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The Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich founded the Center for Advanced Studies in 2008. Since then, fellows from all over the world joined CAS.
Nach welcher Maßgabe lässt sich Wirklichkeit nachbilden? Fragen der #Skalierung im #Museum diskutieren am 3. Dezember Nicola Lepp (FH Potsdam), Petra Lutz (Stadtmuseum Berlin), Cornelia Vossen (Berlin) und Johannes-Geert Hagmann (Deutsches Museum München).
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November 25, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Die Staatsrechtlerin und ehemalige Bundesverfassungsrichterin Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff näherte sich zum Auftakt der Vortragsreihe zur #ZukunftDerBürokratie gemeinsam mit den Historiker/innen Andreas Fahrmeir @goetheuni.bsky.social und @hedwigrichter.bsky.social den Ambivalenzen des Bürokratiebegriffs.
November 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Menno Schilthuizen @schilthuizen.bsky.social gave a brilliant overview of the interplay between genetic diversity and reproductive isolation in speciation, followed by a discussion with science historian Kärin Nickelsen and biochemist Axel Imhof @bmc-lmu.bsky.social. Chair: @lenabouman.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Anschließend diskutierte er mit Sven Kuttner, dem stellvertretenden Leiter der UB München, und Julia Schreiner @caslmu.bsky.social die Zukunft des Zettelkatalogs.
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Mit einem großartigen Vortrag machte uns Ulrich Johannes Schneider, ehemaliger Direktor der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig @ubleipzig.bsky.social und Professor für Kulturwissenschaften an der Universität Leipzig @unileipzig.bsky.social mit der "Kultur der Zettelkataloge" vertraut.
November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We warmly welcome Herb Susmann @herbps10.bsky.social (@nyu.edu Grossman School of Medicine), as a #CASFellow. Michael Schomaker @mfschomaker.bsky.social invited him to come to Munich in the context of the #CASResearchFocus “Medical Data Processing”.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We warmly welcome Julia Bühner, Postdoctoral Researcher for Medieval Studies @goetheuni.bsky.social, at CAS. She is the first member of the #CASResearchGroup “Femicide: Interdisciplinary Approaches to a Global Historical Phenomenon” to arrive in Munich.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Am 12. November diskutieren Ulrich Johannes Schneider @unileipzig.bsky.social @ubleipzig.bsky.social und Sven Kuttner (UB der LMU) die "Kultur der Zettelkataloge".
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November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Interdisciplinarity works! 🚀 Last week, astrophysicists and particle physicists met with philosophers, scholars of theology, Egyptologists & ethnologists to discuss the fine-tuned universe. What an inspiring workshop! Thanks to all speakers & participants for the great discussions!
November 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Christos Lynteris (St. Andrews), Christof Mauch (RCC/LMU), Serge Morand (CNRS), Pooja Nayak (RCC/LMU), Raina Plowright (Cornell), Paula Ungar (Field Museum), Natalie Weber (Bat Conservation International).
October 31, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🎬 La Fabrique des Pandémies – Film Screening & Panel
The Link between biodiversity and pandemics; a film by Marie-Monique Robin, featuring Juliette Binoche.

📅 22 Oct. at 5:30 PM📍Institut français Munich

Panel with @serge-morand.bsky.social & Natalie Weber

@mscl.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Mit einer fulminanten Vernissage wurde die Ausstellung "Geometry of Disappearance" der Künstlerin Amélie Esterházy eröffnet.
Die Einführung hielt der Quantenphysiker Immanuel Bloch. Ein perfektes Match aus Kunst und Wissenschaft! @lmumuenchen.bsky.social
@mcqst.bsky.social
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October 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
On Tuesday, 21 October, the #CASResearchGroup Algebraic Groups, Motives and Applications kicks off with a lecture by #CASFellow Alexander Merkurjev (UCLA).

🕓 4:30 PM. Join us at the Mathematical Institute LMU, Room A 027, or online. 👉🏻 register at info@cas.lmu.de

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October 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We’re delighted to introduce the new cohort of researchers in residence joining CAS for the winter semester 2025/26: Alexa Lenz (Political Science), Magdalena Obermaier (Communication Science), Stefanie Schneider (Art History), and Andrei Lavrenov (Mathematics).
October 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We warmly welcome Stefan Gille, Professor in the Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, as #CASFellow and member of Nikita Geldhauser’s #CASResearchGroup “Algebraic Groups, Motives and Applications”.
October 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Nicht mehr und nicht weniger als "Der Sinn des Lebens" ist das Forschungsprogramm eines neuen CAS-Schwerpunktes.

Zum Auftakt spricht #CASDirektor Christof Rapp am 21. Oktober, 19 Uhr zum Thema "Die Sinnlosigkeit des Lebens. Ein Fehlschluss?".
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October 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM
We warmly welcome Alexander Merkurjev, Professor of Mathematics at UCLA, as #CASFellow and member of Nikita Geldhauser’s #CASResearchGroup “Algebraic Groups, Motives and Applications”. On 21 October, he will give a talk on “Inverse Galois Problem and Galois Cohomology” at the Mathematical Insitute.
October 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
In her project "Poetic In/Justice", Nikolina Hatton postdoc in Early Modern English Literature at LMU explores how English poetry — from the sixteenth century to today — invokes justice and retribution in response to violence and perceived wrongs.
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October 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The #CASResearchGroup around Sahana Udupa @sahanaudupa.bsky.social @lmumuenchen.bsky.social has come to an end, but the project will continue.

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October 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
We warmly welcome William Boone, Professor for Educational Psychology, @univmiami.bsky.social‬, as #CASFellow. In Munich, he’s collaborating with Birgit Neuhaus @lmumuenchen.bsky.social on teaching and learning processes in the natural sciences.
October 10, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Vernissage am CAS LMU! Amélie Esterházy – Geometry of Disappearance
📅 16.10. | 🕖 19:00 Uhr | Die Einführung hält Immanuel Bloch @mcqst.bsky.social@lmumuenchen.bsky.social

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October 10, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Encrypted Messaging & Extreme Speech: How can we tackle harmful content without compromising privacy? The policy report, produced by Sahana Udupa's #CASResearchGroup, is now available!
📄 Read here 👉https://epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/127250/1/Encrypted_Messaging_and_Extreme_Speech_Policy_Report.pdf
September 23, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Nur noch bis Ende September: Die Ausstellung des Künstlers Friedrich G. Scheuer in der Friedrichstraße 22 @caslmu.bsky.social . Don't miss it! Anmeldung via Email (info@cas.lmu.de)
September 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The workshop “Triangulating Glacier Expertise” explored collaborative approaches towards glaciers in the Karakorum-Himalayas and the Alps. It was organized by anthropologist and CAS Researcher in Residence Anna-Maria Walter. Many thanks to the speakers and participants of the workshop:
September 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
We would like to welcome Zakir Hussain Zakir as a #Fellow @caslmu.bsky.social. He is Director of Planning and Development at the University of Baltistan in northern Pakistan.
September 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM