The Power of Wonder
The Instrumentalization of Admiration, Astonishment and Surprise in Discourses of Knowledge, Power and Art
A SNF Sinergia Project
Joseph Wright of Derby: An Experiment with A Bird in the Air Pump 1768 (c) Tate Gallery London
NEWS
May 17, 2019, 4-6 PM
Presentation by Prof Dr Meike Baader (University of Hildesheim)
Romantische und fremde Kindheiten in der Moderne. Eine kultur- und wissensgeschichtliche Perspektive
German Department, University of Basel, Nadelberg 4, Room 042 (Ground floor, left)
Spring Term 2019
Lecture Series “Staunen” by Prof Dr Mireille Schnyder
On Tuesdays, 10.15 AM – 12 PM (starting on February 19, 2019)
University of Zurich, Room KOL-F 118
May 7, 2019, 10.15 AM – 12 PM
Presentation by Prof Dr Nicola Gess
"Heitere Träume”. Zum imaginativen Staunen bei Breitinger, Wieland, Riedel und Tieck
in the framework of the lecture series “Staunen”
University of Zurich, Room KOL-F 118
New Publication “Staunen. Eine Poetik” by Nicola Gess
with Wallstein Publishers
Book Launch on Friday, April 12, 2019, 7.30 PM
Buchhandlung Labyrinth, Basel, Nadelberg 17
Review about the book “Staunen. Eine Poetik” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur (March 10, 2019)
”Eine Reise zum Ursprung der Philosophie”
Interview with Prof Dr Nicola Gess (University of Basel) about the project