Campus Gotha, Gotha Research Library

„… elende Scherben und Steinplatten, während die Welt in allen Fugen kracht. Der Orient des Kaisers”

Date
9. Oct 2024, 6.15 pm
Location
Gotha Research Library (Hall of Mirrors)
Organizer
Gotha Research Library (FBG)
Speaker(s)
Professor Matthias Steinbach (Technical University of Braunschweig)
Event type
Lecture
Event Language(s)
German
Audience
public after registration

lecture on the exhibition "The Orient in Gotha"

Wilhelm II's personal interest in archaeology, ethnology and orientalism corresponded with the new cultural-political significance of excavation sciences in the German Empire. In the case of the monarch, the links between archaeology and politics were based on both escapist and legitimist motives. Wilhelm's personal commitment to classical and Near Eastern archaeology was ambivalent in relation to the domestic and foreign policy interests of the empire. This lecture will deal with this and more.

Due to limited capacity, please register by 7 October on 0361/737-5530 or by e-mail: veranstaltungen.fb@uni-erfurt.de.

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