11 December 2025 | Presence: The Language Centre invites you to a language meetup on December 11, 2025, at 2:30 p.m. in the foyer of the Faculty of Social Sciences (Rudolfskai 42, Salzburg) under the motto “My Place(s)”. The event offers the opportunity to exchange ideas about special places and countries while speaking different languages. There will be several language tables moderated by experts, so that beginners and advanced learners alike can participate. The Language Meetup is free of charge and registration is not required – just drop by and join in. Further information on the languages offered and the schedule can be found on the Language Centre’s website.

Children are among those most affected by global injustice – from poverty and malnutrition to exploitation and lack of education. Yet, in most debates on global justice, they remain almost invisible. In his new book “Global Justice for Children: A Capability Approach” (Routledge 2025), Gottfried Schweiger from the Centre for Ethics and Poverty Research at the University of Salzburg argues that this must change.

1 December 2025 | Presence: What is the relationship between unsettling, threatening, or even horrific realities and the activity of artists and intellectuals who pursue “purely” aesthetic or academic endeavors? Can art or scholarship have a direct effect on socio-political reality, and should it aspire to do so? Conversely, when does aesthetic, artistic, or historical contemplation become a kind of escapism, a healthy or unhealthy coping mechanism with unbearable realities?