{"id":139856,"date":"2024-11-11T13:19:43","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T12:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/event-reihe\/other-en\/ringvorlesung-beziehungsweise-familie-139856\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:42:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T15:42:05","slug":"ringvorlesung-beziehungsweise-familie","status":"publish","type":"event-sequence","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/event-reihe\/science-and-humanities\/ringvorlesung-beziehungsweise-familie-139856\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture series Family Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The interdisciplinary lecture series opened a space for reflection and exchange in December 2024, introducing the annual theme Relational Families<\/i>. Starting from the question of what family means today, renowned scholars from a range of disciplines have since been discussing current research on alternative family and kinship models and their creative, ethical, and innovative potentials.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the launch of the annual programme in October 2025, this exploration will be taken further and developed along the programme\u2019s thematic focuses. In January, the lecture series continues with the focus Family Secrets<\/em> and comprises five sessions through April. It then shifts its attention to alternative ways of living and diverse family concepts in a subsequent thematic focus.<\/p>\n

Focus Family Secrets<\/h5>\n

The focus Family Secrets<\/i>\u00a0turns its attention to hidden dimensions of family relationships, where intimacy, protection, and conflict intersect. At the centre are practices of concealment and disclosure that shape individual life stories as well as social orders.<\/p>\n

Secrets are more than concealed information: they condense needs for protection and intimacy, as well as feelings of shame, fear of exposure, and the pressure of social norms. As part of biographical experience, family secrets deeply affect personal life narratives. Practices of telling and withholding make visible how relationships are formed, boundaries drawn, and social orders negotiated \u2014 revealing how secrets extend far beyond the private sphere to create belonging, mark boundaries, and stabilise or unsettle social structures.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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