How did the professors and students of the University of Jena live in the early modern period? How did they dress, what did they eat, what did they drink? And eventually: what did they die of? Since 2018, researchers have been finding answers to these and many other questions in the project "Early Jena University History based on the collegiate quarter and with special consideration of the rectors’ graves". Visitors can see the first results and gain insights into the research in the exhibition "The Collegium Jenense. A University Building Ensemble of European Importance - Archaeology, History & Future", which will be shown from 18 November to 23 December 2022 in the exhibition room (E025) of the main building of Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Fürstengraben 1). ...
