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
Haarentor Campus, Lecture Theatre Centre (A14, Lecture Theatre 3)
with Prof. Dr Andreas Arndt (Humboldt University of 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 concerning the university that were developed in the 19th century. An outline of the university debate as reported in the *Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung* in 1931 will be followed by a panel discussion. The event will conclude with the presentation of the new edition of Karl Jaspers’ *Schriften zur Universitätsidee*.
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Organisers: Institute of Philosophy and the Karl Jaspers Society