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"We are all astronauts" is the motto of an interdisciplinary and international conference being hosted by the Institute for European Art History of Heidelberg University from 22 to 25 October 2015.

Team of Archaeologists Discovered Parts of the Wooden Dome and Fragments of the Mosque Window During excavations near Wünsdorf, about 40 kilometers south of Berlin, archaeologists from Freie Universi

During the second summer school on music archaeology of the Berliner Antike-Kolleg on August 14 and 15, highly regarded experts will give an introduction to the study of ancient music.

How did Japan open up to the world in the 19th century and what influence did its reforms have on world history? That is the topic at an upcoming international conference at Heidelberg University.

Annual Conference of the Collaborative Research Center 980 "Episteme in Motion" from July 2 to 4 in Bode Museum - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Figural knowledge is the theme of this year's annual conf

International Workshop on Jewish Intellectual History at Freie Universität June 2 to 4, 2015 A workshop at Freie Universität Berlin from June 2 to June 4, 2015, will examine new approaches in the scholarly study of Jewish intellectual history.

Freie Universität Berlin Opens New Building with Integrated Library The largest construction project that Freie Universität Berlin has implemented itself, the new building housing numerous small acad

s with Survivors Soon Accessible in Visual History Archive of USC Shoah Foundation at Freie Universität Berlin As of Friday, April 24, it will be possible to explore the genocide of the Armenians 100

Giving Global Times their History After the previous Congresses in Leipzig (2005) and Dresden (2008), the third European Congress on World and Global History will be held in London on April 14-17, 2011.

Marcel Oettrich from the Office of Marketing and Knowledge Management of the University of Freiburg has been chosen as Germany"s "Top Father 2010.