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International Conference on Stained Glass Research and Conservation: What can we see? What should we see?

Stained glass is one of the most fascinating art genres of the Middle Ages, with its colourful glow defining our image of cathedrals and churches. In the face of massive environmental changes and currently again due to war, these fragile works of art…

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Modernity and the Construction of Sacred Space

Aaron French and Katharina Waldner (eds.)

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The working group "barrier-free" introduces itself

A working group "barrier-free" has been set up at the Department of History at the University of Erfurt, which deals with the historical aspects of deafness on the one hand, but is also specifically committed to breaking down barriers for people with…

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Gotha Research Centre involved in new DFG Research Training Group on Enlightenment

A new Research Training Group (RTG) is being established at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) with the participation of the Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt, which will focus on the history of the Enlightenment and its…

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Cataloguing one of the most important German church libraries

On 1 May, the online cataloguing of one of the most important historical church libraries in the Federal Republic of Germany begins at the Augustinian monastery in Erfurt: the historical collections of the library of the Protestant ministry in…

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Presented: New digital platform on the Thirty Years' War

Since the beginning of 2024, a new digital platform entitled "Thirty Years' War online" has been offering academics and other historically interested parties research-oriented information on the most protracted and regionally far-reaching armed…

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New research project on Heinrich and Samuel Cocceji's natural law

The German Research Foundation (DFG) is supporting a new research project at the Gotha Research Centre of the University of Erfurt with a total of around 317,000 euros. Over the next three years, historian of philosophy Dr Stefanie Ertz will be…

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New publication

New article "Räumliche Konfigurationen des Messehandels im frühneuzeitlichen Europa. Gedruckte Messekalender des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts und ihre computergestützte Analyse" on European trade fairs in the 16th and 17th century published.

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Travelling Exhibition at the KIZ: "Jorge Semprún. A European Life in the 20th Century"

From 18 March to 26 April, the foyer of the Centre for Communication and Information (KIZ) on the University of Erfurt campus will host the travelling exhibition "Jorge Semprún. A European Life in the 20th Century" organised by the Ettersberg…

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2 Postdoc-Fellowships “Academia at Risk”

2 Postdoc-Fellowships “Academia at Risk” / 2 years / deadline 24th February 2024

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