RESEARCH 2024

Provenance Research: Burial, Repatriation, or Storage in the Teaching Collection?

A series of public seminars is addressing research dealing with the origin of human remains currently used for teaching purposes

Jun 03, 2024

Conflict in the Middle East: “We Need People on All Sides Who Actually Want to Find a Solution”

An interview with professor emerita of Islamic studies Gudrun Krämer and conflict researcher Jannis Julien Grimm from Freie Universität Berlin

Apr 16, 2024

The Christian Roots of Antisemitism

Theological anti-Judaism and modern antisemitism have been long been understood to be separate phenomena. Rainer Kampling and Sara Han, however, say that they must be examined together.

Mar 15, 2024

The Horse, the Myth, the Legend

A journey through 2,500 years of humankind’s unfailing fascination for the unicorn

Mar 14, 2024

metaLAB: Where Freie Universität Meets Harvard

Researchers and students are exploring new digital solutions for the arts and humanities in a one-of-a-kind experimental knowledge-design lab called metaLAB (at) FU Berlin

Mar 11, 2024

A Battery Worth Its Salt

Dr. Günther Thiele is working on an energy storage device that does not use rare-earth elements

Mar 07, 2024

Changing Perspectives

The Russian attack on Ukraine on February 24, 2022, changed the world. The Institute for East European Studies at Freie Universität Berlin is adjusting its research focus and placing more emphasis on Southeastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

Feb 22, 2024

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