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Cooperation with Ghana – Shared Projects for the Internationalization of Teacher Education

In December, the Faculty of Arts and the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research (ZeLB) at the University of Potsdam signed a memorandum of …
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz with Archive Director Peer Trilcke.

Federal Chancellor Visits Fontane Archive

During a visit to Villa Quandt on Potsdam’s Pfingstberg today, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in his capacity as a directly elected member of …
Dr. Julia Rüthemann (l.) und Prof. Dr. Katharina Philipowski (r.) im Interview. Das Foto ist von Tobias Hopfgarten.

Love in middle high german – How medieval courtly love poetry provided knowledge about courting

When you open the door to Katharina Philipowski’s office, you seem to enter into a different time. Early modern portraits and reproductions of …
writing couple | Illustration: Andreas Töpfer

The better half – Female writers and the „writing couple“

In literature, so-called “writing couples” have attracted a lot of interest for decades. Literary scholar Hannah Gerlach offers the first …
Prof. Dr. Peer Trilcke and Prof. Dr. Heiko Christians | Photo: Sandra Scholz

“The struggle for new technologies and old prestige” – talking about books, technology and the role of digital humanities in the 21st century

The humanities love the book. And the book loves the humanities. But since the digital has entered culture and science, YouTube and Netflix …
Hackathons connect different scientific fields with each other | Photo: Netzwerk Digitale Geisteswissenschaften | Theodor Fontane Archiv

Henriette Herz-Hackathons – University of Potsdam receives award for innovative recruiting concept

The University of Potsdam has been awarded the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation's Henriette Herz Prize for its concept entitled “Henriette …
Titelblatt einer Ausgabe der Clauert-Geschichten von 1673. | Foto: Kaya Neutzer

The Eulenspiegel of the Mark – Why a Brandenburg Prankster Could Turn a Literary Genre Upside Down

Pranksters who play practical jokes on others, make (almost) everyone laugh, and get away with it, are universally known. That there is someone else …

Vom Übersetzen bis zu Sprache und Migration –Humboldt-Stipendiaten an der Uni Potsdam

An der Universität Potsdam haben neue Humboldt-Stipendiaten ihre Forschungen aufgenommen. Bei den Gästen handelt es sich um Dr. habil. Mehmet Tahir …
Thanks to its variability, language helps to build bridges. Photo: Fotolia/hurca.com.

Testing the Limits – A Special Research Area Investigates How Flexible Language Really Is

It’s Friday morning at a weekly market in Berlin. Those who visit the Maybachufer market in the district of Neukölln are treated to a little journey …

Eine Französin in Preußen – Tagung zum 200. Todestag von Mme de Staël

Sie hat die deutsch-französischen Beziehungen nachhaltig geprägt: die Schriftstellerin und Salonière, europäische Intellektuelle und …