Research

Researchers of the FAU, the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz and the Stiftung Lesen have launched a research network with the goal of examining reading from a multitude of interdisciplinary perspectives. The so-called “Netzwerk Leseforschung” connects researchers from seven countries.

You are a postdoc at FAU and would like to meet other postdocs from different faculties and disciplines? You have always wondered how to write a successful application for external funding? Then come to the next Brown Bag Break @FAU – networking for „hungry“ postdocs on 12th February 2020!

Elisabeth Bronfen is closely connected to the Faculty of Humanties, Social Sciences, and Theology.

Prof. Dr. Heike Paul, chair of American studies, has been selected by the Thomas Mann House Advisory Board as one of the twelve fellows for 2020. During her six-month stay at Thomas Mann’s former Los Angeles residence, she will investigate which narratives, practices, and iconographies in European-A...

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) honors Prof. Dr. Heike Paul, chair of American Studies, with the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2018. The Leibniz Prize is the most significant research prize in Germany. In addition to her scientific achievements, the award also recognizes her high level of international visibility and her outstanding role as a transatlantic networker.

Prof. Heiner Bielefeldt was awarded the Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier. He thus was honored for his outstanding contribution to society and as a leading human rights expert of Germany.

Hungry? Curious about networking with other young researchers at FAU? This is the perfect event for you: “Brown Bag Break”: October 26th, 12 to 14 pm at K3/4 at the Faculty of Engineering (Cauerstraße 11, 91058 Erlangen). A special issue of this event: „Networking without Borders“.

An informal get-together took place this summer semester within the newly formulated key research priorities of the faculty, aiming at further developing the new research foci of the Faculty, and bringing its members into closer contact to each other.

In 2017, the 500th anniversary of the Reformation will be celebrated. This provides an opportunity for curators, museologists, (art) historians and theologians to comparatively analyse the different exhibitions. A Museology Workshop is addressed to young scholars with intended careers as curators, (art) historians and theologians, who would like to work on the propagation and transfer of scholarly knowledge.

From May 20th to June 3rd the Bavarian America Academy together with Florida International University and FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg presents the 9th International Summer Academy "Questions of the Archive".