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Forum History of Sciences 2026/1

10 February 2026 | 10:00 - 18:00 Uhr | International Meeting-Centre (M38), University of Erfurt

In February, the Chair for the History of Sciences hosts it's annual Forum on the History of Sciences, discussing current research and publication projects by members of the chair and associates.

Im Februar veranstaltet die Professur für Wissenschaftsgeschichte ihren jährlichen Studientag Wissenschaftsgeschichte und diskutiert dabei aktuelle Forschungs- und Publikationsprojekte von Lehrstuhlangehörigen und -assoziierten.

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Workshop: "Identitätsbildender Konsum und sozialökologische Transformation" | 16. & 17. Oktober 2025

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5. November 2025

Lilú Kruspe awarded the Graduate Student Essay Prize of the German Studies Association

Krupse was awarded for their essay "In Search: German Foreign Legionnaires as Explorers in the Mirror of Contemporary Colonial Imagination".

20. October 2025

DLF Podcast "Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt" on the topic of truth and ideology in the sciences

The latest edition of the Deutschlandfunk podcast "Wissenschaft im Brennpunkt" is dedicated to the topic "Why the extreme right accuses science of ideology". One of the interviewees is Bernhard Kleeberg.

10. October 2025

Research colloquium on the History of Sciences, Winter Term 2025/26

The new programme of the Research Colloquium on the History of Science for the summer semester 2025 is online!

18. September 2025

"Protecting Academia at Risk"-Podcast starts into a Second Season

We’re back with a new series of Protecting Academia at Risk! Listen here!

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