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New Dialogue Series: Antiquity 2050 – Exploring the Past as a Laboratory for the FutureWhat does archaeology have to do with our future? More than one might initially think – but not necessarily in the way one might expect. Next year, Classical Archaeology at JLU Giessen will launch Antiquity 2050 – The Past as a Laboratory for the Future, a new dialogue series that we will be introducing in more detail over the coming months. The aim is not to look to antiquity for ready-made answers or simple historical analogies for the present. Instead, the historical distance of archaeological research opens up a space for thinking in which contemporary questions about the future can be approached from new perspectives. To this end, we bring perspectives from academia and wider society into dialogue – while making the audience an active part of the exchange. Crises. Resources. Migration. Cities. Knowledge. Technologies. Identity. Memory. Social order. Issues that shape the present and the future – explored together from a range of historical and contemporary perspectives. Antiquity 2050 – RETHINKING THE PAST. ASKING DIFFERENT QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE. Contact: antike2050 |
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Notice: Reduced Opening Hours During the Semester Break
During the semester break, the Chair of Classical Archaeology and the departmental library will operate with reduced opening hours: Monday–Thursday: 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Please take these temporary opening hours into account when planning and working on your term papers, especially if you intend to use the departmental library. |
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Epic Fails – Tragic Heroes, Antiheroes, and Ambivalent FiguresWhen we think of ancient myths, the images that usually come to mind are those of radiant heroes and all-powerful gods. Yet a closer look reveals a far more complex and shadowy world: one populated by tragic figures, antiheroes, and monsters against their will. Many of these stories are, in fact, stories of different kinds of failure. Hubris and self-inflicted downfall – when arrogance, overconfidence, or the pursuit of power paves the way to ruin. The Special Exhibition Epic Fails invites visitors to rediscover well-known myths as stories about transgression, defeat, and the ambivalence of heroism. |
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