Die Käte Hamburger Lectures bieten einen Einblick in die aktuellen Forschungsarbeiten des Kollegs, tragen diese in die Universität hinein und laden die interessierte Öffentlichkeit zu einer Diskussion über kulturelle Praktiken der Reparation ein. Käte Hamburger Direktor Prof. Dr. Markus Messling wird den Auftaktvortrag zum Thema „Reparations of the Republic? The case of the Champollion statue“ halten.
Markus Messling: Reparations of the Republic? The case of the Champollion statue
Jean-François Champollion is a hero of French republicanism, even though he is known today mainly for deciphering the hieroglyphs. Tellingly, his statue stands in front of France’s most important educational institution, the Collège de France, sculpted by none other than Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi who is famous for his Statue of Liberty in New York. Restored to shine brightly to mark the 200th anniversary of Champollion’s deciphering of hieroglyphs, his statue has long provoked fierce criticism from Egyptian intellectuals and politicians. Its visual claims appear to be as contradictory as Champollion’s own consciousness of the world: the universalism to which he owed his rise as the first professor of Egyptology did not blind him to the destruction originating in European modernity. Champollion and his statue thus serve as a focal point for questions about traditions and reparations of the French Republic.
Mi, 22.05.2024, 18 Uhr, Campus Geb. B3 2, Hörsaal 0.03. Eine Veranstaltung des Käte Hamburger Kollegs für kulturelle Praktiken der Reperation (CURE) in Kooperation mit dem CEUS.
Im Sommersemester 2024 finden noch zwei weitere Termine der Käte Hamburger Lectures am 19.06.2024 und 17.07.2024 statt. Weitere Informationen hierzu folgen.