Research

We welcome Patricia Stuelke as a Humboldt Foundation Research Fellow at the faculty! She is guest of the English and American Studies Department, and the Global Sentimentality Project and at work on a second book.

The Berlin underground stop "Onkel Tom’s Hütte" causes controversy. Its name is borrowed from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe, published in 1852 and therefore the term 'Uncle Tom' is  linked to a painful history marked by racism. A petition is now calling for the name of the sta...

In the ranking of the ‘Top 50 Start-ups’ 2021, mentalis has reached fourth place. Launched in 2018, the company offers digital follow-up care after (partial) inpatient treatment for mental illnesses and is a spin-off of the chair of Psychology I at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and The...

From now until 10 October 2022, female doctoral and postdoctoral researchers of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology can apply for the next round of the FAU Mentoring Proramme ARIADNEphil. The 18-months programme starts in January 2023. The offer is free of charge and designed...

Two projects at the Chair of Health Psychology are receiving funding from the DFG. The project ‘FEARFALL: Chronic stress level and functional health in older adults: the impact and role of fear of falling’ was launched on 1 June 2022 and is a joint project together with the Institute for Institute f...

In summer term 2022, the faculty bids a warm welcome to all new colleagues. To a great start into your stay at FAU!   Prof. Dr. Gabriel Zeilinger has been Chair of Regional History of Bavaria and Franconia since 1 April 2022. He arrived here from Rostock University, where the Freiburg-bor...

Major success for researchers of the faculty: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved funding for two new research training groups (RTG) in fall 2022. This means that the DFG is providing around 8,6 million euros of funding for young researchers at FAU who are completing doctoral degrees i...

Academic freedom is a universal human right. However, almost two out of five people worldwide live in countries where academic freedom has been increasingly restricted over the past ten years, including Brazil, India, Cameroon, Russia, Thailand, and the USA. This is indicated by the Academic Freedom...

Prof. Dr. Vincent C. Müller was selected for a Humboldt Professorship for Artificial Intelligence – Germany’s most valuable research award – and will be receiving a call to FAU. Negotiations will begin shortly; if they are successful, the prize will be awarded in 2022. For FAU, this is the fifth suc...

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 close collaboration for decades.