Ringvorlesungen Fall 2015
The University's Ringvorlesungen are a series of topical lectures in which researchers share their findings with the general public. The lectures are generally interdisciplinary by nature and provide an opportunity for our specialists to pick up on impulses and questions in society while encouraging the audience to think and learn independently.
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Images of Sorrow (in German)
The Passion of Christ in art and culture
Crime and Punishment (in German)
Retribution or forgiveness?
Asia and Europe (in German)
People, concepts, narratives
The History of Philosophy (in German)
From Plato to Wittgenstein
Aging, Dying, and Death (in German)
Thoughts on dying and end-of-life decisions
Strategies of Exclusion (in German)
Antisemitism and racism: Past and present
Light and Dark in the Middle Ages (in German)
Materiality, symbolism and imagery