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Global Interconnections, Situated Bodies: Ethnographic Perspectives on Beauty

  • locationHochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
  • Bern, Switzerland
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Speaker: Prof. Dr. Claudia Liebelt, Social and Cultural Anthropology, Freie Universität Berlin "The Human Body: Ideas and Boundaries" - Lecture Series of the Collegium generale in the Fall Semester 2026 The human body appears familiar and self-evident to us. But what is considered healthy, normal, beautiful, capable, or even human has developed historically, is culturally shaped, and scientifically debated. The lecture series questions the ideas, expectations, and boundary-setting that influence our view of the body. In doing so, it offers new insights into a topic that concerns everyone and yet is full of surprising questions.

Highlights

  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Claudia Liebelt
  • Part of the lecture series "The Human Body: Ideas and Boundaries"
  • Discussion of beauty and body perception

General Information

The event takes place at the University of Bern and is part of a lecture series that deals with the cultural and historical ideas of the human body. Prof. Dr. Claudia Liebelt will provide insights into the complex topics surrounding health, normality, and beauty.

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locationHochschulstrasse 4, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
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