{"title": "Diderots Dialoge als diskursive Strategie auf der Suche nach Wahrheit / Viel lügen die Dichter, vor allem die Romanautoren. Von Mademoiselle de Scudérys \"art du mensonge\" zu Oscar Wildes Klage über \"The Decay of Lying\"", "start": "2026-11-18T18:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-18T19:45:00+01:00", "place": "Rämistrasse 71, Zentrum, KOL-F 121", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A public lecture at the University of Zurich, part of the lecture series 'Wahrheit und Lüge' (Truth and Lies). The session is led by Prof. Dr. Christina Vogel and Dr. Henning Hufnagel. It is devoted to Denis Diderot's dialogues as a discursive strategy in the search for truth, and to lying in literature, from Mademoiselle de Scudéry's 'art du mensonge' to Oscar Wilde's 'The Decay of Lying'. The series takes a transdisciplinary, dialogic approach, with at least two lecturers per session.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/diderots-dialoge-als-diskursive-strategie-auf-der-suche-nach-128358/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/92b808918519cb0feadfc45556e929b20df7147bba718b6a321d71587a1ff86e-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-18T18:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-18T19:45:00+01:00", "place": "Rämistrasse 71, Zentrum, KOL-F 121", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Truth and Lies (Ringvorlesung der Fortgeschrittenen Forschenden und Lehrenden (FFL): Wahrheit und Lüge)", "start": "2026-11-18T18:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "KOL F 121, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/philosophy"], "description": "A public lecture series entitled \"Wahrheit und Lüge\" (Truth and Lies) devoted to transdisciplinary examination and reflection. It is run by the Ringvorlesung Commission of the Advanced Researchers and Lecturers (FFL) at UZH, organised by Dr. Michelle Dreiding. It explores different aspects of truth and lies in philosophy, literature, art, economics, law, politics, medicine and other fields. Each session is led dialogically by at least two lecturers; this evening addresses the search for truth in criminal and civil proceedings.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/truth-and-lies-ringvorlesung-der-fortgeschrittenen-forschend-119443/", "official_url": "https://www.uzh.ch/de/events/rv/truth-lies.html", "image": ""}, {"title": "Truth or Justice – That Is the Question / Excluding Truth in the Name of Justice / Rechtssicherheit versus Falsifikation: Wahrheitsfindung im Strafprozess / Beweis das mal! 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The series takes a transdisciplinary look at different aspects of truth and lies, fostered by its dialogical structure.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/truth-or-justice-that-is-the-question-excluding-truth-in-the-111515/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Truth or Justice – That Is the Question / Excluding Truth in the Name of Justice / Rechtssicherheit versus Falsifikation: Wahrheitsfindung im Strafprozess / Beweis das mal! Wahrheit(en) im Zivilprozess", "start": "2026-11-11T10:35:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zentrum, KOL F 121, Rämistrasse 71, Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/law/justice"], "description": "This is a session of the lecture series \"Wahrheit und Lüge\" (Truth and Lies) at the University of Zurich, devoted to how truth is established in criminal and civil proceedings. The event belongs to a transdisciplinary series run by advanced researchers and teachers at UZH that examines different aspects of truth and lies. Each session is led by at least two lecturers; here Prof. Dr. Karl Hofstetter, Holly Hoch, Dr. Alexander Vetterli and Matthias Hächler lead the session. The series aims to open new perspectives on truth and lies as fundamental aspects of science, culture and morality.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/truth-or-justice-that-is-the-question-excluding-truth-in-the-128347/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/92b808918519cb0feadfc45556e929b20df7147bba718b6a321d71587a1ff86e-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Wegweisendes für den Gang durch moralische Landschaften", "start": "2026-11-17T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zentralbibliothek Zürich", "address": "Zähringerplatz 6, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/art-history"], "description": "A lecture at Zentralbibliothek Zürich deals with paths, crossroads and moral decisions. It is aimed at people interested in culture and learning. It covers how pictorial motifs since antiquity illustrate questions of orientation, responsibility and how to lead one's life.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/wegweisendes-fur-den-gang-durch-moralische-landschaften-123147/", "official_url": "https://www.zb.uzh.ch/de/events/wegweisendes-fuer-den-gang-durch-moralische-landschaften", "image": "https://noky.io/images/463dab88e0decedbf6e54deacd3f0abee29f163a50a403713b9e0089352387f0-2000.webp"}, {"title": "«Unlesbar»: Von der Kritzelei bis zur Kryptographie", "start": "2026-11-09T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/computer-science", "literature"], "description": "The lecture «Unlesbar»: Von der Kritzelei bis zur Kryptographie explores the phenomenon of unreadable texts. Drawing on examples from the holdings of the Swiss Literary Archive in Bern, it offers a thematic overview. Topics range from old or cryptic handwriting and foreign writing systems to encrypted messages and creative forms of distorting texts and meaning. The lecture also serves as preparation for visiting the exhibition «Unlesbar» at the Literaturmuseum Strauhof.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/unlesbar-von-der-kritzelei-bis-zur-kryptographie-97564/", "official_url": "https://vhszh.ch/kursangebot/detail/unlesbar-von-der-kritzelei-bis-zur-kryptographie/26W-0380-22/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b0d198ede7ba85b11436ff3a53e08385963ae67c398e7dbc2c102ac1def74ee1-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Dubliners in 17 Sessions", "start": "2026-11-17T18:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zurich James Joyce Foundation", "address": "Augustinergasse 9, 8001 Zurich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "\"Dubliners in 17 Sessions\" is an English-language reading group at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation in Zurich. Each session begins with a very short introduction, after which one short story from James Joyce's \"Dubliners\" is discussed. Martin Mühlheim is behind the group, which is made possible by the Friends of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation. No prior knowledge or registration is required.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/dubliners-in-17-sessions-59875/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}