I am currently at work at two research projects, both of which are related to my overall project at the Kolleg, which is to turn my dissertation into a book manuscript. The […]
Will Levine on Kant and Neo-Kantian Political Thought
Research Moments
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 […]
Corona Virus Update
For the time being the academic activities of the Lichtenberg-Kolleg in the Sternwarte remain suspended — but of course the new platform e-lichtenbergkolleg is always open for exchange and debate. Throughout April […]
#WirbleibenZuhause
#WirbleibenZuhause – We Stay At Home – And Why It Is Important! For updates and official information/guidelines please regularly visit the websites (in German and English) of the Federal Ministry of Health […]
Covid-19
Just all other institutes of higher education and academic research the Lichtenberg-Kolleg had to close its doors– we did so on Thursday 12 March. We are all working from home and we […]
Workshop: Virtue and Sociability
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 […]
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, Ivan Gaskell) 10:15-11:15 Ivan Gaskell (Bard Graduate […]
Welcome
We are delighted to warmly welcome our newly arrived fellows: Francesa Antonini, Amandine Barb, Bill Bell, Justin Broackes, Caroline de Lima e Silva, Philip Gorski, Shiru Lim, Lars Magnusson, Martina Mampieri, Dirk […]
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 […]
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 the Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen […]