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Beate Passow, Monkey Business Gibraltar, 2017 (Art at CAS, WS 2019/20)

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Horst Antes: Nestor, Telemach (Album Leaf 4), 1966/67, gouache, collage on printed etching template by Bonaventura Genelli (Aquatec, ink, and paper), Franz Marc Museum, Etta and Otto Stangl Foundation, (Art at CAS, Winter 2020/21)

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Current Events at CAS

17 Apr

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29 Jun

17/04/2026 - 29/06/2026 Lecture Series, Summer Semester 2026 – “The Meaning of Life”
The lecture series is part of the CAS Research Focus “Meaning of Life“.
18 May

18/05/2026 Lunch Talk: Written on Calf Skin. Insular Manuscripts and Why the Membrane Matters
Prof. Joanna E. Story, Ph.D. (CAS Fellow/University of Leicester) | Chair: Prof. Dr. Ursula Lenker (LMU)
21 May

21/05/2026 Lunch Talk: Communicating Mental Models
Valeria Burdea, Ph.D. (CAS Researcher in Residence/LMU) | Respondent: Prof. Dr. Christopher Donkin (LMU)
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“All About Art”, “Global Worlds” or “Relations”: Contributions to the current topics at CAS, well-founded and comprehensively presented. Current article: Menno Schilthuizen, “Darwin Still Informs the Origin of Species”.

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