“So Much Momentum and Enthusiasm”

With his term as spokesperson for the Berlin University Alliance drawing to a close, Prof. Günter M. Ziegler, president of Freie Universität, took stock: How has the Consortium of Excellence evolved since 2019? What role has Freie Universität played?

“Himalayan Encounters – Hidden Views from 170 Years Ago”

A German-Indian team of experts, which included Hermann Kreutzmann, a geography professor emeritus from Freie Universität, curated several exhibits featuring works by the German-born Schlagintweit brothers in India in the mid-nineteenth century

Freie Universität Berlin Devastated by the Deadly Attack at the Christopher Street Day Celebrations in Berlin

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From June 22 to 26, 2026, Freie Universität Berlin is opening its doors to around 280 university employees from over sixty countries for the fourteenth International Staff Training Week

Is Russia on the Verge of an Economic Collapse?

Since the outbreak of full-scale war, many forecasts have been predicting the rapid breakdown of the Russian economy. But how realistic are they?

Can Berlin Stage Mega Events? If So, How Many?

The Olympics, World Expo, and a milestone birthday – an interview with history professor Jessica Gienow-Hecht

A Century Ahead of Her Time

The Division of Critical Dance Studies at the Institute for Theater Studies is celebrating twenty years of its Valeska Gert Visiting Professorship for Dance and Performance

Happy Learning

Learning languages without frustration: Michaela Sambanis knows how. A professor in the field of teaching English as a foreign language, she and her colleague Christian Ludwig developed the concept of “Happy Learning”

“Sometimes History Reaches Out to Us in Unexpected Ways”

How Italian Renaissance literature turned into a weapon against emancipation: a conversation with Nicolas Longinotti