The METAPHOR TALKS of the CRC 1475 will enter the second round in the winter semester 2024/25! The aim of the series is to enter into dialog with scientists outside our interdisciplinary research network and to discuss their perspectives on metaphor and/or religion against the background of the work of the CRC 1475. For the second edition, six guests with very different academic backgrounds have been invited:
MON, 21 OCT 2024, 16:15-17:45: “Metaphors in Religious Language: A Register Perspective” | by Prof. Dr. Markus Egg (HU Berlin, Department of English and American Studies)
MON, 18 NOV 2024, 16:15-17:45: “Conceptual Metaphors and the Origins of Juridical Terminology” | by Dr. Lucien van Beek (Leiden University)
MON, 02 DEC 2024, 16:15-17:45: “Navigating Ambiguity: Analyzing Linguistic, Conceptual and Deliberate Metaphors in Discourse” | by Gudrun Reijnierse (VU Amsterdam)
MON, 16 DEC 2024, 14:30-16:00: “Challenges of Metaphor Analysis in Indigenous Cosmovisions of the Andes” | by Prof. Judith Visser (RUB)
MON, 13 JAN 2025, 16:15-17:45: “The Sovereign's Body: Metaphors of the Third between Politics and Religion” | by David Atwood (University Zurich)
MON, 20 JAN 2025, 16:15-17:45: “Visual and Multimodal Metaphor in Advertising and Political Cartoons” | by Dr. Charles Forceville (University of Amsterdam)
