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CMW Forum Discussion: Good Care – Constructively Shaping Care and Power Relationships

The Research and Graduate Service Unit at the University of Erfurt invites you to the next CMW Forum discussion on 21 October in the seminar room of the “Weltbeziehungen” research building (C19). The topic this time is “Good Supervision –…

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New publication: "Konfessionen"

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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New publication: "Bild, Bildung und Berufung"

A new book by Holger Zaborowski has been published by Herder under the title ""Bild, Bildung und Berufung" (Image, Education and Appointment). It deals with the Christian faith in a secular world.

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Married, cast out, banished: divorced women of the high nobility, 1600–1850

The Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt, in collaboration with the Herzog August Library in Wolfenbüttel, is hosting a conference from 28 to 30 September entitled "Verheiratet, verstoßen, verbannt" (Married, Rejected, Banished), which…

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New study: Relative performance feedback can shorten the duration of studies

Excessively long study periods incur costs for students, the economy and society. But how can the time taken to graduate be reduced without far-reaching reforms to degree structures? A study by Oliver Himmler (University of Erfurt), Raphael Brade…

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New publication: "Habitus, Diskriminierung und Bildungsaufstieg"

A new book by Rainer Benkmann, entitled "Habitus, Diskriminierung und Bildungsaufstieg", has been published by Transcript publishing house. In it, he examines Deniz Ohde’s novel "Streulicht" from the perspective of educational biography research.

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How does effective revision work?

What is the best way to prepare for new learning material? A new research project entitled “The Design and Mechanisms of Learning Preparation Methods from a Cognitive Load Perspective” is set to begin at the University of Erfurt in October, which…

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From hagiographies to contemporary literature: Lina Thiede awarded the Gotha Library Fellowship

The Gotha Research Library at the University of Erfurt has always been a place where knowledge is gathered and history is researched. Historians, theologians and philologists usually make up the majority of those who engage with the library’s rich…

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