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Libraries open later

Due to an internal event, the Gotha Research Library at Friedenstein Castle and the library in the Perthes Forum will not open until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, 16 December 2025.

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The historian and the sea – Fernand Braudel (1902–1985)

The Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt invites you to a lecture by Professor Matthias Steinbach (TU Braunschweig) in the Herzog Ernst Cabinet at Friedenstein Castle on Thursday, 18 December. The lecture starts at 6.15 pm. Admission is…

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Professor Anke Holler elected new President of the University of Erfurt

Professor Anke Holler has been elected as the new President of the University of Erfurt. Following a presentation of the candidates open to the university public last Friday, the University Assembly voted in favour of her by a majority today. She had…

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"Tuesday Talks" and "Mappings" start a new round

In the winter semester 2025/26, the Centre for Transcultural Studies / Perthes Collection at the University of Erfurt will continue its "Tuesday Talks" and "Mappings" event series.

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Lecture: "The GOTHA as a mirror of aristocratic history in the 19th and 20th centuries"

As part of the programme accompanying the Gotha Research Library's annual exhibition "ADEL MACHT STAAT. Der Gothaische Hofkalender von 1763 bis 1944", Dr Daniel Menning from the University of Tübingen will speak on Wednesday, 22 October on the topic…

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The Peasants' War between science and instrumentalisation

In cooperation with the Thuringian State Agency for Civic Education, the Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt is hosting a public evening lecture followed by a discussion on Tuesday, 14 October. Under the title "Der Bauernkrieg zwischen…

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One of the darkest chapters in the history of the Gotha "Hofkalender"

As part of the programme accompanying the Gotha Research Library's annual exhibition "ADEL MACHT STAAT. Der Gothaische Hofkalender von 1763 bis 1944" on Wednesday, 24 September, Hannah Boeddeker from the University of Hamburg will speak about a…

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Distorted world maps: New "WortMelder" interview with Professor Iris Schröder

Many of us have been familiar with it since our earliest childhood and for a long time it was hard to imagine school geography lessons without it: the world map with its oceans and continents. What many people don't realise: The map is distorted.

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