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During the summer semester of 2024, students from the Department of Library and Information Science took part in a seminar organised by the Kustodie/Art Collection, exploring works from the GDR era.

As part of the “Teaching and Learning with Society: Transdisciplinary Course Program,” faculty and students explore how learning can be shaped within and in collaboration with society.

It is not only the many buildings of the university and its institutes that shape Berlin’s cityscape. Traces of its members can also be found – in the form of monuments and busts erected in their honour, but also in the form of commemorative plaques.

How does a song travel through time? Berlin sound archives and the critical work of decolonisation and return.

Two shellac records from the PK holdings of the Berlin Lautarchiv, long believed to be lost, were rediscovered at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and returned to the Lautarchiv in May 2026.

Forgetting and remembering – this process sometimes requires a considerable amount of time to take effect. Sometimes, rediscovery also requires a different setting. A work of art at HU has now achieved this.

In the 2026 summer series, the public lecture series ‘Family Matters’ will explore current issues relating to the family – with contributions from academics at Humboldt-Universität and international guests.

We all live in relationships: The two-day festival at the Humboldt Forum explores chosen families, biological kinship, and intimate networks of relationships—through performances, concerts, readings, discussions, games, and chatbots.