First Fellows at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg

This week, the first fellows arrived at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg of Göttingen University. The Lichtenberg-Kolleg is the newly established Institute for Advanced Study. It was founded by the University to strengthen the potentials of the humanities and social sciences, to promote thematic fields and, together with internationally renowned scholars, expand and develop research foci in order to enhance the international competitiveness of theses academic fields. Current research foci are “Religion in Modern Cultures” and “Cognition-Practice-Norm: Different Rationalities in the Cultures of the Sciences and the Humanities.” The Lichtenberg-Kolleg is a central element of the university’s concept for the future “Göttingen: Tradition – Innovation – Autonomy,” financed by the Excellence Initiative of the German Federal and State Governments and the German Research Foundation (DFG).
In October, two public lectures at the Lichtenberg-Kolleg will mark the beginning of the academic year. The Lichtenberg-Kolleg More… (hier Link zu den Veranstaltungen)

6 October 2009: " „Science and Society and their Interaction“ by Prof. Dr. Naresh Dadhich, Astrophysics, University of Pune, India

29 October 2009: :“The Bioethics of an Ageing Society – an International Perspective” by Dr. Harry Moody, Washington, DC, International Longevity Center, USA