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Public Lecture by Historian Bernd Sösemann on June 16, at Freie Universität No 207/2016 from Jun 13, 2016 On June 16, 2016, at Freie Universität Berlin, the historian Bernd Sösemann will address patronage during the Nazi dictatorship.

During his visit to the UK at the end of April US President Barack Obama made one thing clear: it is in the interest of the United States, he said, for the UK to remain in the EU.

Professor of Culture of the Talmud at UC Berkeley Will Address the Topic of Diaspora on June 22 at 6 p.m. as Part of the Lecture Series on Migration No 202/2016 from Jun 10, 2016 Daniel

Termin Until today, the Prelate Building of the late-baroque Raitenhaslach Monastery in Burghausen was closed to the public.

The Volkswagen Foundation has awarded funding in the amount of 460,000 euros to two international research projects by Heidelberg University researchers.

Physicist Prof. Cornelia Denz and historian Prof. Heike Bungert exchange views on the differences in using foreign languages in Natural Sciences and the Humanities.

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.

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.

There is a quick, clear answer to any question about his roots: Abitur in Schweinfurt (Bavaria), then university studies, PhD and a professorship at the Universities of Erlangen, Canterbury, Cambridge and Cologne.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Historian Diner Recognized for Studies on the Epistemic Significance of Jewish Life Worlds for Understanding Modernity The historian Dan Diner is being granted an honorary doctorate from Freie Universität Berlin.

Workshop and Light Installations on the Relationship between Body and Soul, October 23 and 24, Topoi House Dahlem The relationship between a soul understood to be immaterial and immortal and the phys

"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.