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 […]
Open House at the Old Observatory
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 […]
Global Natural History Around 1800
Workshop: Global Natural History around 1800: Collections, Media, Actors Lichtenberg-Kolleg, Historic Observatory, 7-9 December 2017 Limited spaces are available upon prior registration. Please contact Dominik Hünniger until 29th November 2017. The later […]
Early Career Fellowships 2017-2019
The Lichtenberg-Kolleg, the Göttingen Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, invites applications for up to 10 Early Career Fellowships Opening its doors in 1737 Göttingen quickly established itself […]