University of Chicago: Saint-Domingue/Haiti: Plantation life, Abolitionism, Revolution. In 1791, a violent slave rebellion broke out in what was France’s most lucrative colony, Saint-Domingue.

I anledning af 100-året for påskeopstanden i Irland præsenterer Aarhus in Aarhus onsdag 20. april 2016 kl. 19.00 den prisvindende irske forfatter Donal Ryan på Dokk1. Sara Dybris McQuaid fra Center for Irske Studier vil interviewe forfatteren om irsk historie, kultur og litteratur med udgangspunkt i forfatterskabet.

Dette seminar i rækken af optaktsseminarer til den store konference i 2017, Rethink Reformationen, omhandler reformationens betydning for økonomien: for kirkernes samfundsbetydning, for økononiens selvstændiggørelse og for statsdannelsen.

Verdenslitteratur i digitaliseringens tidsalder

EN MEDIEVIDENSKABERS BEKENDELSER: Myter, hemmeligheder og tendenser fra bureaubranchen

Predictive Coding of Musical Expertise

Caroline A. Jones. Professor of Art History at the Department of Theory, History and Criticism, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She studies modern and contemporary art, with a particular focus on its technological modes of production, distribution, and reception

Oliver Grau from Danube University Krems visits Aarhus University for a seminar on digital art forms and the challenges this type of artistic expression faces in terms of research and archiving in the twenty-first century. Everyone, students and faculty alike, are welcome!

At CounterPlay ’16 researchers and practitioners are gathered in panels, talks and workshops to debate, experiment and co-create their way to play and to engage with the questions: What is play? Why is play important? and How do we overcome the challenges to play when play is in fact difficult?

At CounterPlay ’16 researchers and practitioners are gathered in panels, talks and workshops to debate, experiment and co-create their way to play and to engage with the questions: What is play? Why is play important? and How do we overcome the challenges to play when play is in fact difficult?