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.

17. December 2025 | Online | Join us for an engaging talk titled: Buddhist Concept for Wellbeing and Some Empirical Evidence from Thailand

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?