Lecture by Andrea Wulf on Alexander von Humboldt

Experience the award-winning author Andrea Wulf in an impressively illustrated lecture on Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859). The great scientist and explorer led a life full of adventures and discoveries. Wulf talks about his expeditions, scientific observations and poetic tales, which inspired naturalists such as Darwin and Goethe as well as politicians such as Jefferson and Bolivar. Humboldt explained nature as a complex web of life and warned of human-induced climate change as early as 1800.

The lecture is organized by the Max Planck Institute for Geoanthropology and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina as part of the conference “Crossing Boundaries 2024: The Anthropocene”.

The lecture will be held in English in the historic Volkshaus in Jena. Admission is free, registration is not required. Come early to secure a place.

Date: 24.06.2024

Time: 19:30-21:00

Place: Volkshaus Jena

 

About the author Andrea Wulf
Andrea Wulf is an award-winning author and has written several bestsellers, including “Die Erfindung der Natur. Alexander von Humboldt’s New World”. Her latest book “Magnificent Rebels” was published in 2022. She writes for renowned newspapers such as the Guardian and the New York Times and is a member of the PEN American Center and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Date:           18.06.2024
Time:          2 – 3:30 pm
Place:          Auditorium “Zur Rosen” (Johannisstraße 13, Jena)

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Speakers:

• Robyn Brackin-Helmers, Board Member OpenIRIS & Microscopy Engineer at the Advanced Medical BioImaging Core Facility at Charité Berlin
• Aurélie Jost, Manager of the Microverse Imaging Center, Cluster of Excellence Balance of the Microverse
• Torsten Kroll, Manager of the Core Facility Functional Genomics, Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute e.V. (FLI)
• Georg Pohnert, interim head of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Vice President for Research, will give the welcome address.

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