CongressProgram
Sunday, 08/09/2024
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18:00 – 20:00 | Conference Opening Auditorium of the Neue Universität |
Greetings Prof. Dr. Katja Patzel-Mattern, Vice-Rector Innovation and Transfer of Heidelberg University | |
Opening Address Prof. Dr. Hanna Reichel (Princeton) | |
20:00 – 22:00 | Reception of the Faculty of Theology and the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft für Theologie in the Foyer of the Neue Universität |
Monday Morning, 09/09/2024
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08:30 – 08:50 | Morning Devotion at St. Peter's (Peterskirche) Dr. Elisabeth Maikranz (Heidelberg) |
09:00 – 12:30 | Main Presentations - The Planetary Dimension of the Future Moderator: Prof. Dr. Daniel Cyranka (Halle) 9:00 – 10:00 Prof. Dr. Mayra Rivera (Harvard) – The Time that Remains 10:00 – 11:00 Prof. Dr. Alexander-Kenneth Nagel (Göttingen) – From Artificial Intelligence to Zombie invasion: ‘Apocalyptic’ imaginaries of the future in late modern societies 11:00 – 11:30 Pause 11:30 – 12:30 Prof. Dr. Dipesh Chakrabarty (Chicago) – The Earth-System as a Matter of Spiritual Concern |
12:30 – 14:30 | Lunch Break |
Monday Afternoon, 09/09/2024
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18:00 - 18:30 | Business Meeting: Sections | |
19:00 - 21:00 | Reception of the Regional Protestant Church in Baden and the Regional Protestant Church in the Pfalz in St. Peter (Peterskirche) Address by Church President Dorothee Wüst |
Tuesday Morning, 10/09/2024
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08:30 – 08:50 | Morning Devotion at St. Peter's (Peterskirche) Dr. Christian König (Heidelberg) |
09:00 – 12:30 | Main Presentations I – History of the Future Moderator: Prof. Dr. Christine Gerber (Berlin) 9:00 - 10:00 Prof. Dr. Charlotte Hempel (Birmingham) – The Materiality(/-ies) of the Land: Perspectives of “Grounded” Life in the Old Testament and Early Judaism 10:00-11:00 Prof. Dr. Gudrun Guttenberger (Ludwigsburg) – Last Generation: The Gospel of Mark and its Chronotope 11:00-11:30 Break 11:30-12:30 Prof. Dr. Christoph Markschies (Berlin) – “The Announcement of Time”: Opportunities and Problems with the Theological Attempt to Keep Time for Society |
12:30 – 14:30 | Lunch Break |
Tuesday Afternoon, 10/09/2024
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14:30 – 16:00 | Main Presentations II – The Theologies in the University of the Future Moderator: Prof. Dr. Konrad Schmid (Zürich) |
16:00 – 16:30 | Pause |
17:30 – 18:30 | Business Meeting of the WGTh; Voting (Auditorium of the Neue Universität) |
19:00 – 21:00 | Reception of the City of Heidelberg Address by Heidelberg Mayor Prof. Dr. Eckart Würzner |
Wednesday Morning, 11/09/2024
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08:30 – 08:50 | Morning Service at St. Peter’s (Peterskirche) Dr. Katrin König (Heidelberg) |
09:00 – 12:30 | Main Presentations – Future Challenges of Theology: Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence, and Transhumanism Moderator: Prof. Dr. Friederike Nüssel (Heidelberg) Location: Auditorium of Neue Universität 9.00 – 10:00 Prof. Dr. Saskia Wendel (Tübingen) – Caught between Instrumentalized Religiosity and Religious Indifference: Which Theology Has a Future? 10.00 – 11:00 Prof. Dr. Kristin Merle (Hamburg) – “What is this knowledge for?”: Knowledge Practices and the Relevance of Theology in Society 11.00 – 11.30 Pause 11.30 – 12.30 Prof. Dr. Thorsten Moos (Heidelberg) – The Future of Hope: Transhumanism and Religious Rationality 12:30 Conclusion of the XVIIIth European Congress for Theology |