Press Releases 2014

The wars of religion of the sixteenth and seventeeth centuries are long since over but the consequences of the Protestant Reformation and the development of various Christian denominations continue to shape the modern world. Interkonfessionalität in der Frühen Neuzeit, a research training group in...

On 17 December, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation awarded the €60,000 Georg Foster Research Prize. One of the recipients is Peruvian historian Scarlett O'Phelan Godoy. Professor Godoy, who works at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú in Lima will use the prize money to fund cooperation...

Skepticism," to be conducted under the aegis of Universität Hamburg. Starting in October 2015, the project, which will run a total of eight years, will receive almost €4.2 million from the DFG for the first four years. Spokesperson is Prof. Dr. h.c. Guiseppe Veltri. (Faculty of Humanities...

Prof. Dr. Henry Chapman, head of the Coherent X-Ray Imaging division at the Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL) at Universität Hamburg, is one of eight scientists to receive the € 2.5 million Leibniz Prize, Germany's highest monetary research award.

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Diese Gelder...

Japanese studies at Universität Hamburg turns 100 this year. A century ago the first chair devoted to the study of Japan in Germany was established in Hamburg, simultaneously marking the birth of Japanese studies as an academic discipline. The chair belonged to the so-called Hamburg Colonial...

As part of its lecture series on gender, Männlichkeit(en): Krisendiskurse & Konfliktfelder, the Faculty of Humanities invites the general public to a lecture by Jürgen Marschukat, professor of North American history at the University of Erfurt:

Männerkrisen – historisierende Beobachtungen einer...

Prof. Stefan Bühler from the Meteorological Institute at Universität Hamburg was part of a successful bid for securing funding for a new research project within the framework of the new European Union funding program Horizon 2020. The project, entitled "Fidelity and Uncertainty in Climate Data...

Seit Semesterbeginn betreiben die Mitglieder der Universität Hamburg einen „Heißen Herbst“ für die Ausfinanzierung der Hochschulen zum allgemeinen Wohl. Für die öffentliche Auseinandersetzung haben die universitären Gremien ihre Ambitionen im „Heißen Herbst“ in einer gemeinsamen Erklärung gefasst...

The working group Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology headed by Prof. Brigitte Röder has initiated a new study on neuroplasticity. The researchers aim to determine the flexibility in adult brains. In cooperation with the Institute for Human Movement Science, they will investigate whether...

Let the tears flow! On 20 November at 8:30 pm, NDR talk show host Julia-Niharika Sen and Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, president of Universität Hamburg, will discuss tears at Thalia Theater's Nachtasyl with guests from the sciences, culture, and other fields.. Read on in German...

Weinen reinigt die...

Western fat-tailed dwarf lemurs (Cheirogaleus medius) are tiny Madagascan primates living in monogamous family units. Although winter temperatures in the tropics remain high, fat-tailed dwarf lemurs hibernate for seven months, starting as soon as water and food become scarce and temperatures go...

The brand new research vessel SONNE is visiting Hamburg and invites interested members of the public to take a look behind the scenes of a state-of-the-art research vessel. "Open Ship" on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 November from 10 am–4 pm (last entry at 15:30), Hamburger Überseebrücke (near the...

Universität Hamburg's Ski Academy, organized by the Center for Sport and Exercise Medicine at the Institute for Human Movement Science, invites all sport aficionados between five and seventy-five do do some training. Come and test your skiing skills! On Sunday, 16 November 2014, from 10 am–1 pm at...

In the upcoming months, the members of Universität Hamburg will dedicate the semester to public discourse and protest aimed at improving education, academia, study, teaching and research. Read on in German...

Wir wenden uns mit diesem Engagement gegen die ständigen Verschlechterungen, die den...

Each year prospective students are faced with the task of choosing which subjects to study. Many involve their parents, who can often provide advice and/or money, in this decision-making process. Yet many parents are unfamiliar with terms such as "credit points" or "STiNE account" or indeed the...

Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, president of Universität Hamburg: "I welcome in principle the decisions made by the Joint Science Conference (GWK) for research and academia in Germany. An additional 405 million euros will be made available for all higher education and research institutions in the state...

An interdisciplinary research group at Universität Hamburg has been granted €3.26 million for the project Mehrsprachigkeitsentwicklung im Zeitverlauf (MEZ, development of multilingualism over time). Read on in German...

Das Team unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Ingrid Gogolin aus dem Fachbereich...

Universität Hamburg has ranked high among international universities in U.S. News & Wolrd Report's Best Global Universities rankings—ranking 135th among 500 international universities and 7th among 42 German universities. Read on in German...

Der Präsident der Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr...

Universität Hamburg has organized "Tropenträume unter Glas" (tropical dreams under glas)—A Day of Action at the tropical greenhouses of the University Botanical Gardens on Saturday, 1 November 2014 from 3–10 pm. Hamburg citizens and visitors of all ages are welcome to enjoy our colorful program...

In the wake of restructuring measures at Universität Hamburg in February 2014, part of the Department of Business Administration, formerly of the Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences, established the new Faculty of Business Administration. The Faculty of Business Administration...

The Presidium of Universität Hamburg has resolved to establish a Center of Natural History (CeNak) to consolidate the University's various natural history collections.  It has also appointed Prof. Dr. Matthias Glaubrecht as the Center's new scientific director and head of the Zoological Museum...

Due to their unique collections as well as their contributions to collection-based research, Universität Hamburg's Zoological Museum and Geological-Paleontological Museum enjoy an excellent scientific reputation at home and abroad. Read on in German....

Ziel der Gründung eines Centrums für...

Roughly 1,000 first-year students and their families will be officially welcomed in the Audimax on 15 October 2014. Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, president of Universität Hamburg, and Prof. Dr. Kerstin Poehls, professor for European ethnology and cultural anthropology, will host the festivities. Read...

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Die 1933 Art Zone ist ein bekanntes Kreativzentrum in Shanghai und ein Motiv der Ausstellung im Geomatikum.

Für Rückfragen und Fotomaterial:

Dr. Michael Waibel
Institut für Geographie
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Universität Hamburg sent a delegation to East Asia from 28 September to 9 October. The delegation was successful in establishing new partnership agreements with several institutions. [Read on in German ...]

Mit dem Ziel der Entwicklung strategischer Partnerschaften hat der Präsident der...

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has authorized a new research group spearheaded by Universität Hamburg. The project, Marketing Hedonic Media Products in the Context of Digital Social Media, is the first research group working exlusively in the field of business to receive DFG funding. Other...

Universität Hamburg mourns author Siegfried Lenz. Lenz, who studied philosophy, English and German literature at the University in the 1940s, passed away on Tuesday at the age of eighty-eight. Awarded an honorary doctorate from the Department of Languages on his fiftieth birthday, Lenz received...

Crystallography enables scientists to analyze molecular structures.  An article in Nature Methods describes the so-called time-resolved crystallography—a new method developed by a research team headed by Prof. Arwed Pearson from the Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI). This unprecedented...

„Türöffner-Tag 2014“ der „Sendung mit der Maus“
am Freitag, dem 3. Oktober 2014,
im Experimentallabor der Fakultät Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Aufgang C, Raum 2224,
Von-Melle-Park 5, 20146 Hamburg.

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In dem Experiment rund...

Once again, Universität Hamburg offers a versatile public lecture program in the upcoming winter semester. Altogether, our Public Lecture Series comprises thirty-five offerings which consist of 340 individual lectures. There are no restrictions on admission or participation and all lectures are...

Am Donnerstag, dem 18. September 2014, um 20.30 Uhr begrüßen im Nachtasyl des Thalia Theaters NDR-Moderatorin Julia-Niharika Sen und Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, der Präsident der Universität Hamburg, besondere Talkgäste aus Wissenschaft, Alltag und Kultur zum Gespräch über einen besonderen Saft...

After discussion in the Presidium, the Chamber, and the University Council, the Academic Senate has now reviewed the Office of Science and Culture's (BWF) paper "Strategic Perspectives for Hamburg's Higher Education Insitutions to 2020" and formulated a position thereon. [Read on in German]

Der...

On 11 September 2014 the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation will award the Anneliese Maier Research Prizes in Hamburg for the third time. The prizes are each worth €250,000 and are awarded to researchers in the humanities and the social sciences. The seven award winners were selected from among...

Today the chair of University Council, Prof. Dr. Albrecht Wagner, and the president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, responded to the Office of Science and Research's paper "Strategic Perspectives for Hamburg's Higher Education Institutions until 2020." [Read on in German]

Der...

Zwölf, douze, doce—the twelfth round of the Hamburg Children's Uni starts on Monday, 29 September 2014 at 5 pm and discusses the question: Why are there so many languages? In the following five sessions, which take place each Monday thereafter at 5 pm, researchers will discuss topics arising from...

The Southern Ocean, also known as South Polar Ocean or Antarctic Ocean, is home to more than 9,000 species. Scientists have been researching their distribution and special traits for centuries. Today the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) introduces a sea atlas that ties together...

Mathematics are part of our daily lives, from cellphones and navigation systems to special effects and medical diagnoses. In order to promote mathematical talent and enthusiasm at the youngest possible age and to improve the quality of math instruction at primary-school level, PriMa was...

In the movies, museum exhibits spring to life. Although this doesn't usually happen in real life, exhibitions and collections have been evolving into dynamic places of discovery. As part of "Kultur macht stark," an initiative launched by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)...

Light can be used to instantaneously manipulate magnetic forces in materials such as iron. Dr Johan Mentnik and Prof. Dr. Martin Eckstein from Universität Hamburg's Center for Free Electron Laser Science (CFEL) and the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD) have...

Am 31. Dezember 2013 hat die vom Präsidium der Universität Hamburg beauftragte Gutachtergruppe unter Vorsitz von Prof. Dr. Borsch ihr Gutachten mit Empfehlungen zur Entwicklung einer Konzeption für den Botanischen Garten der Universität Hamburg vorgelegt. Darin wird vor...

Poker is highly addictive, especially online. In Germany, poker games for money are prohibited. Nonetheless, the country, with a 10.8 percent total market share, has been the world's second-largest market for the illegal pastime. A new study conducted by Universität Hamburg's research group on...

Universität Hamburg's Botanical Gardens, located in Klein Flottbek and Planten un Blomen, are both an extraordinary scientific institution and a popular destination for nature-loving residents and tourists alike. We would like to inform the press and public about the results of the expert...

Following an invitation extended by the President, the head of the Faculty of Humanities met with the representatives of both Latin American studies and the Department of Languages, Literature and Media (SLM II) and agreed to reopen admission to the Latin American studies program for the winter...

The Karl H. Ditze Foundation will award the thirteenth Karl H. Ditze Prize for outstanding undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations in the humanities and the educational sciences at Universität Hamburg. The prize is worth 10,000 euros. [Read on in German]

Die feierliche Preisverleihung findet...

This year's Women's Advancement Prize at Universität Hamburg goes to the Equal Opportunity Team in the School of Humanities. The prize, worth 10,000 euros, is awarded for outstanding and sustainable activities promoting women at Universität Hamburg. [Read on in German]

Die feierliche Verleihung...

Students of teacher training for primary and lower secondary education can now study Catholic religion at Universität Hamburg. The new subject will be available from the winter semester 2014-15. Already qualified teachers wishing to teach Catholic religion as an extra subject may complete a...

Unter fachkundiger Anleitung können die Besucher aus 15 unterschiedlichen Kursen Angebote wie Balance-Fitness...

Prof. Dr. Roland Wiesendanger, leader of the Scanning Probe Methods Research Group at the Institute for Applied Physics at Universität Hamburg, has been awarded the Heinreich Rohrer Grand Medal for his pioneering work on spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy and magnetic phenomena on the...

Major changes are afoot for Universität Hamburg Choir and Orchestra this summer semester. Until now both ensembles performed together in a single summer concert. Now, under the baton of the new academic musical director Prof. Thomas Posth, choir and orchestra will give separate concerts. And...

Banning players is an essential element in preventing gambling addiction – if implemented correctly. This was the result of a study funded by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg carried out at Universität Hamburg.

Demnach wirkt sich das derzeitige Sperrsystem in staatlichen Spielbanken positiv...

Seit acht Jahren erfolgreich und nun geht es in die dritte Runde: Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) fördert den Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 676 für weitere vier Jahre. Der SFB mit dem Titel „Teilchen, Strings und das frühe Universum – Struktur von Materie und Raumzeit“ erhält damit vom...

For decades our society has witnessed massive changes: the financial markets appear ever harder to control and more and more social tasks, such as the care of the elderly, seem to be transformed into commercial goods. These transformations and the social consequences they effect are the object of...

Dr Julia Rehbein from the Insitute of Organic Chemistry at Universität Hamburg has been selected to join the German Research Council's Emmy-Noether Program. Dr Rehbein's research group has been awarded more than 1 million euros for a project on reaction dynamics in chemical transformations of...

Mind-reading, steering machines with nothing more than willpower – all no problem in science fiction. But how long before we can do this in real life? Over the last few years the neurosciences have made significant progress on this front, in particular through the development of new imaging...

Die Folgen des Klimawandels spüren insbesondere die zahlreichen Inseln der Erde. Das verdeutlicht eine neue Online-Datenbank von Geographen am Centrum für Erdsystemforschung und Nachhaltigkeit der Universität Hamburg (CEN). Sie steht ab sofort zur Verfügung und kombiniert geographische...

In its session of 15 May 2014, the Academic Senate of Universität Hamburg elected Prof. Dr. Suanne Rupp, who was recommended by President Dieter Lenzen, to the presidium. The three-year term of office for the new Vice President of Studies and Teaching will commence on 1 August 2014. At the end of...

TV presenter Julia-Niharika Sen (NDR) and president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, will talk with guests from various fields about a very special elixir: blood. The talk will take place in Thalia Theater's Nachtasyl on 15 May at 8:30 pm.  Read on in German...

Die Schauspielerin...

In the wake of increasing mobility among a growing population, the development and optimization of environmentally-friendly motors has high priority. In Hamburg, a German-Chinese cooperative project called SINGER (Sino-German Electromobility Research) is now beginning activities, the goal of which...

The president of Universität Hamburg, Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, has been designated as a "Kenjin" (wise man or eminent person) for ASHINAGA – Educational and Emotional Support for Orphans Worldwide. ASHINAGA is a Japanese non-profit organization which has long been committed to the material and...

Prof. Dr. Michael Hagner, ETH Zürich, has been awarded the Martin Warnke Medal for his academic achievements and his success as an author. The award ceremony will take place on:

Wednesday, 23 April 2014
at 7:30 pm
at the Warburg Haus Hamburg, Heilwigstraße 116.

Members of the media are cordially...

Researchers have spent two weeks on board Universität Hamburg's chartered research ship RV Lance. The trip was accompanied by the research aircraft Polar 5, which is operated by the Alfred Wegener Institute, and several helicopters - with great success. A clever combination of satellite data, ice...

Study faster, in a more structured way, and with greater international scope: these were among the more ambitious goals of the Bologna Process.  Fourteen years into Europe's most extensive university reform efforts, however, the reality in Germany's universities looks a lot different. Read on in...

Today,the Universities Member Group of the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) reelected Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen to act as its spokesman as of 1 July 2014.

Read on in German...

Der Präsident der Universität Hamburg und frühere Präsident der Freien Universität Berlin verantwortet seit 2007 im...

What should I study? And who is going to pay? Year after year, young adults who have just completed their secondary schooling are faced with these and other questions. They don't generally decide on their own - they turn to their parents for advice and, of course, financial help.

Read on in...

Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, chairman of Hamburg's State Higher Education Conference and president of Universität Hamburg, has expressed condolences on the death of Heinz-Günther Vogel, the longstanding chairman of the Karl H. Ditze Foundation:

"We deeply regret the death of Heinz-Günther Vogel. In...

This summer, Universität Hamburg is offering a rich program of public lectures. The General Lecture Series includes 28 public lecture series totalling about 300 single lectures. Lectures begin on Tuesday, 1 April 2014. Read on in German...

Der Besuch der Vorträge ist kostenlos...

The Loki Schmidt Haus in Klein Flottbek's Botanical Gardens is now hosting a new exhibition on medicinal plants. Illustrations by Stephanie Böhm, taken from her master's thesis project "Heilpflanzen illustriert," form the heart of the exhibition, which also includes information about medicinal...

Today, good technical customer service is a deciding factor in customer satisfaction and economic success. That makes it all the more important for technical service professionals to equip themselves with all of the information they require for their work, for example, with an application (App) on...

Procrastination sounds like a fairly threatening diagnosis, but students at Universität Hamburg and the HafenCity University can tackle the "I'll do it later" sydrome during the "Night of Postponed Term Papers" on Thursday, 20 February 2014 anytime from 4 pm to 12 am. Read on in German...

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A new book entitled "Dazugelernt – Beiträge aus einem Jahrzehnt der Bildungsreform“ by President Lenzen includes articles, critiques and concepts on education reform from 2000 to 2010. Read on in German...

Das Buch, das sich an Fachwissenschaftlerinnen und Fachwissenschaftler, Dozentinnen und...

Researchers at Universität Hamburg and Macquarie University in Australia have discovered that close relations among young spiders reduces conflict and increases the chances that siblings, in contrast to unrelated spiders, will survive. Read on in German...

Spinnen sind ein wichtiger Faktor...

Today, Federal Minister of Education Prof. Dr. Johanna Wanka, Science Senator Dr. Dorothee Stapelfeldt, President Dieter Lenzen, and other speakers officially opened festivities to celebrate the new research project "Religion and Dialog in Modern Societies." Theologian Prof. Dr. Paul F. Knitter...

The Federal Minister of Education and Research Prof. Johanna Wanka, Hamburg's Science Senator Dr. Dorothee Stapelfeldt, the Director of the Academy of World Religions Prof. Dr. Wolfram Weiße, and Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen, president of Universität Hamburg, will officially open the festivities to...

Universität Hamburg cordially invites the public to this year's

Winter Concert
on Sunday, 2 February 2014, at 8 pm
in the large concert hall of the Laeiszhalle, Hamburg.

Tickets: www.adticket.de, hotline 0180 60 50 400, or at city-wide ticket offices or evening box office

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The University Players' winter production is about testing limits and breaking taboos. The theater group, which has its home in the Department of English and American Studies, is presenting the contemporary drama

Pornography by Simon Stephens
from 21 to 23 January and 25 January to 1 February...

Die CUI-Forscher aus dem Team von Prof. Dr. Klaus Sengstock konnten im Labor erstmals beobachten, wie eine Wolke ultrakalter Kalium-Atome kollektiv schwingt, quasi einen quantenmechanischen Wiener Walzer tanzt. Das Besondere dabei: Es handelt sich um fermionische...