CAS-E Center for Advanced Studies- Erlangen

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 03.02.2026, 6:15 pm CET.

Dr. Monika Hirmer will present on “Kuṇḍalinī in Cross-Cultural Context: Transmissions from South Asia to the West“

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https://cas-e.de/2025/10/07/ku%e1%b9%87%e1%b8%8dalini-in-cross-cultural-context-transmissions-from-south-asia-to-the-west-dr-monika-hirmer-research-coordinator-at-cas-e/

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 27.01.2026, 6:15 pm CET.

Paul Johnson will present on “Art, Presence, Sacrifice: The Death and Rebirth of the Cleveland “Thinker““

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https://cas-e.de/2025/10/07/art-presence-sacrifice-the-death-and-rebirth-of-the-cleveland-thinker-by-prof-paul-johnson/

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 20.01.2026, 6:15 pm CET.

Prof. Carole Cusack (CAS-E Fellow) will present on ''Bodily Sensation and Esoteric Transformation: Praxis in the Gurdjieff Work''

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For more information, please see the poster below ⬇️
https://cas-e.de/2025/10/07/bodily-sensation-and-esoteric-transformation-praxis-in-the-gurdjieff-work-by-prof-carole-cusack-cas-e-fellow/

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 13.01.2026, 6:15 pm CET.

Prof. Birgit Menzel will present on will present on ''Healing in Soviet-American New Age Diplomacy: A TTouch Method''

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https://cas-e.de/2025/10/07/healing-in-soviet-american-new-age-diplomacy-a-touch-method-by-prof-birgit-menzel/

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 16.12.2025, 6:15 pm CET.

Dr. Dominique Hertzer will present on will present on ''The Book of Changes (Yijing) in Chinese Medicine: Exploring "Pluralist Rationalities" of Divination and Chinese Medicine''

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For more information, please see the poster below ⬇️
https://cas-e.de/2025/10/07/the-book-of-changes-yijing-in-chinese-medicine-exploring-pluralist-rationalities-of-divination-and-chinese-medicine-by-dr-dominique-hertzer/

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 09.12.2025, 6:15 pm CET.

Dr. Mike Cifone will present on will present on ''Elusive Remainder: Jacques Vallée and the UFO Enigma''

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https://cas-e.de/2025/10/07/elusive-remainder-jacques-vallee-andthe-ufo-enigma-by-dr-mike-cifone-cas-e-fellow/

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 02.12.2025, 6:15 pm CET.

Prof. Jens Schlieter will present on will present on ''Panpsychism and the Power of the Mind: Esoteric Views of Consciousness and Reality in Mahāyāna Buddhism and the West''

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For more information, please see the poster below ⬇️
https://cas-e.de/2025/10/07/panpsychism-and-the-power-of-the-mind-esoteric-views-of-consciousness-and-reality-in-mahayana-buddhism-and-the-west-by-prof-jens-schlieter-cas-e-fellow/

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 25.11.2025, 6:15 pm CET.

Dr. Alexander Stark will present on will present on ''Numbers and Healing: Exploring the Minangkabau Traditional Medical System''

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https://cas-e.de/2025/10/07/numbers-and-healing-exploring-the-minangkabau-traditional-medical-system-by-dr-alexander-stark-cas-e-fellow/

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 18.11.2025, 6:15 pm CET.

Prof. Robert André Lafleur will present on will present on ''Mountains of Discourse: History, Ethnography, and the Cosmology of China’s Sacred Mountains''

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https://cas-e.de/.../collective-memory-and-thetradition.../

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 11.11.2025, 6:15 pm CET.

Dr. Nestor Manichkin will present on will present on ''Collective Memory and the Tradition of Sacred Pilgrimages in the Shamanic Environment of Modern Kyrgyzstan''

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https://cas-e.de/2025/10/07/collective-memory-and-thetradition-of-sacred-pilgrimages-inthe-shamanic-environment-ofmodern-kyrgyzstan-by-dr-nestor-manichkin-cas-e-fellow/

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 04.11.2025, 6:15 pm CET.

Dr. Knut Graw will present on will present on ''Ritual Praxis Inside Out: Tracing Emic-etic continuities in Mandinka divination''

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https://cas-e.de/2025/10/07/ritual-praxis-inside-out-tracing-emic-etic-continuities-in-mandinka-divination-by-dr-knut-graw-cas-e-permanent-fellow/

The next session of our Lecture Series will take place on Tuesday, 28.10.2025, 6:15 pm CET.

Dr. Jeremy Stolow will present on will present on ''Picturing Aura: A Visual Biography''

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For more information, please see the poster below ⬇️
https://cas-e.de/2025/10/07/picturing-aura-a-visual-biography-by-dr-jeremy-stolow-concordia-university/