Anyang - An Example for the History of Chinese Archeology Studies (2014)
Length: 13min 27sec
An Interview by Prof. Dr. Michael Lackner with Prof. Dr. Su Rongyu and Prof. Dr. Iwo Amelung
In the conversation with Michael Lackner, Su Rongyu talks among others about his academic career at the Xi'an Jiaotong University. Furthermore he explains the development of Chinese archeology under western influence. The relationship of the Yinxu Ruins at Anyang and the Gu Jiegang's Doubting Antiquity School is a concern of Iwo Amelung as well as the importance of writing. For Michael Lackner, it was a matter to emphasize the relationship of Anyang's archeology with divination and its tradition. Another subject of the discussion is the transporting of the archeological material from Anyang to Taiwan and other parts of the world.
The Antichrist - A Separate Path of the Occident? (2013)
Length: 13min 22sec
Reflections by Prof. Gian Luca Potestà, Prof. Klaus Herbers, Prof. Michael Lackner, Prof. Joachim Gentz and Dr. Esther-Maria Guggenmos in the context of the Book Launch.
“The Antichrist is not a myth”, states Gian Luca Potestà in the introduction to his compendium in the university library at Erlangen on 5 February 2013. Tracing the figure of the Antichrist in Medieval Europe and in dialogue with Sinologists reflecting on structural equivalents in East Asia, the phenomenon turns out to be characteristic for the occident.
"Prolongatio Vitae": A Link between Sciences and Humanities (2013)
Length: 13min 44sec
A dialogue between Prof. Klaus Herbers and Prof. Agostino Paravicini Bagliani
At the IKGF, Agostino Paravicini Bagliani has worked on the possibilities and methods of life prolongation at the papal court. In his interview with Klaus Herbers, he illustrates the functions and aims of his home institution, SISMEL, in Florence, and elucidates the transformation of humanities to deal with topics like alchemy, divination and astrology. Naturally, the then upcoming conference on divination and practical sciences in Arabic sources (January 2014) in cooperation with International Union of Academies is envisioned.
Fate, Freedom and Free Will: Discourses on Chinese Tragedy (2013)
Length: 8min 54sec
An Interview by Nikola Chardonnens with Prof. Natascha Gentz
China’s encounter with the Western World, the reception of European Modernity and Chinese conceptual history – among others, these are the topics addressed in the research of the director of the Asian Studies Department of the University of Edinburgh, Natascha Gentz. In conversation with Nikola Chardonnens, she emphasizes the unique atmosphere at the Consortium, oscillating between topicality and interdisciplinarity - a combination that inspired her research greatly.
Political Prophecies in the Middle Ages (2012)
Length: 13min 08sec | Language: German
Workshop Review with Dr. Hannes Möhring (Convenor) and Prof. Klaus Herbers, May 18, 2012
The participants in the workshop discussed inter alia the correlation between politics and prophecies, notational diminutives of prognostications and the Pseudo-Methodius. Klaus Herbers reviews the day and the results of the discussion panel in conversation with Hannes Möhring.
Different Types of Millennialism (2011)
Length: 16min 02sec
An Interview by Dr. Erik Niblaeus with Prof. Richard Landes
In his research on Millennialism, Richard Landes distinguishes between active and passive “sabbatical millennialism” in Christian traditions. With Erik Niblaeus, he further discusses the competitive late antique and early medieval concepts of this tradition. As an example of active, “bottom-up” Millennialism, the historian explains the “Peace-of-God” movement.