Staates Israel. Seit ihrer Gründung im Jahr […]
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Here’s to 2021
To you and the people near and dear to you, but also those people you don’t really know and perhaps don’t think about much, and those other people who push your buttons, irritate and hurt you, to all of you we are sending out many good wishes for a bubbly, happy, healthy and hopeful new […]
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Season’s Greetings
As a memorable year of 2020 is slowly drawing to its close the team & fellows of the Lichtenberg-Kolleg, the Göttingen Institute for Advanced Study at the Georg-August University are sending you their warmest seasonal wishes.
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Colloquium 2020-2021
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic our research seminar takes place on the Kolleg’s digital platform (Wednesdays, 4.15-5.45 pm) 8th January 2020Birgit Erdle:Broken universalism. Siegfried Kracauer’s political thought 15th January 2020Thomas Maissen:Britannia and her sisters in the 17th and 18th century. Political representation and iconography 22nd January 2020Dirk Moses:Postwar Memory, Postcolonial Conflict, and the Construction […]
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Research Groups & Senior Fellows: Call for Proposals
The Lichtenberg-Kolleg is Göttingen’s Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Named after one of the most important and versatile representatives of the Göttingen Enlightenment, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, the Kolleg is an international and interdisciplinary research institute and a meeting place for a rich variety of academic cultures. One of our principal […]
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Workshop: Intersections of Earth Sciences and Theology in the Long 18th Century
Venue: Historic Observatory/Historische Sternwarte Geismar Landstraße 11 Organized by Hanna Roman, Volkswagen‐Mellon Fellow in Residence & Lichtenberg‐Kolleg Programme Thursday, 11 July Arrival of conference participants 16:30 Meeting point at the Eden Hotel and walk to the Old University Library 17:00 Guided tour of the Old University Library (optional) Friday, 12 July 8:30-8:50 Arrival and Registration […]
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