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From Odysseus' Travel Agency to Aquaman – Why the Ancient World Inspires to this Day
At the movies, “Wonder Woman,” the Amazon, battles war god Ares. Theme parks create ancient fantasy worlds combining Roman sculptures and Greek... more
For the Benefit of the Dynasties – What letters tell about the rule of Brandenburg electresses in Early Modern Age
The 18th century – the heyday of letter writing – had not yet dawned. But even 100 or 200 years earlier, the elite circles of the electoral courts in... more
The Forgotten Duty Journals – Historian Prof. Bernhard Kroener and his team are working on an annotated edition of National Socialist duty journals.
A few years ago Prof. Bernhard Kroener of the Institute of History at the University of Potsdam made a very interesting discovery. While doing... more
RAMPAGE – Professor Heiko Christians puts a current topic in perspective
They are acts of violence triggering exceptional horror and disbelief – shooting rampages often claim many lives. Most victims happen to be in the... more
Borders of the Unknown – Ludwig Leichhardt from Brandenburg on Expeditions through Australia
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt was born in 1813 in Trebatsch, Brandenburg. At the age of 35, he disappeared during an expedition through the hot... more
The King, the Countess & the Bishop – A New Perspective on the Enlightenment and Relations between Poland and Prussia
Power games, machinations, political alliances and betrayal – the period of European Enlightenment was eventful with many ups and downs. In a research... more
Literature As Nourishment – Research on a New Spatial Understanding of the Holocaust
Trauma and space – literary scholar and philosopher Judith Kasper brings these two terms together in a research project funded by the DFG about the... more
Caribbean Kaleidoscope
The Fascination of Moving Non-Centers The Caribbean? Gorgeous. Who has not envisioned himself/herself lying in a hammock under palm trees at the ocean watching the sunset? Who has not... more