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Changed opening hours during the lecture-free period

Some service facilities at the University of Erfurt have changed opening hours during the lecture-free period. Please take note of this.

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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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Gotha Perthes Collection once again becomes a training camp for the German national team

The 22nd International Geography Olympiad will take place in Istanbul from 11 to 17 August 2026. Germany will also be competing with a team of four. And it will once again be travelling to Gotha for a training camp in March.

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The afterlife of the Enlightenment – continuities and networks between the late 18th and early 19th centuries

"The Afterlife of the Enlightenment" is the title of a conference being held in Gotha on 26 and 27 March by the Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt together with the Research Training Group (DFG) "Politics of the Enlightenment" at…

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New publication: "Zeugen des Kolonialismus"

transcript Verlag has published a book entitled "Zeugen des Kolonialismus" by Sara Müller, which uses ethnographic objects from the Göttingen Collection to show how German colonial policy in Oceania reflected economic exploitation, violence and…

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Birthday presents to Wikipedia

Together with more than 30 other cultural and educational institutions, the Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt is taking part in a joint campaign to mark the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia, the world's largest free collection of…

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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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