Meeting Schedule

FRIDAY, April 17, 2026

12:30 p.m. Meeting of the WIN Kollegs

For members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

• Insights into Poly-crises and Collaborative Possibilities

3:00 p.m. Academic sessions of the classes

for members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

• Mathematical and Natural sciences class
  Peter Roesky (Karlsruhe): Rare Earth Elements
• Philosophical and Historical Class
  Daniel Leese (Freiburg): The Mass Line as Political Practice: 6:00 p.m. Class Meetings

  For Academy members only

  SATURDAY, April 18, 2026

  9:30 a.m. Class meeting of the plenary

  For Academy members only

  approx. 10:40 a.m. Academic Session of the Plenum

  open to the public

  • Results of the 8th WIN Research Focus
  • Hartmut Esser (Mannheim): A Wrong Turn. How Empirical Educational Research Has Led Education Policy Astray

  1:30 p.m. Meeting of the Akademiekolleg

  For Academy members and members of the Young Academy only

  • Enno Giese: Is Schrödinger’s Cat Entangled?

FRIDAY, June 19, 2026 (Academy Lecture Hall)

For Academy members, Young Academy members, and invited guests only

3:00 p.m. Presentations by the award winners

SATURDAY, June 20, 2026 (Alte Aula, Heidelberg University)

11:00 Start, followed by the commemorative lecture

Commemorative lecture: Jonas Grethlein (Heidelberg): Prometheus: Modern Technology in the Light of an Ancient Myth

FRIDAY, July 17, 2026

12:30 WIN Kolleg meeting

for members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

• Mind, Vision, Integration: Reflecting on the Kolleg

3:00 PM Scientific Sessions

for members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

• Mathematical and Natural sciences class
  Eileen Furlong (Heidelberg): What’s in our genome: How does our DNA tell cells what to do?
• Philosophical and Historical Class
  Dieter Langewiesche (Tübingen): War as a Formative Force—Historical Patterns. On State and Nation-Building in Palestine/Israel and in Ukraine

6:00 p.m. Class Meetings of the Classes

for Academy members only

SATURDAY, July 18, 2026

09:30 Plenary class meeting

for members only

approx. 10:40 Plenary academic session

open to the public

• Presentation of the 9th WIN Research Focus
• Inaugural Address by Christiane Wiesenfeldt (Heidelberg)
• Inaugural Address by Jana Zaumseil (Heidelberg)

1:30 PM Meeting of the Akademiekolleg

for Academy and Young Academy members only

• Martin Fungisai Gerchen: Insights into Human Belief with Neuroimaging

FRIDAY, October 23, 2026

approx. 5:30 p.m. Dinner together

for members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

approx. 7:30 p.m. Keynote presentation

For members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

Followed by a discussion

SATURDAY, October 24, 2026

10:00 a.m. Public lecture

• Title to be announced

11:40 a.m. Reception

For members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

12:45 Supporting program

For members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

3:30 PM End of the event / individual return travel

The topic and exact date will be announced at a later time.

FRIDAY, November 20, 2026

12:30 WIN Kolleg Meeting

For members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

• Title to be announced

3:00 p.m. Scientific Sessions

For members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

• Mathematical and Natural Sciences Class
  Title to be announced
• Philosophical and Historical Class
  Eva von Contzen (Freiburg): Title to be announced

6:00 PM Class meetings

For members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

SATURDAY, November 21, 2026

9:30 a.m. Class meeting of the plenary

For members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

approx. 10:40 Scientific session of the plenary

open to the public

• Title to be announced

1:30 p.m. Meeting of the Akademiekolleg

For members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

FRIDAY, January 22, 2027

12:30 WIN Kolleg Meeting

For Academy and Young Academy members only

3:00 p.m. Scientific sessions

for members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

6:00 PM Class meetings of the classes

for members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

SATURDAY, January 23, 2027

9:30 a.m. Class meeting of the Plenary

For members of the Academy and the Young Academy only

approx. 10:40 Scientific session of the plenary

open to the public

1:30 PM Meeting of the Akademiekolleg

for members of the Academy and the Young Academy only