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New Fellow in the Summer Term: Stefan Willer

13 April 2026

We welcome our new fellow Prof. Dr. Stefan Willer at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force«. Stefan Willer is Professor of Modern German Literature at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His research focuses on the literary and intellectual history of generation, inheritance, and future, the interrelationships between literature and music, and theories of language and translation. During his research stay at the CAS from April to September 2026, he will investigate the topic »Wishing. An Essy on a Poetic Force«.

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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).

11.09.2026|Imaginarien der Kraft
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.

Workshop »Ethico-Aesthetics of...

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

Photo: Wikimedia, Alvesgaspar

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.