Mar 20, 2025
Lecture series "Air for life - interdisciplinary perspectives in cooperation with DRESDEN-concept"
Time: Tuesdays, 18.30 - 20.00, from 15.04.2025
Location: Görges-Bau/127
Enrollment via OPAL
Air is omnipresent, vital, yet intangible - a central element that connects us and yet often goes unnoticed.
The lecture series aims to highlight the multi-layered importance of air in science, society and the environment. Experts from TU Dresden and the DRESDEN-concept science alliance will shed light on the diverse issues surrounding the topic of air from the perspective of various scientific and cultural disciplines.
The interdisciplinary topic of air is currently being explored in the exhibition "Air. One for All" at the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden. https://www.dhmd.de/ausstellungen/luft
The lecture series takes place as part of the studium generale and is open to all interested parties. For students, 3 credits can be acquired as proof of performance and 1 credit as a certificate of attendance.
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Date |
Topic |
Speaker |
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15.04.2025 |
Introduction |
Sabine Adam and Prof. Rödel (DRESDEN-concept), Lina Baumann (Integrale) |
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22.04.2025 |
Aristotle on the psyche and the pneuma |
Prof. Dr. Christian Mueller-Goldingen (former holder of the Chair of Classical Philology/Greek Studies at the TUD) |
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29.04.2025 |
How good is the air in Saxony? |
Susanne Bastian (Saxon State Office for the Environment) |
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06.05.2025 |
The connection between air pollution and biodiversity |
Dr. Karsten Wesche (TUD, Chair of Biodiversity of Higher Plants; Senckenberg Museum of Natural History) |
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13.05.2025 |
The atmosphere as a public good in international environmental agreements (English) |
Prof. Dr. Artem Korzhenevych (Leibniz IÖR) |
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20.05.2025 |
The relationship between air and the economy |
Prof. Dr. Christoph Scope (HTW Dresden) |
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27.05.2025 |
Interaction of land use and atmosphere in the Anthropocene |
Dr. Valeri Goldberg (TUD Chair of Meteorology) |
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03.06.2025 |
Effects of air pollution on humans (physical) |
N.N. |
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10.06.2025 |
Whitsun - no lecture! |
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17.06.2025* (*different venue) |
Wind in the city - danger, design, profit |
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Xiaoping Xie (TUD Institute of Building Climatology) |
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24.06.2025 |
Effects of air pollution on humans (psychological) |
Dr. Charlotte Grosskopf (TUD, Neuroimaging Center) |
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01.07.2025 |
Excursus: Star war or interstellar peace? A brief introduction to the law of outer space |
Dr. Romy Klimke (Deputy Head of Chair for International Law, EU Law and International Relations at the TUD) |
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08.07.2025 |
Panel/Synthesis |
Sabine Adam (DRESDEN-concept), Lina Baumann (Integrale) |
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15.07.2025 |
Retreat |