The anthology "Nomad Properties. Political Anthropologies of Nomadism from the 18th Century until Today", edited by Anna Möllers, Dirk Schuck and Bernhard Kleeberg, was recently published by Campus publishing house in the series "Strukturwandel des…
Last year, the Senate adopted recommendations for a sustainability strategy for the University of Erfurt. What does this mean for the University of Erfurt's work as a sustainable university in 2026? We spoke about this with Adjunct Professor Bettina…
It is with great dismay and sadness that we bid farewell to our colleague Prof. Dr. Frank Ettrich, who passed away unexpectedly on 11 January 2026. From 2019 until his retirement in 2024, Frank Ettrich was a co-opted Fellow from the Faculty of…
Professor Gudrun Krämer was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt during the Academic Year Celebration on 12 January 2026. Her outstanding achievements as an internationally renowned scholar of Islam, whose…
The members of the Max-Weber-Kolleg mourn the loss of Professor Dr Thomas M. Schmidt, philosopher of religion at Goethe University Frankfurt, who passed away on 31 December 2025.
A new book by Hartmut Rosa has just been published by Suhrkamp under the title "Situation und Konstellation", which deals with the disappearance of room for manoeuvre.
Markus Kleinert, who has been head of the Kierkegaard Research Centre at the Max-Weber-Kolleg of the University of Erfurt since the departure of Professor Hermann Deuser, who was head for many years, has been appointed Adjunct Professor of Modern…
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