News of the Max-Weber-Kolleg

Season's greetings from the Presidium

Dear colleagues, students, and friends of the University of Erfurt,

The campus is becoming noticeably quieter these days as a busy year draws to a close. It has been a year full of challenges – both small and large, for the global community and for…

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Changed opening hours over the public holidays

Some service facilities at the University of Erfurt have changed opening hours over the turn of the year. Please take note of this.

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"Who owns the future? Conflicts over property in the climate crisis"

Under the title "Wem gehört die Zukunft? Konflikte um Eigentum in der Klimakrise" (Who owns the future? Conflicts over property in the climate crisis), the Collaborative Research Centre "Structural Change of Property" at the Universities of Jena and…

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Honorary doctorate from the Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon for Professor Hartmut Rosa

The Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon, one of the most prestigious universities in France, will award Professor Hartmut Rosa, Director of the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt, an honorary doctorate at an international conference entitled…

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New publication: Christmas in town

Five essays (in German and English) by Jörg Rüpke have been published by Books on Demand under the title "Christmas in town". In it, he traces how Christmas has changed again and again historically and the many different ways in which people…

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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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Students from the University of Erfurt on an excursion to the Kauern agricultural co-operative

As part of the Studium Fundamentale seminar "Students meet farmers: How can climate resilience succeed in Central German agriculture?" led by Professor Achim Kemmerling, students from the University of Erfurt were guests at the Kauern agricultural…

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Knowledge in dialogue: IPB invites you to Nexus Dialogues

With its "Nexus Dialogues", the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour (IPB) at the University of Erfurt is launching a new series of lectures at the interface of climate, health and democracy that will be open to the university public on Thursday…

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