Conference
Conference
Conference
"The idea of the university. Historical perspectives and current positions"
13 November from 7.00 pm and
14 November from 10.00 am
Campus Haarentor, Hörsaalzentrum (A14, Hörsaal 3)
with Prof. Dr Andreas Arndt (Humboldt University Berlin), Prof. Dr Volker Berghahn (Columbia University New York), Jürgen Kaube (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), Prof. Dr Annemarie Pieper (University of Basel), Prof. Dr Dieter Thomae (University of St. Gallen), Prof. Dr Jürgen Trabant (Jacobs University Bremen)
An evening lecture on 13 November will compare the German and American university systems. 14 November is dedicated to the ideas and reforms of the university that were developed in the 19th century. An outline of the university debate in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of 1931 will be followed by a panel discussion. The presentation of the new edition of Karl Jaspers' "Schriften zur Universitätsidee" will conclude the event.
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Organiser: Institute of Philosophy and Karl Jaspers Society