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Established in 2018 at the Gotha Research Centre, the research center's mission is to conduct historical research on the Illuminati Order, which existed from 1776/78 to 1787/88. The most important goal is to make the written legacies of the order and its members accessible to the public in such a way that they are also available to other researchers and all those interested in the history of the order for their own research interests and projects. More

Contact: Dr. Markus Meumann, Dr. Olaf Simons and Prof. Dr. Martin Mulsow

_{Image: Adam Weishaupt, Adolph Freiherr von Knigge, Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, Ernst II of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg.}

The Alchemy Network, founded in December 2016, aims to promote exchange on the reconstruction of alchemical processes in the early modern period between historians and natural scientists, organize events on the topic, and initiate joint projects. Read more.

Contact:Prof. Dr. Martin Mulsow

_{Illustration: Theosophy & Alchemy, 1678, copperplate engraving on paper, 7 x 9.6 cm, Deutsche Fotothek (inv. no. df_tg_0007146), via Wikimedia Commons.}

With the participation of researchers from Arabic Studies, Theology, Philology and Philosophy, an international working group was founded at the Gotha Research Centre in November 2010 to research the early history of Oriental Studies, i.e. the science of Middle Eastern cultures.

Contact:Prof. Dr. Martin Mulsow

^{Figure: Section of oriental manuscripts}