Vortrag im Saal des FZG während des Frühneuzeittags Workshop in Zusammenarbeit mit der Friedenstein Stiftung Gotha New HES-fellows and members of Gotha research campus standing on the steps at Schloßberg

Gotha Research Centre

History of Knowledge

Have a look at 20 years of research activities!

At a glance

Event in the lecture room of the research centre
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Staircase of the Gotha Research Centre
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The research centre in the Landschaftshaus am Schloßberg
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Our house How to find us
Postdoctoral scholarship for researchers from Eastern and Central Europe in Gotha, Halle and Wolfenbüttel – apply now!

The Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt, the Francke Foundations in Halle and the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel are once again awarding a three-month scholarship for 2027 to a researcher from the East Central European region who has completed a doctoral degree with distinction, to carry out research into their collections.

 

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News

A very warm welcome to the smartest night of the year!

It’s set to be another exciting event: on Friday 6 November, from 6 pm, the City of Erfurt, together with other partners, is hosting the smartest night of the year, and of course the University of Erfurt will be taking part too. Once again, as part…

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Gotha Manuscript Talks start a new round

We encounter manuscripts in various academic fields, in philology, history, art history, theology and religious studies, library and museum studies, translation and translation research, even in the natural sciences (e.g. radiocarbon dating) and in…

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Numismatics Colloquium: Numismatik und Münzkabinette im Spiegel der Jahrhunderte

From 8 to 10 October 2026, an international colloquium at the Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt will focus on the history, significance and future of numismatics and its collections. The focus will be, amongst other things, on court…

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Married, cast out, banished: divorced women of the high nobility, 1600–1850

The Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt, in collaboration with the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel, is hosting a conference from 28 to 30 September entitled "Verheiratet, verstoßen, verbannt" (Married, Rejected, Banished), which…

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PhD positions at the “Politics of the Enlightenment” Research Training Group in Halle

The Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg has advertised the positions of 5 more doctoral candidates for the DFG-funded Research Training Group ‘Politics of the Enlightenment’ at the Interdisciplinary Centre for the Study of the European Enlightenment (IZEA). The call closes on 25 October 2026, positions will start on 1 April 2027.

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Events

14
Oct
The library in the east tower of Friedenstein Castle. A tour exploring the history of the building and the library
CG1 – Gotha Research Library (Friedenstein Castle Gotha)
14
Oct
Crafting Ottoman Floral Letters: Practices, Drafts and Fair Copies
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24
Oct
Gotha Perthes Collection Open Day
CG5 – PERTHES Forum (Justus-Perthes-Straße, Gotha)
24
Oct
20th Gotha Museum Night / Libraries Day
CG1 – Gotha Research Library (Friedenstein Castle Gotha)
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