Welcome
The Collegium Helveticum is the joint Institute for Advanced Studies (IAS) of ETH Zurich, the University of Zurich, and the Zurich University of the Arts. We aim to provide a meeting place and forum for dialogue between the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, engineering, medical science and the arts. |
Fellows
Starting in September 2023, nine early-career fellows will pursue their projects at the Collegium Helveticum along with a varying number of senior and associate fellows.Yael BorofskyEarly-Career Fellow Noé BrasierEarly-Career Fellow Georgia DrewEarly-Career Fellow Emma MavodzaEarly-Career Fellow Bruno MoreschiEarly-Career Fellow Celestin MutuyimanaEarly-Career Fellow Ari RayEarly-Career Fellow Madeline WokerEarly-Career Fellow Paulo WirzEarly-Career Fellow Veronica AkleSenior Fellow Tuncay AlanSenior Fellow N. AsokanSenior Fellow Maneesha DeckhaSenior Fellow Somayeh DodgeSenior Fellow Niels van DoornSenior Fellow Katherine ElviraSenior Fellow Huib ErnsteSenior Fellow Kenneth GillinghamSenior Fellow Christopher HassonSenior Fellow Makiko HashinagaSenior Fellow Inge HinterwaldnerSenior Fellow Ulrike KlingerSenior Fellow Urte KrassSenior Fellow Marielle MacéSenior Fellow Kettly MarsSenior Fellow Galen McKinleySenior Fellow Francesca MelandriSenior Fellow Bernhard MikeskaSenior Fellow Maryna NehreySenior Fellow Vadym RakochiSenior Fellow Kriss RavettoGuest of the director Lyudmyla RomanyukSenior Fellow Lorenzo RomitoSenior Fellow Walid SadokSenior Fellow Thomas SchroepferSenior Fellow Margaret-Anne StoreySenior Fellow Tim ShawSenior Fellow Anke te HeesenSenior Fellow Nikolaos ZagklasSenior Fellow |
Fellowship program
Located in the historic Semper Observatory, the Collegium Helveticum offers academics and artists a highly international, interdisciplinary environment where they can work on their research projects. |
Event calendar
May 03, 2023, 10:00–16:00 Mathematics from a Cultural PerspectiveOrganized by: Iakovos Androulidakis and Alberto Cattaneo Registration: If you are interested in participating, please register here. Is mathematics an abstract expression of intelligence of the human species, or does it contribute to culture? What does the historical and archaeological evidence show?
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Program |
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10:00 |
Opening & Welcome wordsSebastian Bonhoeffer (Director, Collegium Helveticum)
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10:15 |
A Hellenistic Dynamic Theory
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11:15 |
Coffee break |
11:45 |
The Socio-Cultural Background of the Emergence Of
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12:45 |
Lunch break |
15:00 |
Aspects of Objectification in Euclid
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16:00 |
Panel discussion with all participants |
16:45 |
Concluding remarks & discussion |
Speakers & Abstracts |
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Dionysios Lappas
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Aspects of Objectification in Euclid
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Lucio Russo
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A Hellenistic Dynamic TheoryIn the dialogue “De facie quae in orbe luna apparet,”Plutarch mentions a
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Erwin Neuenschwander
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The Socio-Cultural Background of the Emergence Of
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Collegium Helveticum
Semper-Sternwarte (ETH/STW)
Schmelzbergstrasse 25
CH-8006 Zurich
Switzerland
Collegium Helveticum
ETH Zurich/STW
Schmelzbergstrasse 25
CH-8092 Zurich
Schweiz
info(a)collegium.ethz.ch
+41 (0)44 632 69 06
Tram 10 from Zürich Bahnhofplatz (direction Zürich Flughafen) or Tram 6 from Bahnhofstrasse/HB (direction Zoo), three stops to ETH/Universitätsspital. Go left from University Hospital Zurich and follow Schmelzbergstrasse to Schmelzbergstrasse 25. Climb the stairs by the green fountain and you have arrived at the Collegium Helveticum. Welcome!