Lecture series

The lecture series takes place every summer semester in addition to the IZWT colloquium and is always dedicated to a specific topic of public interest. In addition to external guests, scientists from the University of Wuppertal also give lectures. The lecture series takes place in the city centre of Elberfeld and is aimed not only at an academic audience but also at interested members of the public.

 

 

 

Summer term 2023: The revolution of our world view - On the 550th birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus

The most important revolution in our cosmological ideas goes back to Nicholas Copernicus. Who was this astronomer and what constituted his work? Who influenced him and what influence did he have on the research of his time? What significance did the Copernican revolution have for the world that followed, scientifically but also politically, philosophically and literary? Four public lectures on the occasion of the 550th birthday of Nicholas Copernicus will explore these questions from the perspective of various disciplines.

Talks

14.6.23 || Volker Remmert (University of Wuppertal) || Weltbilder im Widerstreit. Kopernikus 1543, 1943

21.6.23 || Arianna Borrelli (TU Berlin and RWTH Aachen) || Eine Wende zum Anfassen: dreidimensionale Modelle der Himmelsbewegungen vor und nach Kopernikus

28.6.23 || Ursula Kocher (University of Wuppertal) || „Schauen Sie sich die Sache mit beiden Augen an“. Kopernikus und die Folgen für Literatur und Kunst

5.7.23 || Martin Carrier (Bielefeld University) || Worauf konnte sich Kopernikus stützen?
Zu den Errungenschaften und Mängeln der heliozentrischen Lehre in ihrer Zeit