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    „Plus être que paraître“

    Eine Sammlung von Gelegenheitsschriften des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts

    Im Sommer 2018 erhielt die Abteilung Alte Drucke einen Anruf – ein Mitglied der Familie von der Schulenburg fragte, ob Interesse an einigen alten Drucken besteht. Die ersten Stichproben ergaben, dass es sich hauptsächlich um Gelegenheitsschriften handelt, gedruckte Gedichte auf persönliche Anlässe, wie Hochzeit, Geburt und Tod. Erstaunlich viele Drucke waren unikal. Schnell war klar, wohin die Sammlung gehört: in die Herzog August Bibliothek.

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    The Herzog August Bibliothek in 100 objects

    Different points of access to the collection and the institution

    The collection of the Herzog August Bibliothek is not solely made up of manuscripts and books. It also includes hundreds of other objects, which, like the famous collection of books, are closely connected to the library, past and present. This project focuses on 100 of these objects, providing a new perspective on the library and its collecting practices.

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    Theatrum mundi: Leibniz’s Ghosts

    An interview with book artist, painter and graphic designer Kai Pfankuch

    Last year the Herzog August Bibliothek acquired a very special one-of-a-kind item. The artist’s book Theatrum mundi: Leibniz’ Geister (Theatrum mundi: Leibniz’s Ghosts) brings together art and science.

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    Wie wird man Bibliothekar*in?

    Ausbildung an der HAB – ein Gespräch mit Dr. Sandra Simon und Dr. Henning Ohst

    „Welche Ausbildungsmöglichkeiten bietet die Herzog August Bibliothek? Wie wird man Bibliothekar*in? Was ist ein Bibliotheksreferendariat und wie läuft so etwas ab?“ Diese und viele weitere Fragen beantworten Sandra Simon und Henning Ohst in dieser Episode von HAB gehört.

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    Assets looted by the Nazis among the Herzog August Bibliothek’s acquisitions made between 1933 and 1969

    One of the core tasks of museums, archives and libraries is to conduct research into the provenance and historical ownership of their own collections and holdings.

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    HAB gehört

    The podcast of the Herzog August Bibliothek

    The Herzog August Bibliothek has many faces – both literally and figuratively. In HAB gehört we spotlight them, allowing you to take a closer look at the wide range of content HAB has to offer.

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Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel

Independent Research Institute for European Cultural History

The Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB) is one of the world's leading research institutions for cultural history. It is the library that provides the basis for this, preserving, cataloguing, expanding and presenting unique holdings. Scholars from all over the world find optimal conditions for their research here.

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Research

The HAB is one of the leading international research centres for the cultural history of the Middle Ages and the early modern period. It is a place of scholarly dialogue and interdisciplinary cooperation.

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Library

The collection of manuscripts and books of Duke Augustus the Younger of Brunswick-Lüneburg forms the core of the Wolfenbüttel Research Library, along with a large number of other collections.

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Culture

With exhibitions, guided tours, workshops, lectures, concerts and readings, the HAB offers a diverse cultural programme.

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Current Projects

 

The historical holdings of the Herzog August Bibliothek form a collection of European culture from the Early Middle Ages to the Enlightenment and beyond that is unique in breadth and depth. Manuscripts, incunabula and prints as well as graphics and paintings, maps and modern artists' books offer a variety of starting points for cataloguing, editing and research projects. The proven hermeneutic approaches of the humanities are complemented and supported by innovative methods of the digital humanities. In addition to publication in print, new forms of digital publishing are being tested to secure the scholarly results.

Projects

VD 17

The project is part of a master plan for digitising the VD 17 bibliography, which ...

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Fellowship Programmes

 

The scholarship programme of the Herzog August Bibliothek has existed for over 30 years and offers funding opportunities for applicants at all stages of their academic career, from doctoral candidates to emeritus professors. The core condition for funding, which is discussed in various selection committees, is the centrality of the Wolfenbüttel holdings for the development of the respective project. All programmes are international and interdisciplinary.


Current Exhibitions

 

Globes and old maps are on permanent display in the museum of the Bibliotheca Augusta. An exhibition on the "Life and Work of Lessing in Wolfenbüttel" is set up in the Lessinghaus. In addition, the HAB regularly presents special exhibitions in which research results and collections are vividly presented and made accessible to the public. Exhibitions of works by modern or contemporary artists, many of whom are also represented in the collection of the Wolfenbüttel Library, are held in the Malerbuchsaal.


Current Publications

 

Monographs, anthologies, exhibition and collection catalogues contain the results of research and cataloguing at the HAB. The variety of topics is as extensive as the scientific activities of the HAB itself. About 250 titles are currently available.