24 April 2024, 6:00 – 7:30 pm, Lecture Hall I, main building of the University of Bonn (Am Hof 1, 53113 Bonn)
In the third event of the new event series “The University of Excellence in Bonn Invites You” on Wednesday, 24 April 2024, the Recotorate of the University of Bonn will address the central question in life about “ME” and, in this context, also ask who “the OTHERS” are that most of us have to deal with on a daily basis.
“Who am I really?” – The question of who this “I” actually is is one of the questions that everyone has asked themselves at some point in their lives or will ask themselves in the future. From an evolutionary perspective, we are part of a population whose gene pool has changed from generation to generation over a long period of time.
Unless we are identical twins, our genetic make-up makes us unique. And even genetically identical twins become unique individuals through their non-identical experiences – and therefore through environmental influences. What’s more, our bodies not only include our own body cells, but also trillions of microorganisms that live on us and in us – and without which healthy survival would be unthinkable. Are they “others” or do they belong to “me”? Where does my “I” begin and where does it end?
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The event will be held in German.
Please register for the event by 10 April using the following link
https://cams.ukb.uni-bonn.de/public/anmeldung/anmeldung.aspx?vid=f374b340d54b4b98ba9de4ea35ec1546
Speakers:
- Prof Dr Clemens Albrecht (Institute of Political Science and Sociology, Chair of Cultural Sociology)
- Junior Professor Dr Julia Binter (Argelander Professor for Critical Museum and Heritage Studies)
- Prof Dr Markus Nöthen (Institute of Human Genetics)
Artistic programme:
- Forum Musik of the University of Bonn, directed by Jörg Ritter
- litterarium of the University of Bonn, directed by Anja Stadler
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