Press Release 056/2017

New Series: “City Conversations: Heimat – was ist das?”

Presentation Series at ZAK on the Complexity and Ambivalence of the Conception of Home
Which home does the city offer to locals and to strangers? This is one of the questions covered by the “City Conversations” of ZAK from May 10. (Photo: Nicole Brinnel)
Which home does the city offer to locals and to strangers? This is one of the questions covered by the “City Conversations” of ZAK from May 10. (Photo: Nicole Brinnel)

As a contribution to the Baden-Württemberg Heimattage in Karlsruhe, ZAK I Center for Cultural and General Studies of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) will organize a presentation series on the conception of home. Representatives of the city, industry, culture, politics, and science will disucss aspects of urban, global, digital, and virtual home. The City Conversations will take place from May 10 to 31, 2017, on Wednesdays, 7 p.m. in the Lichthof of the Badische Gemeinde-Versicherungs-Verband (BGV). Admission will be free. 

 

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More information on the program and the speakers is available at: www.zak.kit.edu/stadtgespraeche (in German only) 

 

Being “The Research University in the Helmholtz Association”, KIT creates and imparts knowledge for the society and the environment. It is the objective to make significant contributions to the global challenges in the fields of energy, mobility, and information. For this, about 10,000 employees cooperate in a broad range of disciplines in natural sciences, engineering sciences, economics, and the humanities and social sciences. KIT prepares its 22,800 students for responsible tasks in society, industry, and science by offering research-based study programs. Innovation efforts at KIT build a bridge between important scientific findings and their application for the benefit of society, economic prosperity, and the preservation of our natural basis of life. KIT is one of the German universities of excellence.

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