Announcement: 20.01.2026 Colloquium with Vera Thomann: Labor in Space, Labor in Time: Literary Terraforming in the German Cultural Imagination (1824–1924)

14 January 2026

Dr. Vera Thomann, fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in the winter term 2025/26, will hold a lecture on the topic »Labor in Space, Labor in Time: Literary Terraforming in the German Cultural Imagination (1824–1924)«.

Time: Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 04:15 pm
Venue: Gorch-Fock-Wall 3, 20354 Hamburg

Registration: caroline.herfert"AT"uni-hamburg.de

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