The weekly ZKF Public Talks are our major forum for exchanging ideas about ongoing research and exciting topics. We seek to maintain a good balance between academic originality and general relevance. After the lectures and discussions, there is an opportunity for social gathering and informal conversation. Citizens, staff and students are very welcome!
Some of the Talks are recorded by KIM Lecture Recordings.
Generally on Wednesdays, 5:30:00-7:00 p.m., Bischofsvilla + Zoom (unless otherwise indicated)
Wednesday, 23.10.24 (in English)
In cooperation with the NOMIS research project „Traveling Forms“
New Directions in Cultural Inquiry
Prof. Dr. Stuart Kirsch (University of Michigan):
An Anthropological Approach Towards ‘Open Futures’
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Thomas Kirsch
Wednesday, 30.10.24, 18:00-19:30 (in German)
In cooperation with the Mediterranean Platform
Dr. Dr. Ulrich van Loyen (Universität Siegen):
Populare Epistemologie und radikale Aufklärung. Zur Ideen- und Sozialgeschichte der „Krise der Präsenz“
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Manuel Borutta
Wednesday, 6.11.24 (in English)
In cooperation with the ZKF Postdoc Network
Prof. Dr. Marco Caracciolo (Universität Gent):
Weird Ecologies in Video Game Narrative
Moderation: Dr. Leila Vaziri
Wednesday, 13.11.24 (in German)
ZKF Core Topic „Transforming Infrastructure: Cultural Perspectives“ & New Directions in Cultural Inquiry
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Schabacher (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz):
Infrastrukturen der Klimakrise
Moderation: N.N.
Wednesday, 20.11.24 (in English)
In cooperation with the Research Institute Social Cohesion
Prof. Dr. Paula Bialski (Universität St. Gallen):
Good Enoughing. Care and compromise in corporate software work
Moderation: N.N.
Wednesday, 27.11.24 (in English)
In cooperation with the Zukunftskolleg
New Directions in Cultural Inquiry
Prof. Dr. Birgit Schneider (Universität Potsdam):
Climate Images, Climate Cultures. Studying Aesthetics of Meteorology in Art and Science
Moderation: Dr. Eduardo Luersen
Wednesday, 4.12.24 (in German)
In cooperation with Konstanz University Press (KUP) & the Research Institute Social Cohesion
Dr. Jonathan Alexander Pärli (Universität Basel):
Ein anderes Wir. Asylaktivismus und die Figur des Volks seit 1830
Moderation: Christopher Möllmann
Wednesday, 11.12.24, online only (in English)
In cooperation with the Dr. K. H. Eberle Research Centre "European Cultures in a Multipolar World"
Prof. Dr. Maria Todorova (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign):
Race as a category of analysis for the Balkans
Moderation: N.N.
Wednesday, 18.12.24 (in English)
Prof. Dr. Jacob Smith (Northwestern University Evanston, IL):
The Sound Current. Sound Theory and Practice in New Age Music, 1973-1987
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Beate Ochsner
Wednesday, 8.1.25 (in English)
PD Dr. Pavan Malreddy (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main):
No Longer at Home. Towards a Literary Ontology of the Migrant
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Timo Müller
Wednesday, 15.1.25 (in German)
In cooperation with the Leibniz Research Unit "Historical Poetics and Theory of Form"
Prof. Dr. Friedrich Balke (Ruhr-Universität Bochum):
Zwischen Archi-Medium und totaler Institution. Alte und neue Perspektiven auf das Schiff und was sie verbindet
Moderation: N.N
Wednesday, 22.1.25
In cooperation with the NOMIS research project „Traveling Forms“
Prof. Dr. Janine Hauthal (Vrije Universiteit Brüssel):
Provincializing Europe? Migratory Aesthetics and Milo Rau’s Europe- and Ancient Myth-Trilogies
Moderation: N.N.
Wednesday, 29.1.25
Prof. Dr. a.D. Rudolf Schlögl (Universität Konstanz):
Europas Frühe Neuzeit. Eine systemtheoretische Gesellschaftsgeschichte
Moderation: N.N.
Wednesday, 5.2.25
New Directions in Cultural Inquiry
Aktivismus und Wissenschaft. Ein Panel mit Prof. Dr. Sven Reichardt, Prof. Dr. Timo Müller, Prof. Dr. Nina von Uexkull (Universität Konstanz)
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Christina Wald