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…
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Workshop: Rembrandt – Lasting Impressions
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,…
Workshop: Jews and Jewish Religion in Western Postwar Fiction Film
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…
Exhibition: Lichtenberg’s Human Figurations
12 April to 30 June 2018, Historic Observatory Focusing on the work of the Kolleg’s namesake Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) and his colleague Johann Friedrich Blumenbach…
Freedom with & without Europe
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…
Enlightenment Man
Enlightenment Man – Workshop in Honour of Hans Erich Bödeker 30 November 2017 Part 1: Theory and Methodology 10.00 – 11.00 Tony…
Open Day 2016
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…
Exhibition Opening
Impressions from the vernissage of ‘Sturm der Bilder’. Our new exhibition on Dutch and Flemish graphic art from the 16th century will run until 11…
Collecting & the Knowledge of Objects
The Lichtenberg-Kolleg and the Zentrale Kustodie (office for collection development) are hosting a summer school for PhD students interested in the material culture of knowledge….
Open Day 2015
The third edition of the Lichtenberg Kolleg’s Open Day surpassed the tremendous success that this event has seen in the past years. More than 3’000…