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Tabu, Kultur, Amazon @ Kulturtransfer Migrationshintergrund

Wie fast alles, was uns vertraut ist, einen Migrationshintergrund hat

Das Wort „Tabu“, das bei Sigmund Freud Prominenz erhalten sollte und nicht mehr aus unserem Alltagswortschatz wegzudenken ist, brachte James Cook aus der Südsee mit. „Amok” bezeichnete die legendäre militärische Kampfeswut malayischer Elitekämpfer. Das Hakenkreuz – ein deutsches Fanal des Hasses – geht auf ein indisches Symbol des Glücks zurück, die

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Why my Humanities Library will never be a Total Library–praise be!

Until the beginning of the 1990s, the humanities department at the University of Bern (Switzerland) lived a kind of cellular life, fragmented into the smallest possible units, a diaspora existence in scattered houses. With the construction of the Unitobler in 1993, the humanities were given a center that would make

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thor.news highlights outreach initiatives and events at the  Faculty of Humanities at the University of Bern and beyond

New Podcast Episode: “Reimagining the Ocean in times of Global Warming”

In this Episode of the “Rethinking the Global” doctoral researcher David Castillo and his invited guest Dr. Kai Schulz (Southern Cross University, Australia) discuss marine ecosystems and their entanglements with other systems such as ‘the Earth’, as well as our understanding of  ‘the Globe’.

New Podcast Episode “The Aesthetics of Not-Knowing: Agnotology and the Spectre of Disavowed Narratives

In this episode of the “Rethinking the Global” Podcast, doctoral researcher Aishwarya Khale and her guests Dr. Simone Broders (Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg) and Dr. Anna Auguscik (University of Oldenburg, University of Bremen) explore the interplay between Agnotology: the study of culturally induced ignorance or doubt, and Literature within a global framework.

New Soft Skills Course: Creating Audio Podcasts II

Are you ready to share your research with the world in a creative and engaging way? Join our 3-day workshop “Creating Audio Podcasts” this coming autumn semester, and learn how to transform your scientific findings into compelling podcasts! Register on KSL and to michael.toggweiler@unibe.ch until 15 August 2025.

New Podcast: Rethinking the “Global”

Since its turn in the 1990s, what is “the global” amid nationalist resurgence, climate history, and recent humanities developments? The new podcast “Rethinking the ‘Global’” by the Global Studies Doctoral Program features scholars (re)thinking the global in today’s context. Picture: Reena Saini Kallat, 2022, @Kunstmuseum Thun

GSAH: Forum – Humanities Rewired. Making Meaning in our Digital Worlds

At the GSAH Forum 2025, we are experimenting with online outreach formats–a vital skill in today’s academia. Join us in serious playfulness as we explore the promises and pitfalls, the affordances and constraints of our digital worlds. 27 May, 15:00–18:00, Research Pool Walter Benjamin Kolleg.