Thursday, July 22nd, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Chair for Chinese Studies, Artilleriestr. 70, 91052 Erlangen
"The Course of Heaven (tiān xíng 天行) and Human Endeavor (rénzhì 人治) - Yan Fu's Syncretic Interpretation of Darwinism"
Li Qiang (Peking University)
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Wednesday, July 21st, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Auditorium of the Erlanger Schloss, Schloßplatz 4, 91054 Erlangen
"Der Boom der Wahrsagung in China: ein neues Modul für chinesische Identität?"
Michael Lackner
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Tuesday, July 20th, 2010, 6:00 p.m. c.t.,
Kollegienhaus, KH 0.024, Universitätsstraße 15, 91054 Erlangen
"Kindheit, Lebenszyklen, Lebenszeit: Die Verwandlung des Schicksals nach buddhistischen und daoistischen Ritualtexten (Song- bis Republikzeit)"
Barbara Volkmar (Univ. Heidelberg)
Tuesday, July 13th, 2010, 6:00 p.m. c.t.,
Kollegienhaus, KH 0.024, Universitätsstraße 15, 91054 Erlangen
"Die renovatio imperii Ottos III. und die Endzeiterwartungen um 1000" (The Renovatio Imperii of Otto III. and Millenarian Expectations around 1000)
Hannes Möhring (Uni- Bayreuth; IKGF Fellow)
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010, 2 p.m. Lecture; 4-6 p.m. Reading Session, Internationales Forschungskolleg, Conference Room, 3rd floor, Ulrich-Schalk Str. 3a, 91056 Erlangen
"Introduction into the Method and Cultural Significance of the Four Pillars of Destiny (Bazi Suanming)"
Manfred Kubny (International Academy for Traditional Chinese Astrology, Berlin)
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010, 6:00 p.m. c.t.,
Kollegienhaus, KH 0.024, Universitätsstraße 15, 91054 Erlangen
"Death and Afterlife in Han China: Cosmology and Omens in Iconography"
Tiziana Lippiello (Univ. Venice)
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010, 6:00 p.m. c.t.,
Kollegienhaus, KH 0.024, Universitätsstraße 15, 91054 Erlangen
"Thomas von Aquin und die Prognostik"
Loris Sturlese (Universita del Salento, Lecce; IKGF Fellow)
Tuesday, June 1st, 2010, 6:00 p.m. c.t.,
Kollegienhaus, KH 0.024, Universitätsstraße 15, 91054 Erlangen
"Prognose in der gegenwärtigen westlichen Astrologie - Methoden und Modelle"
Gerhard Mayer (IGPP, Freiburg)
Tuesday, May 11th, 2010, 6:00 p.m. c.t.,
Kollegienhaus, KH 0.024, Universitätsstraße 15, 91054 Erlangen
"'Prophecy was given to the Insane': A Confucian Perspective on Unrestrainedness and Holiness"
Sophia Katz (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IKGF Fellow)
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Kollegienhaus, KH 0.024, Universitätsstraße 15, 91054 Erlangen
"Death, Weeping, and Divination: the Opacity and Transparency of Tears in Early China"
Albert Galvany (École Pratique des Hautes Études, Sorbonne, Paris; IKGF Fellow)
Monday, May 3rd, 2010, 12:00,
Internationales Forschungskolleg, Conference Room, 3rd floor, Ulrich-Schalk-Str. 3a, 91056 Erlangen
"Rivers and Risk in the City: The Urban Floodplain as a Contested Space"
Uwe Lübken (Rachel Carson Center, LMU München)
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010, 6:00 p.m.
Kollegienhaus, KH 0.024, Universitätsstraße 15, 91054 Erlangen
"Definition and Transmission of the Medieval Dreambook of Joseph, with a Focus on Texts in Franconian Collections"
Laszlo Sandor Chardonnens (Radboud Univ. Nijmegen, IKGF Fellow)