https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/thema/historical-sciences/ Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität | Neues aus Forschung, Lehre, Studium Fri, 30 Jan 2026 09:42:26 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-fav_guo-blau-32x32.jpg https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/thema/historical-sciences/ 32 32 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/english/unlocking-the-sacred-landscape-of-roman-nida/ Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:50:58 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87247 International research team secures over €1 million to study newly uncovered Roman cult district Several years ago, construction work for a new school in Frankfurt led to a discovery of […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/english/when-the-rosary-serves-as-a-disguise/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 08:00:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87154 On the handling of confessional differences in the early modern period In the period following the Protestant Reformation of the early 1500s, religious affiliation played an important role in the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/english/the-first-thing-i-asked-myself-was-is-this-fake/ Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:30:10 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=82497 Having been brought on board by fellow Goethe University scholar and archaeologist Professor Markus Scholz, Ancient History Professor Hartmut Leppin played a vital role in deciphering the “Frankfurt Silver Inscription”. […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/english/i-couldnt-believe-my-own-eyes-at-first/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:17:39 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=82301 Professor Markus Scholz, an archaeologist at Goethe University Frankfurt, played a decisive role in deciphering the “Frankfurt Silver Inscription”, discovered rolled up in a silver amulet in a grave dating […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/english/analyses-and-assessments-of-the-u-s-presidential-election-results/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:28:13 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=81966 The American people have voted, and Donald Trump secured a clear majority of their votes. The Republicans will also have a majority in both the House of Representatives and the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/english/frankfurt-silver-inscription-oldest-christian-testimony-found-north-of-the-alps/ Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:08:43 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=81940 Mysterious silver amulet turns science on its head A small silver amulet, just 3.5 cm in size, with a thin silver foil with a mysterious incision rolled into it: the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/english/a-great-historian-who-made-a-broad-impact/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:25:49 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=81056 Goethe University Frankfurt mourns the loss of Professor Lothar Gall, who passed away on June 20, 2024, following a long and severe illness. After completing his doctoral degree in Munich […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/english/a-complex-relationship/ Mon, 12 Aug 2024 07:50:26 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=80560 A summer school at Goethe University Frankfurt looks at the connection between religion and European expansion from a postcolonial perspective.  In recent years, the term “postcolonial” has transitioned from academic […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/english/vicki-baum-and-america/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 06:17:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=80349 The conference “Vicki Baum and America”, organized by PD Dr. Julia Bertschik and Prof. Dr. Bernd Zegowitz, was the first to focus comprehensively on Vicki Baum’s multifaceted work and life […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/en/english/the-frankfurt-documents-the-beginning-of-a-new-order/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 10:30:00 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=85206 75 years ago, the Allies issued the mandate to draw up a West German constitution – in the I. G. Farben Building By Stefan Kadelbach The constitutional history of the […]]]>