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Christiane Wiesenfeldt is a new member of the Academy

The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences has elected musicologist Prof. Dr. Christiane Wiesenfeldt as a full member.

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Photos of the three state research award winners: On the left (Largus Angenen) is an older man with glasses and short hair, in the middle is a woman with chin-length dark hair (Irena Kogan), and on the right is a younger man with short brown hair (Robert Zeiser).

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State research awards 2026 go to Tübingen, Mannheim, and Freiburg

This year, the state's most prestigious research prize, worth a total of €200,000, recognizes outstanding scientific achievements in microbiotechnology, migration research, and immunology.

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Klaus Blaum receives the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2026

Physicist Klaus Blaum receives the award from the DFG for his work on physical constants and symmetries in nature, which is based on precision measurements using ions in electromagnetic traps. 

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Stefan M. Maul is "University Teacher of the Year"

Assyriologist Stefan Maul receives the award from the German Association of University Professors and Lecturers (DHV). Since 2019, he has been leading the excavation of ancient Nineveh, the former capital of the Assyrian Empire (now Iraq).

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Digital collection of basic vocabulary for around 1,500 languages of the world

New project included in the Academies Program funding.

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Academic semester 2026/27

Call for applications for funding for a sabbatical semester in the Academies Program. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2026.

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Academy Day 2025

Video report from the Academy Day, which took place on September 27, 2025, in Heidelberg.

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Call for proposals: WIN Conferences 2027

Current research projects

Edition

Bible glossaries as hidden cultural carriers

The Judaic-Romance project is a contribution to the Judeo-French linguistic and literary tradition, which is to be examined for the first time in an interdisciplinary manner in terms of its significance for cultural studies, linguistics, and the history of theology.

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Edition

Correspondence between theologians in the southwestern part of the empire in the early modern period (1550–1620)

The research center collects, catalogs, and edits letters written by leading theologians and church leaders during the period between the Peace of Augsburg and the Thirty Years' War.

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Events and dates

25.03.
2026
9:00 a.m.

conference

On the practical implementation of respectful and supportive coexistence
10.06.
2026
6:15 p.m.

lecture series

"We conduct research. For you." I: Work ethic and Max Weber. On the relevance of a classic
01.07.
2026
6:15 p.m.

lecture series

"We research. For you." II: Brand name or no name? Strategies of an Attic pottery workshop at the end of the 6th century BC.
08.07.
2026
6:15 p.m.

lecture series

"We research. For you." III: Can a Christian go to war? A question that was already widely debated in the 16th century.
22.07.
2026
6:15 p.m.

lecture series

"We research. For you." IV: Understanding machine learning – a physical perspective
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The magazine of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences.

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Heidelberg Academy of Sciences

Founded in 1909, the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences is the state academy of sciences of Baden-Württemberg. As a scholarly society and non-university research institution, it promotes interdisciplinary exchange through lectures, events, and interdisciplinary research projects by established and young scientists, among other things.

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