The Dahlem Humanities Center supports humanities scholars at Freie Universität in exchanging ideas with colleagues at different career levels on specific topics, in developing joint perspectives, organizing events, and inviting guests for this purpose. The activities should aim to develop a third-party funded project in the medium term.

The DHC-Netzwerke (networks) are intended to stimulate dialog between humanities scholars and promote long-term collaboration at Freie Universität Berlin under flexible conditions. Each network is supported with up to 5000,- EUR for activities that serve the exchange and concretization of research interests or the strengthening of certain research areas. The funds can be drawn down over a period of 2 years. The DHC offers administrative support for the organization and implementation of activities.

Professors from the departments of History and Cultural Studies as well as Philosophy and Humanities are eligible to apply. Existing DHC-Netzwerke cannot receive further funding. A report must be submitted after completion of the activities within the DHC Netzwerk.

Deadline for submissions: 13 October, 2025

Submissions to: geschaeftsfuehrung@dhc.fu-berlin

For further information, please contact Prof. Dr. Karin Gludovatz, karin.gludovatz@fu-berlin.de

The informal application should contain the following information:

• Name of the applicant
• Topic of the network and brief description of interests, priorities and objectives (max. 1 page)
• Specification of a possible third-party funding format
• Names of potential members of the network
• Planned activities, expected timetable and rough cost calculation