The new Humboldt-Universität website went online this afternoon! This marks the first major milestone in the "New Website" project - a step that many at HU have been waiting a long time for.
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The podcast is a journey to the Republic's Clusters of Excellence and in the current episode takes us to the MATH+ Cluster of Excellence in Berlin and how mathematical methods can contribute to a more economical use of resources.
The Humboldt Forum welcomes all Berliners affected by the power outage, as well as all volunteers and official helpers, to its collection presentations and exhibitions from Wednesday to Sunday, 7 to 11 January 2026.
The President of the European Court of Justice, Koen Lenaerts, will speak on 30 January about "Citizenship in Motion: Striking the balance between Union and Nation". The event can be followed as a livestream on YouTube.
The Einstein Foundation Berlin is funding eleven new research projects with 13 million euros. The focus is on the new Einstein Centre for Early Disease Interception and Kerstin Kaufmann's Einstein Professorship at Humboldt-Universität.
Truth and freedom are mutually dependent. Georg Essen, Professor of Systematic Theology at the HU, sheds light on why academic freedom is essential in order to maintain a connection to reality in a democracy.
The Presidium of the Academy has elected the HU professor as a member of the National Academy of Sciences. The sociologist conducts research into the demography and social structure of societies.
The Humboldt-Universität and New York University have signed a strategic partnership agreement. The agreement provides for the deepening of mutual exchange and increased cooperation in teaching and research.
"Seen & Heard: Young People's Voices and Freedom of Expression", an EU project to strengthen freedom of expression, was nominated as a best practice project.
An HU project promotes socio-ecological education at five primary schools in Berlin and Brandenburg. The pupils analyse political and administrative structures and derive questions and recommendations for political actors.
The Senegalese philosopher Mouhamadou El Hady Ba will be our guest at the second Mosse Lecture on 18 December. In his lecture, he will deal with the recent coups in West Africa and discuss their relationship to questions of decolonisation.
Information on the academic holidays: Closing times of the HU main building, the cafeterias and libraries as well as the availability of the Compass hotline for students.
