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Opening hours during the lecture-free period

During the lecture-free period (from 8 July to 11 October 2024), some service facilities at the University of Erfurt will have different opening hours. We ask for your attention.

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New blog post of the Gotha Research Library on the Occasion of the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Hymnal: Johann Christoph Olearius' Hymn Book Collection and the Beginnings of Hymnology

On the first floor of the east wing of Friedenstein Castle, next to one of the artistically restored ducal chambers with geographical literature, is a simple room of outstanding value. The Gotha Research Library's rich collection of hymn books is…

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"Karstwärts": reading and talk with Jan Röhnert

"Karstwärts" is the title of a new collection of stories by Jan Röhnert. The Gotha Research Library of the University of Erfurt cordially invites all interested parties to a reading and subsequent discussion on Wednesday, 17 July. The event starts at…

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Gotha Library Scholarship for Emma Braslavsky

This year, author Emma Braslavsky has been awarded the Gotha Library Scholarship to research her next book "Gummi" (rubber). It is awarded by the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Thuringia, the Friends of the Gotha Research Library, the Gotha…

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New blog post of the Gotha Research Library: On the benefits of School Holidays and Self-study. Reform Attempts at the Gotha Gymnasium under the Rector Johann Gottfried Geissler (1768-1779)

To what extent are school holidays beneficial? Is a school more attractive on the "education market" if the students there have more or fewer days off? These seemingly very modern questions were already being debated in the ducal seat of Gotha at the…

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Gotha Library Talk with Dr Dietrich Hakelberg and Dr Markus Meumann

„Kriegsbeute der Ernestiner. Bücher sammeln im Dreißigjährigen Krieg“ (Spoils of war of the Ernestines. Collecting books in the Thirty Years' War) is the title of the next event in the "Gotha Library Talks" series, to which the Gotha Research Library…

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Focus on the early modern period: Gotha Research Centre celebrates its 20th anniversary

The Gotha Research Centre at the University of Erfurt began its work 20 years ago to support researchers in their exploration of Gotha's library collections. Today, it can look back on a success story – which will be celebrated next Thursday, 20…

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"The little freedom: celebration, photography, culture of remembrance"

In a seminar at the University of Erfurt, students explore the freedoms that festivals bring on the basis of photographs from the Friedenstein Foundation's collections. The seminar is part of the Studium Fundamentale and brings together students from…

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