From the consecration vessel to the drone. Material Cultures of the Heroic in Transition
All lectures will be held in German and begin at 8:15pm in Lecture Hall 1199 of University Building (KG) I.
- "The Heroism in Drinking: A Wine Goblet for Heracles"
Prof. Dr. Ralf von den Hoff (Classical Archaeology) "Recognizing the Hero in the Poet: The relief by Archelaus of Priene"
Prof. Dr. Sitta von Reden (Ancient History)
- "Between Image Politics and Idolatry: The Statues of Pope Boniface VIII"
Prof. Dr. Hans W. Hubert (Art History) "Laurel, Fleece and Fire Steel. Reviving Antiquity in Ruler Heroization: The Medals of Giovanni Candida for Charles the Bold and the Burgundian Court (ca. 1472 – 1480)"
Prof. Dr. Birgit Studt (Medieval History)
- "The Scuffle in Artists’ Heaven: The ‘Apotheosis of Joachim von Sandrart’ (pen and ink drawing from 1682)"
Prof. Dr. Anna Schreurs-Morét (Art History) "le sue immagini fanno in bronzo, in oro, in cammei, in stampa… A print image of Savonarola in the fight for the destruction or the preservation of his legacy"
Prof. Dr. Felix Heinzer (Medieval Latin Philology)
- "The Bourgeois Hero Collective on Stage: Le Siége de Calais (1765) in French patriotism discourse"
Prof. Dr. Ronald G. Asch (Modern History) "Georg Büchner’s Heroization of the Bourgeois Hero Collective: Der Heldentod der vierhundert Pforzheimer (The Hero’s Death of the 400 Pforzheimer) (1829/30)"
Prof. Dr. Achim Aurnhammer (Modern German Literature)
- "Heroes as Gifts: A Gift Book for Young Readers on the Eve of the First World War"
Prof. Dr. Barbara Korte (British Literature and Cultural Studies) "The Hero as Souvenir: Of Admirals and Bookmarks"
Dr. Ulrike Zimmermann (British Literature and Cultural Studies)
- "Music – Theater – Heroes – Cult: The Bayreuth Festival Theatre"
Prof. Dr. Thomas Seedorf (Musicology) "Stadiums of Heroization: Le Parc des Princes"
Prof. Dr. Andreas Gelz (Romance Languages and Literatures)
- "Heroes as victims, victims as heroes: An arm prosthesis from the First World War"
Prof. Dr. Jörn Leonhard (History of Western Romanic Europe) "The Commissioning of a Russian National Hero: The Order of Suvorov (1942 / 2010)"
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Neutatz (East European History)
- "The Politics of Precision Killing and the End of Military Heroism: Drones"
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bröckling (Sociology) - "The Order of the Phoenix: The Magic Wand and the Return of the Hero in British Popular Culture"
PD Dr. Stefanie Lethbridge (British Literature and Cultural Studies)