Category: Events

Under the motto “Science for everyone to participate in!”, the University of Bonn cordially invites you for the second time to the Science Festivalon Sunday, July 7, 2024, from 12:00 AM to 6:00 PMon the Hofgartenwiese, Bonn. With many exciting activities, including the TRAllye – a “Science rallye” for the whole family – the Transdisciplinary […]

Film screening and discussion with Joel Haikali, filmmaker, Namibia 5 June 2024, 10-12 AM Oxfordstr. 15 – Room 1.002 Joel Haikali is one of the most renowned filmmakers in Namibia. His recent project is documenting the process of connecting with cultural belongings which returned from Berlin to Namibia in 2022. The film is part of the […]

Redbird Ferguson, College of Science and Engineering, James Cook University 4 June 2024, 6-8 PM, University of Bonn, Main Building HS XII The world is grappling with the challenge of finding sustainable approaches to conserving and protecting our ocean and coastal systems, increasing the urgency to recognise and include Indigenous Knowledge and cultural values of […]

The workshop series aims to critically examine new approaches to monumentality and to consider whether and how they challenge, re-imagine and transform wider issues of social justice, representation, identities, nation-building, participation, history, democracy, and memory. The series intends to provide a comprehensive and global approach, with case studies from around the globe. ©Image: Senya Zhukavin

Convened by Prof. Dr. Paul Basu and Prof. Dr. Sophia Labadi The workshop series aims to critically examine new approaches to monumentality and to consider whether and how they challenge, re-imagine and transform wider issues of social justice, representation, identities, nation-building, participation, history, democracy, and memory. The series intends to provide a comprehensive and global […]

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 […]

Symposium “THE LAST GERMAN EMPEROR’S COLONIAL ART” Saturday 23rd March 2024 On Saturday the 23rd of March 2024, Museum Huis Doorn will host a symposium focused on colonial art belonging to the last German emperor Wilhelm II. The symposium will be held in English. Provenance ResearchIn line with a broader development in the cultural sector, […]

Convened by Prof. Dr. Paul Basu and Prof. Dr. Sophia Labadi The workshop series aims to critically examine new approaches to monumentality and whether and how they challenge, re-imagine and transform wider issues of social justice, representation, identities, nation-building, participation, history, democracy, and memory. The series intends to provide a comprehensive and global approach, with […]

CENTRE FOR AFRICAN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY, University of East AngliaWinter Seminar Series 2024 “Carrying the Burden, Caring for the Past – Land, Body and Sensuous Knowledge in Contemporary Namibian Art” Hybrid Public Lecture by Jun.-Prof. Dr. Julia Binter at the Centre for African Art and Archaeology, University of East Anglia 29 February 2024, 5-6:30 PM […]