In a new era of genre-bending music, Makaya McCraven pushes the boundaries of sound and rhythm to create categories of his own. Called “a sound visionary” who is “not your everyday jazz drummer”, McCraven is a beat scientist. Whether behind the drums or in the lab, mixmaster Makaya McCraven moves between genres at lightning speed.

The Research Center for Analytic German Idealism, or FAGI (Forschungskolleg Analytic German Idealism) at the University of Leipzig is the nucleus of an international network of philosophical activity, presently funded by James Conant’s Humboldt Project. It hosts a variety of events in Leipzig including several annual conferences, a weekly colloquium that runs throughout the winter semester (the Humboldt Colloquium), a philosophical conversation series that runs throughout the academic year (The Humboldt Conversations), and two intensive seminars per year taught by visiting professors. It also sponsors a research collegium with both long-term and short-term visiting scholars at the doctoral, postdoctoral, and professorial levels.

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