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 […]
Public Lecture 25.06.2018, 6.15 p.m.
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 […]
Open House at the Old Observatory
Programme – 5. May 2018, 11 a. m. – 5 p. m. Guided Tours / Cupola (every 30 min) – 11 a. m. – 5 p. m. Children Programme in the Garden – 11 […]
Lichtenberg-Kolleg Colloquium
Programme Colloquium Summer Term 2018 Wednesday, 11th April, 4.15 p.m. Demetrius Eudell (Wesleyan University): “A Language for the Eye”: Lichtenberg, Lavater, Hogarth and the Spirit of Observation in the 18th Century Wednesday, […]
Exhibition: Lichtenberg’s human figurations
Flyer_MenschenBilder_Ausstellung_Tag-der-offenen-Sternwarte 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 (1752-1840) this exhibition examines a controversial […]
Post-Doctoral Fellowships
Each academic year, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the Volkswagen Foundation fund up to twelve Post-doctoral Fellowships in the Humanities for stays of 9 to 12 months in Germany. The Lichtenberg-Kolleg […]
Season’s Greetings
The team and the fellows of the Lichtenberg-Kolleg wish you happy holidays and a great start of the new year 2018!
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 Landstrasse 11, Göttingen K. Ramanujan’s […]
Enlightenment Man
Enlightenment Man – Workshop in Honour of Hans Erich Bödeker 30 November 2017 Part 1: Theory and Methodology 10.00 – 11.00 Tony La Vopa, The Process of the Political: […]
The Labor of the Mind
The Labor of the Mind – Intellect and Gender in Enlightenment Cultures A Book Launch & Conversation with Tony La Vopa, Joanna Wharton and Julia Voss (Historic Observatory, Red Hall, Wednesday 29th […]