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On Friday 13 February 2026, we welcomed colleagues from Lund University to the Gerlachbau and the Humboldt Labor. The focus was on the university collections – their administration, networking and, in particular, their use in teaching.

Unlike the chains of office of the traditional faculties, which cannot be traced at the University of Berlin, Humboldt-Universität possesses the legacy of the chain of office of the former School of Commerce.

A collaborative workshop at the Humboldt Forum brought together art, therapy, and science. The result was a diorama and an audio piece that bring objects of memory, heritage, and transgenerational narratives to life.

For now, the large-scale work can only be seen in the evening hours – the colourful stained-glass windows shine into the garden courtyard after dark when the lights in the renovated vestibule of the Audimax are switched on.

Family secrets, hidden legacies, and inherited silence: The Humboldt Forum’s themed days explore the most secretive aspects of community—with performances, discussions, workshops, guided tours, role-playing, and children’s programs.

Robotic palaeontology for early mammalian evolution: John Nyakatura is to receive DFG funding under the Reinhart Koselleck-Programm from 2026. We warmly congratulate our associate member on this research achievement!

Jayun Choi spent her fall semester 2025 at Humboldt-Universität interning at the Office for Public Engagement and Knowledge Exchange with Society. In the interview, she shares her impressions of supporting the exchange between science and society.

We are delighted to welcome Prof. Dr Marcel Robischon and Dr Friederike Landau-Donnelly as new associate members of the Zentrum für Kulturtechnik. Their expertise will strengthen the Centre’s interdisciplinary work with immediate effect.