Neues Postdoc-Stipendium für ostmitteleuropäische Wissenschaftler*innen in Gotha, Halle und Wolfenbüttel (3 Monate)

Das internationale Stipendienprogramm steht allen historisch orientierten Fachrichtungen offen. Es fördert Projekte, die sich auf die Erforschung der Bestände aller drei Einrichtungen ausrichten, diese miteinander verbinden und in Beziehung setzen. Voraussetzung ist ein klar begründeter Bezug auf die jeweils vor Ort vorgehaltenen Bestände.

Forschungsförderung: Die Stipendienprogramme der HAB

Interview mit Dr. Elizabeth Harding

Welche Stipendienprogramme gibt es an der HAB? Wer kann sich bewerben? Und wie sieht dann der Alltag in Wolfenbüttel aus? In dieser Episode gibt Dr. Elizabeth Harding Einblicke in die Stipendienprogramme der Herzog August Bibliothek.

Käfig

Ein Zeichen für weibliche Autorschaft

Verhüllung gegen das Vergessen: Das Künstlerbuch „Käfig“ (2020) von Carola Willbrand schafft auf drei verschiedenen Ebenen eine Erinnerung an einst verbotene Autorinnen, Dichterinnen und Künstlerinnen.

Regional history, Nazi literature and Martin Buber’s translation of the Bible

The Herzog August Bibliothek’s accessions during the Nazi era.

Early Modern Visual Data

In the ninth episode of "HAB gehört," Dr. Stephanie Leitch is our guest and talks about the 45th International Wolfenbüttel Summer Course, which she led from July 17 to 28. Under the title "Early Modern Visual Data: Organizing Knowledge in Printed Books," the art historian from Florida State University has put together an extensive and interdisciplinary program.

Souvenir from Mount Lebanon

A Syriac Arabic psalter from 1610

Every single book, and every single copy of that book, has a story to tell. It can be boring or exciting, occasionally reconstructible, but often not. If we are to trace its path through history, we need evidence or clues in the form of handwritten accounts, bookplates, stamps and so on, either in the book itself or in other sources.

Michael Praetorius: A Musician in a Time of Change

Exhibition in Wolfenbüttel’s Hauptkirche Beatae Mariae Virginis

On the life and work of the Wolfenbüttel court music director Michael Praetorius (1571/72-1621).

A visit to the Gottorf cabinet of curiosities

Reports from a journeyman apothecary on the road

Royal collections of rare, new and unique objects were a popular destination for travellers in the early modern period. In January 1657, the young journeyman pharmacist Wagener (d. 1659) was given a guided tour of the famous Gottorf cabinet of curiosities near Schleswig by the equally renowned court librarian and scholar Adam Olearius (1599–1671).

Exhibition and event facilities in the Bibliotheca Augusta closed until further notice

2 March 2023

The Augusteerhalle will no longer be available to the public from April 2023 onwards. This will not only affect visits and guided tours of the exhibition rooms, but also events such as lectures and concerts.

Right in the middle – not just on the sidelines

Participation and cooperation opportunities in the NFDI-consortium Text+

Text+ is a consortium of the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI). Organised in three data domains, Text+ aims to develop standards and best practices to make data available according to the so-called FAIR principles. As an initiative of the community for the community, the consortium provides a whole range of services and opportunities for institutions, projects and individual researchers.