• Art Exhibition: Rainbow in the Dark, featuring the works of Anselm Reyle

    Explore the works of artist German contemporary artist Anselm Reyle, including a site-specific neon installation. Anselm Reyle is one of the most renowned contemporary artists in the world. His best-known works include his foil and strip paintings and his sculptures. Remnants of consumer society, discarded materials, symbols of urbanity, and industrial change play a central […]

  • Exhibition by German-Vietnamese artist Sung Tieu at Amant

    Sung Tieu’s exhibition continues her ongoing research into the psychological and physical dimensions of hidden threats and how they affect the social life of communities. Through different study subjects, she analyzes how private and state agencies use infrastructure and bureaucracy to exert psychological and informational control. By blurring the lines between evidence and counter-evidence, fact […]

  • Trustworthy AI and Quantum ML – Collaborating with Germany

    Europe’s research network of almost 70 universities and dozens of other research institutes provide the best conditions for innovation and technology transfer. This also applies to the field of AI where Germany has six centers of excellence for AI research along with a multitude of other outstanding research centers. Early on NRW pushed ahead with […]

  • DAAD Sound Understanding Concert 2023

    Please join University Alliance Ruhr at DAAD’s 20th Sound Understanding Concert. This year’s concert will mark the twentieth anniversary of the DAAD Sound Understanding concert series. Like every spring, the concert […]

  • Reading and Conversation: Philipp Weiss

    INVITATION Join us for a literary event and an Austrian wine reception THURSDAY, April 20th, 7 pm Reading and Conversation PHILIPP WEISS “At the Edge of the World Man Sits and Laughs” […]

  • The Population History of German Jewry: 1815 – 1939

    Date/Time Sun, Apr 23, 2023, 1:00 PM EDT (adjusted to your local time) Venue Center for Jewish History (map) 15 W. 16th St. New York, NY 10011 Admissions LBI/CJH/Partner Members, Students, Seniors: $5 General: $10 Tickets GET TICKETS The late Steven Mark Lowenstein was a brilliant social historian who, after retiring from his academic position at the […]

  • Discussion: Urban Activism – Working for Change on a Local Scale

    Climate activists, gluing themselves to paintings or blocking roads, know their tactics make people angry – yet they believe that it’s a price worth paying. In the streets of Baltimore, activists’ demand for social justice is not a tactic, but rather a “fundamental aspect of life”. For others, activism is an understanding of human agency […]

  • Curriculum Wars and the Struggle for the Future of Judaism

    Tue, Apr 25, 2023, 7:00 PM EDT (adjusted to your local time) Venue Center for Jewish History (map) 15 W. 16th St. New York, NY 10011 Admissions LBI/CJH/Partner Members, Students, Seniors: $5 General: $10 Tickets GET TICKETS News reports about curricular standards in Hasidic schools have set off a polarizing public debate. With the rapid growth of […]

  • KINO! Pic of the Week ”The Amazing Maurice”

    Get a weekly “must see” recommendation via Telescope’s “Pic of the Week.” Pic of the Week: The Amazing Maurice Every town in Discworld knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice — a streetwise tomcat — leads a band of educated ratty friends (and one human kid) on a lucrative tour. Piper plus rats equals lots […]