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Volkswagen Foundation Sponsors Research Project with 225,000 Euros The aim of the research is to reconstruct the socioeconomic conditions of mounted nomads north of the Black Sea between 1100 and 600 BC based on an analysis of their pottery.

Scientists at Freie Universität Berlin, Universität Stuttgart, and the Max Planck Institute of Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) in Mühlheim Discover Molecule with Stable Magnetization / includes

Public Presentation of Looted Cultural Assets Database on March 10, 2016 A database of cultural assets looted during the period of National Socialism will be presented to the public on March 10.

Dr. Robert Lepenies Receives 2016 Mulert Award on Mutual Understanding for His Global Colleagues Project Dr. Robert Lepenies, who holds a fellowship from the German Academic Exchange Se

Named after Philosophy Professor Margherita von Brentano The Margherita von Brentano Center was founded at Freie Universität.

Historian Paul Nolte Is the New Director A new board consisting of four humanities scholars was appointed at the Dahlem Humanities Center (DHC), Freie Universität Berlin.

Seven Berlin Research Institutions Start Program for Postdoctoral Researchers with Support from Leibniz Association What's next, after your doctorate is finished? This is not an unusual question for postdoctoral researchers at universities and other research institutions.

European Premiere of Documentary on Anti-nuclear Movement in Japan with Director Eiji Oguma on February 4, 2016 In his documentary Tell the Prime Minister , the Japanese director and scientist Eiji O

Study by Leibniz Institute für Molecular Pharmacology and Freie Universität Berlin in Cooperation with Institut Génétique Biologie Moléculaire Cellulaire (IGBMC), Strasbourg and European Molecular Bi

German Studies Scholar Naomi Miyatani Has Research Fellowship from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation for Research at Freie Universität Berlin The German studies scholar Naomi Miyatani has received a

Collaborative European Digital Archive Infrastructure Goes Online on January 15, 2016 The virtual research infrastructure that evolved out of the Collaborative European Digital Archive Infrastructure (CENDARI) project to support scholarly research will go online on January 15, 2016.

Public Conference on March 3 and 4, 2016, at Freie Universität A conference being held on March 3 and 4, 2016, at Freie Universität Berlin will address social inequality.

Alumnus with Student ID Number 1 and Sociologist Published Seven-volume Series The academic history of Freie Universität is presented in a series of books published by the academic publisher, V & R Unipress.

Public Panel Discussion on Future of Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty to Be Held January 11, 2016, at Freie Universität Berlin A panel discussion dealing with Japan's and Germany's nuclear weapons policies will be held on January 11, 2016, at Freie Universität Berlin.

Berliner Wetterkarte at Freie Universität: Conditions in West Prevent New Cold Spell According to a forecast by the Berlin Weather Map association at Freie Universität Berlin, Christmas in Germany this year will be green.

Benedikt Kaufer Awarded Starting Grant for Research Project on Herpes Viruses / Total Amounts to 1. Million Euros Benedikt Kaufer from the Department of Veterinary Medicine at Freie Universität Berlin has been awarded a prestigious ERC Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC).

Online Exhibition of Research Project Published: "Making War, Mapping Europe: Militarized Cultural Encounters, 1792-1920" Historians at Freie Universität Berlin have published their findings on military conflicts and cultural among French, British, and German soldiers from 1792 to 1920 online.

Screening of Slovenian Documentary Film on December 17, 2015, at Freie Universität Berlin On December 17, 2015, at 6 p.m. the International Research Training Center "Interweaving Perfor

Improving Cooperation between Countries Cooperating on doctoral training programs and supporting early career researchers were the focus of a meeting of Israeli and German rectors and presidents at Freie Universität Berlin.

International Colloquium on November 27 and 28 in Recognition of Lanzmann's Life's Work Will Mark His 90th Birthday The French documentary filmmaker Claude Lanzmann will be a guest at Freie Universität on November 27 on the occasion of a colloquium marking his 90th birthday.

Publication by Dr. Dar Meshi from the Department of Education and Psychology at Freie Universität in Latest Issue of "Trends in Cognitive Sciences" Because social media are used so pervasively

Inaugural Lecture by Dr. Irina Catrinel Cr'ciun as International Visiting Professor of Gender Studies at Freie Universität on November 16 Healthy aging is the focus of the inaugural lecture to

Berlin Native Was Victim of First Mass Deportation from the German Reich in 1938 On November 16 a stolperstein will be laid on Heinrich Heine Strasse in Kreuzberg to commemorate the fate of the Berlin furrier Leo Adler (1898-1939), who was murdered by the Nazis.

State of Berlin finances professorship at Freie Universität to develop alternative methods in research and teaching activities Berlin's first university professorship dedicated to research on alternatives to animal testing is being established at Freie Universität Berlin.

Exhibition at the Confucius Institute at Freie Universität Berlin / Vernissage on October 28, 2015 The story of the life of the German Indologist and sinologist Walter Liebenthal (1886-1982) as well

Professor of Romance Studies at Freie Universität Berlin Is First German Scholar Invited to Give This Address Anita Traninger, a professor of Romance languages and literatures at Freie Universität Be