Liberalism and its Critics. National Identities and Institutions in Transition. Photography and Visual German-Jewish History, 1910-1950 31st January to 1st February 2019 Across the European continent, liberal institutions have come under increasing […]
Season’s Greetings
The team and the fellows of the Lichtenberg-Kolleg wish you happy holidays and a great start of the new year 2019!
Early Career Fellowships 2019-2021
The Lichtenberg-Kolleg, the Göttingen Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, invites applications for Early Career FellowshipsOpening its doors in 1737 Göttingen quickly established itself as one of Europe’s […]
Public Lecture: Emilio Mazza • 12th December 2018, 6:15 p.m.
“Something else too abominable to be nam’d”. David Hume and Greek love Emilio Mazza ‘Greek love’ today is a Wiki entry: ‘“Greek love” refers to various (mostly homoerotic) practices as part of […]
Public Lecture: Nicholas Thomas • 23rd November 2018, 6:15 p.m.
Exhibiting entangled histories Reflections from Oceania Museum collections are increasingly understood, not as masses of artefacts, art works or specimens, but as assemblages made up of relations as well as objects, and […]
Workshop: Emotions and Experiences
Photography and Visual German-Jewish History, 1910-1950 Please register until November 6 if you are planing to attend to the workshop. The workshop intends to analyse the roles of private German-Jewish photography between […]
Public Lecture: Stéphane van Damme (EUI Florence) • 7th November 2018, 6:15 p.m.
Things that talk badly? Collecting Scandalous Antiquities in the Late Eighteenth-Century French Asia In the last decade, one saw the emergence of a global history of antiquarianism (Miller, 2012; Schnapp, 2016; Bleichmar […]
Programme Colloquium Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Winter Term 2018/2019
Wednesdays, 4.15 – 5.45 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) – Green Hall, Historic Observatory 7th November 2018, 6:15 p.m. Public Lecture: Stéphane van Damme (EUI Florence): “Things that talk badly: Collecting Scandalous Antiquities […]
Public Lecture 25.06.2018, 6.15 p.m.
Dr. Mariët Westermann (The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, New York, Executive Vice President for Programs and Research): “The curious case of the lemon in Dutch still life” The lecture is organized […]
Book Launch Event 6.6.2018
Panel discussion: Jennifer Pitts: Boundaries of the International: Law and Empire Historic Observatory, Green Hall, Wednesday 6th June 2018, 6.15 p.m Jennifer Pitts: Boundaries of the International: Law and Empire (Harvard University […]