Hanse Lectures

In the “Hanse Lectures” series, we invite renowned speakers to hold lectures and visit the HWK and labs in the region, usually on the last Thursday of the month during the semester at 6pm. After the lecture, all guests are invited to join the speaker for an informal dinner with the opportunity for further discussion and informal exchange. We appreciate your timely registration so that we can plan the catering accordingly!

Please send an E-Mail to Dr. Dorothe Poggel if you wish to receive invitations for the Hanse Lectures on a regular basis or if you would like to suggest a speaker. By the way: topics of the lectures encompass all disciplines integrated in HWK's "Brain & Mind" research area, i.e. they are not limited to the neurosciences and cognitive sciences.

Current and Future Hanse Lectures

Winter Semester 2023/2024

  • Tuesday (!!!), 28. November 2023 - 6.00pm (HYBRID - in presence & online)
    Prof. Dr. Niko Busch 
    Professor Allgemeine Psychologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
    Mapping the Garden of Forking Paths of Electroencephalography Analysis – How Does Analytic Flexibility Impact the Robustness of Research Findings?
  • Thursday, 25. January 2024 - 6.00pm *** POSTPONED TO APRIL BECAUSE OF TRAIN STRIKE!!! ***
    Hanse Lecture Nova (presentation of new professors in the region)
    Prof. Dr. Jörg Albert
    Professor of Sensory Physiology & Behaviour, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
    How to hear a tone (... or two): audibility generation in the ears of male malaria mosquitoes.

Summer Semester 2024

  • Thursday, 25. April 2024 - 6.00pm (HYBRID - in presence & online)
    Hanse Lecture Nova (presentation of new professors in the region)
    Prof. Dr. Jörg Albert
    Professor of Sensory Physiology & Behaviour, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
    How to hear a tone (... or two): audibility generation in the ears of male malaria mosquitoes.
  • Thursday, 30. May 2024 - 6.00pm (HYBRID - in presence & online)
    Prof. Dr. Kerstin Ritter
    Junior Professor for Computational Neuroscience, Charité - University Medical School Berlin
    Title TBD (AI, neuronal networks, imaging methods)
  • Thursday, 27. June 2024 - 6.00pm (HYBRID - in presence & online)
    Prof. Dr. Ulf Ziemann
    Center of Neurology, Department Neurology and Stroke, Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research & University Hospital, Tübingen, Germany
    Title TBD (neuronal plasticity, rehabilitation)