Guest Lectures




Euroculture Göttingen has organized more than 100 public lectures since 2008. A list of these lectures are included in this section. Speakers of conferences, lecture series and panels are included in the respective other sections.



  • Dr. Arnab Dutta,
    University of Groningen, the Netherlands
    The National, the European, and the Cosmopolitan: ‘Goethefeier’ 1932 and the Problem of Contesting Categories in European Culture
    05.12.2024

  • Prof. Dr. Medea Badasvili,
    Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia
    Gender and Migration: Current Research Perspectives.
    12th Migration Research Lab

    (together with the Center for Global Migration Studies - CeMig)
    25.11.2024

  • Dr. Ella Dreyfus / Kevin Neher,
    National Art School, Sydney, Australia / Goethe Institute, Sydney, Australia
    Dreyfus Drei
    20.11.2024

  • Hanna Hernández Ortega,
    National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico
    The Mexican feminist movement today. A review from the struggles and resistance of women since the late 20th century
    14.11.2024

  • Dr. Ella Dreyfus / Kevin Neher,
    National Art School, Sydney, Australia / Goethe Institute, Sydney, Australia
    Dreyfus Drei
    21.11.2023

  • Prof. Dr. Takayuki Yokota-Murakami
    Osaka University, Japan
    Music/Literature: Toward a New Holistic Aesthetic of Culture
    26.10.2023

  • Kevin Neher
    Sydney, Australia
    Dreyfus Drei - Introducing a documentary by Ella Dreyfus
    21.07.2022

  • Prof. Dr. Keisuke Takayasu
    Osaka University, Japan
    Design History in the Transcultural Context
    09.05.2022

  • Prof. Dr. Michael Snodgrass
    Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, USA
    Dreams of Development
    (together with the Center for Global Migration Studies - CeMig)
    02.05.2022

  • Prof. Dr. Michael Snodgrass, Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis, USA /
    Dr. Peter Birke, University of Göttingen
    Transnational Perspectives on the Research on Labour Migration.
    10th Migration Research Lab, moderated by Dr. Jelka Günther (CeMig)

    (together with the Center for Global Migration Studies - CeMig)
    02.05.2022

  • Dr. Giulia Carabelli
    Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Göttingen
    Looking at Cities from the Bottom-Up. On the Importance of Everyday Life for the Study of Conflicts
    27.05.2019

  • Dr. Shraddha Kumbhojkar
    Savitribai Phule Pune University, India
    Challenges Before the Young People in Contemporary India
    09.05.2019

  • Dr. Shraddha Kumbhojkar
    Savitribai Phule Pune University, India
    How the myth of the Aryan Race impacted understandings of Indian History
    06.05.2019

  • Michael Hindley
    Member of the European Parliament, 1984-1999
    The EU as International Actor
    15.11.2017

  • Michael Hindley
    Member of the European Parliament, 1984-1999
    The Challenges to & of the EU
    14.11.2017

  • Prof. Dr. Sanjay Kolekar
    Savitribai Phule Pune University, India
    Illusory Marriage and Marginalisation of Women. Caste Hegemony and Politics
    18.05.2017

  • Prof. Dr. Hitoshi Tanaka
    Osaka University, Japan
    Art and participation after 3.11
    02.05.2017

  • Dr. Sabine Selchow
    London School of Economics, UK / LMU Munich, Germany
    The New EU Global Strategy and the Future of Europe: A Critical Review
    24.11.2016

  • Michael Hindley
    Member of the European Parliament, 1984-1999
    The Changing Role of the EU post-Brexit
    10.11.2016

  • Prof. Dr. Natalia Chaban
    University of Canterbury, New Zealand
    EU Global Perceptions: International recognition in the Times of Crises
    27.10.2016

  • Prof. Dr. Yukio Irie
    Osaka University, Japan
    Ethical Thoughts in Modern Japan Influenced by the West
    12.05.2016

  • Dr. Tait Keller
    Rhodes College, Memphis, USA
    Rich and Wretched Earth: Militarized Environments in the First World War
    18.06.2014

  • Günter Verheugen
    Europa-Universität Viadrina, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany
    10 Jahre EU-Osterweiterung: Politische Reflektionen und Ausblicke
    08.04.2014

  • Prof. Dr. Pakinam El Sharkawy
    American University, Cairo, Egypt
    Ägypten im Umbruch. Religionsfreiheit, Pluralismus und gesellschaftliche Neuorientierung
    12.12.2012

  • Arne Molfenter
    United Nations, Berlin/Bonn, Germany
    Jobs: World-Employment Opportunities with the United Nations
    07.06.2012

  • Prof. Dr. Subashchandra Bhelke
    University of Pune, India
    Non-violence as Foundation for One World
    29.11.2011

  • Prof. Dr. Mangesh Kulkarni
    University of Pune, India
    Partha Chatterjee’s Idea of Political Society
    18.11.2011

  • Prof. Dr. Natalia Chaban
    University of Canterbury, New Zealand
    The EU in the Eyes of Asia-Pacific: Media, Public and Elite Views
    15.11.2011


  • Prof. Dr. Heiner Bielefeldt
    University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany,
    UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief
    Freedom of Religion in a Secular State
    03.11.2011


  • Prof. Dr. C.M. Megens
    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
    Developing European Identity requires Team Spirit. The first Declaration on European Identity, December 1973
    11.04.2011

  • Dr. Asier Altuna-García de Salazar
    Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
    Global, Glocal, Multi, Transcultural: New Approaches to Irish Literature
    02.12.2010

  • Dr. Herman Voogsgeerd
    Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Netherlands
    Does a European social-economic order exist? A Dutch view.
    22.11.2010

  • Prof. Dr. Toru Takenaka
    Osaka University, Japan
    Where was a Brandt in post-war Japan? International Environment for Reconciliation in Asia in Comparison with that in Europe
    28.10.2010

  • Prof. Dr. Donald Sassoon
    Queen Mary, University of London, UK
    The Provincialism of Dominant Literature. The British and the French in the 19th Century
    21.01.2010

  • Dr. Asier Altuna-García de Salazar
    Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
    "The Celts of Ancient Biscay": A Portrait of the Basques in 19th Century Ireland
    25.11.2009

  • Prof. Dr. Mangesh Kulkarni
    University of Pune, India
    Nietzsche in India. The Translation of Aristocratic Radicalism into Hindu Fascism
    11.11.2009

  • Prof. Dr. Niteen Gupte
    University of Pune, India
    Indische Arbeitswelt aus deutscher Sicht
    15.04.2009

  • PD Dr. Willfried Spohn
    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
    Unity and Diversity of European Identities - The Religious Dimension
    15.12.2008

  • Prof. Dr. em. Ekkehart Krippendorff
    Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
    Cultural Foundations of a Political Europe
    03.12.2008