News of the Max-Weber-Kolleg

Changed opening hours during the lecture-free period

Some service facilities at the University of Erfurt have changed opening hours during the lecture-free period in summer 2025. Please take note of this.

Read more

Thuringian University Network for Sustainability: Tackling global challenges together

The ten state universities in Thuringia have launched the Thuringian University Network for Sustainability. With this joint strategic alliance, they are actively tackling global challenges such as climate change, the loss of biodiversity and social…

Read more

Doctorate Prize 2025 for Sarah-Maria Thumbeck and Laima Eicke

This is a first for the University of Erfurt's doctoral prize: this year, it goes to two young researchers: Sarah-Maria Thumbeck for her dissertation on "Text comprehension disorders in aphasia: model-guided diagnostics and strategy-based…

Read more

Max-Weber-Kolleg hands over doctoral hats to doctoral candidates

The Max-Weber-Kolleg of the University of Erfurt has now presented the doctoral hats to its successful graduates of the past year – all wonderfully framed by students and teachers of the University's Music subject area.

Read more

Commemoration of the first burnt "beguine", Marguerite Porete († 1.6.1310)

On 10 June 2025, Anne Hidalgo, Mayor of Paris, inaugurates a square bearing her name.

Read more

Obituary for Winfried Kumpitsch

It is with great sadness that we bid farewell to our friend and colleague Winfried Kumpitsch, who passed away unexpectedly on 5 June 2025.

Read more

Ausonius Prize for Wolfgang Spickermann

Professor Wolfgang Spickermann, the former head of the Max-Weber-Kolleg at the University of Erfurt, will be awarded the Ausonius Prize on 30 June 2025.

Read more

Justus Bier Prize for curators of the exhibition "Bauhaus und Nationalsozialismus"

The Helga Pape Foundation honours the curators of the exhibition "Bauhaus und Nationalsozialismus" (Bauhaus and National Socialism) – Professor Elizabeth Otto (University of Buffalo), Professor Anke Blümm and Professor Patrick Rössler from the…

Read more

RSS Feed