New Fellow in the Winter Term: Andreas Lipowsky

27 October 2026

We welcome our new fellow Dr. Andreas Lipowsky at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force«. Andreas Lipowsky is a cultural historian and theorist whose research lies at the intersections of the history of anthropology, literary and cultural studies, and Indigenous studies. His German-language dissertation, Metaanthropology: An Epistemic Poetics of Ethnography, develops an analytical framework for ethnography that brings the historical “crisis of representation” into dialogue with recent debates around anthropology’s ontological turn. During his research stay at the CAS from November 2026 to April 2027, he will investigate the topic »The Emancipations of Animism: From a “Minimal Definition of Religion” to Legal Personhood for the Whanganui River«.

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06.11.2026|Imaginarien der Kraft

Research report: Anastasia Kubrak: Lithium. On Bathing and Mining Grounds, 1817–1914 and 2015–2024

Anastasia Kubrak, M.A. was a fellow at the CAS »Imaginaria of Force« from October 2025 to March 2026. A short report on her research on the topic »Lithium. On Bathing and Mining Grounds, 1817–1914 and 2015–2024« is now available online.

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05.11.2026|Imaginarien der Kraft

Announcement: 03.–05.12.2026 Early Career Conference »(Un)Moving? Forces of Early Modern Sculpture«

Early modern sculpture shaped by its cultural and political circumstances, is toppled, destroyed, or melted down to be cast into new forms. Despite its static qualities and its claim to permanence, sculpture thus reveals itself as a fluid, mobile, and moving phenomenon. This raises questions about...