Thomasius Club: Valentin Groebner – Off the Beaten Track. Travel for Pleasure

Five years after the pandemic-induced border closures, more people than ever before are traveling for leisure worldwide, and news of overcrowding and the destruction of supposed idylls is omnipresent. Intended as a personal reward and a break, these travelers nevertheless seem frantically searching for beauty and authenticity. It's time, then, to talk to Valentin Groebner about the paradoxes of tourism.

Valentin Groebner is Professor of Medieval and Renaissance History at the University of Lucerne. He has been a Fellow at the Berlin Institute for Advanced Study and the European University Institute in Florence, and a Visiting Professor at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. He is the author of numerous books on cultural and scientific history. In 2024, he received the Aby Warburg Foundation's Science Prize.

The discussion will be led by Uta Karstein and Anna Rieß. Admission is free.

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The Thomasius Club is an open discussion group that invites scientists to speak on current topics in their research. The Thomasius Club's program is carefully selected and decided upon by a small group of active members. The club is named in memory of the Leipzig philosopher and legal scholar Christian Thomasius, who began publishing his monthly discussions in 1688. The Thomasius Club also follows the idea of ​​this journal: to disseminate scientific content in German. The approximately one-hour discussions are available as podcasts for interested listeners (http://www.thomasius-club.de).
Supported by LISA – The Science Portal of the Gerda Henkel Foundation, the University Library of Leipzig and the Institute for Cultural Studies Leipzig.