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Retrospection of the tour on 8 March 2026.
, the former location of the pediatric university hospital, and in the Lene-Voigt Park. Photos: Team WissensSpuren.](https://leipziger-wissensspuren.de/blog/2026-03-08_female-rights/03_invisible.jpg)
A comprehensive #Retrospection of our #citytour conducted on the 8th of March, »235 Jahre Frauenrechte« (»235 years of women's rights«), is available on our homepage.
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Retrospection of the tour on 7 February 2026.
. Public Domain, via [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kinder-Verwirr-Buch_07.jpg)](https://leipziger-wissensspuren.de/blog/2026-02-07_diversity/2026-02-07__diversity-schmetterling.png)
A comprehensive #review of our #EnglishTour of the 7th of February is available on our homepage
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7 February 2026. The Benefits of Diversity
We will explore new research on the benefits of diversity: Learning is enhanced when students tackle new concepts form a multitude of different perspectives. A team of consultants comes up with more diverse and better ideas when it involves specialists of many different disciplines. Ecosystems tend to be more resilient to external perturbations when they feature a higher biodiversity. How can our society profit from embracing diversity?
, via [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Forest_fruits_from_Barro_Colorado.png).](https://leipziger-wissensspuren.de/blog/2026-02-07_diversity/2026-02-07_diversity_announce.jpg)
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6 November 2025, 2pm. »Does Santa exist?«
Inspired by Eric Kaplan’s quest concerning the existence of Santa, we dive into epistomology, dispute proofs for the existence of Santa, and explore the practical sites of life in a city with many x-mas markets. On the way we will take a fresh look at the christian and non-christian roots of x-mas traditions, markets, music, and myths.
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Fri 10 October 2025, 1pm. Welcome Freshers
This tour addresses #InternationalStudents joining the universities in #Leipzig. It will help them to come to know each other, it will inform them about the contributions of researches in Leipzig to the development of #QuantumMechanics — and it aspires to make them look beyond the limitations of their field of study during their time in Leipzig.
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13 Sept 2025. Ice Age: 50 Mio years of climate change
Climate change brought about the geological richness of the Leipzig Bay — and men turned it into a unique lakeland. On our tour we will explore the traces of the climate history, and discuss the impact of human interferences.
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9 August 2025. Making Deals Great Again
Time and again powerful political figures made #deals that imposed their will on the nations of the world. On the other hand in the 20th century the American presidents also advocated multilateralism, like in the New Deal and upon establishing and supporting the UN. In our tour we explore the impacts of major political deals on the inhabitants of #Leipzig, and we discuss which type of #deals are worth striving for.
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