Bayreuther Stadtgespräche: City Talks

• 3 November 2021: The Last Jews of the Arab World? Jewish life in Morocco and Tunisia; Speaker: Prof. Dr. Johannes Becke, Ben Gurion Endowed Chair of Israel and Middle Eastern Studies, Centre for Jewish Studies Heidelberg

• 4 August 2021: "The Bayreuth Festival and Judaism", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Anno Mungen (Chair of Theatre Studies, Research Institute for Music Theatre, University of Bayreuth)

• 7 July 2021: "Bayreuth between Orthodoxy and Reform. Rabbi Dr. Joseph Aub and his time", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Günter Dippold (District Curator of Local History, Culture and Heritage Bayreuth)

• 2 June 2021:  "Da will ich wieder ein bisschen mit Euch beisammen sein". Letters from a Viennese Jew to her emigrated family 1938 - 1942, Speaker: PD Dr. Jörg Zedler (Chair of Bavarian Regional History, University of Regensburg)

• 2 September 2020: “Give yourself a nudge": How to 'nudge' yourself to systematically make better decisions professionally and privately”, Speaker: Prof. (FH) PD Dr. habil. Johannes Siebert (Management Center Innsbruck)

• 1 July 2020: "Futurology: Extreme Weather and Resilience", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Anke Jentsch (Professor for Disturbance Ecology, University of Bayreuth)

• 21 May 2020: "Back to the everyday: Lifehacks from the Astronaut Trainer", Speaker: Laura Winterling (former astronaut trainer and Bayreuth Physics graduate)

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• 6 May 2020: "Genome editing - the future of our food", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Stephan Clemens (Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth)
  

• 8 April 2020: "Glass: New applications for an old material", Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thorsten Gerdes (Ceramic Materials Engineering; Head, Keylab Glass Technology, University of Bayreuth)

• 4 March 2020: "The plastic age: Unobjective reporting on the topic of microplastics unsettles consumers. What researchers really (don't) know and forward-looking solutions", Speakers: Prof. Dr. Christian Laforsch (Chair of Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth) and Mbongeni Buthelezi (Artist, South Africa)

• 8 January 2020: "Islam and Enlightenment. Another Perspective on Islamic Modernity", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Reinhard Schulze (Institute for Islamic Studies, University of Bern)

• 4 December 2019: "Public Key Cryptography: How Secure is the Internet?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Michael Dettweiler (Mathematics IV – Number Theory, University of Bayreuth)

• 6 November 2019: "Franken-Jura: place of longing - place of experience - place of enjoyment", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Herbert Popp (formally Urban Geography & Geography of Rural Areas, University of Bayreuth)

• 2 October 2019: "Malaria - Where is the journey heading?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Klaus Ersfeld (Professor for Genetics, Molecular Parasitology, University of Bayreuth)

• 4 September 2019: "Bayreuth city centre and Rotmain-Center: Friend or foe?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Rolf Monheim (former Professor for Applied Urban Geography & Urban Planning, University of Bayreuth)

• 3 July 2019: "Among pale faces - Immanuel Kant between racism and human rights", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Karlfriedrich Herb (Political Philosophy & the History of Ideas, University of Regensburg)

• 5 June 2019: "Revolution - Unity - and what then? East Germany's path from dictatorship to democracy", Speaker: Dr. Illko-Sascha Kowalczuk (historian, author, Research Project Leader at the Stasi Records Agency, currently on leave)

• 8 May 2019: "European course setting 2019: what matters now", Speaker: Dr. Stefan Krauss (Directorate-General for External Policies of the Union in the European Parliament)

• 3 April 2019: "The World in Miniature. Alexander von Humboldt's work in the Bayreuth region", Speaker: Adrian Roßner (Research Assistant at the Quality Initiative for Teacher Education, University of Bayreuth)
  

• 13 March 2019: “And if that mocking bird won’t sing – a brief cultural and natural history of birds”, Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gerrit Begemann (Developmental Biology, University of Bayreuth)

• 6 February 2019: "Oswald and the Minne", Speaker: PD Dr. Silvan Wagner (Early German Philology, University of Bayreuth)

• 5 December 2018: "Rosetta Comet Mission - In Search of the Origin of Life in Space (with 3D presentation)", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Uwe Meierhenrich (Director of the Chemistry Institute of the University of Nice) 

• 7 November 2018: "How digital will my medical treatment be in the future?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. Klaus Nagels (Professor for Medical Management & Health Services Research)

• 10 October 2018: "Opportunities and risks of digitalisation for manufacturing companies in Upper Franconia", Speaker: Professor Dr.-Ing. Frank Döpper (Manufacturing & Remanufacturing Technology, University of Bayreuth)

• 5 September 2018: "Lulo, amphibian and habitat: The Ecological-Botanical Garden as a place of research, education, and biodiversity", Speakers: em. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Erwin Beck (Plant Physiology, University of Bayreuth) and PD Dr. Gregor Aas (Director of the Ecological Botanical Garden) 

• 4 July 2018: "Fake News' in the Cooking Pot - 'Twilight of the Gods' in Official Food Control", Speaker: Dr. Ulrich Busch (Head of Department, State Institute for Food, Food Hygiene and Cosmetics (LH), Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety (LGL)) 

• 6 June 2018: "'Political Correctness': Experiences from the USA", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Matthew Hannah (Cultural Geography, University of Bayreuth) 

• 2 May 2018: "Cryptocurrencies and the Blockchain - a revolutionary idea and its real potential", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gilbert Fridgen (Professor for Information Systems & Sustainable IT Management, University of Bayreuth) 

• 4 April 2018: "The World of Wilhelmine as Stage and Performance”, Speaker: Prof. em. Dr. Günter Berger (former Professor for Romance & Comparative Literature, University of Bayreuth) 

• 7 March 2018: "Money, goals, power - FIFA and professional football", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Markus Kurscheidt (Sport Governance & Event Management, University of Bayreuth)

• 7 February 2018: "On the value of diversity - the inclusive society as my great goal", Speaker: Irmgard Badura (Commissioner of the Bavarian State Government for the Interests of People with Disabilities, Munich)

• 6 December 2017: "Biodiversity - what we lose when it declines", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christian Wirth (AG Spezielle Botanik und Funktionelle Biodiversität, University of Leipzig, German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research)

• 7 November 2017: "World Heritage plays - for the reopening of the Margravial Opera House", Speakers: Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Drescher (President of the August Everding Theatre Academy, Munich) and Bernd Schreiber (President of the Bavarian Administration of State Palaces, Gardens and Lakes, Munich)

• 4 October 2017: "Trumpolitics & Trumponomics - A Danger for Europe?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. David Stadelmann (Chair of Development Economics, University of Bayreuth)

• 6 September 2017: "Racism - what is it actually?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Susan Arndt (English Literature & Anglophone Literatures, University of Bayreuth)

• 5 July 2017: "Of Clouds and Fog - How Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things are Changing Our Lives", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Guido Wirtz (Practical IT, University of Bamberg)

• 7 June 2017: "European constitutionalism and rule of law at risk", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Peter M. Huber (Federal Constitutional Court, Karlsruhe)

• 3 May 2017: "From Hollywood to the Green Hill: In Spiderman's Footsteps", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel (Biomaterials, University of Bayreuth)

• 5 April 2017: "Human biotope - we are 'colonised'", Speaker: Prof. Prof. h.c. Dr. Wolfgang Schumann (em. Prof for Genetics, University of Bayreuth)

• 1 March 2017: "Living 15 years longer - What anti-ageing medicine can do today", Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Bernd Kleine-Gunk (Metropol Medical Center in Nürnberg)

• 1 February 2017: "Tension between land use and biodiversity - science in an advisory role", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Heike Feldhaar (Professor for Animal Population Ecology at Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth)

• 7 December 2016: “Mia wolln bartuu nu a weng waafm! Franconian, Bavarian, and why dialect is still quite contemporary”, Speaker: Prof. Dr. Anthony Rowley (Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities / LMU)

• 2 November 2016: "Microplastics in aquatic ecosystems - invisible danger?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Christian Laforsch (Chair of Animal Ecology I, University of Bayreuth)

• 5 October 2016: "Medicine between economy and morality", Speaker: Prof. Dr. mult. Eckhard Nagel (Executive Director of the Institute for Medical Management & Health Science, University of Bayreuth)

• 7 September 2016: "How much health can we afford in the future?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Volker Ulrich (Bayreuth economist)

• 6 July 2016: "Power from the organic waste bin - How can this idea be realised economically and sustainably at the same time?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Ruth Freitag (Process Biotechnology, University of Bayreuth)

• 1 June 2016: "Prehistory(s) of Brexit - The British Relationship to Europe in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Florian Kläger (Professor for English Studies, University of Bayreuth)

• 4 Mai 2016: "Is the new global climate agreement adequate from a scientific point of view?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Hartmut Graßl (Director emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg)

• 6 April 2016: "Old poison fresh on the table - How dangerous is arsenic in our food?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Britta Planer-Friedrich (Professor of Environmental Geochemistry, University of Bayreuth)

• 2 March 2016: "Cells like to cycle - How to turn back my biological clock", Speaker: Prof. Dr. med. Martin Halle (Specialist for Internal Medicine, Sports Medicine and Cardiology, Full Professor and Medical Director of the Preventive and Rehabilitative Sports Medicine research group at the Medical University Clinic, Technical University of Munich)

• 3 February 2016: "Flight, Migration and Integration - Experiences in History", Speakers (all University of Bayreuth): Prof. Dr. Ralf Behrwald (Professor for Ancient History), Prof. Dr. Susanne Lachenicht (Chair of Early Modern History), Prof. Dr. Achim von Oppen (Professor for History with a focus on African History) and Prof. Dr. Jan-Otmar Hesse (Chair of Economic & Social History), Short presentations; commentary: Prof. Dr. Dirk Hoerder

• 2 December 2015: "Of Allergies and Allergens", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Paul Rösch (Chair of Biopolymers, University of Bayreuth, Managing Director of the Research Centre for Bio-Macromolecules (BIOmac) and co-founder of ALNuMed GmbH for Food Analysis)

• 4 November 2015: "From Nazi functionary to concentration camp prisoner - pastors and National Socialism in the Bayreuth region", Speaker: Dr. Björn Mensing (regional church representative for Protestant memorial work, pastor and historian, Dachau)

• 7 October 2015: "Muslims in Germany between Islam Criticism and Integration", Speakers: Dr. Lale Akgün (Psychologist, former spokesperson on Islamic policy for the SPD parliamentary group), Dr. Abdel-Hakim Ourghi (Head of Department of Islamic Theology, Freiburg University of Education) and Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Seesemann (Heisenberg Professor for Islamic Studies, University of Bayreuth), Podium discussion; Host: Prof. Dr. Paula Schrode

• 1 July 2015: "The shape of Upper Franconian towns - material cultural heritage and tourist potential", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Herbert Popp

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• 3 June 2015: "'...not for cowards' - What literature knows about ageing", Speaker: Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Frühwald (Professor for Modern German Literature, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich)
  

• 6 May 2015: "125 Years of the Luisenburg: Presentation on the History of the Luisenburg Festival", Speaker: Michael Lerchenberg (Director of the Luisenburg Festival, Wunsiedel)

• 1 April 2015: "The Edible City - Concepts of Sustainable Green Space Planning", Speaker: Dr. Lutz Kosack (Managing Director of 'Wesentlich - Büro für Urbane PflanzKultur' (Essential -Office for Urban Planting Culture) in Erbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, initiator of the 'Essbare Stadt Andernach' (Edible City of Andernach))

• 4 March 2015: "Animal intelligent: what we can learn from animals", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Stefan Schuster (Chair of Animal Physiology, University of Bayreuth)

• 4 February 2015: "The Evolution of the Universe from the Big Bang to Today", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Gisela Anton (Chair of Astroparticle Physics, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)

• 7 January 2015: "Varieties of Religious Interconnections: Jews, Christians and Muslims from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages", Speakers: Prof. Sarah Stroumsa (member of the Instittute of Advanced Study in Berlin) and Prof. Guy G. Stroumsa (Professor Emer. of Comparative Religion, Hebrew University, Jerusalem and Professor Emer. of Abrahamic religions, University of Oxford)

• 3 December 2014: "Universities at War? A debate on the civilian clause", Speakers: Oliver Jörg (Member of the Bavarian State Parliament for the constituency of Würzburg-Stadt) and Daniel Gaittet (Spokesperson of the State Committee of Students in GEW Bayern (Union for Education and Science, Bavaria), Member of the Board of 'fzs -freier zusammenschluss von studentInnenschaften’ (fzs - free association of student bodies)), Podium discussion; Host: Prof. Dr. Nina Nestler

• 5 November 2014: "The Ebola Virus - An Epidemic Pathogen Like Any Other?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Fleckenstein (Director of the Virological Institute, University Hospital Erlangen)

• 1 October 2014: "Homo Narrans - Why do we narrate?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Martin Huber (Chair of Modern German Literature, University of Bayreuth)

• 3 September 2014: "Internet(t)? - A family lecture about the unfriendly faces of the WWW and its law", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Bernd Kannowski (Chair of Civil Law & Legal History, University of Bayreuth)

• 2 July 2014: "Franconia in Bavaria - is that even possible?", Speaker: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. mult. Hans Maier (former Bavarian Minister of Science)