About Matchpoints
The purpose of a MatchPoints seminar is to create dialogue between Aarhus University and the surrounding society concerning subjects of wider societal interest. Therefore the seminars will be open to the public.
Moreover, it is characteristic of a MatchPoints seminar that the speakers at these seminars rank among the most highly esteemed national and international figures in the field and subject that the seminar is focused on.
The first MatchPoints seminar was November 15-17 2007 and has since been held three times. Read about Earlier Events on knowledge-based economy, nationhood in plural societies, post humanity and on democracy.
Director of the MatchPoints Seminars is associate professor Michael Bøss, Department of Aestetics and Communication at Aarhus University.
Matchpoints 2012 is organised by Annette Bohn, Hans Lauge Hansen, Francesco Caviglia, Leonardo Cecchini, Stefan Iversen and Mads Rosendahl Thomsen.
Conference fee: 150 EUR, 100 EUR for Post Graduates. Click to register
Conference venue: Aarhus University, Søauditorierne, Bartholins Allé 3, 8000 Aarhus.
MatchPoints 2011
An interdisciplinary conference with discussions on democratic renewal and and the concurrent democratisation tendencies on the Arabic Peninsula. The conference was held at Aarhus University in Denmark, May 12.-14., with participants honorary Professor Francis Fukuyama and Newsweek editor Fayeed Zakaria.
- Matchpoints 2011. Discussion on democratisation between professor Francis Fukuyama and Newsweek editor Fayeed Zakaria.
UDNÆVNELSER OG PRISMODTAGELSER
Annelli Sandbæk ny professor på AU (01.06.2011)
Jan Frystyk udnævnt til professor (27.05.2011)
