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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

“Taming Time” – Writing a New Chapter in Earth’s History

Freie Universität professor, Reinhold Leinfelder, gives time a voice in his “science graphic novel”

Nov 14, 2023

“The Gurlitt scandal was a boon for provenance research”

This November marks the ten-year anniversary since the discovery in an apartment in Munich became public knowledge. Art historian Meike Hoffmann examined the works and suddenly became famous around the world. She reflects on the decade and the future

Nov 07, 2023

Books with History: The Search for Rightful Owners

Since 2013 the Provenance Research Center has been investigating the history of books at Freie Universität Berlin to find out whether the university’s collections include works that were looted

Nov 07, 2023

Digital Surveillance and Authoritarian States

Two researchers at Freie Universität Berlin are investigating how repressive states like China and Russia use digital technologies to monitor their populations and bolster their legitimacy.

Oct 31, 2023