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Announcement: Lecture Series Dunkle Kräfte / 03.12.2020 Petra Lange-Berndt: The Inevitable Pull: Hexen, Tanz, Politik

28 November 2020

In the context of the lecture series »Dunkle Kräfte. Reflexionen einer diffusen Größe in Literatur und Kunst«, Prof. Dr. Petra Lange-Berndt will speak on the topic »The Inevitable Pull: Hexen, Tanz, Politik«. The lectures will take place live via Zoom on Thursdays from 4:15 p.m. and 5:45 p.m. between November 12, 2020 and February 18, 2021. All lectures are held in German.

To the content description and the program 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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