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Reference to the digital exhibitions of the Gotha Research Library

Digital exhibitions of the Gotha Research Library To the exhibition portal

Thumbnail image film of the Gotha Research Library

Image film of the Gotha Research Library See the film

"KarAfAs - Cartographies of Africa and Asia" About the project

Discovering the Collections

[Translate to English:] Luther als Mönch

Research on the Reformation in Gotha Study Center for Protestantism

GOTHA.digital Research, Presentation and Knowledge Portal of Friedenstein Gotha

"Coined history" The Gotha Numismatic Collection

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7. July 2025

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 in summer 2025. Please take note of this.

8. July 2025

Duke Ernst Scholarship Programme at the Gotha research campus secured for another five years

Every year, 20 to 30 doctoral candidates, post-doctoral researchers and renowned experts come to Gotha to conduct research in the early modern holdings of the Gotha Research Library, the Emigrants' Letters Collection, the Gotha Perthes Collection,…

7. July 2025

For the leaders of tomorrow: Co-Lab Global Solvers Accelerator in Gotha

For the second time, the Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt is hosting the Global Solvers Accelerator Co-Lab, which is organised by the Melton Foundation in cooperation with the Ernst Abbe Foundation and for which we are once again…

3. July 2025

Thuringian University Network for Sustainability: Tackling global challenges together

The ten state universities in Thuringia have launched the Thuringian University Network for Sustainability. With this joint strategic alliance, they are actively tackling global challenges such as climate change, the loss of biodiversity and social…

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