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.

Dr. Elisa Ronzheimer, fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in the summer term 2026, will present her current research project »Die Kraft der Achtsamkeit: Spätmoderne Spiritualität und Gegenwartsliteratur«.

Time: June 9, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, 20354 Hamburg

Registration: caroline.herfert@uni-hamburg.de 

Prof. Dr. Michael Schnegg was a fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« from October 2025 to March 2026. A short report on his research on the topic »Climate Hope« is now available online.

Concepts of weakness today are often associated with a pathological or degenerative condition: a state of exhaustion, powerlessness, vulnerability, or the drying up of creative energies. Conversely, references to weakness have always offered opportunities to reflect on subtle forces beyond dominance or control, about the...

Prof. Dr. Ann-Sophie Lehmann, fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in the summer term 2026, will present her current research project »Materialität entkräftet. Geschichten eines schwachen Konzepts«.

Time: Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, 20354 Hamburg

Registration: caroline.herfert@uni-hamburg.de...

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...