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Current Events at CAS

16 Oct

16/10/2025 Art at CAS: Vernissage Amélie Esterházy – Geometry of Disappearance
Introduction: Prof. Dr. Immanuel Bloch (LMU)
21 Oct

21/10/2025 Inverse Galois Problem and Galois Cohomology
Prof. Dr. Alexander S. Merkurjev (CAS Research Group/UCLA) | Chair: Prof. Dr. Nikita Geldhauser (CAS Research Group/LMU)
21 Oct

21/10/2025 Die Sinnlosigkeit des Lebens. Ein Fehlschluss?
Prof. Dr. Christof Rapp (LMU) | Chair: Prof. Dr. Monika Betzler (LMU)
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