3 - 4 pm (CET)

Venue:

Einstein Center Chronoi

Otto-von-Simson-Straße 7, 14195 Berlin

Prof. Dr. Amir Engel

Albert Einstein, Franz Rosenzweig, Karl Barth, and Martin Heidegger are among the most influential intellectuals of Weimar Germany. All four shaped our understanding of time by offering new models to consider its meaning beyond quantity and measurement. This research project aims to understand the “Weimar Era” from the perspective of the debate about time, seeing it as an argument about the fundamentals of human existence. This debate, I suggest, powerfully represents the splintering of modern scientific consciousness as well as the changes, desires, and anxieties of the Weimar period. It offers a new perspective, in other words, to the cultural and spiritual crisis of the Weimar period.

Participants can join the online Chronoi Talk by clicking on the following link:

https://fu-berlin.webex.com/fu-berlin/j.php?MTID=mb011bcf3867b32169762329db6ddde89

The conference room can be accessed using the following methods:

• Joining directly in your browser; simply click the link above, and look for a button with this option near the bottom of the webpage.

• Downloading the program to your computer (instructions can be found by following the meeting link)

• Using the smartphone app called "Cisco Webex Meetings."

You are welcome to enter the online conference room up to 15 minutes in advance of the start time.