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Jürgen Lecher
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Auschwitz Trial: Prosecutor Gerhard Wiese Reports
Frankfurter Juristische Gesellschaft and the Research Center “Normative Orders” invite you to a film screening and panel discussion featuring an eyewitness.
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You Cannot Excommunicate the Environment
From the Vatican Archives to New France, historian and Marie Curie fellow Dr. Isabel Harvey has followed an expanding cast of overlooked historical actors. Her latest research adds perhaps the most uncontrollable of them all: the environment.
Katrin Binner
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Hans Böckler Foundation Awards Maria Weber Grant to Jonas Heller
Dr. Jonas Heller, a philosopher, historian, and research associate in Goethe University’s Faculty of Philosophy and History, has been awarded a Maria Weber Grant from the Hans Böckler Foundation.
Marc Jacquemin
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Constructing Culture – The Humanities in Action
At the Goethe University Study Congress, on July 14, 2026 at Campus Westend, students will showcase how the humanities come to life through podcasts, exhibitions and film series, offering insights into the work they undertake as part of their degree programs.
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