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From nature conservation to AI: public lecture series in the winter semester
Image: Prof. Dr. Miriam AthmannNature Conservation and Biodiversity Forum
In this public lecture series, scientists present their concepts on topics such as water restoration, nature conservation strategies, biodiversity and urban forest gardens. The series is organized by the Department of Landscape and Vegetation Ecology at the University of Kassel and takes place in cooperation with the Nordhessische Gesellschaft für Naturkunde und Naturwissenschaften e.V. (NGNN) and the Naturkundemuseum Kassel. First event on October 20, 2025 at 19:00 in the Ottoneum Kassel.
More information: https://www.naturschutz-hessen.de/jahrbuch/PDF/Plakat_ForumNaBiv_WiSe202526_final_kompr.pdf
Humanities and cultural science foundations of sustainable transformation
The lecture series of the Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies examines sustainability from different perspectives, with a special focus on language, symbols and communication. The focus is on literary, cultural and cognitive approaches to sustainable development. The kick-off event will take place on October 24, 2025 from 10:00 to 12:00 in the Campus Center.
More information: https://uni-kassel.de/go/ringvorlesung-FB02-WS25-26
"Kassel lecture series against right-wing extremism"
quite extreme! Right-wing extremism in the past and present
The lecture series highlights central approaches to the history of fascist and right-wing extremist movements, aspects of National Socialism and right-wing extremism in the Federal Republic of Germany as well as social counter-strategies. Lectures and panel discussions will show how extracurricular and political education can contribute to strengthening a democratic (civil) society. The lectures will start on 20 October 2025 and will take place on Mondays from 18:15 to 19:45 in lecture hall 5 in the Campus Center.
The sociological view
The lecture series of the Faculty of Social Sciences invites you to better understand the mechanisms and dynamics of our society. It conveys central ways of thinking, concepts and methods of sociology and shows how the subject provides perspectives and expertise to analyze and help shape social challenges. From October 21, 2025, the lectures will take place on Tuesdays from 12:15 to 13:45 in lecture hall 3, Diagonale 5.
FUSION PRACTICE
In the winter semester 2025/26, the interdisciplinary lecture series FUSION will start at the Faculty of Architecture - Urban Planning - Landscape Planning with a focus on PRACTICE. The lectures will focus on the question of what role practice plays today in planning, design, research and action and how it can respond to challenges such as the climate crisis, social inequality and resource scarcity. Not only will new methodological approaches be presented, but concrete projects, collective strategies, craft techniques and civil society engagement will also be examined. The inaugural lecture with guest professor Lisa Nieße will take place on October 29, 2025.
More information: www.uni-kassel.de/go/fusion
Anti-Semitism and its Christian roots
The Institute of Catholic Theology at the University of Kassel, together with the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Kassel and supported by the University's Equality Office, is inviting you to a public lecture series. In the lecture series, experts from the fields of theology and religious education will address Christian anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism in several lectures. The events will take place in Henschelstraße 2 in room 1140. The first event is on October 22, 2025 with Dagmar Mensink: "Deep Traces. Christian anti-Judaism and anti-Semitism" (18:00 to 20:00).
ITeg lecture series: Digital society - a design task
The Scientific Center for Information Technology Design (ITeG) at the University of Kassel and the German Informatics Society (GI) are organizing a series of lectures on the diverse design dimensions of the digital society. In the series, renowned representatives from various disciplines will present research approaches and results and show how technology and social contexts can be shaped responsibly. The lectures start on October 22, 2025 and take place online on Wednesdays at 17:00.
More information: www.uni-kassel.de/go/ringvorlesung-iteg
Shaping the future: Sustainability from an interdisciplinary perspective
Sustainability from many angles: The Kassel Institute invites all students at the University of Kassel as well as members of the public with an interest in sustainability research to attend the lecture series. Between October and December 2025, experts will shed light on topics ranging from energy and heat to value chains and agriculture. The lectures will take place on Tuesdays between 16:15 and 17:45 in the UNI:Lokal. Starting date is October 30, 2025.
An overview of the dates of all public lecture series in the winter semester 2025/26 can be found at: https://www.uni-kassel.de/uni/aktuelles-aus-der-universitaet/oeffentliche-veranstaltungen/ringvorlesungen.html
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