{"title": "Die Macht apokalyptischer Sprache: Zum Diskurs über Klimakriege", "start": "2026-10-29T18:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität Zürich Zentrum, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich, KO2 F 180", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/languages", "history"], "description": "A public lecture on the power of apocalyptic language in the discourse on climate wars. It is organised by the University of Zurich as part of the lecture series «Die Sprache der Macht. Die Macht der Sprache», which examines the relationship between language and power from various academic perspectives. Prof. Dr. Benedikt Korf from UZH's Department of Geography will speak. 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The series examines the relationship between language and power from several scholarly perspectives and aims to foster a critical approach to language as a societal force.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/worte-als-waffen-hassrede-im-zeitalter-des-populismus-78489/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b934b4b5b034428de5d8804e616e483ce1b693157fef82b37d8e1b291c3af761-2000.webp"}, {"title": "LGBTQ+ Free Zones, Language Brutalisation and Legal Resistance in Poland", "start": "2026-11-12T18:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-12T19:45:00+01:00", "place": "Universität Zürich Zentrum, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/queer"], "description": "A lecture in the series «Die Sprache der Macht. Die Macht der Sprache» on LGBTQ+ Free Zones in Poland, language brutalisation and legal resistance. 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The series examines truth and lies across disciplines, with each session dialogically led by at least two lecturers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/truth-or-justice-that-is-the-question-excluding-truth-in-the-33358/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "OFN: dansk naturvidenskab i klubhuset - \"Kaffe\"", "start": "2026-11-03T18:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Nordiska Roddföreningen i Zürich", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["food-drink/coffee", "science"], "description": "The lecture \"Kaffe\" is part of Aarhus Universitet's lecture series \"Offentlige foredrag i Naturvidenskab\", which is livestreamed to around 350 locations and now also comes to the big screen at Mythenquai in Zürich – the only place in Switzerland. The lectures are in Danish and will not be posted online afterwards, so attendance in person is required; everyone is welcome, including non-members. Klaus Bucka-Lassen is responsible for the event. Admission is free, with an apéro of beer, wine and chips from 18:15.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/ofn-dansk-naturvidenskab-i-klubhuset-kaffe-21195/", "official_url": "https://nordiska.ch/public/termin_detail.php?id=2760", "image": ""}, {"title": "Podiumsdiskussion: Publish or Perish? Was ist ein Text noch wert?", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-05T20:30:00+01:00", "place": "Campus Oerlikon BIM", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/publishing"], "description": "A panel discussion under the title «Publish or Perish? Was ist ein Text noch wert?». It takes place at Campus Oerlikon BIM of the University of Zurich. Registration is possible through the University of Zurich.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/podiumsdiskussion-publish-or-perish-was-ist-ein-text-noch-we-69392/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Sprachtreff Schweizerdeutsch A1-C1 (Dialekt)", "start": "2026-11-02T18:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Rechtswissenschaftliche Bibliothek, RWI Bibliothek", "address": "Rämistrasse 74/27, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": [], "description": "A language get-together where Swiss German is spoken in a casual setting at levels A1 to C1. Behind it is the Language Center of UZH and ETH Zurich, whose Self-Access Center offers such activities to support autonomous and cooperative language learning. The idea is to practise and deepen the dialect together. The meeting takes place at the Law Library.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/sprachtreff-schweizerdeutsch-a1-c1-dialekt-68893/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Understanding and Reducing the Uncertainty in Future Warming", "start": "2026-11-02T14:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "ETH OAT", "address": "Andreasstrasse 5, 8050 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["science/earth-sciences/climate"], "description": "A doctoral thesis titled 'Understanding and Reducing the Uncertainty in Future Warming' will be defended in public. The event is hosted by ETH Zürich, with the defence taking place in room LEE 101. It deals with the uncertainties of future warming and how they can be reduced. 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