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Forum History of Sciences 2026/1

10 February 2026 | 10:00 - 18:00 Uhr | International Meeting-Centre (M38), University of Erfurt

In February, the Chair for the History of Sciences hosts it's annual Forum on the History of Sciences, discussing current research and publication projects by members of the chair and associates.

Im Februar veranstaltet die Professur für Wissenschaftsgeschichte ihren jährlichen Studientag Wissenschaftsgeschichte und diskutiert dabei aktuelle Forschungs- und Publikationsprojekte von Lehrstuhlangehörigen und -assoziierten.

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Workshop: "Identitätsbildender Konsum und sozialökologische Transformation" | 16. & 17. Oktober 2025

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15. December 2025

WortMelder article "On the relationship between historiography and morality"

In her latest contribution to the University of Erfurt's research blog, Meike Katzek provides insights into the two-day workshop on "Moral History" organised by the "Voluntariness" research group.

11. December 2025

Call for Papers for the 17th Forum Literature and the History of Science published

The Max Planck Institute for the History of Science and the Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of the Freie Universität Berlin invite early career scholars to take part in the 17th Forum on Literature and the History of Science, also known as…

5. November 2025

Lilú Kruspe awarded the Graduate Student Essay Prize of the German Studies Association

Krupse was awarded for their essay "In Search: German Foreign Legionnaires as Explorers in the Mirror of Contemporary Colonial Imagination".

20. October 2025

DLF Podcast "Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt" on the topic of truth and ideology in the sciences

The latest edition of the Deutschlandfunk podcast "Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt" is dedicated to the topic "Why the extreme right accuses science of ideology". One of the interviewees is Bernhard Kleeberg.

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