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New Fellow in the Summer Term: Eva Geulen

24 April 2026

We welcome our new fellow Prof. Dr. Eva Geulen at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force«. Eva Geulen is Director of the Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research as well as Professor for European History of Culture and Knowledge at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Her research focuses on literature and philosophy from the 18th century to the present. During her research stay at the CAS from April to May 2026, she will investigate the topic »Tests of Courage. On the Afterlife of a Praxis under Modern Conditions«.

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Ivan Kafka: Pro soukromou maxipotřebu [For Private Maxi-Need], 1979, Moravská galerie v Brně (MG 10852).

Photo: Ivan Kafka: Pro soukromou maxipotřebu [For Private Maxi-Need], 1979, Moravská galerie v Brně (MG 10852).

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Announcement: 24./25.09.2026 Workshop »Ethico-Aesthetics of Landscape«

Landscapes are not merely objects of aesthetic perception but also media of ethical and political order. The workshop explores landscape as image, metaphor, and imaginative construct through which ideas of nature, community, and responsibility are negotiated.

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Gian Lorenzo Bernini: Estasi di Santa Teresa (1645–1652), Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rom (Detail)

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10.09.2026|Imaginarien der Kraft
Research report: Niklaus Largier: Symbolic Forms – Symbolic Riffs. The Energetic Charge of Symbols

Prof. Dr. Niklaus Largier was a fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« in June and July 2025. A short report on his research on the topic »Symbolic Forms – Symbolic Riffs. The Energetic Charge of Symbols« is now available online.