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IPB stands out in the competition for "Best Research Environment 2026"

On 27 June in Berlin, the Young Academy and the Volkswagen Foundation presented the "Best Research Environment 2026" award. The award recognises innovative, supportive and creative research structures. Among the five winning teams, each of which…

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“South Asia is often underestimated in Germany!”

The Department of Religious Studies and the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt are organising the 4th German South Asia Day. To mark the occasion, the university will welcome numerous academics from the humanities and social sciences to its…

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Gotha Research Centre awards Luise Dorothea Scholarship for Court Culture Research

The Gotha Research Centre (FZG) of the University of Erfurt is once again awarding a scholarship for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2026 for research into 17th and 18th century court culture to a scholar with an excellent doctorate.

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HeatFuture Lab: How will heat change our everyday lives, our health and the medicine of the future?

What will a hot summer feel like in the future? And how can cities, healthcare and we ourselves cope better with heat? Questions like these are the focus of the HeatFuture Lab Thuringia, which the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour at the…

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New virtual lecture series: Contemporary witness / Images of history / Power of interpretation

Contemporary witness / Images of history / Power of interpretation. (How) is AI changing our understanding of the past? – is the title of a new virtual lecture series organised by the Professorship for Digital Humanities and Hybrid Education and…

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Male friendship, loyalty and work at Perthes publishing house around 1900

The Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt invites you to another public lecture in the series "Perthes in Conversation" on Wednesday, 17 June. This time, under the title „'Hermann Wagner ist mein einziger Freund' – Männerfreundschaft,…

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Max Weber Prize for Young Researchers 2026 announced

The Max Weber Centre for Cultural and Social Science Studies at the University of Erfurt invites applications for the Max Weber Prize for Young Researchers. This prize is intended to honour outstanding work by an early-stage researcher within the…

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Distinguished Fellowships at the Max-Weber-Kolleg

The Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt is offering Distinguished Fellowships for the academic year 2027/28. They are awarded for three to ten months, start on 1 October 2027 or 1 April 2028 and end on 31 July 2028 at the latest.…

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