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The Future of Academic Mobility in a Changing World - Keynote, Panel Discussion and Reception. 

Receptor meets G protein: a molecular dance that is essential for human life and drug therapy. Keynote and round table with Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka (Stanford University) and Roger Sunahara (University of California, San Diego).

What is the mind? This fundamental question remains unanswered in philosophy and science. Discussion with neuroscientist and Einstein Visiting Fellow Vittorio Gallese, novelist and essayist Siri Hustvedt, and philosopher and moderator Gert Scobel 

Emotion, consciousness, and values are three of the most intensively studied aspects of the human mind, and three of the most important. Keynote and talk with Jesse Prinz, Einstein Visiting Fellow and Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York

The world’s geostrategic map is under reconstruction. Panel discussion with Einstein Visiting Fellow Richard Samuels, Klaus Scharioth, former German ambassador to the U.S. and Michael Stürmer, historian and publicist.

Lecture with Jan Verwoert, critic and writer on contemporary art and cultural theory, and Finissage of the biannual showcase of the Graduate School fellowship programme at the Berlin University of the Arts.

Should minority languages like “Sorbian” be supported? To what extent should cultural-religious clothing be permitted to wear? Self-determination, autonomy, affirmative action, representation quotas, exemptions from certain duties or state recognition of language are common calls in many countries. These calls are frequently met with resistance by governing entities, thereby giving rise to tensions, clashes or even civil wars.  Keynote by and discussion with Michael Karayanni, Professor of Law and Director of the Center of the Study of Multiculturalism and Diversity at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Panel discussion with internationally renowned scientists including Nobel Laureate  Bruce Beutler and Einstein Visiting Fellow Hans Schreiber

Lecture and discussion with Avner de-Shalit, Professor of Democracy and Human Rights at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem

To some, impartiality means abstaining from judgement; to others, it means a certain quality of a judgement. Round Table discussion with Anita Traninger, Einstein Junior Fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin

Articles, textbooks, blogs and tweets – today science can take many shapes to communicate. Ancient Greek and Roman authors could not discuss natural phenomena or mathematical problems on Twitter. However, they used an impressive variety of different formats, including poetry, lectures and inscriptions on sundials. Presentation and Discussion with Einstein Visiting Fellow Liba Taub.

Keynote and Discussion on Biomaterials with David Mooney, Einstein Visiting Fellow and Professor of Bioengineering at Harvard University