University of Bonn Honors Four Outstanding Individuals with Its University Medal
Humanities - History & Archeology
Gerd Faltings to Receive the 2026 Abel Prize
University of Bonn mathematician being honored for his work of great depth and influence. For the first time ever, the Abel Prize has gone to a German-and this one is based at the University of Bonn! Mathematician Professor Gerd Faltings will receive the award in a ceremony in Oslo on May 26, 2026.
What’s in a Name? - The Unknown Faces of History
A new project at the University of Bonn's BCDSS Cluster of Excellence and the Department of History is studying nameless individuals in historical sources.
How political borders in the Middle Ages are linked to chorales
The spread of a particular genre of music reflects the borders between medieval empires in Europe. This is shown by a study conducted by a musicologist at the University of Würzburg.
Preserving Historical Sounds in the Digital Age
Acoustic measurements carried out on the Walcker organ in St. Jacob's Church in Ilmenau marked an important milestone in a European research project dedicated to the large-scale digitization of traditional and ancient musical instruments.
To examine Hellenistic urbanism and material culture
Archaeologist Oren Tal will be visiting Münster as a Humboldt Research Fellow. Professor Oren Tal and Professor Achim Lichtenberger have known each other for more than twenty years and have worked closely together for the past seven.
Record-breaking trove of information: Upper Egypt site has now yielded over 43,000 inscribed pot sherds
A joint archaeological mission by the University of and the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (MoTA) has documented the world's most extensive find of inscribed pottery sherds at the Upper Egypt site of Athribis.
A forgotten translator of the Salzburg Festival
Around 100 years ago, Ljuba Metzl translated a famous Baroque drama from Latin into German. But her achievement has been suppressed from history.
Selected Jobs
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in mit Zielrichtung Promotion im Subcluster Urban ROOTS Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
Professur für Ältere Französische und Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (50%, open rank) University of Basel
Professorship in Early French and General Literature (50%, open rank) University of Basel
Chaire professorale à 50% en Littérature ancienne française et générale (open rank) University of Basel
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin oder Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Postdoc; m/w/d) im Fachgebiet Neuere und Neueste Geschichte Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Call for Applications for 3 PhD Candidates for 4 years University of Basel
Universitätsprofessur für Ägyptologie Besoldungsgruppe W3 oder vergleichbares Beschäftigungsverhältnis Kennung: W3Ägyptologie Freie Universität Berlin
Wiss. Mitarbeiter*in (Postdoc) (m/w/d) Vollzeitbeschäftigung befristet bis 31.01.2027 Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L FU Kennung: 20261Ertl Freie Universität Berlin
Juniorprofessur für Internationale Geschichte der Nachhaltigkeit im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert mit Tenure Track nach W2 (LBesG) (m/w/d) Universität Trier
University of Bonn Honors Four Outstanding Individuals with Its University Medal