Arts & Humanities

Arts & Humanities

Humanities in Iran: In Search of Meaning

In recent decades, Iranian universities have been subject to powerful political forces, leading to ongoing pressures on academic progress. What role can the humanities play in a society where academic life itself is so deeply contested?

Arts & Humanities

The Lehrter’s Children: Legacy of a Lost Railway Station

Of all the lost railway stations in Berlin, the Lehrter Bahnhof could be called the least successful from one viewpoint, and the most successful from another. While it seems to have been replaced by Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof, its architectural legacy lives on.

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“Wherever You Go, I Will Go”: Queer Readings of the Hebrew Bible

How did texts written thousands of years ago deal with non-normative sexualities? Can we find queerness in the Hebrew Bible and even in the art it inspired? We asked theologian Dr. Karin Hügel.

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„Huch, alle tot?“ – Buddenbrooks einmal anders

Ob Tortentode oder Papageien in der Zahnarztpraxis: Thomas Manns „Buddenbrooks“ geben auch heute noch Rätsel auf. Wir haben mit vier Expertinnen aus dem Lübecker Buddenbrookhaus über verborgene Details rund um die hanseatische Kaufmannsfamilie gesprochen, die selbst eingefleischte Fans des Romans überraschen werden.

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