Ingo Uhlig directs the digital atlas “artwork.earth”
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21.10.2022 in Featured, Science, Research

Cultural Atlas of Change

Climate change and the energy transition are two of the defining issues of our time. The literary scientist and sociologist, Professor Ingo Uhlig, explores how art and literature are able to contribute to this debate and to a greater acceptance. Read more

Literature about Buchenwald concentration camp is one of Stephan Pabst’s main areas of research.
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31.03.2020 in Science

Books from Buchenwald

Dr Stephan Pabst has launched an ambitious project: he wants to explore the literature produced at Buchenwald concentration camp and uncover unknown works by Eastern European authors. The project was launched at an international conference in Weimar. Read more

Small stubs of paper with quotations await visitors at the entrance to the Klopstockhaus.
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02.10.2019 in Knowledge Transfer, Study and Teaching, Campus

A house full of scholars

People used to write down what moved them, in books, letters and other texts. But how do you show their thoughts and feelings in an exhibition? Students of literary scholar Dr Christiane Holm have devoted themselves to this question – and in doing so revived the Klopstockhaus in Quedlinburg. Read more

Hans Adler and Elisabeth Décultot are working on a complete edition of Sulzer’s writings.
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05.12.2016 in Research, Science

Sulzer – the unknown philosopher

At present, it’s hard to get hold of the writings of Swiss philosopher of the Enlightenment Johann Georg Sulzer or find much literature about his work. This is set to change in the coming years: Humboldt Research Award winner Professor Hans Adler from the University of Wisconsin–Madison is planning a complete edition of the works and letters of Sulzer together with Halle’s Humboldt Professor Elisabeth Décultot. Read more