From lectures and discussions to concerts, exhibitions and sports events. In the Open Humboldt section, we keep you up to date on all public events and projects.
HU scientist Annett Bochmann is investigating boundary phenomena in rivers. Her project is part of the exhibition "On Water" at the Humboldt Labor, which is featured in our accompanying portrait series.
To conclude the series "Coups d'État," Argentine author Alan Pauls will be a guest at the Mosse Lectures. In his lecture on 5 February, he will talk about what it means to live through a coup.
Three young researchers present their dissertations: from physics-based GaN models to statistical tools for complex systems to scaffolding with unusual molecules.
Exhibition by Prof. Dr Martina Wernli and Dr Esther Köhring on books that have received little attention – e.g works by women in the Middle Ages, authors of the Romantic period and Black German literature.
In the Kosmos lecture at Humboldt-Universität on 12 February 2026, Prof. Ulrich Zeller will show how the extinction of large wild animals during the Ice Age and human influence have changed the nature of Central Europe to this day
The "Mathemenschen" exhibition breaks with the cliché of dry maths. 14 researchers build bridges to society with their works of art and show in an audio guide how much culture and origin characterise their thinking.
In the Mosse Lecture on 22 January, Princeton professor Kim Lane Scheppele will analyse the transformation of constitutional governments from the USA to Russia.
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.
