From February 22 to 24, 2019, international experts, creative artists, and activists will meet for the Karlsruhe Dialogs under the heading “The Responsible Society: Between Challenge and Overload?”. The opening keynote lecture will be given by historian and bestseller author Professor Timothy Snyder of the Yale University on Friday, February 22, 7.30 p.m. at the Audimax (building 30.95, KIT Campus South). These Dialogs are the last event under the scientific direction of Professor Caroline Y. Robertson-von Trotha as Director of ZAK I Centre for Cultural and General Studies of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
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