Marsilius Lectures
The Marsilius Lectures are activities for the academic community of all disciplines as well as for the broader public. Once a semester, the Marsilius Kolleg invites an outstanding academic to speak about a topic that calls for bridging the gaps between scholarly cultures. In recognition of their achievements in the dialogue between scholarly cultures, the speakers of the Marsilius Lecture are decorated with the Marsilius Medal.
Previous Marsilius Lectures:
| Günter Blobel (7/18/2008) | Biomedicine |
| Wolfgang Frühwald (2/19/2009) | German Language and Literature |
| Dieter Grimm (7/2/2009) | Law |
| Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (2/4/2010) | Biology |
| Jörg Widmann (7/8/2010) | Music |
| Gerd Gigerenzer (2/3/2011) | Psychology |
| Douglas Price (6/30/2011) | Archaeometry |
| Edna Foa (2/1/2012) | Medicine / Psychiatry |
| Simon White (5/10/2011) | Astrophysics |
| Alvin Roth (2/7/2012) | Economics |
| Onur Güntürkün (5/16/2013) | Neuroscience |
| Hans-Jörg Rheinberger (6.2.2014) | History of Science (Wissenschaftsgeschichte) |
| Felix Schürmann (5.6.2014) | Physik |
| Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann (29.1.2015) | Musicology |
| Elio Riboli (11.6.2015) | Medicine / Public Health |
| Jutta Allmendinger (3.2.2016) | Sociology |
| Joachim von Braun (12.5.2016) | Agricultural Economics |
| Elke Seefried (26.1.2017) | Contemporary History |
| Kevin Esvelt (1.6.2017) | Biotechnology |
| Marina Münkler (30.11.2017) | German Language and Literature |
| Petra Schwille (17.05.2018) | Biophysics |
Upcoming Marsilius Lectures:
| Hermann Parzinger (31.01.2019) | President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz |
Thursday, January 31, 2019, 4 o'clock p.m. in the lecture hall of Old Heidelberg University
Cultural Property Gone Astray. Between Provenance Research, Reparation and Shared Heritage
Marsilius Lecture with Hermann Parzinger
President of the Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz
Thursday, May 17, 2018, 4 o'clock p.m. in the lecture hall of Old Heidelberg University
Life. The (Small) Step to Living Matter
Marsilius Lecture with Prof. Dr. Petra Schwille
Director at the Max-Planck-Institut of Biochemistry, Martinsried
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 4 o'clock p.m. in the lecture hall of Old Heidelberg University
Foreignness. Medieval solutions and modern problems
Marsilius Lecture with Prof. Dr. Marina Münkler
Professor for German Literature and Culture at TU Dresden
The video of the Marsilius Lecture is available here.
Thursday, June 1, 2017, 4 o'clock p.m. in the lecture hall of Old Heidelberg University
Wisely Engineering Shared Ecosystems. Leveraging gene drive to ensure open and community-responsive genetic engineering research
Kevin Esvelt
Leader Sculpting Evolution Group und Assistant Professor at MIT Media Lab
Thursday, January 26, 2017, 4 o'clock p.m. in the lecture hall of New Heidelberg University
Futures. A history of future research since 1945
Marsilius Lecture with Prof. Dr. Elke Seefried
Second acting director of the Institute of Contemporary History Munich-Berlin and professor of new History at the University of Augsburg
The video of the Marsilius lecture is available here.
Tuesday, May 12, 2016, 4 o'clock p.m. in the old lecture hall of Heidelberg University
Bioeconomics: Sustainable living and economic activity
Marsilius-Lecture with Prof. Dr. Joachim von Braun
Professor of Economic and Technological Change and Director of the Center for Development Research at the University of Bonn.
Wednesday, February 3, 2016 4 o’clock p.m. in the old lecture hall of Heidelberg University
Science as a vocation? Careers in the scientific system of the 21st century
Marsilius lecture with Prof. Jutta Allmendinger, Ph.D.
Prof. Jutta Allemendinger, Ph.D., President of the Social Science Research Center Berlin for Social Research (WZB) and Professor of Sociology of Education and Labor Market Research at the Humboldt University of Berlin
Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 4 o'clock p.m. in the old lecture hall of Heidelberg University
Can we prevent Chronic Disease? The role of Nutrition and Lifestyle
Marsilius lecture with Prof. Dr. Elio Riboli
Professor of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention und Director School of Public Health, Imperial College London
Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 4 o’clock p.m. in the old lecture hall of Heidelberg University
Why do you love Brahms? Music taste research between history, sociology and neuroscience
Marsilius lecture with Prof. Dr. Melanie Wald-Fuhrmann
Director of the Max-Planck Institute for empirical aesthetics
