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

Institutions Involved:

University of Zurich, German Department, Prof. Dr. Mireille Schnyder
University of Basel, German Department, Prof. Dr. Nicola Gess
University of Freiburg, Department of Sociology, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bröckling
University of Basel, French Department, Prof. Dr. Hugues Marchal

NEWS

Call for Papers, Interdisciplinary Conference “Provoked Admiration. Self-Fashioning and Collective Affectivity” (July 4-6, 2019, Zurich)
Deadline: November 30th, 2018

Interview with Prof Dr Nicola Gess (University of Basel) about the project