Czech historian Martina Kastnerová researches in Gotha

She is researching Philip Sidney's networks on the continent here in Gotha, in Wolfenbüttel and Halle until May. Martina Kastnerová has been awarded a scholarship for this in the joint scholarship programme of the Gotha Research Centre, the Francke Foundations in Halle and the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel, funded by the Dorothee Wilms Foundation. The scholarship is intended to support projects that are dedicated to research into the holdings of all three institutions, linking them and placing them in context. The stronger connection to Eastern Central European researchers is intended to sharpen the focus on Central European interdependencies in the pre-modern era.

The Gotha Research Campus with the universally oriented collections of the former ducal house of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, particularly in the Gotha Research Library, the Francke Foundations in Halle with their historical library and the famous “Kunst- und Naturalienkammer” (Chamber of Arts and Natural History) from 1736/41, as well as the Duke August Library in Wolfenbüttel, the most important early modern library in Germany, are among the most outstanding collection and research institutions for the cultural history of European pre-modernity. The new joint scholarship programme offers the opportunity to network the research potential of the three participating institutions with their high-quality early modern source material even better.

We extend a warm welcome, Dr Martina Kastnerová!