Home News & Events Events 2024 Events 2024 Events Location: Volkshaus Jena - Carl-Zeiss-Platz 15, 07743 Jena Workshop: Linguistic Prehistory and Ecology in the Northern Pacific Rim Start: Aug 28, 2024 09:00 AM (Local Time Germany) End: Aug 29, 2024 09:00 PM Speaker: Various Location: Volkshaus Jena - Carl-Zeiss-Platz 15, 07743 Jena Host: Language and the Anthropocene Research Group - Martine Robbeets & Martijn Knapen Contact: robbeets@gea.mpg.de [more] Lecture: The Invention of Nature - Alexander von Humboldt’s New World Date: Jun 24, 2024 Time: 07:30 PM - 09:00 PM (Local Time Germany) Speaker: Andrea Wulf Location: Volkshaus Jena - Carl-Zeiss-Platz 15, 07743 Jena Host: Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology Contact: org@gea.mpg.de In this beautifully illustrated talk, award winning and bestselling author Andrea Wulf tells the story of Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859), the great scientist and intrepid explorer who has more things named after him than anyone else. [more]