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Panel discussion at the German Historical Institute Washington

Democracy in Crisis? Science and Political Decision-making during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Join the GHI Washington and the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina for an opportunity to explore emerging narratives and historical assessments of a health crisis unprecedented in scope and global impact.

News from the University Alliance Ruhr

UA Ruhr Celebrates 20 Years with the Launch of the Future’s Fellowship Program: A New Era of Research Collaboration

Discover how the UA Ruhr‘s newly launched Future’s Fellowship Program is set to strongly impact our international research collaborations, with key insights from the Presidents’ Roundtable on leveraging science and academia to tackle global challenges.

News from the HU Berlin

Public Keynote Lecture by Professor Pratap Bhanu Mehta on Academic Freedom

In his lecture on July 4 in Berlin, Pratap Mehta will offer reflections on the question of why academic freedom has become such an object of contention in contemporary democracies. The talk will draw on examples from the United States, India and Europe to delve into the intellectual and political foundations of academic freedom, and why these might erode.

News from the University of Hamburg

Indiana University Visits Universität Hamburg

The vice-president for IT and chief information officer (CIO) of Indiana University, Rob Lowden visited Universität Hamburg on June 5, 2024. Discussions and a tour of the DESY premises provided him with insights into the Universität Hamburg digitalization and IT strategy.

News from the German Historical Institute Washington (GHI)

Voting Authoritarians into Power – Panel Discussion on June 6, 2024

“The big joke on democracy is that it gave its mortal enemies the tools to its own destruction.”* This statement from Joseph Goebbels, Nazi Germany’s Minister of Propaganda, calls attention to one of the central conundrums of democracy: that democracy and the rights it guarantees can also benefit those who seek to abolish them. Not all dictatorships are established by coup d’état; some come to power through democratic processes including elections.

News from HU Berlin

Empowering At-Risk Scholars in Displacement

Humboldt Universität zu Berlin will host its second Academic Freedom Week from July 1st to July 5th, 2024.

News from the GHI Washington

GHI hosts Symposium “Trust in Museums: Potential, Challenges, and Societal Importance”

As a part of the BMBF’s “German Science Year 2024 – Freedom,” the German Historical Institute (GHI) Washington hosted a symposium together with the German Embassy focusing on public trust in museums with a particular focus on research museums and how this relates to a broader trust in science.