Prelude 24/25
Prelude 24/25
A festive end to the anniversary year - here's to the next 50 years!
for university members, UGO members and invited guests from politics, science, business and culture
Thursday, 24 October 2024
Auditorium Centre A14, Audimax
To celebrate the end of the anniversary year 2024, the University and the Oldenburg University Society (UGO) are jointly organising a special event. The keynote speech will be given by the renowned sociologist Prof Dr Armin Nassehi.
Programme
from 5.30 p.m. Admission to the lecture hall centre
18.00 hrs Champagne reception
18.45 Ceremony in the Audimax
Address by the University President
Prof Dr Ralph Bruder
Keynote speech
Prof Dr Armin Nassehi
"Scientific function and social performance:
The "incurable" difference between expectation and disappointment"
Award ceremony by the Chair of the UGO
Wiebke Schneidewind
Reception in the foyer
Snacks and drinks
(alcoholic beverages for self-payers)
Moderation: Carola Schede
Musical organisation of the evening: Institute of Music
Prof Dr Armin Nassehi
The sociologist Armin Nassehi is one of Germany's best-known and most sought-after contemporary analysts. Born in Tübingen in 1960, he grew up in Munich, Landshut, Teheran and Gelsenkirchen. Armin Nassehi has been Professor of Sociology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich since 1998.
His main areas of research are sociological theory, cultural sociology, political sociology and the sociology of knowledge. He has published widely in these fields, including more than 20 books. In July 2024, his most recent book was published with the title "Kritik der großen Geste. Thinking differently about social transformation". He has been the editor of the cultural magazine "Kursbuch" since 2012.
Armin Nassehi is a member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, deputy member of the Bavarian Ethics Council and member of the University Senate of the German National Foundation. Numerous other science, education and cultural policy organisations have asked him to join their boards, advisory councils or juries. The researcher's work has been recognised many times, including with the Schader Prize in 2021 and the German Sociological Association's "Prize for Outstanding Achievements in the Field of Public Effectiveness in Sociology" in 2018.