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Interdisciplinary lecture series on waves

Nov 11, 2024
During the winter semester 24/25, the lecture series "Waves" will highlight aspects of the wave from the perspective of various faculties at the University of Bremen. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen
During the winter semester 24/25, the lecture series "Waves" will highlight aspects of the wave from the perspective of various faculties at the University of Bremen. Photo: MARUM – Center for Marine Environmental Sciences, University of Bremen

Waves are the topic and title of an interdisciplinary lecture series in the scientific focus area of marine, polar and climate research at the University of Bremen. For the first time, a dialog on oceans across disciplines will be facilitated.

Alice Lefebvre and Elda Miramontes Garcia from MARUM are taking part.

 

Particularly in the natural sciences, the perspectives on waves are clear: the interaction of turbulence, waves and eddies in the ocean and the atmosphere helps to determine the Earth's climate and temperature. Our climatic future is measured in waves of different sizes, speeds and orders, in tsunamis, “rogue waves” or regular waves. But there are also other associations: Economics and sociology, for example, are familiar with wave-like phenomena. Art is full of iconic depictions of waves. Then, of course, there are waves of a completely different kind: sound waves, gravitational waves, electromagnetic waves, or even the wave as an aquatic metaphor for political movements and literary and cinematic trends.

The series is organized by Prof. Kerstin Knopf (Faculty of Linguistics and Literature) and Prof. Andrea Muehlebach (Faculty of Cultural Studies).

The meeting point is the rotunda in the “Cartesium” building, Emmy-Noether-Straße, every second Tuesday from 6:15 to 8 pm. The series begins on November 12.

Announcement flyer. Graphic: Bremen NatureCultures Lab

Announcement flyer. Graphic: Bremen NatureCultures Lab