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More networking, graduate service and transfer: University of Erfurt presents research profile strategy

The Senate of the University of Erfurt adopted a research profile strategy for the University of Erfurt at its July meeting. We spoke about this with Professor Benedikt Kranemann, Vice President for Research and Graduate Services at the University of…

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Guest lecture about the "Karta Mira" project

"Der VEB Hermann Haack und die internationale Zusammenarbeit an der Karta Mira" (Socialist Globalisation: VEB Hermann Haack and international cooperation at Karta Mira) is the topic of the next event in the series "Perthes im Gespräch", to which the…

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Mazel tov! University of Erfurt congratulates the city on its World Heritage success

UNESCO has inscribed the Jewish sites in Erfurt – the Old Synagogue, the Mikvah and the Stone House – on the World Heritage List. The decision was announced by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at its meeting in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh.

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New scholarship for research on the holdings in Gotha, Halle and Wolfenbüttel

The Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt, the Francke Foundations in Halle and the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel are awarding the first three-month scholarship for 2024 to an excellent doctoral researcher from Eastern Central…

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Oldest certificate of Meister Eckhart's work discovered

Only two narrow strips of parchment, but for the scientists "a sensational find": Fragments of a medieval book have been identified at Leipzig University Library (UBL): They are the remains of the oldest known manuscript with a text by Meister…

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Best Paper Prize for Laima Eicke

Congratulations to Laima Eicke, who was awarded the "Best Paper Prize" of the ECPR Energy Policy Research Network for her paper "Does policy design matter for the effectiveness of local content requirements? A qualitative comparative analysis of…

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KEK funds restoration of two manuscripts from the "Bibliotheca Amploniana"

The Coordination Office for the Preservation of the Written Cultural Heritage (KEK), which is financed by federal funds, supports the restoration of two manuscripts from the "Bibliotheca Amploniana", the famous collection of medieval manuscripts…

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Library scholarship: Apply now!

In 2024, national and international authors will have the opportunity to conduct research in the holdings of the Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt with financial support. The Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Thuringia, the…

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