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City Cycling 2026 in Gotha and Erfurt

The University of Erfurt will once again be taking part in the "City Cycling for a Climate-Friendly City Centre" in 2026 – and for the first time not only in Erfurt, but also in Gotha. University members at the Gotha site can now register for the…

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Gotha Research Library closes early

The Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt would like to inform you that it will close at 3.30 pm on Tuesday, 9 June 2026 due to an internal event.

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250 Years of the Order of the Illuminati: New Research Puts Gotha in the Spotlight

New research findings from the Illuminati Research Unit at the Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt show that the Order of the Illuminati existed until 1787 – longer than previously thought – and that its final headquarters were in…

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"Coburg | Gotha | 1826 – Ein Herzog. Zwei Residenzen.": Exhibition on the change of dynasty 200 years ago

200 years ago, the Ernestine duchies were reorganised and the Dual Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was created. Under the title "Coburg | Gotha | 1826" – Ein Herzog. Zwei Residenzen." in 2026, several exhibitions at various locations in Gotha and…

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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: Der Rezipient ist im Werk

Franz Steiner has published an anthology entitled "Der Rezipient ist im Werk. Differenzerfahrung und Adressatenbezug in Reisedarstellungen des 15.-18. Jahrhunderts", an anthology on late medieval and early modern travel accounts by Monika E. Müller…

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