When does the lecture take place?

The lecture begins on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 6:30 PM and is expected to end at 8:00 PM.

Where does the event take place?

The venue is the University of Augsburg, Building H, Law Section, Lecture Hall 1009, Universitätsstraße 2, 86159 Augsburg.

Who is giving the lecture?

Prof. Dr. Andreas Reckwitz, Professor of General Sociology and Cultural Sociology at Humboldt University of Berlin, is giving the opening lecture.

What is the content about?

The lecture examines experiences of loss, inheritance relations, and the transformation of the modern regime of time in late modernity.

Is registration required?

Registration for the event is required through the University of Augsburg.

What is the entrance fee?

A specific entrance fee is not stated in the available event information.

When progress ends: Andreas Reckwitz opens the view on loss in Augsburg

Name: Loss and Modernity. Lecture by Prof. Dr. Andreas Reckwitz
Start: 2026-11-10T18:30:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-10T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Universität Augsburg, Gebäude H (Jura), Hörsaal 1009

Andreas Reckwitz speaks in Augsburg about loss and modernity

How does our perspective on progress, the past, and the future change when experiences of loss become increasingly visible in late modernity? Prof. Dr. Andreas Reckwitz will open the International Guest Professorship at the Jakob-Fugger-Center of the University of Augsburg on November 10, 2026, with a lecture on Loss and Modernity.

When progress no longer seems self-evident

The lecture begins with a fundamental change in the modern regime of time. The imperative of progress, which has shaped classical modernity, is losing its self-evidence. At the same time, experiences of loss, uncertainty, and rupture are becoming more pronounced. Reckwitz examines how these developments can be sociologically grasped and what new image of Western modernity emerges from them.

Experiences of loss and the new awareness of heritage

The focus is on two interconnected themes: losses and inheritance relations. What a society believed to have left behind gains significance again in a new awareness of inheritance. The lecture asks how people and institutions deal with what has disappeared, continues to influence, or needs to be reassessed.

Social theory with immediate relevance to the present

Andreas Reckwitz connects social theory, cultural sociology, and contemporary diagnosis. His work on praxiology, forms of subjectivation, creativity, and the society of singularities has significantly shaped the public debate on modern living environments. With his book Loss. A Fundamental Problem of Modernity, he focuses on a topic that equally shapes political conflicts, cultural disputes, and personal experiences.

An evening for the university and the city society

The International Guest Professorship brings distinguished personalities from science, politics, business, and art to Augsburg. Lectures, seminars, and debates create a connection between the university and city society. The event management of the Jakob-Fugger-Center is aimed at students and educators as well as all interested parties who wish to discuss current issues of the present from a scientific perspective.

Conclusion: Experience society in transformation live

The audience can expect a concentrated, insightful evening of lectures about progress, memory, loss, and responsibility. Anyone wanting to better understand social changes and experience the audience mood of a scientific exchange at the University of Augsburg will find this lecture an inspiring approach to a central theme of our time.