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11-13 August 2015

Past events

Precious Moments, Extreme Events

The theme for ABOAGORA 2015, held on August 11-13 at the Sibelius Museum, was “Precious Moments, Extreme Events.” Under this theme, the Symposium addressed questions of time, changes in society, and significant and extreme events in the course of individuals’ lives and the history of humanity.

11-13 August 2014

Past events

Chaos and cosmos

Aboagora 2014, organised at the Sibelius Museum on August 11-13, discussed the multiple understandings of “chaos” and “cosmos”.

13-15 August 2013

Past events

The human machine

ABOAGORA 2013 , organised on August 13-15, discussed the complex relationships between man and machine.

14-16 August 2012

Past events

The power of the sacred and the secular

ABOAGORA 2012 was held on August 14-16 at the Sibelius Museum and the Donner Institute at Åbo Akademi, under the theme “The Power of the Sacred and the Secular.” The Symposium focused on a process that is fundamental to Western culture, that of separation between sacral and secular culture.

15-18 August 2011

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Rethinking enlightenment

ABOAGORA began in Turku in 2011 during the city’s European Capital of Culture Year, as a joint effort by the Turku Music Festival, the Department of Cultural History at the University of Turku, and the Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History at Åbo Akademi University.