Lichtenberg-Kolleg - The Göttingen Institute for Advanced Study

Kolloquien 2011-2012



  • 18.10.2011
    Prof. Dr. Gerhard Lauer and Dr. Juan Garces (Goettingen Centre for Digital Humanities)
    Digital Humanities. The other humanities
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Dagmar Coester-Waltjen (Director Lichtenberg-Kolleg)
  • 01.11.2011
    Marta Abrusan, PhD (University of Oxford, Fellow 2011/12)
    Presuppositions and other strange things
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Edgar Onea (Courant Centre: “Text Protocol”)
  • 08.11.2011
    Dr. Roland Pfau (University of Amsterdam, Fellow 2011/12)
    Handwaving & headshaking? On the linguistic structure of sign languages
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Markus Steinbach (German Linguistics, Associate 2011/12)
  • 15.11.2011
    Dr. Axel Wittmann (Secretary of the Gauss Society, Göttingen)
    Carl Friedrich Gauss and the history of astronomy at Göttingen. An Introduction to the ‘Historische Sternwarte
    Introduction and Chair: Dr. Dominik Hünniger (Lichtenberg-Kolleg)
  • 22.11.2011
    Prof. Dr. Christiane von Stutterheim (Universität Heidelberg, Fellow 2011/12)
    Language specific patterns in event construal
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Markus Steinbach (German Linguistics, Associate 2011/12)
  • 29.11.2011
    Dr. F.A.M. Wiggermann (Free University Amsterdam Fellows 2011/12)
    Place, Space and the Horizon in Mesopotamian Iconography
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Annette Zgoll (Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Associate 2010/11)
  • 06.12.2011
    Prof. Dr. Detlef Pollack (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Fellow 2011/12)
    Unresolved problems of the secularization theory
    Vorstellung und Moderation: Prof. Dr. Matthias Koenig (Soziologie, Assoziierter 2009/10)
  • 13.12.2011
    Prof. Dr. Shaheen Sardar Ali (University of Warwick, Fellow 2011/12)
    Performance, performativity and the politics of women’s rights: re-visiting the travaux preparatoires to CEDAW and Muslim state practice in international human rights law
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Irene Schneider (Arabic and Islamic Studies, Associate 2010/11)
  • 10.01.2012
    Prof. Dr. Dorothy Noyes (Ohio State University, Columbus/OH, Fellow 2011/12)
    From Political Gesture to Social Realignment? French Politicians Between Public and Republic
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Regina Bendix (European Ethnology / Cultural Anthropology, Associate 2011/12)
  • 17.01.2012
    Prof. Dr. Elke Brendel (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn; Fellow 2011/12):
    Knowledge, Contexts, and Relative Truth
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Christian Beyer (Philosophy, Associate 2010/11)
  • 24.01.2012
    Prof. Dr. Alessa Johns (University of California, Davis, Fellow 2011/12)
    Anglo-German Cultural Transfer, Gender, and Progressivism around 1800
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Barbara Schaff (British Literature and Culture, Associate 2011/12)
  • 31.01.2012
    Prof. Dr. Norbert Schappacher (Université de Strasbourg, Fellow 2011/12)
    Mathematics between the World Wars as a challenge for the historian
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Felix Mühlhölzer (Philosophy, Associate 2009/10)
  • 07.02.2012
    Prof. Dr. Jason Mittell (Middelbury College, Middelbury/VT, Fellow 2011/12)
    Serial Storytelling and the Television Author Function
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Frank Kelleter (American Studies, Associate 2011/12)
  • 14.02.2012
    Prof. Dr. Heinrich Wilhelm Schäfer (Universität Bielefeld, Fellow 2011/12)
    Identity as a network. From empirical research to method and theory
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Andreas Grünschloß (Religious Studies, Associate 2011/12)
  • 21.02.2012
    Prof. Dr. Joep Leerssen (University of Amsterdam, Fellow 2011/12)
    Relations: What they mean and how they look. Towards a diffusion model of literary nationalism
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Hedwig Röckelein (History, Associate 2011/12)
  • 28.02.2012
    Prof. Dr. Markus Steinbach (German Linguistics, Associate 2011/12)
    Narration in Spoken and Sign Language
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Elke Brendel (Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn; Fellow 2011/12)
  • 06.03.2012
    Prof. Dr. Mats G. Hansson (Uppsala University, Fellow 2011/12)
    Ethical aspects of personalised medicine
    Introduction and Chair: Dr. Katharina Beier (Research Group: Autonomy and Trust in Modern Medicine, Göttingen)
  • 20.03.2012
    Prof. Dr. Antoine Cavigneaux (Université de Genève, Fellow 2011/12)
    Der Adapa Mythos - Dem ewigen Leben eine Chance?
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Annette Zgoll (Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Associate 2010/11)
  • 27.03.2012
    Prof. Dr. Andreas Grünschloß (Religious Studies, Associate 2011/12)
    How to do things with words on a computer: Opinion Mining and Religious Studies
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Wilhelm Schäfer (Universität Bielefeld, Fellow 2011/12)
  • 03.04.2012
    Prof. Dr. Ann Rigney (University of Utrecht, Fellow 2011/12)
    Why apologise for the past? The dynamics of public remembrance in Northern Ireland
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Barbara Schaff (British Literature and Culture, Associate 2011/12)
  • 10.04.2012
    Prof. Dr. Ingrid Hehmeyer (Ryerson University, Fellow 2011/12)
    Water: The Practical and the Spiritual in Medieval Islam
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Günther (Arabic and Islamic Studies, Associate 2011/12)
  • 17.04.2012
    Prof. Dr. Sebastian Günther (Arabic and Islamic Studies, Associate 2011/12)
    Bildung und Religion in der klassischen arabischen Literatur: "Der Lebende, Sohn des Wachen. Über die Geheimnisse der orientalischen Weisheit" - ein allegorischer Roman des muslimischen Gelehrten Ibn Tufail (gest. 1185)
    Vorstellung und Moderation: Prof. Dr. Ingrid Hehmeyer (Ryerson University, Fellow 2011/12)
  • 24.04.2012
    Prof. Dr. Ruth Florack (Germanistik, Assoziierte 2011-12)
    „Galanterie“: zum Kulturtransfer eines französischen Konzepts (17.-19. Jahrhundert)
    Vorstellung und Moderation: Prof. Dr. Joep Leersen (Universität Amsterdam, Fellow 2011/12)
  • 08.05.2012
    Prof. Dr. Sarah Iles Johnston (The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, Fellow 2011/12)
    Greek myth and how it works
    Chair and Introduction: Prof. Dr. Heinz-Günther Nesselrath (Classics)
  • 15.05.2012
    Prof. Dr. Per Øhrgaard (Copenhagen Business School, Fellow 2011/12)
    Intellektuelle Diskurse über Nation und Europa am Ende des Zweiten Weltkriegs (an Beispielen aus Deutschland und Dänemark)
    Vorstellung und Moderation: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinrich Detering (Seminar für Deutsche Philologie, Assoziierter 2011/12)
  • 22.05.2012
    Prof. Dr. W.J. Hanegraaff (University of Amsterdam, Fellow 2011/12)
    Justinus Kerner and the Seeress of Prevorst
    Chair and Introduction: Prof. Dr. Andreas Grünschloß (Religious Studies, Associate 2011/12)
  • 29.05.2012
    Prof. Dr. Fritz Graf (The Ohio State University Columbus, OH, Fellow 2011/12)
    Dangerous Dreaming: Dreams and Dream Incubation Among Late Antique Christians
    Chair and Introduction: Prof. Dr. Heinz-Günther Nesselrath (Classics)
  • 05.06.2012
    Prof. Dr. Harald Fischer-Tiné (ETH Zürich, Fellow 2011/12)
    From body building to nation building? - The YMCA in South Asia between moral imperialism and anti-colonial nationalism (c. 1890 -1930)
    Chair and Introduction: Prof. Dr. Ravi Ahuja (Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Associate 2011/12)
  • 12.06.2012
    Prof. Dr. Willi Goetschel (University of Toronto, Fellow 2011/12)
    Modernity and the Problem of Secularization
    Chair and Introduction: Prof. Dr. Stefan Haas (Seminar für Mittlere und Neuere Geschichte)
  • 19.06.2012
    Prof. Dr. Norbert Schappacher (Université de Strasbourg, Fellow 2011/12)
    Universität und Nationalsozialismus - Das Beispiel Göttingen im Lichte von Jubiläen und Fachgeschichte
    Introduction and Chair: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Lauer (Deputy Director of the Lichtenberg-Kolleg)
  • 26.06.2012
    Lalit Vachani (independent film maker, Fellow 2011/12)
    Maidan Histories
    Chair and Introduction: Prof. Dr. Ravi Ahuja (Centre for Modern Indian Studies, Associate 2011/12)
  • 03.07.2012
    Prof. Dr. Christine Langenfeld (Law, Associate 2011/12) and
    Prof. Dr. Irene Schneider (Arabic and Islamic Studies, Associate 2010/11)
    „Dialogue of Legal Cultures“ – Wissenschaft als Raum und Instrument für Kooperation. Begegnungen mit iranischen Juristen im Iran und in Göttingen
  • 17.07.2012
    Dr. Johanna Schott (Academic Coordinator Lichtenberg-Kolleg and Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Göttingen)
    Nature Conservation in the Caucasus: What is its Impact on the Local Population?
  • 24. 07.2012
    PD Dr. Markus Zimmermann-Acklin (Universität Fribourg, Fellow 2011/12) und Prof. Dr. Gunnar Duttge (Juristische Fakultät, Assoziierter 2011/12)
    Ethische Überlegungen zur Rationierung im Gesundheitswesen / Ethical Considerations on Health Care Rationing