News from the History Department

Conference in November 2026 - Umkämpfte Demokratie. Historische und interdisziplinäre Perspektiven

At this interdisciplinary conference in Erfurt on November 20-21, 2026 we will discuss how democracy has developed historically, the challenges it faces today, and how it can be shaped in the future. Read more about the topic and program here.

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Conversation Café: A chat over coffee. The past and present of people with disabilities

The "Differenz – Transformation – Zusammenhalt"(DiTZu) project, based at the Department of History at the University of Erfurt, is hosting a discussion café on Friday 16 October. Entitled “Schnack am Kaffeetisch”, the event will take place from 4 pm…

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Professor Susanne Rau is a new member of the "Akademie gemeinnütziger Wissenschaften zu Erfurt"

The historian Professor Susanne Rau of the University of Erfurt has been elected a full member of "Akademie gemeinnütziger Wissenschaften zu Erfurt".

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New virtual lecture series: Contemporary witness / Images of history / Power of interpretation

Contemporary witness / Images of history / Power of interpretation. (How) is AI changing our understanding of the past? – is the title of a new virtual lecture series organised by the Professorship for Digital Humanities and Hybrid Education and…

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Male friendship, loyalty and work at Perthes publishing house around 1900

The Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt invites you to another public lecture in the series "Perthes in Conversation" on Wednesday, 17 June. This time, under the title „'Hermann Wagner ist mein einziger Freund' – Männerfreundschaft,…

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Salon TrickSTAR: On the subversive potential of arts in times of a carnivalesque present

The research centre "Praxeologies of Truth" at the University of Erfurt and the artists' initiative "Theater.Macht.Staat." invite all interested parties to the "TrickSTAR" salon at Café Nerly on Sunday, 7 June, from 6 to 10 pm.

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"Heimat im Umbruch" – Interdisciplinary conference on the transformation of rural areas in Thuringia

"Heimat im Umbruch – Die Transformation des ländlichen Raums in Thüringen von 1945 bis heute" is the title of an interdisciplinary conference hosted by the University of Erfurt together with the Thuringian State Commissioner for the Reappraisal of…

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Guest Lecture - „Queering the U.S. Bicentennial: Celebrating, Criticizing, and Commemorating 1776 in 1976"

Lecture by Marc Stein, Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Professor of History at San Francisco State University, current president of the Organization of American Historians, at June 24, 2026, at the Research Building "Weltbeziehungen."

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For more visibility of women in science

Women are still underrepresented in science and research. In its "Zia – Visible Women in Science & Humanities" programme, ZEIT publishing house therefore invites female scientists to a one-year fellowship, which offers them the opportunity to further…

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New research project "Perthes colonial" launched

The three-year project "Perthes kolonial" has been launched at the Centre for Transcultural Studies / Gotha Perthes Collection, for which the two Erfurt-based historians, Professor Iris Schröder and Professor Christiane Kuller, secured third-party…

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