Spring semester 2019

Tuesday, March 5th
University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, Aula, KOL-G-201

Daniel Kehlmann

Writer and essayist

Wie Literatur die Welt spiegelt

(How literature reflects the world)

Lecture and discussion in German

Tuesday, March 26th
University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, Aula, KOL-G-201

Sir Paul Collier

British economists

The Future of Capitalism

Tuesday, April 9th
University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, Aula, KOL-G-201

Professor Lars Feld

Economist, University of Freiburg i. Br.

Wirtschaftskrisen der Zukunft

(Economic crises of the future)

Lecture and discussion in German

Wednesday, May 8th
University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, Aula, KOL-G-201

Professor Tobias Straumann

Historian, University of Zurich

Hitlers Aufstieg und die Aktualität der 1930er Jahre

(The rise of Hitler and the currentness of the 1930s)

Lecture and discussion in German

Wednesday, May 22nd
University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, KOH-B-10

Professor Bill Emmott

Economist and political scientist, former editor-in-chief of “The Economist”

Europa in the age of Trump, Salvini and the ‘gilets jaunes’

We are also excited to announce a new series of events in cooperation with the Literaturhaus Zürich. There will be:

Tuesday, April 2nd
Literaturhaus Zürich, Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zurich

Professor Heinz Bude

Sociologist, University of Kassel

Solidarität

(Solidarity)

Lecture and discussion in German

Monday, April 29th
Literaturhaus Zürich, Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zurich

Professor Anne Applebaum

Historian, Director of the Legatum Institute in London

Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine