The Ecole Normale Supérieure Lyon, one of the most prestigious universities in France, will award Professor Hartmut Rosa, Director of the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt, an honorary doctorate at an international conference entitled…
Five essays (in German and English) by Jörg Rüpke have been published by Books on Demand under the title "Christmas in town". In it, he traces how Christmas has changed again and again historically and the many different ways in which people…
Professor Anke Holler has been elected as the new President of the University of Erfurt. Following a presentation of the candidates open to the university public last Friday, the University Assembly voted in favour of her by a majority today. She had…
As part of the Studium Fundamentale seminar "Students meet farmers: How can climate resilience succeed in Central German agriculture?" led by Professor Achim Kemmerling, students from the University of Erfurt were guests at the Kauern agricultural…
With its "Nexus Dialogues", the Institute for Planetary Health Behaviour (IPB) at the University of Erfurt is launching a new series of lectures at the interface of climate, health and democracy that will be open to the university public on Thursday…
The Campus publishing house has published a new book by Bettina Hollstein entitled “Was hält unsere Gesellschaft zusammen?” (What Holds Our Society Together?). In this volume, volunteers at an East German soup kitchen report on their experiences,…
For the new academic year 2025/26, the Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt once again welcomes a number of new scholars from Germany and abroad.