Events Autumn Term 2024

This autumn semester's reading seminar will take place on Tuesdays—September 17, October 8, November 12, and December 10—from 1:00 to 3:00 PM in Unitobler F-104.

It takes as its starting point the question: what is the global in our contemporary moment? Following the global turn in the humanities, this course reappraises established “global” frameworks and explores new and divergent concepts of the global.

In light of new materialist, ecocritical, decolonial and horizontal critiques, the terms “global” appears more anthropocentric and Eurocentric than initially conceived. If the global has come to be associated with neoliberal economic globalization, how can impulses of transnational and intercultural exchange, as well as local circumstances be reconsidered along planetary lines? This course will focus on key concepts, theories and emerging discourses. Participants will have an opportunity to select texts from different disciplines and sites of knowledge production.

Registration through KSL: 491272-HS2024-0-GS | Reading Course Global Studies

The monthly Global Studies coffee break is held on the last Tuesday of each month at Café Sattler. This event offers an opportunity to share and exchange ideas, such as planning workshops and suggesting upcoming events, ask questions about the Global Studies program, or simply enjoy a casual conversation with fellow phd students over a cup of coffee.

The first day (7.11.) involves a workshop with Rafael Cardoso (State University of Rio de Janeiro/Freie Universität Berlin) and Ana Magalhães (Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo) and joint excursion to the exhibition Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism at the Zentrum Paul Klee with the program for Art History in a Global Context at the University of Zurich (Charlotte Matter). 

The second day (8.11.) will feature a roundtable discussion with Rafael Cardoso (State University of Rio de Janeiro/Freie Universität Berlin) and Ana Magalhães (Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo) and Eduardo Jorge de Oliveira (ETH Zürich), bringing Brazilian specialists in conversation with the exhibition.
 

Please sign up through KSL should you want to participate for credits. You can find the event under the following course title: KSL: 493157-HS2024-0-Workshop MG: Global dialogues on art and modernism in Brazil.