In the decades before the outbreak of the First World War, the University of Leipzig enjoyed international renown. Wilhelm Wundt (1832–1920) was one of the leading scholars at Leipzig's alma mater. 150 years ago, on October 1, 1875, he was appointed full professor of philosophy at the University of Leipzig, where he researched and taught until his retirement in 1917. The exhibition "Sensual and Supersensible World" is dedicated to Wundt's impact on Leipzig. His more than 40 years as a university lecturer in Leipzig coincided with a period of seemingly unchecked growth in society, the economy, and science. During this period of prosperity, new disciplines such as psychology were able to establish themselves at German universities.
As a researcher and teacher, Wilhelm Wundt had a more significant impact on the development of psychology as a recognized science than many others. At the Institute of Experimental Psychology he founded, the first of its kind in the world, he brought together young researchers who received crucial inspiration for their own research. These Wundt students had a formative influence on psychology in Germany and beyond for decades. In addition to psychology, Wundt influenced the development of other academic disciplines, particularly ethnology, history, sociology, and linguistics. With his monumental, ten-volume Völkerpsychologie (Ethnic Psychology), published between 1900 and 1920, he created a key work for the historically based cultural sciences.
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Monday, 14.07.2025/XNUMX/XNUMX
10: 00 - 18: 00
Tuesday, the 15.07.2025
10: 00 - 18: 00
Wednesday, the 16.07.2025
10: 00 - 18: 00
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