Sowing the Seeds of Success for Thirty Years

Dahlem is home to the biggest and oldest seed bank for wild plants in Germany – 2024 marks its thirtieth anniversary

When Researchers Are Forced to Flee Their Countries

The Sudanese veterinarian Khalid Mohammedsalih from Nyala University in Sudan is conducting research at Freie Universität Berlin as a fellow of the Scholar Rescue Fund

Culture of Remembrance: The Trail of Books

The library of the Higher Institute for Jewish Studies, a rabbinical seminary in Berlin from 1872 to 1942, contained 60,000 volumes. One that disappeared during the Nazi era remained unnoticed in the stacks of Freie Universität’s University Library.

“The Christian Evangelical movement has had a lot of success in influencing public opinion for a very long time”

Provenance Research: Burial, Repatriation, or Storage in the Teaching Collection?

A series of public seminars is addressing research dealing with the origin of human remains currently used for teaching purposes

Conflict in the Middle East: “We Need People on All Sides Who Actually Want to Find a Solution”

An interview with professor emerita of Islamic studies Gudrun Krämer and conflict researcher Jannis Julien Grimm from Freie Universität Berlin

The Christian Roots of Antisemitism

Theological anti-Judaism and modern antisemitism have been long been understood to be separate phenomena. Rainer Kampling and Sara Han, however, say that they must be examined together.

The Horse, the Myth, the Legend

A journey through 2,500 years of humankind’s unfailing fascination for the unicorn

metaLAB: Where Freie Universität Meets Harvard

Researchers and students are exploring new digital solutions for the arts and humanities in a one-of-a-kind experimental knowledge-design lab called metaLAB (at) FU Berlin

A Battery Worth Its Salt

Dr. Günther Thiele is working on an energy storage device that does not use rare-earth elements