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"Climate in historical perspective" – further lectures in autumn

The lecture series "Climate in Historical Perspective", organized by the Gotha Collection and Research Network, will be continued in autumn with two further lectures.

On Thursday, October 29, at 5:15 pm, the meteorologist and science communicator Franz Ossing (Potsdam) will speak about "The Little Ice Age - Weather, Climate and Geology in Dutch Painting". On Wednesday, November 18, at 5:15 p.m., historian Linda Richter (Frankfurt/Main) will give an insight into the history of knowledge of weather: "Semiotics, Physics, Organics. A history of the knowledge of weather in German countries (1750–1850)". Both lectures will probably be held online. Registration at verbund.gotha@uni-erfurt.deis requested. Further information will soon be available in the blog of the Gotha Collection and Research Network.