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Exhibition "Friedrich Froebel: Educator and Innovator" in the Erfurt University Library

The pedagogue Friedrich Froebel (1782–1852) is the focus of a small exhibition that can be seen in the Erfurt University Library from 30 July to 30 October. The occasion is the 11th conference of the International Froebel Society (IFS), which is…

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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,…

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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…

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Commemoration of the racist riots against Algerian labour migrants in Erfurt in 1975

50 years after the racist riots against Algerian migrant workers in Erfurt, the Oral History Research Centre at the University of Erfurt is hosting a commemorative event on 10 August at 5 pm on "Domplatz". This will be followed on 11 August at 4 pm…

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Gotha Library Talk on the launch of the digital exhibition "The Orient in Gotha"

To mark the launch of the digital exhibition "The Orient in Gotha", the Gotha Research Library at the University of Erfurt invites you to its next event in the "Gotha Library Talks" series on Wednesday, 25 June. The event starts at 6.15 pm in the…

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Summer School: Gotha's Africa – Courtly perceptions of the continent in the early modern period

Under the title "Gothas Afrika – Höfische Wahrnehmungen des Kontinents in der Frühen Neuzeit" (Gotha's Africa – Courtly Perceptions of the Continent in the Early Modern Period), the Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt is hosting a…

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Cartographers in pubs – The publishing house Justus Perthes Gotha and the Natural Science Association 1875–1920

The Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt invites all interested parties to its next event in the "Perthes im Gespräch" series (Perthes in Conversation) on Wednesday, 18 June. On this evening, Anna-Maria Hünnes from Frankfurt a.M. will…

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Ausonius Prize for Wolfgang Spickermann

Professor Wolfgang Spickermann, the former head of the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt, will be awarded the Ausonius Prize on 30 June 2025.

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