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The New President: Hans-Christian Pape

News The New President: Hans-Christian Pape The Humboldt Foundation has a new President: in January, the neurophysiologist and brain researcher Hans-Christian Pape took over the helm of the Foundation

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The New President: Hans-Christian Pape

Evaluation of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative

Evaluation of the Philipp Schwartz Initiative Evaluations of the Humboldt Foundation’s sponsorship programmes &nbsp The Philipp Schwartz Initiative (PSI) enables universities and other research instit

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Magazine Humboldt Kosmos

Forget the grammar you learn at school

Focus on Germany Forget the grammar you learn at school WhatsApp, Twitter or Facebook – social media are not the only arena where the kind of German used makes purists tear their hair out. Take it eas

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Forget the grammar you learn at school

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Energised

Close up on Research Energised For people like him, scientific careers were not what the apartheid regime had in mind. But Wilfred Fritz managed to carve his path through racial barriers and restricti

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Energised

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Can Social Media Enhance the Quality of Research, Ms Shema?

Brief Enquiries Can Social Media Enhance the Quality of Research, Ms Shema? The case of Fazlul Sarkar caused quite a stir. In 2014, the University of Mississippi in the United States withdrew a lucrat

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Can Social Media Enhance the Quality of Research, Ms Shema?

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What Is It About Polygamy, Mr Junker?

Brief Enquiries What Is It About Polygamy, Mr Junker? People living as a couple usually try to be monogamous, but it often doesn’t work, says Thomas Junker. In his book “Die verborgene Natur der Liebe

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What Is It About Polygamy, Mr Junker?

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Can Literature Connect Worlds, Ms Fathy?

Brief Enquiries Can Literature Connect Worlds, Ms Fathy? With her students she first reads a novel about the fall of the Wall in Germany and then the history of a young woman who joins the Arab Spring

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Can Literature Connect Worlds, Ms Fathy?

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My (Non-)Selfie with the German President

Humboldtians in Private My (Non-)Selfie with the German President As a Humboldt Research Fellow Qiang Guo visited the Foundation’s Annual Meeting in Berlin and Schloss Bellevue. He came back with a se

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My (Non-)Selfie with the German President

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How Do You Make Online Maps More Social, Ms Leal-Taixé?

Brief Enquiries How Do You Make Online Maps More Social, Ms Leal-Taixé? Online services like Google Maps mean that nowadays everyone can find their way to Munich’s Octoberfest without any difficulty.

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How Do You Make Online Maps More Social, Ms Leal-Taixé?