Academic lunch break at Heidelberg University
The academic lunch break is a series of events that takes place every summer semester in the University Church (Peterskirche) of the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg .
history
The academic lunch break was held for the first time in the summer semester 2011 on the occasion of the celebrations for the 625th anniversary of Heidelberg University. Since then, it has been organized annually in the summer semester by a faculty (university) or institution of the university. A scientist gives a fifteen-minute short lecture in the university church every weekday at 1 p.m., followed by a fifteen-minute discussion with the audience . The aim is to convey a wide range of current scientific questions and discussions in an understandable way to an audience outside the field.
The first series of events in 2011 was organized by the Center for Astronomy at the University of Heidelberg on the subject of "Uni (versum) for everyone! Half a Heidelberg Star Hours". Since 2015, the lectures can also be seen online on Heidelberg University's YouTube channel. In 2020 the academic lunch break was canceled due to the corona pandemic .
Organizing faculties
The organizing faculties and institutions have been:
- 2011: Center for Astronomy at the University of Heidelberg - "Uni (versum) for everyone! Halbe Heidelberger Sternstunden"
- 2012: South Asia Institute of Heidelberg University - "SAI included! In 50 questions through South Asia"
- 2013: New Philological Faculty of Heidelberg University - "Texts. Since 1386. Poems. Short prose. Language data."
- 2014: Medical Faculty of the University of Heidelberg - "Treatment, Research and Innovation"
- 2015: Heidelberg Center for the Cultural Heritage (HCCH) and Collaborative Research Center 933 "Material Text Cultures" - "5300 years of writing - a small story of humanity in 61 motifs"
- 2016: Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing (IWR), MAThematics Center Heidelberg at Heidelberg University (MATCH) and Heidelberg Institute for Theoretical Studies (HITS) - "Do you speak mathematics?"
- 2017: Theological Faculty of the University of Heidelberg and the University of Church Music Heidelberg (HfK) - "" ... is nothing more creative than the musica "(Luther)"
- 2018: Faculty of Biosciences at Heidelberg University - "From chaperones to zebrafish - 56 journeys into the cosmos of life"
- 2019: Law Faculty of Heidelberg University - "Understanding Law, Shaping Law - Challenges of Legal Thinking"
- 2020: canceled due to the corona epidemic