All News of 2010

In den letzten drei Jahren hat sich die Anzahl der Großschiffe mit über 330 Metern Länge im Hamburger Hafen verdoppelt. Damit die Mitarbeiter und Mitarbeiterinnen der Nautischen Zentrale, der Verkehrsleitstelle des Hamburger Hafens, darauf angemessen reagieren können, haben Wissenschaftler und Wissenschaftlerinnen des Fachbereichs Informatik der Universität Hamburg, das Hamburger Informatik Technologie-Center (HITeC) e. V. und die Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) das Projekt AHOI (Arbeitsgerechte Neugestaltung der Nautischen Zentrale des Hamburger Hafens und innovative Mensch-Modell-Interaktion) durchgeführt. Mehr...

Bei entsprechender Bewirtschaftung lassen sich negative Folgen des Klimawandels für den Wald auffangen: Mit besser angepassten Baumarten und dem richtigen Management kann der deutsche Wald für das Jahr 2100 fit gemacht werden. Mehr...

Anlässlich der Präsentation des vierten Bandes des Sachlexikons über Afrika, der Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, lädt das Hiob Ludolf Zentrum für Äthiopistik am Asien-Afrika-Institut der Universität Hamburg interessierte Bürgerinnen und Bürger herzlich ein zu der Veranstaltung: "Internationale Ziele und Projekte der Nordostafrika-Forschung" am Freitag, dem 17. Dezember 2010, um 16.30 Uhr. Mehr...

Unter dem Motto „Uni baut Zukunft“ hat am 30. November eine öffentliche Auftaktveranstaltung zur Planung des naturwissenschaftlichen Campus Bundesstraße stattgefunden. Damit startete auch das Verfahren zur Beteiligung der Bürgerinnen und Bürger. Diese können in Arbeitsgruppen Vorschläge zur Gestaltung erarbeiten. Ab 2013 soll das große Bauvorhaben in drei Abschnitten beginnen. Mehr...

Die Group for Society & Animals Studies (GSA) ist die deutschlandweit erste sozialwissenschaftliche Forschungsgruppe, die sich dem Verhältnis der Gesellschaft zu den Tieren widmet. Aus Anlass der Gründung der GSA laden das Institut für Soziologie der Universität Hamburg sowie Absolvent/inn/en und Studierende der Soziologie alle Interessierten herzlich ein zur Gründungsfeier der Group for Society & Animals Studies am Mittwoch, dem 10. November 2010, von 15 bis 17 Uhr. Mehr...

Dr. Rudolf Tippelt, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, is giving a lecture on Monday, 13 December 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m. on: "Continuing Education for People over 45 in Light of Demographic Change." The lecture is based on his study, "EdAge - The Educational Behavior and Interests of Older Adults," which examined the continuing education behavior and interests of men and women between 45 and 80 years old for the first time. More...

The Academy of World Religions at Universität Hamburg and the Westphalian Wilhelms-Universität Münster, the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, the University of Osnabürck and the University of Paderborn will be able to offer doctoral positions within the context of a research training group. These positions aim to train young scholars in Islamic Theology. The Mercator Foundation is offering to fund up to 15 doctoral positions and to provide 3.6 million euros. More...

The Historical Seminar and Department of German Literature are celebrating their 100th anniversary. In honor of this double anniversary, volumes 18 and 19 of "Hamburg's Contributions to the History of Science" have been appearing. They document lectures from two lecture series conceived for the anniversary. The book presentation on 8 December was open to the general public. Get to a report in the monthly newsletter of Universität Hamburg here...

The research training group "Physics with New Advanced Coherent Radiation Sources" (GRK 1355) will receive about 3.2 million euros from the German Research Foundation for another four-and-a-half years. The new funding period will run from 1 April 2011 to 30 September 2015. Spokesperson for the research training group is Dr. Klaus Sengstock from the Institute for Laser Physics. The authorization of the application means that the research training group has reached the maximal funding period, attesting to its extraordinary scientific quality. More...

Universität Hamburg has successfully applied with the German Research Foundation for a new research training group on "Mathematics inspired string theory and quanta field theory" (GRK 1670). The group's spokesperson is Dr. Bernd Siebert from the Department of Mathematics in the School of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences. The funding sum is about three million euros and the group will begin its work on 1 April 2011 and conclude on 30 September 2015. Get more information here... and here...

For the first time, the Association of Natural History Collections in Hamburg (VNSH) is publishing a joint catalogue in order to illustrate the profiles, research, synergies and prospects of its seven participating institutions. The long-term goal is to establish an interdisciplinary natural history museum to unify Universität Hamburg's current natural history collections. Get more information here... and here...

In the coming year, Slovenia will celebrate i20 years of independence. In recognition of this milestone, the Institute for Slavic Studies at Universität Hamburg and the Center for Slovenian as a Foreign Language at the University of Ljubljana are hosting a series of events using the the motto "Viva Slovenia!" More...

The European Research Council (ERC) has approved 2.4 million euros for a project at Universität Hamburg on the human brain's learning capacities. The ERC hereby recognizes the previous academic achievements of Dr. Brigitte Röder, head of the Office of Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology. More...

As part of the public lecture series "Studying Again? Justice and Life-Promoting Education," Dr. Helmut Bremer from the University of Duisburg-Essen will give a talk on "Social Milieus and Political Education: How symbolic violence leads to self-exclusion" on Monday, 29 November at 6 p.m. More...

In its session on 19 November 2010, the Academic Council resolved not to approve the budget proposal for Universität Hamburg by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. More...

The Department of the Culture and History of India and Tibet in the Asien-Afrika-Institut at Univerität Hamburg and the South Asian cultural association in Hamburg jointly invite the public to the eighth South Asian day. This year's topic is "Violence and The Abuse of Power: Implementing Law." More...

How can teachers best design lessons for classes in which pupils are instructed in various native languages? This is the central question of the fall conference "Language Diversity: Equal Opportunity" by the FÖRMIG Skills Center at Universität Hamburg. More...

The Academic Senate reaffirmed its statement of 9 November 2010 (AS 682) with regard to needs-based public financial support for the university which is indisensable to the realization of the university's social duties as they are formulated in the university's guidelines as well as the surmounting of underfinancing in this area. The Academic Senate supports the president of Universität Hamburg's demands to increase the university's budget from previous years' financial support by about 50 million euros and to abolish the structural financial deficit. Against this backdrop, the Academic Senate categorically rejects the economic proposal. Vor diesem Hintergrund lehnt der Akademische Senat den Wirtschaftsplan-Entwurf kategorisch ab. More...

Gemeinsame Erklärung des Präsidiums und des Hochschulrats

Thirteen scholars from various schools of Universität Hamburg are represented in "AcademiaNet ," which was activated by Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday, 2 November, in the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. With the aid of this databank, scientific and political decision-makers have better access to the profiles of excellent academics. More.... 

On Monday, 8 November, Universität Hamburg is launching the lecture series "Studying again? Justice and Life-promoting Education." The first lecture will be given by the recognized sociologist and philosopher from Hannovr, Prof. Oskar Negt, on the topic of "The Political Human Being." More...

The Institute for Psychotherapy (IfP) at Universität Hamburg is celebrating its tenth anniversary. The scientific anniversary program on 5 and 6 November will thematize, among other things, current discours on the interplay between chronic illnesses and psychological symptoms. More...

The chamber of Universität Hamburg, which consists of the university's management and the schools' deans, fear that suggested budgetary cuts will seriously endanger Universität Hamburg' performance in research and teaching. More...

On 2 November at 12 p.m., the "Entenphilharmonie" will be set afloat in the duck pond on the Von-Melle-Park campus. The student council of Universität Hamburg has planned the campaign to criticize the senate's budget cuts and to highlight the consequences which the budgetary measures will have for students. The university management supports the campaign. More...

The Institute for Geography at Universität Hamburg invites the interested public to its third geography symposium, "Cities and Globalization" on Friday, 5 November 2010. More...

On the 72nd anniversary of "Kristallnacht" or the Night of Broken Glass on 9 November 1938, Universität Hamburg and the Association of People Persecuted by the Nazis - Association of Antifaschists (WN-BdA) invites the public to a commemorative event: Tuesday, 9 November 2010 at 3:30 p.m. at Joseph-Carlebach-Platz. More...

The CHE Excellence Ranking 2010 has given the natural sciences at Universität Hamburg top ranking in European comparisons, deeming it particularly strong in the field of research and internationally oriented. More...

In winter semester 2010/2011, 32 students in the master's program "IT Management and Consulting" are being trained as future IT managers and supported by Hamburger businesses. Corporate and academic institutions are working closely together using this model as a response to the dearth of experts with practical experience in IT. The master's program was developed by the Department of Informatics in the School of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences at Universität Hamburg. More...

The Department of Political Economics at Universität Hamburg invites the public to a lecture by Professor Hans-Werner Sinn on the topic of "Europe in Crisis" on Tuesday, 2 November 2010 from 12:15 to 1:45 p.m. The president of the ifo Institute for Economic Research will analyze the European debt crisis and its effects on currency in a lecture which is accessible to a general audience. More...

The Karl H. Ditze Foundation has awarded the 9th Karl H. Ditze Prize for outstanding final theses and dissertations in the School of Humanities at Universität Hamburg. The awards ceremony on Thursday, 28 October 2010 at 4 p.m. in the Warburg House, Heilwigstrasse 116, will be officially opened by Dr. Dieter Lenzen. The interested public are cordially invited. More...

Maria von Welser will be teaching for the first time in the Department of Business Administration at Universität Hamburg. Together with Dr. Insa Sjurts, university professor and managing director of the Hamburg Media School, the former director of the NDR state radio station will be teaching the course "Good Governance: Corporations Caught Between Economic Success and Social Responsibility" the business administration program this winter semester. More...

Hannelore "Loki" Schmidt died today, 21 October. The wife of former chancellor Helmut Schmidt was named Honorary Senator of Universität Hamburg in 1990. In 2000, she received an honorary doctorate from the department of biology at Universität Hamburg. In 2006, Loki Schmidt inaugurated the Museum of Useful Plants, which had been named in her honor, in the Botanical Gardens in Klein Flottbek. More...

With the master's program "IT Management and Consulting," Universität Hamburg is launching a master's program in winter semester 2010/2011 with a special practical orientation. It was developed by the Department of Informatics in the School of Mathematic, Informatics and Natural Sciences at Universität Hamburg and it currently receives support from 18 Hamburg companies in the field of IT as well as from the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce.
We cordially invite members of the media to a press conference on Wednesday, 27 October, 10 a.m. in the Radisson Blu Hotel Hamburg, Marseiller Strasse 2, near Dammtor train station. More...

The Department of Informatics at Universität Hamburg will be holding an honorary colloquium to celebrate the 100th birthday and the technical and artistic accomplishments of Prof. Dr. hc. mult. Konrad Zuse, inventor of the computer. In this context, the organizers will be showing the documentary film "Konrad Zuse: A Cinematic Portrait of the Computer Pioneer and his Machines." Following the film, informatics professor Dr. Horst Oberquelle will open the exhibition "The Inventor of the Computer as Artist." More...

The newly-founded Food & Health Academy of Universität Hamburg is opening with a lecture series on foodstuffs, health and nutrition. Scholars and scientists will give talks on current issues and understanding of obesity, type II diabetes, metabolic disorders as well as pyschological disorders such as anorexia and bulimia. More...

How does language change in multilingual contexts? What are the opportunities and challenges of multilingual societies? The conference "Multilingual Individuals and Multilingual Societies" addresses these issues from 6 to 8 October 2010 at Universität Hamburg. More...

History, politics, psychology or natural sciences: Universität Hamburg's "general lecture series" offers fee lectures from diverse academic fields to the Hamburg public. You can find a total of 200 lectures from the areas of scholarship and research in the newly-printed, 55 page course catalogue. More...

Starting immediately, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will fund a consortium of international scientists coordinated by Universität Hamburg with four million euros. The goal is to develop innovative concepts and strategies for the exploitation of natural resources in southern Africa. In this interdisciplinary project, "The Future Okavango," natural and cultural scientists as well as economists will investigate how natural resources along the Okavango River in souther African can be sustainably exploited and fairly distributed. More...

Today, the KlimaCampus at Universität Hamburg is introducing a new model of the city of Hamburg in a wind channel laboratory. After eight weeks of construction and preparation, scientific research will commence. The Federal Office for Population Protection and Disaster Aid (BBK), the Office of  the Interior of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and the KlimaCampus at Universität Hamburg are funding the project. More...

Universität Hamburg's research training group 1286, "Tailored Metal Semiconductor Hybrid Systems," which is funded by the German Research Foundation, is starting its second funding period on 1 October 2010. This year, it was deemed "excellent" by the German Research Foundation. In its second funding period, the research training group will receive more than 4.8 million euros from the German Research Foundation for a period of four-and-a-half years. More...

The Zoological Institute of Universität Hamburg invites the public to two lectures as part of its 103rd annual conference of German Zoological Societies: Dr. Martin Wikelski, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, University of Constance: "Why Zoology must be 'wild' and global" on 17 September 2010 from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. and Dr. Ragnar Kinzelbach, General and Specialized Zoology, University of Rostock: "The Animal Images of the Artemidor Papyrus (1st century B.C.)" on 19 September 2010, 7:15 p.m. to 20:15 p.m. More...

The Geographical Institute in the Department of Geosciences at Universität Hamburg and the study group for Pacific Studies e.V. are jointly hosting a poster and photo exhibition on the topic of "The Transformation of China's Large Cities" from 9 September to 22 October 2010 in the foyer of the Geomatikum at Universität Hamburg, Bundesstr. 55. A significant aspect of the exhibition is the economic restructuring of China's labor-intensive industry to the establishment of services with high value and low environmental pollution. More...

For the third round of the Excellence Initiative to Promote Science and Research at German universities, Universität Hamburg has submitted nine draft proposals in all three funding lines. For the first funding line (graduate schools), five schools have developed concepts for their own graduate schools. In the second funding line (excellence clusters), draft proposals from the fields of physics, linguistics, education and neurosciences have been submitted. In the third funding line, Universität Hamburg has submitted an institutional strategy to position itself as a university for sustainability based on its expertise in this area. More...

The Institute for Laser Physics at Universität Hamburg and the European Physics Society are hosting the international laser conference "Europhoton 2010" from 29 August to 3 September. The conference will present current findings in laser research.
Dr. Robert Byer, Stanford University, will give a public lecture entitled "50 Years of lasers: meeting the challenges of the 21st century" on Thursday, 2 September at 7:30 p.m. in the Ernst Cassirer Lecture Hall (lecture hall A) in the main building, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1. The public is welcome to attend. No registration required. More...

From 5 to 12 September, work by the artist Jürgen A. Koch, aka "Bogomil," will be exhibited in the Loki Schmidt Haus of Universität Hamburg. The theme of these works is autumn leaves in their various colors and structures. At the opening on 5 September at 2 p.m., Prof. Dr. Deiter Handelt, cel biologist at the BioCenter Klein Flottbek at Universität Hamburg, will give the laudatory speech.  More...

Since mid-August, the Russian expedition "SoJaBio" under the direction of Dr. Marina Malyutina, Institute of Marine Biology in Vladivstok, is travelling on the Russian research ship "RV Akademik Lavrentyev" in the Japanese deep seas in order to investigate species diversity on the ocean floor in this as-yet completely unexplored area.
Four researchers of Universität Hamburg, Dr. Angelika Brandt and the biologists Laura Würzberg, Nikolaus Elsner and Torben Riehl are participating in this pioneering project. Six other scientists from the Public Zoological Collection of Munich, the Senckenberg Institute in Frankfurt, the German Research Center for Marine Biodiversity in Wilhelmshaven, Freie Universität Berlin and a small business from Kiel as well as a Swiss scientist from the University of Genf are also on board. The first "transsect" investigation, which is an analysis of a series of measurements and observations along a straight line, has already been successfully concluded at a depth of 3,300 meters. More...

The Volkswagen Foundation will continue to support the research project "Multilingualism and Multiculturality in Academic Study," or "MuMiS" for short, with a total of 300,000 euros for another two years. The project is part of the funding initiative "Univerity of the Future." Launched in May 2008, the "MuMiS" has been following the process of internationalization at German universities in three projects at the universities of Hamburg, Siegen and Kassel over a period of two years. The focus of the Hamburg project is the improvement of English-language teaching and the advising of foreign students. More...

On 13 August, Universität Hamburg will send letters of acceptance to applicants for winter semester 2010/11. There were a record number of applications: 43,894 prospective students applied for 8,500 spaces. Of these applicants, 36,821 are first-time students. The glut of applications was smoothly and efficiently processed with the aid of the campus management system CampusNet (STiNE). More...

For its work on sustainable fisheries management, an international research group under Prof. Christian Möllmann (Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science and the KlimaCampus Hamburg) has received the American "Sustainability Science Award 2010." The award, which is not endowed, is granted by the internationally significant Ecological Society of America (ESA) as part of its annual general meeting (1 to 6 August)on 2 August in Pittsburgh. More...

A team of researchers from Universität Hamburg and the Spanish research center IMDEA Nanoscience has successfully chemically produced material which coheres by organizing itself into two-dimensional nano-structures. These revolutionary structures can be used in flexible electronic switches, solar cells and photosensors. In the title story of the current issues of "Science," the German-Spanish research group presents its discovery. More...

Two expeditions to inhospitable regions - in the Russian Komi Republic and in the Siberian Lena Delta - will attempt to clarify how moors react to climate change. Mehr...

Universität Hamburg and the Institute for Financial Services e.V. (iff) will be intensifying their cooperation. According to a new agreement, there will be closer cooperation in both research and teaching. More...

Prof. Dr. Birgit Pfau-Effinger, who holds the Chair for Social Structural Analysis at the Institute of Sociology at the Universität Hamburg and an international consortium are seeking a grant for 2.7 million euros for an EU research project. The research project will compare the cultural, economic, political and social conditions of female employment. More...

The Universität Hamburg's Women's Advancement Award, which is being granted in 2010 for the 14th time, will go to the ANNA LOGICA advancement program in the School of Mathematics, Informatics and Natural Sciences. More...

Prof. Dieter Lenzen will play an active role on the board of trustees for Aktion Deutschland Hilft. The president of the Universität Hamburg, who was elected in November and previously president of the Freie Universität Berlin, promised to support and advise the association of aid organizations. More...

The Department of the South East Asian Languages and Cultures and the departmental council for Thai Studies invites the public to a panel discussion on the political crisis in Thailand on Monday, 5 July 2010 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in the Asien-Afrika-Institut, room 221. More...

Basic researchers from Hamburg assume important roles in the World Climate Report 2012. More...

Today, Wednesday, 23 June at 7 p.m., the Academy of World Religions at the Universität Hamburg was officially opened its doors. In attendance were Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen as well as Senator Dr. Herlind Gundelach. More...

Researchers at the KlimaCampus of the Universität Hamburg and the Alfred-Wegener-Institut present their prognoses on the September minimum. More...

On 4 July, a soccer-free Sunday, the choir and orchestra of the Universität Hamburg invite the public to a cultural highlight: Samuel Colerdige Taylor, The Song of Hiawatha (1898-1900) at 7:30 p.m. in the Laeiszhalle, great hall. More...

Narrative research at the Universität Hamburg is alive and well - literally: On 1 July, the open-access publication "living handbook of narratology," funded by the German Research Foundation and the Universität Hamburg, is being launched. There will be a small celebration at 7 p.m. in the Hamburg State and University Library. More...

Findings from a comparative study on the distribution of housework. More...

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the Universität Hamburg and the Confucius Institute at the Universität Hamburg are jointly hosting "Why China?", an information session for students, graduates and scholars at all universities from 25 to 26 June 2010 in the university's main building.More...

Today, which is also German Diversity Day, the "FörMig" Skills Center at the Universität Hamburg has opened. The Center's goal is to improve the educational chances of children and adolescents with foreign backgrounds. The research center's building was made possible by a grant from the Office for School and Vocational Education of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. More...

To open the state cluster of excellence "Nanospintronics," the European symposium "Nanospintronics" will take place from 16 to 18 June 2010 at the Four Seasons Hotel. Over 150 national and international scientists will discuss the most recent findings and innovations in the field of nanospintronics. Today, on 17 June 2010, the president of the Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, and the Science Senator of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Dr. Herlind Gundelach, welcomed guests.More...

The Universität Hamburg and DESY have jointly received permission to establish a Humboldt Professorship for Acceleration Development and Particle Physics. The prestigious research award has been granted to Brian Foster, who currently oversees the field of particle physics at Oxford University in Great Britain. The award was announced today by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. More...

The School of Education, Psychology and Human Movement (EPB) is responsible within the Universität Hamburg for the quality of teacher training.
This responsibility and knowledge of national and international research findings and experience with school instruction have led us to the unanimous conclusion that learning together longer in heterogenous groups improves the developmental possibilities of all school pupils and constitutes progress in the current selective, three-part school system.
Thus, the EPB's faculty council will support the six-year primary school in the Hamburg referendum on school reform on 18 July 2010. It also condemns the proposal by the "Wir wollen lernen!" ("We want to learn!") initiative.

From 20 to 29 August, work by the artist Elke Hellas Markopoulos will be on exhibit in the Loki Schmidt Haus of the Universität Hamburg. Elke Hellas Markopoulos' work let's "plants speak," humans pause to "get in touch with plants," and encourages observes to treat these living organisms respectfully.
Open: Tuesday to Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m., Sundays and holidays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Free. More...

The "FörMig" Skills Center aims to improve the educational chances of children and adolescents with a foreign backgrounds. The ceremonial opening will take place on 17 June at 4:15 p.m. at the Anthropological Museum, Rothenbaumchaussee 64. Members of the media welcome. Speakers include Hamburg's School Senator Christa Goetsch and the University's president Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen. More...

At its  10 June 2010 session, the Academic Senate of the Universität Hamburg confirmed recommendations for the university's management by University president Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen in accordance with the Hamburg Higher Education Law. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hans-Siegried Stiehl was confirmed for a second period of office. Prof. Dr. Rosemarie Mielke will be joining the University Management as a new Vice President. More...

The Association for the Promotion of the Geological-Paleontologcal Museum of Hamburg is giving its collection of amber, with over three-thousand amber fossils, to the Geological-Paleontological Institute of the University of Hamburg and its connecting museum. The collection will be ceremoniously presented and there will be two short talks on Thursday, 17 June 2010 at 4 p.m. on the ground floor of the Geological-Paleontological Museum. More...

The Universität Hamburg would like to draw attention to "Brave New Education? A conference to critically reflect upon current developments in higher education and the development of emancipating alternatives," from 16-18 June 2010 at the Universität Hamburg in the Anna Siemsen lecture hall, Von-Melle-Park 8. Free. No registration required. More...

Graduates of the master's program in "Performance Studies" at the Universität Hamburg will present their final projects, entitled "Mix Tape," from Monday 7 June to Thursday, 10 June 2010. All presentations at 7 pm at Kampnagel. More...

The two-story exhibition and communication center "nanoTruck - High Tech from the Nanocosmos," which is part of a national information campaign on nano-technology by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) will be visiting the Universität Hamburg from Wednesday, 9 June to Friday, 11 June, in front of the main building of the Universität Hamburg. More...

The University Players are presenting The Zoo Story & Lovesick for lovers of the English-language theater from 1 - 4 June, 6 - 8 June and 16-18 June 2010, all performances at 8 p.m. in the Audimax of the Universität Hamburg. More...

How do volcanic eruptions affect the climate? Until now, scientists assumed that eruptions with high sulfur-dioxide content reaching far into the atmosphere lead to the creation of aerosols. These aerosols could in turn cool the earth. Another effect - the fertilization of ocean algae - has now been investigated by researchers in the "Integrated Climae Analysis and Prediction" (CliSAP) Excellence Cluster at the University of Hamburg. Their initial findings have now been published in the scientific journals "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics" and the "Journal of Geophysical Research." More...

The Asien-Afrika-Institut at the University of Hamburg invites the public to a reading by the Turkish author Latife Tekin. She will be reading from her novel "Garden of Forgetting" on Monday, 17 May 2010 at 6 p.m. in the University's main building, East Wing, Room 221, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1. Discussion and reading in German and Turkish. Free. More...

In a joint statement, the University Management and the University Council of the University of Hamburg have set forth essential issues, news, and positions from their joint session on 5 May. These include the strengthening of cooperation with the Faculty of Medicine, success in the competition "Health Regions of the Future" funded by the Ministry of Education and Research, the establishment of an SAP task force and agreement that the University is under-financed. More...

The Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is funding three more "Health Regions of the Future" with a total of over 22 million euros. The winner of the second round of the competition, "Health Regions of the Future," are being awarded today in Berlin. More...

The University of Hamburg's diversity program, "PIASTA - Intercultural Living and Studying," will receive two-year funding from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for its model project "Change in Perspective: International Students as Intercultural Diplomats." The University now has about 115,000 euros to realize the project. More...

Within the context of the University mass, Prof. Dr. Lenzen will give a sermon on The Fascination of the Beginning: Between Fear and Certainty (Joshua 1,9) on Sunday, 9 Mai 2010 in St. Katharinen Church. More...

In the CHE University ranking issued today the University of Hamburg has once again moved up. The subjects education, English/American studies, romance languages and literature, German studies and psychology were evaluated for the University of Hamburg. More...

The Department of the Languages and Cultures of mainland South-East Asia invites the interested public to its first Thai Day at the University of Hamburg on Saturday, 8 May 2010 from 12 to 8 pm in the Asien-Afrika-Institut, main building of the University of Hamburg, East Wing, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1. More...

On Tuesday, 4 May and Wednesday, 5 May from 11 am to 6 pm, the job trade fair "Stellenwerk" will take place for the third time in the University of Hamburg's main building in Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1. More...

The model program "Promoting Children and Adolescents from Migrant Families - FÖRMIG" ran from 2004 to 2009 in ten German states with the support of the federal government. The Institute for International and Intercultural Comparative Education at the University of Hamburg followed the project under the direction of Prof. Dr. Ingrid Gogolin, who is all the project's spokeswoman. Initial results and products are now available: new procedures for language diagnosis, methods for testing educational quality in multi-cultural schools and insights into school instruction which successfully promotes language acquisition. More...

On 22 April 2010, ten new "Stumbling Blocks" were ceremoniously laid into the sidewalk in front of the University of Hamburg's main building, Edmund-Siemers-Alless 1. These commemmorate former members of the University who were persecuted or murdered under National Socialism (1933-1945) due to their Jewish backgrounds or political activities. More...

This year, almost 1,000 prospective students applied for 100 spaces in the European master's program "European Master in Law and Economics" (EMLE) headed by the University of Hamburg. This constitutes a 30% increase in comparison with figures from the previous year. More...

For the second time, the Menno Simons Sermon Award was granted by the Theology Section of the Friednskirchen. The jury awarded Jürg Bräker (Heidelberg) for his sermon on a New Testament text from the Gospel of John (Chapter 11, "The Raising of Lazarus"). More...

On Wednesday, 21 April 2010, the RCMC or Research Center for Media and Communication (Zentrum für Medien-und Kommunikationsforschung) will celebrate its opening. The festivities will take place at 6 pm in the University's main building, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, lecture hall H. More...

Following five years of research, the Institute for International and Intercultural Comparative Education at the University of Hamburg will present the results of its scientific evaulation of the model program "Promoting Children and Adolescents from Migrant Families - FÖRMIG"  at a press conference on Thursday, 22 April 2010. More...

The public is invited to attend the ceremonial laying of ten "Stolpersteine" commemorating victims of National Socialism at the University of Hamburg. The stones will be laid on Thursday, 22 April 2010 at 10:30 am in the sidewalk of Edmund Siemers Allee in front of the University's main building. More...

On Sunday, 11 April at 5 pm, the conference "Becoming Visible: Jewish life in Germany since 1990"  will be opened by Prof. Holger Fischer, Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of Hamburg, Dr. Vogel, the Chairwoman of the Carlebach Study Group at the University of Hamburg, Dr. Herlind Gundelach, Senator for Science and Research of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and Dr. Miriam Gillis-Carlebach, honorary Senator of the University of Hamburg. Members of the press are cordially invited. More...

For all law students longing to see China, the Faculty of Law at the University of Hamburg is hosting a China Information Evening on Friday, 9 Paril 2010 from 5 to 9 pm in the Shanghai Yu Garden Teehaus, Felbrunnenstr. 67, 20148 Hamburg. More...

In December 2007, Al Gore and the UN Climate Advisory Board IPCC were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Today, two years later, the public has become concerned about errors in the climate report. Calls for the resignation of the IPCC's chairman have grown louder. More...

Scholars would like to discuss the following topics with (older) citizens: how to keep learning after retirement, what opportunities retirees have to stay active and develop  and to what extent younger and older generations can cooperate with each other. The conference will take place from 24 to 26 March 2010. More...

Does the world need new security policies in the face of drought, rising sea levels and migration? Or are the feared climatic conflicts being exploited to legitimate military build-up? The conference "Climate Change and Conflicts," which takes place from 26 to 28 February in Hamburg, addresses these issues. More...

From 24 to 26 February an international group of experts in Hamburg will discuss how information technology can improve predictions about the effects of climate change on plant life. More...

In the past several decades, gender research has contributed a great deal to our understanding of gender in science and research. Many questions remain, however, and the complex relationship of processes and factors contributing to inequality is a long way from being thoroughly analyzed. The research project "Women in Top Research" at the University of Hamburg and other projects are jointly hosting the conference "Scholarship and Gender: Careers and Barriers on the Way to the Top" on 18 and 19 February 2010. More...

The Academic Council recently recommended, among other things, further developing religion-based scholarship with a focus on Islamic Theology. With the opening of the Academy of World Religions in June 2010, the University of Hamburg is going one step further. More...

The financial market crisis and the role of the European unions are the focus of the two-day conference "Unions between the Precariat and Casino Capitalism - Beyond Decision-Making After 20 Years, Revisited" on 5 and 6 February 2010 at the University of Hamburg.
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 Martha Muchow's questionnaires were long considered lost; the researcher at the former Psychological Laboratory published questionnaires in 1928 on the topic of "magic daily rituals" among adolescents and adults in the Magazine for Pedagogical Psychology and Youth Culture. More...

Opening doors, changing the TV station or writing news using the power of thought alone - we will probably have to wait a few years for this to become reality. But an international team at the University of Hamburg and the Tsinghua University in Peking, China have succeeded in taking a step in this direction. More...

On 29 January 1945, Hans Leipelt, former student of our University, was executed in Stadelheim, Munich at the age of 23. In remembrance of Leipelt, Vice President Holger Fischer, former President Dr. Peter Fischer Appelt and the Student Council will lay flowers in front of the commemmorative plaque in the entrance hall of the Audimax. More...

The Institute for Geography at the University of Hamburg invites the public to a talk by Geographer Hanne Hagemann, followed by discussion: is urban flood prevention using flood protection resevoirs up to date?"
Monday, 1 February 2010, at 3 pm. More...

Jom Jäschke Operational Media donates 10,000 euros to the University of Hamburg. More...

The University of Hamburg's choir and orchestra and their conductor, Prof. Bruno de Greeve, invite the public to this year's Winter University Concert on Monday, 1 February 2010 at 8 pm in the Laeiszhalle, large concert hall. More...

Under the direction of Dr. Anke Grotlüschen from the Department of Education 3, Professional Education and Life-long Learning at the University of Hamburg, a research team will investigate how well German-speaking adults can read and write. The study is part of the project "loe.-Level One Study." More...

Today, on 18 January 2010 at 6:15 pm, the Faculty of Humanities will follow the recommendation by the Department of Protestant Theology and award the theologian Dr. Konrad Raiser (71) an honorary doctorate. More...

The Center for Globalisation and Governance (CGG) at the University of Hamburg invites the public to a talk by Dr. Rüdiger Wolfrum, Director at the Max Planck Institute for foreign public and international law in Heidelberg and judge on the International Sea Tribunal. The talk is part of a lecture series. More...

The University of Hamburg, the University Society of Hamburg and the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce invite you to the new mentoring project UNICA's launching event. More...

The University Players at the University of Hamburg are performing the classic thriller (in English) from 19 - 23 January and 25 - 30 January 2010. All performances at 7:30 pm in the Audimax. More...