Within the framework of the 50th anniversary celebration of Classical Studies, there will be a Winckelmann-lecture by PD Dr. Sabine Ladstätter (Director of the Ephesus Excavations) at the Unipark on 13 December at 19:30.

The 95 m deep Bay of Villefranche-sur-mer at the Cote d’Azur (France) is well known for its highly diverse plankton community. The Swiss university professor Hermann Fol (1854-1892) was the first who described several species of the fascinating tintinnid ciliates (house-forming protists) from this site. The species-rich tintinnid community of the Bay of Villfranche-sur-mer prompted a sampling trip within a FWF-funded project to the Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche.

Andreas Dür, Professor of International Politics in the Department of Political Science of the University of Salzburg, is the recipient of a Consolidator Grant of the ERC.