Calender of Events - Alfried Krupp Institute for Advanced Study

Thursday, 16. April 2026 Thursday, 25. June 2026

, Focus: DIVERSITY OF KNOWLEDGE

newspectives – Marine Ökosysteme im Wandel

Concept: Astrid Brünner (Greifswald), Susanne Gabler (Wismar), Dr Marie-Katherin Zühlke (Greifswald)

The exhibition presents the results of a collaboration between microbiologist Dr Marie-Katherin Zühlke and artists Astrid Brünner and Susanne Gabler. Through this project, the…

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Monday, 4. May 2026 Friday, 8. May 2026

Event language: English, International conference, Focus: COSMOS

Higher Differential Geometry

International conference under the scientific chair of Prof. Matthias Ludewig and Prof. Konrad Waldorf (both University of Greifswald)

The international conference "Higher Differential Geometry" brings together researches from around the world to share recent developments and news about differential-geometric…

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Tuesday, 5. May 2026 6:00 pm

Event language: German, Focus: COSMOS

Das 1-Millionen-Dollar-Rätsel: Hadronen & Quantencomputer

Public evening lecture by Dr Urs Schreiber (New York University Abu Dhabi, Centre for Quantum and Topological Systems) as part of the international conference ‘Higher Differential Geometry’

Das Standardmodell der Physik gilt als Erfolg, doch es hat eine Lücke: Stark gebundene Zustände (wie gewöhnliche Atomkerne) sind kaum analytisch herleitbar. Dieses Defizit ist so…

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Monday, 11. May 2026 10:00 am 4:00 pm

Event languages: German and English, International conference, Focus: SOCIETY

(Joint) Eating Alone/Starvation in Scandinavian Literature

Literary studies conference as part of Nordischer Klang 2026, under the academic direction of Professor Dr Clemens Räthel (Greifswald) and Marie-Luis Quinn Westfeld, MA (Greifswald)

We don't just eat to survive; through food, we negotiate cultural affiliations, individuality and community. In other words: we are what we eat. That's why eating (or not eating)…

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Tuesday, 12. May 2026 6:00 pm

Event language: German, , Focus: SOCIETY

Mobile Schreibprozesse: Textrevisionen im Online-Offline-Nexus

Public evening lecture by Professor Dr Florian Busch (University of Bern, German Linguistics) as part of the series of events ‘Humans in the Digital Age: Linguistic Perspectives’

Das Schreiben am Smartphone nimmt einen zentralen Stellenwert in der Schriftkultur digitaler Gesellschaften ein. Übergangsmomente im Alltag werden für kurze schriftliche…

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Wednesday, 13. May 2026 4:00 pm

Event language: English, Focus: SOCIETY

North Atlantic future(s) – focus on the Arctic region

Public panel discussion as part of Nordischer Klang 2026, in collaboration with the international research group ‘Baltic Peripeties’, featuring Dr Tobias Etzold (Oslo), Theresa Kohlbeck Jakobsen, M.A. (Berlin) and Dr Ebbe Volquardsen, Associate Professor (Nuuk)

The Arctic region of the North Atlantic has recently become increasingly important in terms of both security policy and economics. There are different interrelated reasons for…

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Monday, 18. May 2026 6:00 pm

Event language: German, Focus: SOCIETY

„Was für ein Zügel hält die freche Bosheit?“ Zur philosophischen Relevanz von Gewalt, Furcht und Ungerechtigkeit

Fellow Lecture by Professor Dr Elif Özmen (Fellow at the Alfried Krupp Wissenschaftskolleg Greifswald / Justus Liebig University Giessen)

Das Gros der zeitgenössischen Philosophie macht die „dunklen“ Seiten der Moral und Gerechtigkeit (wie Gewalt, Grausamkeit, Ausbeutung, Sklaverei) gar nicht oder nur über Umwege zum…

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Tuesday, 19. May 2026 6:00 pm

Event language: English, Focus: EARTH, ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

Is that the right thing to do? Oh, I just don‘t know, I just don‘t know: Negotiating Blue Economy Transitions in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland (Lyrics excerpt from: “Oral” by Björk & ROSALÍA an anti-fish farming protest song)

Public evening lecture by Professor Dr Patrick Heidkamp (Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Department of the Environment, Geography & Marine Sciences) as part of the lecture series ‘Navigating Blue Transitions: Temporal, Spatial, Governance Perspectives’

This lecture explores the contested development of a proposed open-net salmon farm in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland, as a case study of blue transitions. It highlights how…

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Thursday, 21. May 2026 6:00 pm

Event language: German, Focus: SOCIETY

Vom Schutz der Verfassung

Public evening lecture by Professor Dr Horst Dreier (Würzburg) as part of the Legal Masterclass

Die weltweite Krise der liberalen Demokratie rückt die Frage in den Vordergrund, wie diese anspruchsvolle Form politischer Herrschaft vor ihrer Selbstzerstörung geschützt werden…

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Tuesday, 26. May 2026 Friday, 29. May 2026

Event language: German, , Focus: COSMOS

Schöpfungsdenken und Lebensorientierung. Jüdische und christliche Grundbegriffe in der Diskussion

International symposium under the academic direction of Professor Dr Dr h.c. Heinrich Assel (Greifswald), Professor Dr Friedhelm Hartenstein (Munich) and Professor Dr Christoph Schulte (Greifswald/Potsdam)

Die Tagung widmet sich dem Wechselverhältnis von jüdischem und christlichem, historisch nachlebendem und gegenwärtig geteiltem Schöpfungsdenken als Lebensorientierung: ‚Schöpfung‘…

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