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German Language Course Typical German Phrases

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11 September 2025|Research

German Language Course for International Researchers at the Faculty of Humanities starts October 14, 2025

For international researchers at the Faculty of Humanities, a German Language Course is offered Tuesdays, 14:00 – 17:00 at Warburgstraße 28, Room 3015 (Centre for the Study of Manuscript Cultures / Cluster of Excellence 'Understanding Written Artefacts'), beginning on October 14, 2025. The course is primarily aimed at...

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Die wiedergewählte Dekanin mit Blumen im Arm

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1 September 2025|Interview

Interview with the Dean Prof. Dr. Silke Segler-Meßner

On July 16, 2025, the Faculty Council re-elected Prof. Dr. Silke Segler-Meßner as Dean of the Faculty of Humanities. Her second term of office will begin on March 1, 2026, and will again last five years. In this interview, she talks about her motivation, the challenges ahead, and her goals for the next five years.

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4 August 2025|Interview

Interview with Dr. Jan Horstmann, the new head of the Digital Humanities Lab

Since July 2025, Dr. Jan Horstmann has been the new head of the Digital Humanities Lab in the Faculty of Humanities. In this interview, he talks about upcoming projects and his plans for the further development of digital humanities at the faculty.

Dr. Tobias Vlćek, Dr. Manuel Becker, Dr. Patrick Ziegelmüller, Stella Mercedes Fingas, Maryam Blumenthal (science senator), Prof. Dr. Lars Hummel, Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Allgoewer, and Prof. Dr. Kira Weber (from left) at the award ceremony for the Hamburg Teaching Prize

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22 July 2025|Studium und Lehre

Seven University of Hamburg teachers were awarded the 2025 Hamburg Teaching Prize

In addition to the University of Hamburg, the Ministry of Science, Research and Equalities also honors particularly excellent university learning opportunities every year. This year’s awards took place on 21 July 2025 in the State and University Library Carl von Ossietzky. Seven University of Hamburg lecturers also received...

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Prof. Dr. Jonas Bens during his research in Tanzania.

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17 July 2025|Interview

Social norms, law, and justice—normative conflicts and how they arise

Many legal issues, for example the question of property, are regulated differently in different societies. Prof. Dr. Jonas Bens, Heisenberg Professor of Anthropology at the Department of Studies in Culture and Arts at the University of Hamburg, is investigating the conflicts that arise from such normative pluralism.

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15 July 2025|Studium und Lehre

Holy Warriors, Monasteries, and Demons

How do video games and TV series portray the Christian religion? Three students at the University of Hamburg are researching exactly that, and traveling to the world’s leading computer game trade fair in Cologne to investigate. This is one of 9 student research groups funding by Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence...

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