{:de}{:de} Regrettably, our originally scheduled lecturer, Prof. Emma Clery had to cancel due to health reasons; we wish her all the best and a speedy recovery! Nicola Pritchard-Prink agreed to take over, and we thank her for her readiness to jump in at such short notice! 250 years ago this December, one of the greatest […]
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{:de}The Orient is much-loaded term - geographically and historically. Our present picture of those countries usually associated with the Orient is strongly influenced by the depiction of it as it was common in British society in the eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Aladdin and the genie from his oil lamp is just one typical example […]
{:de}{:de} In all but the most repressive of dictatorships, ordinary people now have near universal and unrestricted access to knowledge. When we were young we turned to newspapers and TV to know what was happening in the wider world, but now the worldwide web is open to us all. Journalism, once an exclusive profession, is […]
{:de}It feels like AI is everywhere right now, it’s certainly one of the latest buzzwords in the news, but do we really understand what it is, or how it differs from traditional technology? In this lively and accessible talk by Dr. Donna Carroll, we will explore the many, often-overlooked ways that AI is already shaping […]
{:de}Football unites Unter diesem Titel wird der Fußballexperte Ralf Bockstedte, Spielerberater und Olympiabotschafter und zugleich Mitglied im Rat der Stadt Essen wie auch unserer Gesellschaft, einen Vortrag halten, der die Auswirkungen des Fußballs auch auf die deutsch-englische Beziehungen kenntnisreich schildert. Denn nicht zuletzt als einer der Akteure beim Transfer im Jahre 2013 von Lewis Holtby […]
{:de}“No society can legitimately call itself civilized if a sick person is denied medical aid because of lack of means.” So said Aneurin Bevan, the ‘fiery’ but eloquent Welsh Labour MP and Secretary of State for Health, who was instrumental in pushing for the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) in July 1948. For […]
{:de}The labour movement is beyond doubt one of the most consequential (and, indeed, beneficial) developments in social and economic history. Viscerally linked to the Industrial Revolution, it has also been the final liberation of the majority of the population from factual or at least economic serfdom existing throughout the centuries before, fighting against the vested […]
{:de}The earliest twinships between cities in the Ruhr area and Northern England date from the post-war era. Bochum was twinned with Sheffield, Dortmund with Leeds and Essen with Sunderland. In September 2021, the representatives of the Ruhr and Greater Manchester concluded a memorandum of understanding which was followed by the Innovation Bridge United Kingdom, Business […]
{:de}It sounds a bit weird, but did you know that James Bond, the famous British spy was “officially” born in Wattenscheid, Germany? You may ask why? Is there any proof? Look behind the curtains, real spy stories and the connections to Essen and Krupp... At the beginning only a few Bond enthusiasts and journalists knew […]