The Healing Arts. Encounters in Art and Medicine
Hosted by Lukas Feireiss
Lecture series, English/German, 1 SWS, 1 ECTS
Wednesdays, 18–20 h, 13.5., 20.5., 3.6., 18.6.2026
Paul-Ehrlich-Hörsaal, Virchowweg 4, Campus Charité Mitte

Registration: Prof. Dr. med. Anne Berghöfer anne.berghoefer_ @charite.de

For most of human history, art, healing, and knowledge were not separate domains. Medicine was a healing art. Art was a way of knowing.
Today, these fields are often divided: science framed as evidence, art framed as experience.
The Healing Arts revisits this separation.
Building on previous editions, the series continues as a collaboration between the International Society for Arts and Medicine (ISfAM), the Arts and Medicine Network at Charité, and the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK).
Across four curated sessions, artists, clinicians, and researchers come together to explore a shared question: 
What becomes possible when different ways of knowing meet?
The series approaches art not as decoration or therapy, but as a practice of attention — one that can deepen perception, expand understanding, and reshape how we think about care.

Speakers:
13.05.2026     Dr. Maciej Chmara & Dr. Chotima Böttcher
20.05.2026     Prof. Dr. Monika Ankele & Angela Alves 
03.06.2026     tbd
18.06.2026     Prof. Dr. Tania Singer & Prof. Dr. Sandra Noeth (as part of The Healing Arts Congress)

Open to students and professionals from all fields, the lecture series invites a shared reflection on health, healing, and the future of care — across disciplines and beyond.

More information: https://thehealingarts.online

ECTS requirements (1 credit): Regular attendance, short written reflections for each session, and one final reflection on the series.