News22 October 2026|TransferNew Pop-Up Learning Space: Experience and Help Shape Memories of the GDR InteractivelyPhoto: Michael SeyboldWhat does Hamburg actually have to do with the GDR? From 30 October through 16 November 2026, a pop-up learning space invites anyone interested to...Contribution from the university's newsroom2 October 2026|ForschungInternational Impact: German Research Foundation Approves Four Global Minds ProfessorshipsPhoto: University of Hamburg/GöttlingAll four Global Minds professorships applied for by the Clusters of Excellence and Collaborative Research Centers at the University of Hamburg and the...Contribution from the university's newsroom1 October 2026|FakultätNew Professor of Media Studies: Prof. Dr. Guido KirstenPhoto: UHH/VogiatzisSince October 1, 2026, Prof. Dr. Guido Kirsten has held a Heisenberg Professorship in Media Studies in the Department of Language, Literature, and...1 October 2026|InterviewWelcome Aboard: Prof. Dr. Guido Kirsten Joins the Faculty of HumanitiesPhoto: Flo MaakEvery year, numerous new researchers join the University of Hamburg. In this series, we introduce them and their fields of research. This time: film...Contribution from the university's newsroom30 September 2026|ForschungDoing the Research: Why It's Not Just the Words That Matter in InscriptionsPhoto: Sebastian EngelsThe University of Hamburg (UHH) is home to more than 6,200 researchers. Every two weeks, in the “Research and Understanding” series in the Hamburger...Contribution from the university's newsroom29 September 2026|ForschungOldest Quran manuscripts to be analyzed for the first timePhoto: UHH/Brannahl-ArchivA total of 929 Quran manuscripts dating from the 7th to the 11th centuries A.D. were discovered in 1973 in the Great Mosque of Sanaa (Yemen)...Contribution from the university's newsroom21 September 2026|TransferWas Atlantis located in Scandinavia? Following the Trails of Myths in the North with “Frozen Atlantis”Photo: Darren Hamlin Photography / Martin Olson PhotographyIn the 1670s, the Swedish polymath Olof Rudbeck the Elder attempted to prove that the utopian places described in classical mythology were located in...Contribution from the university's newsroom3 September 2026|ForschungERC Starting Grant: What defines the religious background of a manuscript?Photo: UHH/EsfandiariDr. Sophia Dege-Müller of the University of Hamburg has been awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council. The expert on Ethiopian...Contribution from the university's newsroom10 August 2026|BibliothekDonation of Historic Children's Books to the Picture Book LibraryPhoto: Nadja MurphyFrom the estate of collector Joachim Klinger (1932–2024), his daughters Nadja Murphy and Prof. Dr. Judith Klinger have donated his private collection...6 August 2026|ForschungDoing the Research: What constitutes a good marriage?Photo: privateThe University of Hamburg is the scientific home to more than 6,200 researchers. Every 2 weeks, we offer a glimpse into their work as part of the...Contribution from the university's newsroomShow all news
