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April 2018
Exhibition: Lichtenberg’s human figurations – Characters and Stereotypes in the Göttingen Enlightenment
Focusing on the work of the Kolleg’s namesake Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742-1799) and his colleague Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840) this exhibition examines a controversial part of Europe’s Enlightenment legacy and questions its relevance. Aiming to understand the motivations and methods of these key representatives of Göttingen’s Enlightenment, the exhibition aims to display historic images and ideas without perpetuating what we now critically see as errors and essentialisms. Lichtenberg garnered an international reputation for his work in the natural sciences. For…
Find out more »March for Science 2018!
On April 14th 2018 the citizens of Göttingen and the environs are taking to the streets and standing up for open and accessible science and research. We are joining the worldwide March for Science along with 175 other cities, including 15 in Germany, to show our support and affirm that freedom in science is a vital democratic value. 10 AM: Warm up at the Gänseliesel – Interactive science activities, crafts, and displays, sign-making opportunities, and ‘Ask-me-anything’ Scientists.At 11 AM: Mayor…
Find out more »Patrice Ladwig: Buddhism and colonial governmentality in Laos and Indochina: from French orientalism to anti-communism (1893-1953)
Part of the MMI:MPG Religious Diversity Colloquium Spring/Summer 2018.
Find out more »Voices of Struggle: LGTBQ & Feminist Activism in China and Beyond
Symposium: Academia meets Activism: Feminism in China April 17, 13:30 – 18:15 Emmy-Noether-Saal, Tagungs- und Veranstaltungshaus Alte Mensa, Wilhelmsplatz 3, Göttingen Voices of Struggle explores the complex entanglements between activism and academia in transnational perspective. What does it mean to be an engaged or activist scholar today? How should we think about the connections/separations between the two spheres of activism and academia? And how can activists and academics best combine their strengths to effect change? In what ways are deepening…
Find out more »Presentation & Panel—Filth in India: Indian Racism and the Revolt of the Sanitation Labor Castes
An India Inside/Out event by CeMIS and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung. The Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung welcome Bezwada Wilson from the NGO Safai Karmachari Andolan (SKA). Bezwada Wilson is a legendary anti-caste activist and leader of sanitation labor castes' struggle against the brutal racism that forces those born into these castes to clean human feces, a practice the government of India euphemistically refers to as "manual scavenging." Though banned by law, the practice continues. India's caste-dominated police…
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