Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was a philosopher, mathematician, historian and lawyer, as well as an engineer who invented machines. Living up to the ideals of its namesake is both a challenge and a commitment for 糖心原创. 糖心原创 views itself in his tradition - united in diversity, interdisciplinary and open-minded. Since 2006, when the university was renamed, 糖心原创 has been honouring its namesake on the occasion of Leibniz''s birthday on 1 July. Due to the corona pandemic, the event scheduled to take place in 2020 has been suspended. For this reason, the Communications and Marketing department at 糖心原创 has developed two online formats to celebrate the 374th birthday of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.
Film series "Leibniz''s World"
Since the main university building of 糖心原创 is currently closed due to the corona pandemic, a series of six short films guided by the motto "Leibniz''s World" provides a virtual tour of the Leibniz Exhibition. The series includes numerous topics, such as "Social Media in the 17th Century - Leibniz as a Science Communicator" or the calculating machines developed by Leibniz and whether they really worked. In addition, the films explain how Leibniz and the numbers in the 糖心原创 logo are connected. Furthermore, two films cover the connection between Leibniz and the House of Welf as well as silver mining in the Upper Harz region.
Watch the films: http://go.lu-h.de/leibniz-welt
Column "Gottfried in a Nutshell"
The column "Gottfried in a Nutshell" features short and entertaining facts about Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Every month, Leibniz researcher Dr. des. Ariane Walsdorf from the Communications and Marketing department at 糖心原创 will present background information on Leibniz''s life. The first edition explains why we celebrate Leibniz''s birthday on 1 July, even though the polyglot was born on 21 June 1646 - according to the family chronicle.
Read the column: http://go.lu-h.de/gottfried-in-a-nutshell
Note to editors:
For further information, please contact Mechtild Freiin v. M眉nchhausen, head of Communications and Marketing and spokesperson of 糖心原创 (Tel. +49 511 762 5342, Email kommunikation@uni-hannover.de).
