{"title": "Platons sogenannte 'edle Lüge' – Propaganda oder wahre Dichtung? / Selbsttäuschung – eine sokratische Besinnung", "start": "2026-11-03T17:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-03T18:45:00+01:00", "place": "Rämistrasse 71, KOL-F 121", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": [], "description": "A public double lecture on Plato's so-called 'noble lie' and on self-deception as a Socratic reflection. It forms part of the transdisciplinary lecture series 'Wahrheit und Lüge' (Truth and Lies) run by the Advanced Researchers and Teachers of the University of Zurich, which examines various aspects of truth and lies in science, culture and morality. The session is led by Dr. Edwin de Sterke and Dr. Hansueli Rüegger, as each session of the series is dialogically shaped by at least two lecturers. It takes place at KOL, Rämistrasse 71.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/platons-sogenannte-edle-luge-propaganda-oder-wahre-dichtung-103271/", "official_url": "", "image": "", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-03T17:15:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-03T18:45:00+01:00", "place": "Rämistrasse 71, KOL-F 121", "address": "", "tickets": ""}, {"start": "2026-11-04T18:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Rämistrasse 71, KOL-F 121", "address": "", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"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": "2026-11-11T18:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "KOL F 121, Rämistrasse 71, Zentrum", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/law"], "description": "A lecture in the «Wahrheit und Lüge» (Truth and Lies) lecture series at the University of Zurich. Behind the series is the Ringvorlesung commission of the Advanced Researchers and Teachers (FFL). The session deals with finding truth in criminal proceedings and truth and evidence in civil proceedings, led by several lecturers. The dialogical structure of the series promotes a transdisciplinary examination of truth and lies.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/truth-or-justice-that-is-the-question-excluding-truth-in-the-82894/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}, {"title": "Worte als Waffen – Hassrede im Zeitalter des Populismus", "start": "2026-11-05T17:15:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Universität Zürich Zentrum, Karl-Schmid-Strasse 4, 8006 Zürich, Hörsaal F 180", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/politics/populism"], "description": "A lecture titled «Worte als Waffen – Hassrede im Zeitalter des Populismus» (Words as Weapons – Hate Speech in the Age of Populism), part of the lecture series «Die Sprache der Macht. Die Macht der Sprache» (The Language of Power. The Power of Language). The speaker is Prof. Dr. Karsten Donnay from the Department of Political Science at UZH; the series is organized by the Commission UZH Interdisciplinary (UZH-i). The series examines language as an instrument of power – covering topics such as propaganda and hate speech – from several disciplines. The talks take place at the University of Zurich in the city center and are usually recorded and released as podcasts.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/worte-als-waffen-hassrede-im-zeitalter-des-populismus-103273/", "official_url": "https://www.uzh.ch/de/events/rv/language-power.html", "image": ""}, {"title": "Narzisstisch sind immer nur die anderen!", "start": "2026-11-03T16:30:00+01:00", "end": "2026-11-03T18:00:00+01:00", "place": "Rechtswissenschaftliche Bibliothek, RWI Bibliothek", "address": "Rämistrasse 74/27, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society/psychoanalysis"], "description": "A public lecture on narcissism titled «Narzisstisch sind immer nur die anderen!». Behind it is Klaus Eidenschink, a philosopher, theologian, executive coach and author of non-fiction books, among others «Es gibt keine Narzissten! Nur Menschen in narzisstischen Nöten». The lecture takes place at UZH at Rämistrasse 74/76 in room RAI-H-041.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/narzisstisch-sind-immer-nur-die-anderen-34241/", "official_url": "https://mim.ethz.ch/news-and-events/UpcomingEventsandActivities.html", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1b06a507d817439d246576688e155b4f39bc42f281ce2669bfe591f1d0da6fd9-2000.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, "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. The speaker is Prof. Jakub Urbanik of the University of Warsaw. The series examines the relationship between language and power and is organised by the Commission UZH Interdisziplinär. It aims to foster a conscious and critical approach to language as a societal factor of power.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/lgbtq-free-zones-language-brutalisation-and-legal-resistance-40736/", "official_url": "", "image": ""}]}