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23 Apr 2026
Black-and-white photo of a street protest with smoke, a burning tank, and people carrying flags.

Start of the travelling exhibition
“What is Dissidence?”

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22 Apr 2026
Open Access

Out now in open access: “Literary Acts of Agency. Negotiating the Rule of Law,” ed. by Catriona Corke, Ivana Perica, and Philipp Wegmann

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21 Apr 2026
A black-and-white photo of a young boy wearing a cap and shorts, sitting on a donkey on the beach. A pier can be seen behind him.

Call for Papers: Benjamin’s Animals. Figurations of Animality

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14 Apr 2026
Teaserbild Audiothek

New in the audio collection: Eva Geulen and Julia Franck discuss Hannah Arendt

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07 Apr 2026
Cover of the Russian translation of Franziska Thun-Hohenstein's Shalamov biography with a portrait of the Soviet author.

New in the video collection: Franziska Thun-Hohenstein talks about her book “Писать жизнь Варлам Шаламов. Биография и поэтика”

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31 Mar 2026
Deadline: 30 Jun 2026

Call for Applications: Leibniz Fellowships “Value of the Past”

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30 Mar 2026
New video

New in the video collection: Lecture by Sofiya Filonenko: Contemporary Ukrainian Bestseller: Celebrities, Trends and Readership

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19 Mar 2026
Book cover: Written at the top is “History in Dispute: Essays on the Historicization of Reinhart Koselleck, edited by Falko Schmieder” in German; at the bottom, Reinhart Koselleck leans against a bookshelf with his arms crossed and looking at the camera.

Out now in open access: Edited volume on the historization of Reinhart Koselleck

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18 Mar 2026

New on the ZfL BLOG: Pola Groß on Stefanie Sargnagel’s portrayal of motherhood

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18 Mar 2026
Benjamin’s Animals

Walter Benjamin Prize for Early Career Researchers awarded to Daniel Gönitzer und Melanie Konrad

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17 Mar 2026
New video

New in the video collection: Panel discussion on Brecht in Georgia

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17 Mar 2026

Call for Papers: “Das 20. Jahrhundert in Grundbegriffen” – ein Lexikon im Open Access

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