The Healing Arts:
Encounters in Art and Medicine
Charité Medical Center Berlin
19.11.2025 / 18:00-20:00
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Rheinberger + Lucie Strecker

Prof. Dr. Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, born in 1946, studied philosophy, linguistics, and biology in Tübingen and Berlin. MA phil. in 1973, Dipl Biol. in 1978, Dr. rer. nat. in 1982, habil. in 1987 in molecular biology. Director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin from 1996 to 2014, director emeritus there since 2014. Main areas of interest: molecular biology, history and epistemology of biology, history and epistemology of experimentation, relationship between the arts and sciences. 

Lucie Strecker works internationally as an artist, curator, and author. Since 2016, she has been based at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, where she led the FWF-PEEK research projects The Performative Biofact (2016–2020) and Shaken Grounds. Seismography of Precarious Presences (2023–2026). Since 2020, she has taught performance art in the Department of Art and Communication Practices as well as at the Applied Performance Laboratory. She has also held teaching positions around the globe and her publications have appeared internationally. Her artistic works has been presented internationally.


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© The Healing Arts is a series of discursive encounters exploring the intersections of art and medicine. Initiated and hosted by curator and educator Lukas Feireiss, the series is organized in collaboration with the International Society for Arts and Medicine and the Network Arts and Medicine at Charité Medical Center Berlin since 2023.

The events take place on Wednesdays from 18:00 to 20:00 at the Paul-Ehrlich-Hörsaal, Virchowweg 4, Campus Charité Mitte, 10117 Berlin.