NOUS Spotlight is an ongoing series of brief, focused Zoom meetings for scholarly discussion. In April, Tim Krieger (University of Freiburg, Germany) will present the paper “Foreshadowing Mars: Religiosity, solar eclipses, and pre-Enlightenment warfare” co-authored with Luke Barber and Michael Jetter. They analyze whether religiosity has an impact on a society’s readiness to go to attack war. The talk will be moderated by Karen Horn (University of Erfurt, Germany).

Interested? Register by mail to nous.spotlight@gmail.com to obtain the Zoom access link.

Each of the meetings begins with one scholar presenting some piece or aspect of his work in a short, max. 15-minute introduction. After that, there is time for questions and discussion within the group, under the guidance of a moderator. NOUS Spotlight is directed at a scholarly public. Its aim is to foster interdisciplinary international discourse: We want to share and discuss what we are currently working on. We cover a very wide range of fascinating topics.