Tuesday
14
JUN

06:15 PM

Playing the End of the World as we Know it: Tabletop Role-Playing Games as (Post-)Apocalyptic Story Engines

Ending Worlds. CAPAS Lecture Series 2022

Prof. Dr. Adrian Hermann, University of Bonn & CAPAS Fellow

Streaming / Video URL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yF2sBE8nr78

Address

Neue Universität

HS 14

Grabengasse 3

69117 Heidelberg

Homepage Event

https://www.capas.uni-heidelberg.de/lecture_series_2022.html

Organizer

Käte Hamburger Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies | CAPAS

Homepage Organizer

https://www.capas.uni-heidelberg.de

Contact

Barbara Mittler

Alle Termine der Veranstaltung '​Ending Worlds. CAPAS Lecture Series 2022':

End time scenarios like the ongoing COVID-19 crisis or the flood disaster and heat waves due to anthropogenic climate change are just the most recent examples of experiences that act as apocalyptic catalysts and inspire apocalyptic thinking.

"Ending Worlds" is a joint lecture series of the Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (CAPAS) and the project “Epochal Life Worlds: Man, Nature and Technology in Narratives of Crisis and Change” of the Joint Center for Advanced Studies “Worldmaking from a Global Perspective: A Dialogue with China”. It undertakes the task of exploring imaginaries and experiences of catastrophic and (post-)apocalyptic events from an interdisciplinary perspective. The summer semester of 2022 is dedicated to imaginaries and experiences of (post-)apocalyptic and catastrophic events with a special focus on Asia.

Both centres are advanced research centres which host internationally renowned fellows. With this format, the research at the centres is made accessible to all members of Heidelberg University and the interested public. Lectures are going to be held in English.

The respective current pandemic regulations apply. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the lectures will be streamed digitally as well.

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Playing the End of the World as we Know it: Tabletop Role-Playing Games as (Post-)Apocalyptic Story Engines

Prof. Dr. Adrian Hermann, University of Bonn & CAPAS Fellow

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