Welcome to the Institute of Historical Science
The Institute represents a special diversity of topics in research and teaching. The subject is covered across the entire epochal spectrum from ancient to contemporary history and with regional focuses and specific profiles.
The total of eleven professors at the Institute and their staff guarantee a broad, intensive education covering all epochs, while at the same time offering the possibility of specialising in a selected epoch or sub-area of history.
News
- 20. Juli 1944. Junge Perspektiven auf den Widerstand gegen Hitler
- Neues Forschungsprojekt "Das Reichsversicherungsamt in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus“
- Erklärung des britischen Königs aus dem Jahr 1685 zur "East India Company"
- Dividend Policy: An Empirical Analysis for Imperial Germany
- Der 28. Oktober 312 und seine Folgen (AV-Vortrag)
- Können Kaiser Freunde haben? (MINERVIA-Vortrag)
- Buchkommentar (Rohrschneider)
- COST Action "Print Cultures and Public Spheres in Central Europe (1500-1800)"
- NS-Medizinverbrechen an Rhein und Sieg 1933-1945
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