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Publication project | Conference project | Research project

300 Years Immanuel Kant (1724–2024)

2024 marks the 300th anniversary of the birthday of Immanuel Kant, the philosopher from Königsberg. In preparation for the Year of Kant 2024, the BKGE is coordinating and organizing numerous activities around the topic of Immanuel Kant
Infrastructure project | Exhibition project

Erweiterung um eine Abteilung „Immanuel Kant, Königsberg und die deutsche Aufklärung" ("Creating a New Department: 'Immanuel Kant, Königsberg and the German Enlightenment'")

In 2024, the 300th birthday of the most important philosopher of modern times, Immanuel Kant, will be commemorated worldwide. Kant, who came from Königsberg and never left East Prussia, is to receive permanent museum recognition for the first time in Germany with the creation of a special...
Background article

Hungarian – Communist – Jew?

This article sheds light on some facets of the life of the philosopher Ernő Gáll, who as a Jew, a communist, and a Hungarian was both politically persecuted and a perpetrator. A committed intellectual, he acted as a mediator between different political factions and hostile ethnic groups throughout his life. In doing so, he developed an ethic of dignity and responsibility and coined the phrase "the dignity of individual character," which also has relevance for today's debates around the issue of identity.
Museum | Archive

Ostpreußisches Landesmuseum mit Deutschbaltischer Abteilung ("East Prussian State Museum with a Baltic German Department")

This museum, located right in the center of Lüneburg, is dedicated to the subject of East Prussia and the Baltic Germans. Here you will discover a fascinating region in East Central Europe, which, for 700 years, was shaped by the German language. Never before has a museum in Germany focused on the...
Workshop

Silesia-Colloquium

The "Silesia Colloquium" is an annual conference for young scholars researching topics related to Silesia. The colloquium is organized by the Cultural Department for Silesia at the Silesian Museum in Görlitz and the Upper Silesian Museum in Ratingen in cooperation with the Documentation Center HAUS...

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Biographical short film

The Copernican Turn of Immanuel Kant

Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) is one of the most important philosophers in history and one of the most important protagonists of the German-speaking Enlightenment. His creative period is divided into two phases: A first „pre-critical“ period and a later „critical“ period, in which the main works known to this day, first the „Critique of Pure Reason“ (1781) are published. Its creation constitutes the turning point in Kant's philosophical work, so fundamental and revolutionary that it is also called the „Copernican turn“ in Kant's philosophy.

But what was the background of this so decisive change of perspective in Kant's work? Let the philosopher himself tell us....
Background article

The debate between Austrian and Hungarian

The region of Burgenland was transferred to Austria in 1921. After the First World War the country was compensated with a territory which had previously been a part of Hungary. Since its “birth”, Austria’s historical claim to the region was contested by Hungarian historians. In contrast, Austrian historians were eager to integrate Burgenland into their new national histories. What follows is a comparative case study of how historians participated in creating histories based on nation, region, or ethnicity.