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DAAD International Guest Professorship

The DAAD just granted an international Guest Professorship "Philosophy of Cognitive Science"! In the following four terms, four excellent international researchers and lecturers will offer additional seminars in English and are directed primarily at students in our MA study programs. But advanced BA students are very welcome! This winter term 2025/26, Prof. Robert Clowes (NOVA University Lissabon) will offer seminars on Generative AI, on AI companions, and on cognitive ontology. Sommer 2026: Prof. Nico Orlandi (University of California Santa Cruz), Winter 2026/27: Prof. Robert Rupert (University of Colorado, Boulder), Summer 2027: Prof. Kristin Andrews (York University/CUNY New York).

In the context of research-oriented teaching, Dr. Tobias Starzak and Prof. Tobias Schlicht will offer seminars which include a workshop each. The seminars will be in English and are directed primarily at BA students, but MA students are welcome. The "Kommentiertes Vorlesungsverzeichnis" provides further information about the seminars. Information about the workshops can be found here.