The CAS »Imaginarien der Kraft« (UHH) invites applications for the interdisciplinary Conference »Beyond Strength: Imaginaria of Weak Forces in Art, Literature, and Science«, which will take place from June 4 to 6, 2026 at the Warburg-Haus in Hamburg.

Concepts of weakness today are often associated with a pathological or...

Prof. Dr. Niklaus Largier, fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in the summer term 2025, will present his current research project »Symbolic Forms – Symbolic Riffs. The Energetic Charge of Symbols«.

Time: Tuesday, July 8 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, 20354 Hamburg

Registration: caroline.herfert@uni-hamburg.de 

When is violence morally justified and where does it cross the line into injustice? This pressing contemporary question will be explored through the lens of early modern art in a two-part workshop. The DFG CAS »Imaginaria of Force« at the University of Hamburg and the Bibliotheca Hertziana-Max Planck Institute in Rome are...

The University of Hamburg and the DFG-Centre for Advanced Studies »Imaginaria of Force« invite submissions for the international Early Career Conference »Violence, Chaos, Destruction: Depictions of War in the Early Modern Period«, which will take place on December 11 and 12, 2025 in the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek...

We are awarding one Junior and one Senior Junior Fellowship in the winter term 2026/27:

Application requirement:

The call is addressed to advanced PhD students and postdoctoral researchers (up to a maximum of 4 years after the doctorate) respectively experienced researchers (postdoctoral researchers from 4 years after the...

Prof. Dr. Maximilian Bergengruen, fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in the summer term 2025, will hold a lecture on the topic »Kräfte des Marktes, Kräfte der Natur. Zur literarischen Ökonomie bei Theodor Fontane«.

Time: Tuesday, July 1, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, 20354 Hamburg

Registration...

We welcome our new fellow Magdalena Grüner, M.A. at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force«. Magdalena Grüner a scholar of the entanglements of art and ocean science in the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. During her research stay at the CAS from July to December 2025, she will investigate the topic »Claiming Truth...

As part of the lecture series »Am Anfang war das Auge? Beiträge zur Methodik der Kunstgeschichte« of the Kunstgeschichtliches Seminar in the summer term 2025, Frank Fehrenbach will hold a lecture on »Groping statues – Pseudo-Reprisen im globalen Bilderfluss oder: Gibt es eine weibliche Statuenliebe?«.

Time: June 30, 2025...

›Care for the World‹ or ›Sorge um die Natur‹: What has become an apparently self-evident buzzword in current debates raises a number of questions on closer examination. What are the emotional foundations, ethical standards and concrete practices of care/Sorge? Is it a matter of affectionate care or rather an anxious...