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 […]
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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 […]
Book Launch: W. Daniel Wilson
Goethes Leben ist so reich dokumentiert, sein Leben so vielschichtig, dass er leicht von allen möglichen Meinungsmachern vereinnahmt werden konnte. Für die Goethe-Gesellschaft etwa, 1885 in Weimar gegründet, war er schon vor […]
Workshop: Liberalism and its Critics
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!
Public Lecture: Emilio Mazza
“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 […]