Dr. Sergius Kodera, fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in the summer term 2026, will present his current research project »Traumbilder: zur Psychologie des schwachen Bildes im 16. Jahrhundert«.

Time: Tuesday, June 30, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, 20354 Hamburg

Registration: caroline.herfert@uni-hamburg.de 

The Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz – Max Planck Institut and the CAS »Imaginarien der Kraft« (UHH) invite applications for the transdisciplinary workshop »Ethico-Aesthetics of Landscape«, which will take place on September 24 and 25, 2026 at Florence.

Landscapes are not merely objects of aesthetic perception but also...

Prof. em. Dr. Klaus Krüger was a fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« from April to July 2025. A short report on his research on the topic »konstig en kragtig – artful and powerful. On the aesthetics of overnatuurlijke kracht in Dutch painting« is now available online.

Werner Boschmann, M.A. was a fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« from April to September 2025. A short report on his research on the topic »Organization and Transfer: Configurations of Energetic Bodies in the Soviet Avant-Gardes« is now available online.

Sarah Rosenthal, M.A. was a fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« from April to September 2025. A short report on her research on the topic »Art and Power in Flux: Urs Graf and Artistic Sovereignty in Early-Sixteenth-Century Germanic Lands« is now available online.

Antje Schmidt, M.A., fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in the summer term 2026, will present her current research project »Ökofeministische Perspektiven auf Erdkräfte in der Literatur des langen 19. Jahrhunderts«.

Time: Tuesday, June 23, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, 20354 Hamburg

Registration...

Prof. Dr. Michael Auer, fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in the summer term 2026, will present his current research project »Schwache Signale. Soundscapes in Vergils Bukolik«.

Time: Tuesday, June 16, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, 20354 Hamburg

Registration: caroline.herfert@uni-hamburg.de 

The University of Hamburg and the CAS »Imaginarien der Kraft« invites applications for the international Early Career Conference »(Un)Moving? Forces of Early Modern Sculpture«, which will take place on December 4 and 5, 2026 at the Warburg-Haus in Hamburg.

Early modern art theory develops the topos of liveliness or...

Prof. Dr. Maximilian Bergengruen was a fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« from April to September 2025. A short report on his research on the topic »Forces of the Market, Forces of Nature. On the Literary Economy of the 19th Century« is now available online.