New Lecture Series METAPHOR TALKS

The CRC 1475 starts a new Lecture Series, METAPHOR TALKS! The goal of the lecture series is to engage in dialogue with researchers from outside our interdisciplinary research centre and discuss their perspectives on metaphor and/or religion against the backdrop of the CRC's work. We're happy to announce that four guests with very different academic backgrounds have already been invited for this semester! In the upcoming METAPHOR TALKS, perspectives from cognitive science and religious studies with a focus on materiality, pragmatics, and literary studies will be discussed.

• MON, 22 APR 2024 "Metaphor and the Human Mind: Cognitive Frameworks for Figurative Language in Religion" | by Dr. Catalina Iricinschi

• MON, 13 MAY 2024 "God as King or God as Ascetic? Ornament in the Material Culture of Jain Icons" | by Prof. Dr. John E. Cort (Denison University)

• MON, 03 JUN 2024 "Tenor and Vehicle, Source and Target? Against Dualism in Metaphor Theory" | by Prof. Dr. Burkhard Niederhoff (Ruhr-University Bochum)

• MON, 01 JUL 2024 "Worshipping in 'Super-time' and 'Super-space': Metaphors, Proximization, and Religious Practice" | by Dr. Monika Kopytowska (University of Lodz)