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Announcement: Lecture Series »Dark Forces« WS 2020/2021

4 November 2020

In the winter term 2020/2021, the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« will organize a lecture series on »Dark Forces. Reflections on a Diffuse Phenomenon in Literature and the Arts«. The lectures will take place live via Zoom on Thursdays from 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. between November 12, 2020 and February 18, 2021. All lectures are held in German.

To the content description of the lecture series.

For interested listeners: Some of the lectures are recorded and available on our homepage.

To participate the live lectures, please register. For students via UHH/STiNe, for interested guests by e-mail with adrian.renner"AT"uni-hamburg.de

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