23.06.2023
Agenda College of Fellows: upcoming events end of June
- Global Encounters Lecture
Junior Professor Carola Lorea (University of Tübingen):
"Covid Demons, Corona Goddesses and Online Rituals: Pandemic Research Modalities on a Post-secular Virus"
Tue, 27 June 2023, 6:00 PM
Room 236, Neue Aula
(Geschwister-Scholl-Platz, Tübingen)
and online via Zoom
In which ways has the enforcement of hygienic and ‘social distancing’ protocols under the Covid-19 pandemic changed the aesthetic, affective and material dimensions of religious communities? This is one of several questions which speaker Carola Lorea addresses in the co-edited volume "CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian Age". This Global Encounters Lecture will be held as a book launch together with the Co-Editors who will participate via Zoom.
Full abstract and all information here!
See the folder here!
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- Fellow Lunch Talk
Dr. Ramona-Elena Irimia (University of Tübingen):
"Using herbaria to track biological invasions and plant response to climate change: A case study of Japanese knotweed"
Thu, 29 June 2023, 12:00 PM
Botanical Garden of the University of Tübingen,
Grünes Klassenzimmer
(Via googlemaps: https://goo.gl/maps/mACgupbMMfGh7wc4A?coh=178572&entry=tt )
Biological invasions are among the most serious threats to biodiversity because they disrupt ecosystem processes and function. In her talk, Ramona-Elena Irimia introduces data collected on hundreds of herbarium specimens of Japanese knotweed to reconstruct the species’ invasion history and evolutionary changes associated with invasiveness.
Full abstract and all information here!
Registration is not necessary, for better planning, it is welcome a short notice of attendance via email to: yanti.hoelzchen@cof.uni-tuebingen.de
See the folder here!
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- GIP Lecture
Professor Ali Asghar Mosleh (Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran)
"Human and the Future of 'the Earth'"
Thu, 29 June 2023, 06:00 PM (CEST)
Online
Registration for Zoom via email: niels.weidtmann@cof.uni-tuebingen.de
In his talk Professor Ali Asghar Mosleh discusses the relation between human and the Earth in terms of their physical/natural and theoretical/metaphorical aspects. With reference to philosophers such as Nietzsche and Heidegger, he will explore the gaps and challenges between philosophical attitude and technical attitude, encouraging reflection on the future of the Earth by relying on philosophical methods and traditions.
Full abstract here!