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Libraries

Libraries

As part of the Universität Hamburg library system, the Faculty of Humanities has four large departmental libraries and various small special collections and archives. They form the decisive basis for the Faculty's research strength. The comprehensive, easily accessible reference collection of these libraries is key to the successful application for and implementation of externally funded research projects. At the same time, it enables the interlinking of research and teaching in the student development of basic principles and in academic project work. In addition, the libraries are a place where teachers and students can meet and participate.

Library Committee

The Library Committee of the Faculty of Humanities consists of the library directors of the departmental libraries and university lecturers from the respective departments:

Hochschullehrer:innen

Bibliotheksleitungen
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christof Berns (chair) Bettina Stolzenburg
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jörg Engelbert (deputy chair) Birte Plutat
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Seibert Jan Aggensteiner
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ingrid Schröder
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Philippe Depreux		 Dr. Mirijam Beier
Bücher

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Theology Library

The Theology Library at Gorch-Fock-Wall 7 (Tel: +49 40 42838-3768, e-mail: evtheologie.bibliothek"AT"uni-hamburg.de) has over 125,000 meda units and houses the collections of the Protestant Theology and Religions departments in one place.

With the Library of Jewish Scepticism, the Theological Library has a special location at Jungiusstraße 11 (Tel: + 49 40 42838-9845/ -9767, e-mail: silke.schaeper"AT"uni-hamburg.de).
Bibliothek im Philturm

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Library of Humanities

With around 800,000 media units, the Library of Humanities is the largest specialist library at the Universität Hamburg in terms of media units. It is responsible for the departments of Language, Literature and Media I and II as well as History and Philosophy and is divided into the locations Philosophenturm (phone: +49 40 42838-2736, e-mail: bib-service.gw"AT"uni-hamburg.de) and Gorch-Fock-Wall 7 (German Sign Language, phone: +49 40 42838-6580, e-mail: bibliothek"AT"sign-lang.uni-hamburg.de).

As a special location, the Research Center for the History of Hamburg has a reference library with around 10,000 volumes at Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 (Tel.: +49 40 42838-6178, e-mail: franklin.kopitzsch"AT"uni-hamburg.de).

Bücher der Kunstgeschichte

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Studies in Culture and Arts Library

The Studies in Culture and Arts Library (Tel.: +49 40 42838-3268, e-mail: bibliothek-kultur"AT"uni-hamburg.de) in the west wing of Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 includes the subjects of Art History with the German Bible Archive, Empirical Cultural Studies, Ethnology, Classical Archaeology, Pre- and Early Historical Archaeology, Egyptology, Mesoamerican Studies and Ancient Oriental Studies with a total collection of approx. 250,000 media units.

The Musicology Library is an external location of the departmental library at Neue Rabenstraße 13 (Tel.: +49 40 42838-5591, e-mail: bibliothek-muwi.kultur"AT"uni-hamburg.de). It contains over 50,000 media units, half of which are books and a quarter each of sheet music and sound recordings.

Bibliothek im Ostflügel

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Asien-Afrika-Institut Library

The Asien-Afrika-Institut Library (Tel.: +49 40 42838-6574, E-Mail: info.aaibib"AT"uni-hamburg.de) is located in the east wing of the main building at Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1 and offers around 317,000 media units on the subjects of Africa, Austronesia, China, India and Tibet, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Vietnam and the Middle East. The young collection of mainly Chinese and Korean films includes more than 5,000 VCDs and DVDs.

Bibliothek des CSMC

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CSMC Reference Library

The CSMC Reference Library (Tel.: +49 40-42838-9420, irina.wandrey"AT"uni-hamburg.de) at Warburgstraße 26 is a world-leading collection for research on written artefacts, especially in the field of manuscript studies. It houses more than 14,000 books, periodicals, and databases, including numerous rare and hard-to-find publications. The library's collection is constantly growing.