#LectureSeries: „Soviet Biology in Changing Environments: Nature, Knowledge, and Life under Transformation“ (online via Zoom)

The lecture series is organized by Sergei Shevchenko as part of the Gerda Henkel Foundation project Biological Instability and Its Management: A Soviet History, 1920s–1950s.

Programme
- 12.05.2026 4:00 PM CET
Dmitriy Myelnikov (University of Cambridge) – Body as Environment in Soviet Medicine
- 19.05.2026 5:00 PM CET
Stephen Brain (Mississippi State University) – The Last Reform Before Collectivization: Biocentric Agriculture in the Soviet Union
- 09.06.2026 5:00 PM CET
Alexandra Noi (University of California, Santa Barbara) – Biology as Ideology: The Ideas of Human Plasticity and Soviet Carceral Practices
- 16.06.2026 4:00 PM CET
Anna Mazanik (Max Weber Network Eastern Europe) – Viruses, Vectors and Soviet Medicine in the Pacific Borderlands

https://rotorub.wordpress.com/roto-lecture-series/lecture-series-soviet-biology-in-changing-environments-nature-knowledge-and-life-under-transformation/

☝️ Tomorrow continues our series with a lecture by Simon David Hirsbrunner.

🎤 "The Ethics of AI-supported Research Methodologies"
📍Uni Siegen, AH-A 217/18 & webex
🕑 29 April, 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
🔗 info & registration: https://u-si.de/bAlBg

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Our NFDI4DS Lecture Series continues with Lecture 15 on 28. April 2026 9:00 online.

Johannes Kiesel will present GESIS Methods Hub - the collaborative online portal for finding and sharing computational methods in the social sciences

Registration: https://events.hifis.net/event/3998

#NFDI4DS #NFDIrocks #LectureSeries #SocialSciences #ComputationalMethods #GESIS
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☝️ Don’t miss! We start our series with a lecture by Olga Gorinuova.

🎤 Olga Gorinuova: "Ideal Subjects. The Abstract People of AI"
📍Universität Siegen, AH-A 215 & webex
🕑 15 April, 2:15 pm - 3:45 pm
🔗 info & registration: https://u-si.de/bAlBg

#SFB1187 #MediaOfCooperation #LectureSeries #MediaStudies #AI #ResponsibleAI #PersonalData #ResearchMethods

📢 The programme of our new lecture series »Cooperative Methodologies: Studying Sensory Media & AI« is out, and we are excited about all the contributions!

📍Universität Siegen & online via WebEx
🔗 info & registration for online attendance: https://u-si.de/bAlBg

#SFB1187 #MediaOfCooperation #LectureSeries #MediaStudies #AI #ResponsibleAI #ResearchMethods #GenerativeAI #MixedMethods

Our NFDI4DS Lecture Series continues with Lecture 14 on 24. March 2026 9:00 online.

Andreas Geiger will present Scholar Inbox, a new open-access platform designed to address the challenges researchers face in staying current with the rapidly expanding volume of scientific literature

Registration: https://events.hifis.net/event/3497/

#NFDI4DS #NFDIrocks #LectureSeries #sholarlyPapers #AIAssistant #Science

Our NFDI4DS Lecture Series continues with Lecture 13 on 24. February 2026 9:00 online.

Title: Back to basics: cataloguing standards as an enabler for knowledge graphs and AI

Speaker: Sofia Zapounidou

Registration via https://events.hifis.net/event/3628/

#NFDI4DS #NFDIrocks #LectureSeries #KnowledgeGraphs #AI #Cataloguing #DataManagement

Our NFDI4DS Lecture Series continues with Lecture 12 on 27. January 2026 9:00 online.

Title: Supporting Research Data Management with generative AI - a modern FAIRytale?

Speaker: Sandra Geisler

Registration via https://events.hifis.net/event/3498/.

#NFDI4DS #NFDIrocks #LectureSeries #ResearchDataManagement #RDM
#GenAI

On 12 January 2026, from 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. in lecture hall XIII 🕕, Dr Katrin Assenmacher from the European Central Bank 💶 will discuss whether digital central bank money represents a revolution 🚀 or evolution 🔄 in the monetary system.

👉 uni.koeln/EZYKJ

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