Cover of the magazine LICHTGEDANKEN issue 10.

LICHTGEDANKEN 10

The Research Magazine
Cover of the magazine LICHTGEDANKEN issue 10.
Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

Feature: »The imagined reality​«

On the legacy of Romanticism in the modern world

Does life have a meaning? And if so, what is it? Are we as individuals part of a greater whole? Some questions cannot be answered unequivocally, even with the most sophisticated scientific methods. But that does not stop us from searching for answers nevertheless. In doing so, we allow ourselves to be guided by our imagination: we create utopias, envision the future and imagine worlds and dimensions that go beyond those that can be measured and experienced. This form of conscious creation of meaning is an invention of Romanticism—the second innovative movement after the Enlightenment to set modernity on its way. Researchers at the University of Jena are studying the present-day traces of this era, in the very place where Romanticism had its origins in Germany.

Editorial

Reportage

  • Resurrecting a professor

    Ortolph Fomann the Younger died in 1640 and was buried in the church at the »Collegium Jenense«. Now, almost 400 years later, an interdisciplinary team is working on virtually resurrecting the man who taught history, poetry and law in Jena.

    Restorer Gina Grond conserves the epitaph "Johann Arnold Friderici".
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

Further Topics:

  • Inspired by nature

    International research team describes complete reaction path for electrocatalytic hydrogen generation

    Dr Laith Almazahreh investigates the mechanism of electrocatalytic hydrogen formation.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)
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  • Portrait

    Dirk von Petersdorff—scientist and poet

    Poet and scientist Dirk von Petersdorff in the garden of the Frommann estate.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

  • Behind the Scenes

    The Phyletic Museum's wet collection has been relocated

    Bernhard Bock inspects the preserved brain of a primate before putting it into the moving box.
    Image: Jens Meyer (University of Jena)

  • Exchange of views

    Why do we need science communication?

    View of the display of a camera and a lecture hall at the 2nd MINT Festival at the University of Jena.
    Image: Jürgen Scheere (University of Jena)

Sections

Notice

Articles identified by name do not have to correspond with the views of the publisher and the editorial team. The signatories are responsible for the content. For better readability, we have sometimes only used the masculine language form in the articles. However, all genders are equally addressed with the chosen phrases.

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