How do academia and society view war, peace and the conditions for peaceful coexistence? The joint public lecture series organised by Erfurt’s universities and the City of Erfurt will examine the theme of "War and Peace" from various academic…
As part of this year’s "Welcome Fair" organised by the International Office, the University of Erfurt today awarded Dr Yeshica Marianne Umaña Calderón the DAAD Prize for international students and PhD candidates, which comes with a cash prize of…
It’s set to be another exciting event: on Friday 6 November, from 6 pm, the City of Erfurt, together with other partners, is hosting the smartest night of the year, and of course the University of Erfurt will be taking part too. Once again, as part…
Attention, clever kids: Erfurt Children’s University is kicking off a new term in October. Then, children from Erfurt and the surrounding area can once again become real students. The Children’s University invites them to sit in real lecture halls…
We welcome Professor Wolfgang Beck, who will take up the professorship for Pastoral Theology at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Erfurt in the winter semester 2026/27, succeeding Professor Maria Widl.
Dr Jonas Maria Hoff has been awarded the 2026 Karl Rahner Prize for his habilitation thesis, about "The Eucharist and Paradox: Studies on the Paradoxical Grammar of the Christian Faith" which he wrote at the Faculty of Theology at the University of…
The University of Erfurt mourns the loss of Professor Michael Gabel. The theologian had been Professor of Fundamental Theology and Religious Studies since 2000 and played a defining role in the Faculty of Catholic Theology and in the university’s…
As part of the series "Positionen: Katholizismus und Säkularität", Herder Verlag has just published Volume 2, "Konfessionen. Zeugnis, Zweifel und Optionen", by Thomas Brose, Felicitas Hoppe and Holger Zaborowski.
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