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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

May 08, 2026

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”

May 07, 2026

“Sometimes History Reaches Out to Us in Unexpected Ways”

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

May 07, 2026

When Ottoman-Era Bureaucratic Records Train Machines to Read

An international research team will digitize the Ottoman Turkish documents at Mount Athos. They hope to create the first tool to automatically transcribe handwritten Ottoman Turkish.

Mar 23, 2026

The God of Borders

Current headlines make border disputes and migration seem like uniquely modern issues. However, two researchers at Freie Universität Berlin show that these phenomena are much older than we might expect.

Feb 03, 2026

Can Large Language Models Read Our Thoughts?

The human brain does more than just recognize objects – it also grasps meanings, relationships, and contexts. Adrien Doerig’s research has given neuroscientists the tools to articulate this kind of abstract visual understanding like never before.

Jan 24, 2026

“We Have to Keep Talking to Each Other. These Conversations Build Trust.”

An interview with sociologist and democracy researcher Professor Swen Hutter on polarization, modes of civic engagement, and the role of academia

Jan 12, 2026

In the Workshops of Amarna

Many works of art from ancient Egypt, including the bust of Nefertiti, originate from the brief reign of Pharaoh Akhenaten. An international team of researchers aims to find out how artisans worked more than 3,000 years ago.

Dec 18, 2025

Archaeology of Language

For centuries Jewish communities living in Iraq cultivated a multitude of distinct dialects. Israeli linguist Assaf Bar-Moshe wants to preserve them for posterity.

Dec 16, 2025

A Champion of Independent Thinking and Astute Analysis

Hannah Arendt’s reflections on authoritarian regimes and the dangers of concentrated power and mass ideology are highly relevant today. Scholars at Freie Universität have been working on a critical edition of her complete works since 2018.

Dec 10, 2025