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Ulrike Demske during the interview.

Goden Dach, wie gait di dat? An online catalog at the University of Potsdam makes the surviving vocabulary of Brandenburg’s dialects publicly accessible

“Wist mir den Stieg ebber de Weesen?” If August Höhne, born in 1889, had asked for the way through the meadows in the broadest dialect, he might …
Four students in the University of Potsdam building.

“I’d Rather Attend Lectures in the Afternoon Than Watch Netflix” – The Junior Studies Program attracts high school students from Berlin and Brandenburg to the University of Potsdam

Her schedule is full to the brim. That’s exactly how Maja-Jeanne Schmidt likes it. The 17-year-old attends the 11th grade in Oranienburg, is class …
A mountain made of books. There is a tree at the top.

Can Reading Give Us a Better Understanding of Nature? Literary scholar Sabine Röttig researches ecological children’s literature

Gundula Priebe is the only one who regrets that the century-old linden tree in her village is to be chopped down – in favor of traffic. Since the girl …
Dr Katharina Rein in her office.

Threefold Magic – Technology, Tricks, and Show Effects

Sophisticated card tricks, floating objects, or alleged mind reading: Hardly anyone has not been amazed by the illusions and spectacles of …
Frederike Offizier during the interview.

All Totally Healthy? – American Studies Scholar Frederike Offizier About Biosecurity

Early diagnostics, genetic tests, self-surveillance: In the scientific community, the term biosecurity has long since ceased to refer only to the …
Students Mercy Ekua Grimmon-Thompson (left) and Diyorbek Toshniyozov (right) connect the cables for the geoelectric measurements together with Jens Tronicke.

Looking Beneath the Surface – Geophysicists and students from the University of Potsdam are searching for traces of a Jewish cemetery in Lenzen, Brandenburg

It is a summery September day in Lenzen, a small town on the Elbe river in the outer northwestern part of the state of Brandenburg, with a history of …
Symbolische Darstellung eines Netzwerks

“The Aim is to Increase the Competitiveness and Visibility of Young Universities” – The Young European Research Universities Network YERUN

The European Union has transformed a continent that was divided and even hostile for centuries into a community that exchanges ideas, makes joint …
Symbolic image: Solidarność movement

From Solidarność to PiS and Back? – The Path of Polish Democracy in Europe

Where is Polish democracy heading? This question weighs on the minds of many who have followed the country’s political developments in recent years, …
Iain Macdonald is Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Montréal and visited the University of Potsdam for the second time as a guest researcher.

Rediscover Old Paths with UP Reconnect – Alumni Can Return to the University of Potsdam for Short Stays via a Funding Program

Going back to conduct research at your former alma mater, cultivating old or new friendships, and developing scientific ideas together: With the “UP …

Opportunities Seized, Expansion Mastered – Ten Years of the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research

Media information 02-09-2024 / No. 082

The goal of the Center for Teacher Training and Education Research (ZeLB), which was founded in 2014, was to bring teacher training into the focus of …