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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Event tip: Historian Lasha Bakradze, whom we welcome this year at HIAS as @uni-hamburg.de fellow 2026-2027, will participate as a panel guest at the Georgian Book Day on 11 October in Berlin @gza.europe www.gzaeurope.org/books?lang=e...

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We warmly welcome the first fellows of the 2026-2027 cohort and look forward to the diverse research projects and interdisciplinary exchange. On this evening Rolf Greve, Director of the Senate Department for Science and Research @bwfg.bsky.social will officially welcome the fellows. @uni-hamburg.de

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Congratulation! We are delighted to announce that Julia Phillips, a visual artist and HIAS Fellow 2024-2025, has been awarded the K21 #Global #Art #Award, the annual art prize presented by Kunstsammlung NRW : www.kunstsammlung.de/de/collectio...

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Are you a researcher, artist, or public intellectual seeking time and space to work on an independent project? HIAS invites you to apply for the HIAS Fellowship Program 2028–2029!! Deadline: February 1, 2027. Learn more and apply: ➡ lnkd.in/ggPSrUFa

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"Speak up, stand up, gang up for Science and Academic Freedom" Jan Marco Müller @ec.europa.eu Thanks to our panelists @scidipalliance.bsky.social, to Andreas Roepstorff for moderating, to the Hanse-Office, to our partners @uni-hamburg.de and @aiasdk.bsky.social and to everyone who joined on site!

Entrance to the Hanse-Office in Brussels

Keynote by Jan Marco Müller, EU Commission, DG Research and Innovation

On the panel: John Owusu Gyapong ( Secretary-General of the African Research Universities Alliance ARUA), Nela Riehl (Member of the European Parliament (Volt), Chair of the Culture and Education Committee (CULT) at the European Parliament), Maria Rentetzi (Professor in Science, Technology and Gender Studies, @University Erlangen/Nürnberg; Chair of the @European Union Science Diplomacy Alliance), Frank Lehner (Head of Directorate's Office, DESY).
The panel is moderated by Andreas Roepstorff (Director of the @Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS)

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

#Science & #Diplomacy in Times of Disruption - How must #international research institutions adapt to continue successful global science cooperation? The panel brings together stakeholders in science diplomacy and policymakers from Hamburg, Europe and the African Continent. Register: bit.ly/4y5KkyW

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The joint #fellowship program of @ifshhamburg.bsky.social and HIAS invites outstanding scholars to apply for a #research stay at one of Germany’s leading research institutions in the field of #peace and #security studies. We look forward to receiving your application! All details: bit.ly/4hxSGcO

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Das HIAS sucht eine:n Referent:in für #Finanzen und #Administration mit einem Umfang von 20h/Woche (Entgeltgruppe 12 TV-AVH, 50%). Wir freuen uns über Ihre #Bewerbung bis zum 1.Oktober 2026! Alle Details zur #Stelle finden Sie auf unserer Webseite bit.ly/4cz3MM1

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

With his book "Die Welt verändern" (Verlag Vittorio Klostermann), Andreas Dorschel has been nominated for the 2026 Bavarian Book Prize in the nonfiction category. The book was written during his 2024-2025 fellowship at HIAS. We offer our warmest congratulations and are keeping our fingers crossed!🎉

Book Cover: "Die Welt verändern" by Andreas Dorschel, published by Verlag Vittorio Klostermann

Portrait Andreas Dorschel at HIAS, Photo: HIAS/Claudia Höhne

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Wir suchen ab sofort eine:n Referent:in für das #Fellow #Management & die #Wissenschaftskoordindation mit einem Umfang von 20 Stunden pro Woche (50%, Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-AVH). 🖍 Wir freuen uns auf Ihre #Bewerbung bis zum 1.Oktober 2026. 🔎Alle Details zur #Stelle auf unserer Webseite: bit.ly/4qRRGne

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We are very happy to share that molecular biologist Catalina Atorrasagasti, @uni-hamburg.de fellow 2025-26, and her tandem partner Sandra M. Blois #UKE #Hamburg have just released their manuscript about maternal obesity and the metabolic syndrome in reproductive health. Access via: bit.ly/44vBXje

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

We are excited to start the international and interdisciplinary summer school led by HIAS Alumnus Nathan J. Brown @gwu1821.bsky.social & Nadjama Yassari @ Swiss Institute for Comparative Law, University of Zurich and @uni-hamburg.de, in coop w #MPI for international private law. bit.ly/3QAYMPi

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Why do some people react to #climate change with #hope, while others despair? The #workshop is part of #Hamburg #Symposium on #Philosophy & #Anthropology established by HIAS Alumus 2022/23 Thiemo Breyer and Michael Schnegg, @uni-hamburg.de @unicologne.bsky.social @dfg.de Details: bit.ly/4eL3kdC

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Tomorrow at Asia-Africa-Institute @uni-hamburg.de : In 1938, the publisher Walter de Gruyter refused to publish Hedwig Klein’s dissertation because she was Jewish. Now Sabine Schmidtke’s latest book, is being published by @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Details and registration: bit.ly/4whKkuB

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

How do we imagine futures beyond the boundaries of the present? At #Mbassy singer-songwriter Azekel, political theorist of race, diaspora and indigenity Adom Getachew, curator Bisrat Negassi and critic Minna Salami explore those questions in a dialogue between sound and thought. bit.ly/4aacG1i

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

With an opening encounter yesterday at #MARKKhamburg we kicked off the workshop #Imaginal #Worldmaking together with Gabriel Schimmerroth and Buhle Ndhlovu. We welcome all participants to this shared space for collective imagination, organized by Kavi J. Abrahim & Dennis Schmidt: bit.ly/4uJhL8g

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Yesterday, representatives from various IAS discussed the role of Institutes for Advanced Studies in #science #diplomacy and #geopolitics, @aiasdk.bsky.social. W Sophie Halart (IEA Nantes), Olivier Bouin (NetIAS), Christian Suhm (HIAS), Andreas Roepstorff (AIAS). bit.ly/4eOLZ4IY

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Die Verbindung von #Poesie & #Mathematik scheint auf den ersten Blick widersprüchlich: Der einen Disziplin sagt man Strenge nach, der anderen die Freiheit. Ein Dialog mit dem Lyriker Oswald Egger und dem Mathematiker Ralph Kaufmann, @jherzstiftung.bsky.social Fellow 25/26. bit.ly/4cASs2q #Hadleys

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

The workshop, organized by Eva Horn @uni-hamburg.de Fellow 2025-26, and Maximilian Hepach @durham.ac.uk brings together expertise from a great variety of fields to explore the notion of the relation between the human body and the weather, historically and today.🔎Program & abstracts: bit.ly/4dvgyMc

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Musicologist Natasha Loges @uni-hamburg.de #hapag-lloyd-stiftung fellow 25/26, pianist Libby Burgess and baritone Stephan Loges took us on a special global journey through Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreise combined with composers from non-European regions & follow up discussion. With @hfmt.art

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

#Kolloquium "Port Royal als Resonanzraum intellektuellen Widerstands: Blaise Pascal und Madame de Lafayette" - Eine interdisziplinäre Begegnung zwischen der Literaturwissenschaftlerin Silke Segler-Messner @uni-hamburg.de und dem Mathematiker Ralph Kaufmann, Joachim-Herz Fellow 25/26: bit.ly/4cKHtlE

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

The Socio-Ecological Paradox of the #Energy #Transition: A #Nexus Approach - Today’s workshop by Isabel Rodríguez Peña @uni-hamburg.de fellow 25/26 provides a critical and interdisciplinary space to examine the complexity of the energy transition bit.ly/4tAJCaQ @iiasa.ac.at @calascenter.bsky.social

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Today Mohammad Reza Farzanegan @mrfarzanegan.bsky.social, @uni-hamburg.de Fellow 2025-26 from @unimarburg.bsky.social continues the weekly #Thursday #Colloquium at HIAS. In his lecture he speaks about #sanctions and their political-economic effects in the case of #Iran: bit.ly/4mJs9ul

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

"Economic Sanctions and Nationalist Solidarity in #Iran: Broad Rally Effects with Social Heterogeneity” - This evening, @mrfarzanegan.bsky.social Mohammad R. Farzanegan @uni-hamburg.de fellow 25/26 @unimarburg.bsky.social gives a lecture at #Hamburg #Lectures of the ILE: bit.ly/4cs8744

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

We welcome back HIAS alumnus Giuseppe Maria Coclite, Chair of #Mathematical #Analysis at the #Politecnico di #Bari. During his visit he will continue working on projects that he started during his @uni-hamburg.de fellowship in 2023, alongside his tandem partner Ingenuin Gasser. bit.ly/4ezK2JR

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

#Mathematics occupies a unique space between the natural sciences and #philosophy, it furnishes the language for the former. In today’s #Thursday #Colloquium Ralph Kaufmann @ jherzstiftung.bsky.social fellow 2025-26 from Purdue University provides a mathematical journey of discovery. bit.ly/4cLW5lU

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Maximilian Hepach @hepach.org · 13/04/2026

Looking forward to this workshop I am co-organising on THE METEOROLOGICAL BODY in May @hias-hamburg.bsky.social ! hias-hamburg.de/en/events/th...

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

The U.S.'s war with Iran: What are the effects of U.S. sanctions? Economist of the Middle East at Philipps-Universität Marburg and @uni-hamburg.de Fellow 25-26 Mohammad Reza Farzanegan in an interview today with Al Jazeera: mediaview.aljazeera.com/video/U8Hxmv...

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

At today's #Thursday #Colloquium Maria Rentetzi from @fau.de and fellow at @aiasdk.bsky.social is visiting HIAS to present her current research about how systems of tracing rare earth elements and minerals have become a key mechanism of global control.💡Further information: bit.ly/4vjcIwL

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

#Open #Call: @calascenter.bsky.social and HIAS Hamburg invite outstanding scholars from #LatinAmerica and the #Caribbean to undertake research projects for a total of sixmonths - 4 months in Hamburg and 2 months @unikassel.bsky.social, starting in February 2027.🔎 hias-hamburg.de/en/fellowshi...

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

In today’s #Colloquium Nadine Klass @uni-hamburg.de fellow 2025/26 provides insight into her project about #AI generated #disinformation & the impact of synthetic media as #deepfakes, on protecting personality rights and democratic processes. W Michael Grünberger @buceriuslaw.bsky.social.

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Wie wird Erinnerung geformt, mit welchen Medien und von wem? Wie können persönliche Archive, visuelle und Erinnerungskultur zum Ersten Weltkrieg befragt werden? Im Gespräch: Warren Breckman, @uni-hamburg.de Fellow25-26, Michael Thimann @uni-goettingen.de und Autor Ulrich Raulff: bit.ly/4uPoGOp

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Today’s #Thursday #Colloquium takes a closer look at #Cuba to share firsthand accounts regarding the #Caribbean island which is caught in the crossfire of U.S. politics. W HIAS alumnus Reinaldo F. Monzote, Rebeca Ramos @calascenter.bsky.social, Mohammad R. Farzanegan @uni-hamburg.de fellow 25/26.

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The recital re-imagines Franz Schubert’s beloved song cycle in a global way. Organised together w @hfmt.art, musicologist Natasha Loges @uni-hamburg.de #hapag-lloyd-stiftung Fellow 2025-26 has invited baritone Stephan Loges and pianist Libby Burgess for this unique concert. Tickets: bit.ly/41qR8se

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The @calascenter.bsky.social and HIAS Hamburg appoint outstanding scholars, scientists, and artists from Latin American research institutions to pursue their research projects for on-site in Hamburg and at Bielefeld University starting from February 1, 2027. hias-hamburg.de/en/fellowshi...

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

"A Horse Soldier in the Great War – A work-in-progress discussion" - In today's #Thursday #Colloquium, Warren Breckman, @uni-hamburg.de fellow 2025-26, presents excerpts from his book project, bridging narrative, personal legacy and historical inquiry about our understanding of WW I bit.ly/3NdMMBD

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

“Race, Real Estate & Resentment in Trump’s America” – This evening we welcome Thomas Sugrue, who speaks about key Trump administration priorities concerning civil rights, racial politics, and the relationship of business, government, and immigration policy in urban development: bit.ly/4byzyaH

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

How recent developments of real estate market demonstrate how historical inequalities are embedded in urban spatial orders is in focus of this workshop by @uni-hamburg.de fellow Warren Breckmann, w Tom Sugrue, Hanna Göbel, Nina Mackert, Lisa Marie Zander, in cooperation w HCU Hamburg. bit.ly/4bNpICW

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Electric mobility is increasingly positioned at the centre of climate mitigation and energy system transitions. Yet the rapid expansion of electric vehicle infrastructure raises questions. A workshop organized by @uni-hamburg.de fellow Sanchari Deb, Achim Oberg & Detlef Schulz: bit.ly/4rBIFNL

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

For today’s #Thursday #Colloquium two Young Academy Fellows of the @adwhamburg.bsky.social talk about #Uncertainty and #Norms of #Advice in #Science #Communication: Britta Lübke @uni-hamburg.de and Deniz Sarıkaya @uniluebeck.bsky.social 🔎https://bit.ly/4s9Sy6q

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

At today's #Thursday #Colloquium Isabel Rodríguez Peña @uni-hamburg.de Fellow 2025-26 from #UNAM presents her current research project: "The socioecological paradox of the #energy #transition: mineral demand, water stress, and socio-environmental conflicts in #Mexico." 🔎https://bit.ly/4svKrku

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

What could it mean to change the world? - During his stay in Hamburg HIAS alumnus Andreas Dorschel has researched the poetological side of #manifestos and their ambitious claim to change the world. We are glad to share that his book has just been published by #VittorioKlostermann: bit.ly/4cn5AbG

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

"Obesity, Liver Health, and Pregnancy: Mechanisms of Disease Progression and Translational Insights" – At today’s #Thursday #Colloquium molecular biologist Catalina Atorrasagasti, @uni-hamburg.de Fellow 25/26 from Universidad Austral, provides an overview of her ongoing research: bit.ly/4qVXA56

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The Käte Hamburger Kolleg Rohstoffwelten – Kulturen im Umbruch & the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study call to outstanding academics from all disciplines to pursue their research on-site for 10 months in Germany at HIAS Hamburg and at the University of Kassel: hias-hamburg.de/en/fellowshi...

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

The rupture of ties between Russia and the West against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine. At tonight's #Thursday Colloquium, Sergey Utkin presents elements of his analysis. The geopolitical environment is changing rapidly, and understanding current and future trends requires considerable effort.

Photo: Management School in Skolkovo_by S. Utkin 2022

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Today's #ThursdayColloquium by Tshepiso Makhafola, focuses on South African medicinal plant extracts that have shown promising antiproliferative effects in the development of alternative and effective herbal therapies for cancer. All details: bit.ly/3MhAZlb

Picture: The flowering plants of South Africa vol. XXI (1941), South African National Biodiversity Institute Libraries

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

@uni-hamburg.de Alumnus Natan Sznaider talks about his project at today's #Thursday #Colloquium. Inspired by Hannah Arendt’s conviction that even in the darkest of times we are entitled to expect illumination, he asks: What form does that light take in the face of extreme violence? bit.ly/3ZSDv4m

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

"The Meaning of the Face in the Digital Age” - During his stay at HIAS @uni-hamburg.de Fellow 2024-25 Massimo Leone researched at the intersection of the semiotic and philosophical dimensions of the human face and AI. Read the full interview for #Abendblatt in HIAS #Magazine: bit.ly/4qYAGLe

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(1) Massimo Leone photographed by © Claudia Höhne, HIAS Hamburg; (2) Fight for Future activists provocatively use automatic face recognition in Washington, DC; (3) Anti-facial recognition mask by Leonardo Selvaggio

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HIAS @hias-hamburg.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

At today’s Thursday Colloquium philosopher Barbara Muraca, @uni-hamburg.de Fellow at HIAS 2025-2026, shares insights into her research about the Totem Pole Journey by Lummis and a decolonial approach in environmental philosophy. More info via: bit.ly/4qI7gRj

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