A Background Story by Martin van Gelderen At the end of October 1942 Otto Frank, so his daughter reported in the revised version of her diaries, took ‘Goethe’s and Schiller’s dramas out […]
We start the year of 2021 with the new series ‘Background Stories‘, where fellows and staff members of the Lichtenberg-Kolleg and members of our worldwide academic alumni community share (longer) reads on […]
In der Debatte um das Lichtenberg-Kolleg geht es auch um Geld. Über Geld kann man reden — das war der letzte Satz meiner schriftlichen Antwort auf die Mitteilung des Göttinger Universitätspräsidiums vom […]
Aufklärungsforschung, Menschenrechte und religiöse Diversität, die ethisch-politischen Fragen und Probleme des kolonialen Erbes der Aufklärung, Moderne Jüdische Studien und die Tagebücher von Anne Frank sind die aktuellen Forschungsschwerpunkte am Kolleg. 2009 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In our new series ‘Research Moments‘ fellows of the Lichtenberg-Kolleg report on their work-in-progress. These research moments highlight novel research questions and ongoing struggles; they invite discussion and dialogue. The series starts […]
Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Georg-August-University Venue: Historic Observatory/Historische Sternwarte, Geismar Landstraße 11, 37083 Göttingen27-28 February 2020 Friendship is a basic feature of ethics and social life, and our workshop will investigate friendship in a historical perspective. We […]
Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Georg-August-University Tuesday 10 December/Wednesday 11 December 2019 Venue: Historic Observatory/Historische Sternwarte Geismar Landstraße 11 Tuesday, 10 December 10:00-10:15 Welcome and Introduction (Martin van Gelderen, Ivan Gaskell) 10:15-11:15 Ivan Gaskell (Bard Graduate […]
International conference at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Georg August Universität Göttingen in partnership with the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities, the Leo Baeck Institute London, and the Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen […]
