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15NOV 2021
International
Honorary doctorate awarded to Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Bronfen
On October 12, 2021, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Bronfen was ceremonially awarded an honorary doctorate in Philosophy. Dean of the Faculty Prof. Dr. Rainer Trinczek presented her with the certificate and honoured the English Studies researcher’s achievements in science, science communication and of course at the Faculty of Humanities at FAU, with which she has been in […]
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15NOV 2021
Research
Graduate student in Pre- and Protohistory receives study award
Congratulations to Christina-Maria Wiesner! A graduate student in the Master’s programme of Archaeology, she has received the student prize of the German Society for Pre- and Protohistory (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ur- und Frühgeschichte, DGUF) for her Master’s thesis. The study award honours special achievements by students and thus aims to promote young academics. In her […]
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15NOV 2021
International
Prof. Dr. Heike Paul on controversies to Columbus Day in the Washington Post
On Columbus Day on 12 October, the Washington Post published an article which cites Prof. Dr. Heike Paul. Christopher Columbus has been critically discussed for decades. As a professor of American Studies with a focus on literature studies, she explains the importance of the navigator for Anglo-Saxon culture and the immigration country USA. Where Christopher […]
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15NOV 2021
International
DFG funds research group on esoteric practices
Chinese Fengshui, ritual magic in Germany, Vodun in West Africa, or kabbalah ma´asit in Israel: practices aimed at predicting, controlling, and manipulating life events can be found almost everywhere. A research group at by FAU is now investigating and comparing these esoteric practices in a large-scale interdisciplinary project. The German Research Foundation (DFG) will be supporting […]
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15NOV 2021
Research
Project on pictorial encyclopaedias from the early 16th century receives funding
The world in pictures – and more: pictorial encyclopaedias around 1500 describe the known world and beyond. A new research project at the Lehrstuhl für Lateinische Philologie des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit (Prof. Dr. M. C. Ferrari) funded by the Manfred Roth Foundation is concerned with these fascinating works. The cheque will be ceremoniously handed over at a press […]
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05OCT 2021
International
New publication: Open Access Research Volume on Decentralization in the Middle East
Political Science has often been blind to political developments and changes beyond political centers as it focused almost exclusively on the national level. A new edited volume from the DFG-funded project on Decentralization in the Arab world at Erlangen’s Institute of Political Science now helps to diminish these caveats. The authors of the contribution widen […]
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