Prof. Dr. Eva Geulen, fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in the summer term 2026, will hold a lecture on the topic »Mut-Proben im 20. Jahrhundert (Nietzsche, Arendt, Blumenberg)«.

Time: Tuesday, May 26, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, 20354 Hamburg

Registration: caroline.herfert@uni-hamburg.de 

Prof. Dr. Stefan Willer, fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in the summer term 2026, will present his current research project »Wünschen. Versuch über eine poetische Kraft«.

Time: Tuesday, May 19, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, 20354 Hamburg

Registration: caroline.herfert@uni-hamburg.de 

Lecture as part of the symposium »Modes of Compression: Aesthetics, Operations, Formats« (May 12/13, 2026, Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max-Planck-Institut and Villa I Tatti)

In his lecture, Prof. Dr. Frank Fehrenbach addresses the topic of »Under Pressure. Bodies and Liquids, c. 1290-1650«.

Organization: Ruth...

Public opening lecture of the workshop »›Tractive Forces‹ Potentials of Art in the Trecento« (May 6–8, 2026)

The sphericity of the earth was well-known in medieval science, but its implications for the experience and visualization of the world in this period have only recently begun to draw scholarly attention. Focusing on...

Lecture as part of the workshop »The Meteorological Body« (May 7/8, 2026, HIAS Institute for Advanced Study)

The workshop investigates the multidimensionality and heterogeneity of the meteorological body in its historical depth and cultural breadth. In her lecture, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Zumbusch explores literary traditions of...

Dr. Hana Gründler, fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in the summer term 2026, will present her current research project »Kleine Gesten, schwache Kräfte. Ästhetiken des Underground in der ČSSR, 1969–1989«.

Time: Tuesday, May 5, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, 20354 Hamburg

Registration...

We welcome our new fellow Prof. Dr. Peter Probst at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force«. Peter Probst is Professor of Art History specializing in African modernism at Tufts University in Boston. His research interests intersect art history, ethnology, and museum studies, ranging from questions of modernist theory and the history...

We welcome back our fellow Dr. Hana Gründler at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force«. Hana Gründler is Head of the permanent and independent Research Group “Ethico-Aesthetics of the Visual”. Her research areas include the intersections of philosophy and art (history), extending from the early modern period to the present time...

We welcome our new fellow Prof. Dr. Michael Auer at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force«. Michael Auer is Professor of Comparative Literature at the Freie Universität in Berlin. His academic interests include lyrical soundscapes, teichoscopy and the messenger, and discourses of planetarity. During his research stay at the CAS from...