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Ziegler Lecture: Søren R. Fauth “Transcendence of the human far beyond AI. Kafka’s ‘In the Penal Colony’ and Schopenhauerian Eschatology”

Join us on February 11 at 12:30pm for our first in-person Ziegler Lecture of 2025. Focusing on the theme of ‘dissent’, CENES welcomes dr. phil Søren R. Fauth from Aarhus University. Title: “Transcendence of the human far beyond AI. Kafka’s In the Penal Colony and Schopenhauerian Eschatology” Abstract: Since the Renaissance, humanity has aspired beyond […]

Gaining Control and Losing It. Masculinity and Trauma in a 13th-Century Icelandic Saga

Join CENES for an exciting event circled around Icelandic Sagas! Torfi Tulinius, a Professor of Medieval Icelandic Studies at the University of Iceland, will be presenting on March 7th as part of the University of Victoria’s Beck Lecture Series.

2025 CES Research Colloquium: “Fantasies of Eldorado: Germany’s Mythical Place in the Trans* Historical Imaginary” by Dr. Jonah I Garde

Since the onslaught of trans-antagonistic executive orders in the wake of Trump’s second presidency, references to Germany’s trans* past have become ubiquitous, with the destruction of Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Science often being the main historical reference point.