The main mission of institutes for advanced study is to enable scholars to pursue curiosity-driven research that other, more conventional, academic institutions refrain from accommodating. Hence, as soon as I joined the […]
The project I hope to complete during my annual summer fellowship concerns the Panza Collection Initiative at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City. Between 1991 and 1992, the museum acquired […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
