All Media News 2010

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 with Foreign Backgrounds - 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...

From 21 March to 30 May 2010, the Loki Schmidt Haus will be showing the special exhibition "AUTOTROPH," a joing exhibition by Hamburg artists. More...

Starting in winter semester 2010/2011, the Department of Informatics at the University of Hamburg is offering the innovative Master's program "IT Management and Consulting." At the North German cooperative stand "Hamburg: Hotspot of Ideas - We Network the North" at the CeBIT, project initiator Dr. Ingrid Schrimer and her colleagues will introduce the new informatics master's program to the public for the first time from 2 to 6 March. 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...

In the joint project "Denkwerk Ethnologie: Familie in der Diaspora" (Denkwerk Ethnology: Family in the Diaspora) at the Institute for Ethnology at the University of Hamburg and the Heidberg (Langenhorn), Heilwig (Alsterdorf) and Luisen (Bergedorf) gymnasia, students will learn about the methods of ethnological research. 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...

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...