Archive Arts and Social Sciences 2017

Article list Arts and Social Sciences

• 20.12.2017 History

  Cinema and Scandal

  UZH historian Martin Bürgin researches films that caused an uproar – and he is bringing them back to the big screen in a special film series.

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• 20.12.2017 Economics

  Teure Kinder

  Well-to-do couples in developed countries are having fewer and fewer children. While this may be good in terms of global overpopulation, it has unsettling consequences for living together.

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• 07.12.2017 History

  The Cradle of Western Modernity

  Bernd Roeck has written a major book about a period of major importance – the Renaissance. The historian spoke to us about the turning point that laid the foundation for Western modernity.

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• 04.12.2017 Social and Cultural Anthropology

  Under the Myanmar Sun

  Violence against the Rohingya people, a Muslim minority in Myanmar, has thrust the country back into the international spotlight. Anthropologist Georg Winterberger spent time in Myanmar researching the lives of the majority Buddhist population there.

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• 23.11.2017 Psychology

  Speedy Swiss

  The pace of life differs depending on where in the world you are – in Switzerland it is the fastest of anywhere. That could be a good thing, but does it also lead us to work too hard? Why are so many workers suffering from stress and burning out? It doesn’t have to be this way.

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• 25.10.2017 Literature

  Feminism in the Age of Donald Trump

  Twenty-five years after the publication of Elisabeth Bronfen’s groundbreaking work Over Her Dead Body, Bronfen, Judith Butler, and other international stars of the feminist literary scene met at UZH for a symposium marking the book’s anniversary.

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• 16.10.2017 Psychology

  Overcoming Crises

  Why are some people better at coping with emotional stress than others? This is what resilience research wants to find out. An international group of psychologists has now come together to establish common principles for this fledgling field of research.

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• 31.08.2017 Men's studies

  Healthy Optimists

  Psychologist Ulrike Ehlert is looking into what keeps men over 40 healthy, fit, and satisfied. What’s important, she’s found, is an optimistic outlook on life and regular physical exercise.

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• 02.02.2017 Political Science

  “Withdrawing into a shell of nationalism”

  New US president Donald Trump is preaching national egotism, and all over Europe nationalist parties are gaining ground. In this interview political scientist Stefanie Walter explains what this means for the future of world trade and the post-war world order.

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