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Beate Passow, Monkey Business Gibraltar, 2017 (Art at CAS, WS 2019/20)

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Horst Antes: Nestor, Telemach (Album Leaf 4), 1966/67, gouache, collage on printed etching template by Bonaventura Genelli (Aquatec, ink, and paper), Franz Marc Museum, Etta and Otto Stangl Foundation, (Art at CAS, Winter 2020/21)

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Current Events at CAS

21 Oct

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04 Feb

21/10/2026 - 04/02/2027 Lecture Series, Winter Semester 2026/27 – “Mission Space”
The lecture series is part of the CAS Research Focus “Mission Space“.
09 Nov

09/11/2026 Lunch Talk: Connecting Brain Development and Education: How Schooling Shapes Who We Are at a Neurophysiological Level
Prof. Bruce McCandliss, Ph.D. (CAS Fellow/Stanford) | Chair: Prof. Dr. Christine Falter-Wagner (CAS Young Center/LMU)
12 Nov

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13 Nov

12/11/2026 - 13/11/2026 Cinemeducation – Medicine Through Film and Narrative
Symposium organized by Prof. Dr. Martin Fischer (LMU), Dr. Mike Rüb (Charité/LMU), Prof. Dr. Matthias Siebeck (LMU), and Dr. Moritz Trieb (Erlangen/LMU).
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“All About Art”, “Global Worlds” or “Relations”: Contributions to the current topics at CAS, well-founded and comprehensively presented. Current article: Menno Schilthuizen, “Darwin Still Informs the Origin of Species”.

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