press review

  • "Verräter oder Märtyrer?", in: Remszeitung (Schwäbisch Gmünd), 02. Mai 2026
  • "Ein einzigartiger Schatz. Eines der ältesten Schriftdokumente der nepalesischen Kultur entdeckt - Von Heidelberger Professor Michaels gerettet - Rückgabe an Nepal", in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, 28. April 2026, Seite 3
  • "The last migration of Neanderthals began 65,000 years ago," MDR Wissen, March 25, 2026
  • "Neanderthals survived only because they lived on the Mediterranean coast. And that is precisely what led to their downfall," in: Spiegel.de (Science), March 24, 2026  
  • "New Study from the University of Tübingen: Researchers Discover New Reasons for the Extinction of Neanderthals," in: Stuttgarter Nachrichten, March 24, 2026  
  • "The Rediscoverer of Nineveh. Stefan Maul Named 'University Professor of the Year'—The ancient Near Eastern scholar is excavating an Assyrian royal palace that was uncovered beneath a mosque destroyed by ISIS," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, March 21–22, 2026, page 5
  • "Usingtools requires a kind of thinking that animals are also capable of," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, March 21–22, 2026, page 33
  • "Wolves have grown accustomed to human flesh"– A Heidelberg lawyer researches wolf attacks: How wars fueled the fear of these gray-coated creatures, in: Badische Neueste Nachrichten, March 20, 2026
  • "Concert marking the 200th anniversary of Franz Danzi's death | Editorial team NUSSBAUM, Schwetzinger Woche, 68723 Schwetzingen | NUSSBAUM.de," in: Nussbaum, March 9, 2026
  • "He brought the university onto the big stage – former rector and physicist Gisbert zu Putlitz turns 96," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, February 14/15, 2026
  • "How old is Heidelberg?" In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, January 31/February 1, 2026
  • "Pforzheim as a cautionary 'miracle'. Reuchlin Prize winner and Eastern Europe expert Karl Schlögel looks at Ukraine with concern and is impressed by the new beginning of the destroyed gold city. In: Pforzheimer Zeitung, November 25, 2025  
  • "Reuchlin Prize for historian Karl Schlögel," in: Badische Neueste Nachrichten, November 24, 2025  
  • "An unknown chapter in local history: Legal scholar Andreas Deutsch reconstructs the biography of Johann Elias Meichsner," in: Pforzheimer Zeitung, November 19, 2025  
  • "The 'little Greek' was a great thinker(external link). Philipp Melanchthon from Bretten was Martin Luther's confidant and one of the most educated people of his time," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, October 31, 2025
  • "High time to talk freely about viruses(external link)" - Academy lecture 2025 with Christian Drosten, in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, September 30, 2025, page 3
  • "Drosten advocates for free science," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, September 30, 2025, page 3
  • "Karl Jaspers sought the limelight—and repeatedly caused a sensation," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, July 19/20, 2025, page 33 (Science)
  • "Marx research in times of the Ukraine war, report on the Marx-Engels Complete Edition," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, July 5/6, 2025, page 33 (Science)
  • "First step: opening up new niches" – Researchers from Tübingen, including those from the ROCEEH project, developed a new theory on early humans, in: Schwäbisches Tagblatt, June 25, 2025, page 20
  • "A Breakthrough in Plastics—Maximilian Baur Academy of Sciences and Humanities Prize Academy of Sciences and Humanities ," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, June 2, 2025, page 6
  • "Prize Maximilian Baur," in: JuraForum, May 28, 2025
  • "Young scientist makes breakthrough: his plastic is biodegradable," in: Schwäbische, May 28, 2025
  • "For the Freedom of Research—Annual Celebration of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, May 26, 2025
  • "What Does the Academy of Sciences and Humanities Actually Do?", in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, May 20, 2025
  • "Students do pioneering work with translation - A project group spent five years deciphering a Reuchlin text - and is now receiving an award for its efforts," in: Pforzheimer Kurier, May 20, 2025
  • "The Rise and Fall of the Heidelberg Residence," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, May 6, 2025
  • "Hohenasperg Fortress: Inscription on old gravestones deciphered," in: Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung (LKZ), April 24, 2025
  • "Hohenasperg: New ideas and old gravestones," in: Bietigheimer Zeitung, April 24, 2025
  • "At Hohenasperg, you have to drill through thick boards," in: Stuttgarter Zeitung, April 24, 2025
  • "Stuttgart in farmers' hands," in: Stuttgarter Zeitung, March 27, 2025, page 16 (The report)
  • "Keilschriften lesen können" (Being able to read cuneiform script), in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 13, 2025, page 6 (Bildungswelten)
  • "What Makes Companies Successful – The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities a New Research Project – The Goal: To Better Understand Innovation and the Longevity of Companies Over Time," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, January 11–12, 2025, p. 33
  • "Carl Theodor and the former residence of Heidelberg," in Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, December 30, 2024, p. 6
  • "Art of the Late Ice Age: A Lion Draws Attention(external link)," Salzburger Nachrichten, December 27, 2024
  • "The Return of Disorder(external link) - Historian Christopher Clark draws parallels between 1848 and today at Heidelberg University," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, November 16/17, 2024, p. 13 (Politics)
  • "The Baden-Württemberg State Research Prize and Prize 2024 Prize Courageous Science (external link)were awarded to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lena Maier-Hein, Prof. Dr. Christiane Werner, and Prof. Dr. Kira Rehfeld," Metropoljournal.com, October 25, 2024
  • "Prize Urban History Research Awarded to Sabine Arend(external link)," City of Esslingen am Neckar, October 21, 2024
  • Chinese calligraphy and power. Exhibition at the University Museum and the railway depot," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, October 10, 2024, p. 5
  • "Goethe's vocabulary made him the most eloquent German," in: Evangelische Zeitung, August 26, 2024
  • "The novice who was a woman," RNZ series "Legendary Odenwald" (17): Veneration of saints instead of scandal—Hildegund von Schönau, in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, August 10/11, 2024, p. 10
  • "On Judaism in the Middle Ages," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, July 16, 2024, p. 5
  • "She knows the formula for happiness. How do we stay mentally stable? - Scientific lecture by psychiatrist Franziska Bäßler on mental health," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, June 14, 2024, p. 6
  • "Constance-based chemist Natalie Schunck receives thePrize" (external link), in: Singener Wochenblatt, June 13, 2024
  • "How fair is school really? The Academy of Sciences and Humanities annual celebration Academy of Sciences and Humanities a spotlight on educational equity," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, June 10, 2024, p. 11 (Arts & Culture section)
  • "Focus on India and Nepal. Heidelberg researcher Axel Michaels turns 75," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, May 25/26, 2024, p. 15 (Feuilleton)
  • "Talmudic glosses in Hebrew, or rather in Medieval French(external link)," an article about the "Bible Glossaries" project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, in: Il Sole 24 Ore, April 10, 2024
  • "Neither side lost, both sides won. New angle on the old question of who won the Sino-Nepal war of 1791" (external link), in: Nepali Times, March 2, 2024
  • "Memory as the foundation of the present" (external link): Tonio Hölscher on the death of Jan Assmann, February 20, 2024, radio broadcast, SWR2 (Kultur aktuell)
  • "He lifted this veil - Jan Assmann has died" (external link), Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 20, 2024
  • "The Normans - Rulers of Sicily" (external link), TV program on arte on January 27, 2024, available in the media library until February 25, 2024.
  • "Conspiracy theories – How beliefs arise," article by Martin F. Gerchen, Georgia Koppe, and Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg, in: "Right & Wrong," Ruperto Carola Research Magazine of Heidelberg University, Issue 23, February 2024
  • "On Schwummeln, Schwuppen, and Schwippen—A celebration for all those interested in language: On the latest edition of the Goethe Dictionary," in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 23, 2024, p. 12 (Feuilleton)
  • "Between the Middle Ages and the modern media world," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, January 22, 2024, p. 13 (Feuilleton)
  • "Are humans really different from animals, Mr. Conard?" Die Zeit, January 11, 2024, p. 35
  • "Archaeological world power," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, December 23, 2023, page Z 2 (pictures and times)
  • "Mastering the energy transition with hydrogen" (external link), in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, November 18/19, 2023, p. 34 (Science)
  • "Democracy: 'You can try new things from a safe place'"(external link), Telepolis, October 3, 2023
  • "Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Georg Kräusslich has been appointed president of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities," Forschung & Lehre, Issue 10/23, Leadership Positions, October 2023
  • "Virologist Kräusslich is the new president of Academy of Sciences and Humanities" (external link), radio report on SWR Aktuell, September 29, 2023
  • "Boutros new dean of medicine," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, September 27, 2023, p. 3
  • "I don't want to go home at five in the afternoon, I enjoy doing research" – Interview with Hans-Georg Kräusslich on the occasion of the end of his term as dean of the Faculty of Medicine, in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, September 27, 2023, p. 3
  • "Only here can one truly understand what Chinese art is," in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 25, 2023, p. 10
  • "Urgent thinking. Philosopher Otfried Höffe turns eighty," in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 12, 2023, p. 14
  • "It wouldn't have been possible without the local elites," in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 12, 2023, p. 12
  • "The fairy tale of the harmless wolf" – Interview with Andreas Deutsch, head of research at the German Legal Dictionary (internal link), in: Welt am Sonntag, September 10, 2023
  • "High position for virologists. Hans-Georg Kräusslich becomes Academy President," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, August 2, 2023, p. 3
  • "Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Hans-Georg Kräusslich as New President" (external link), in: ÄrzteZeitung, July 31, 2023
  • "Naturally gifted with sympathy," in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, July 24, 2023, p. 6
  • "The finiteness of signs(external link) – How the Diamond Sutra carved into rock will survive the end of the world and what a German-Chinese research project is contributing to this, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, July 9, 2023, page 38 (arts section)
  • "From the laboratory to the public," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, July 4, 2023, p. 5
  • "On the significance of colored windows," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, July 3, 2023, p. 5
  • "The appeal of conspiracy(external link) - Psychologist Martin F. Gerchen explores alternative worldviews," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, July 1/2, 2023, p. 34 (Science)
  • "How academies provide answers to questions about the future," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, June 26, 2023, p. 11 (arts section)
  • "When theories become facts," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, June 26, 2023, p. 5
  • "Animal trials – guilty as charged" with book review of: Andreas Deutsch/Peter König (eds.): "Das Tier in der Rechtsgeschichte" (Animals in legal history), vol. 27 of the German Legal Dictionary series, in: Wiener Zeitung, April 21, 2023
  • "From Monasticism to Human Rights Violations—The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Seven Prizes to Young Researchers," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, March 29, 2023, p. 11 (Arts Section)
  • "Hinges between cultures of knowledge(external link) – What Bible glossaries of French Jews tell us about society." (Research center Bible glossaries as hidden cultural assets), in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, March 18/19, 2023, p. 34 (Science)
  • "We should refrain from making unilateral decisions – philosopher Andreas Urs Sommer advocates a differentiated view of the war in Ukraine – dare to embrace more democracy" (external link), in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, March 10, 2023, p. 16 (Politics)
  • "Altered Brain Structure: Why Infections During Pregnancy May Increase the Risk of Autism" (external link) - Simone Mayer, a fellow at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities with her team Academy of Sciences and Humanities a three-dimensional brain tissue model to study environmental influences on embryonic brain development in a petri dish, idw - Science Information Service, March 8, 2023
  • "Faith, postal routes, and Swiss cheese—Heidelberg scientists examine letters from early modern theologians," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, March 4/5, 2023, p. 33 (Science)
  • "The Key to Human and Animal Behavior" (external link) –Prize animal behaviorist Fumihiro Kano, in: Innovationsreport.de, March 3, 2023
  • "Health Committee welcomes EU health data space" (external link), in: Tagesspiegel, March 2, 2023
  • "Experts for the secure exchange of health data" (external link), German Bundestag, Press, March 1, 2023
  • "The fear of wolves was present" – Interview with Andreas Deutsch (German Legal Dictionary Research Center), in: Badische Zeitung, February 22, 2023
  • "80th birthday of retired Federal Constitutional Court judge Prof. Dr. Dres. h. c. Paul Kirchhof" (external link), Federal Constitutional Court, February 20, 2023
  • "Created from 3.5 million notes" (external link) - On Goethe's dictionary, in: Badische Zeitung, December 28, 2022
  • "Hidden Bearers of Culture: A Project on Biblical Glossaries at the Academy of Sciences and Humanities," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, December 3–4, 2022, p. 15 (Arts Section)
  • "For Global Solidarity in Times of Crisis: How National, European, and International Law Protect the Global Climate—Legal Scholar Paul Kirchhof Spoke at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, November 26–27, 2022, p. 34 (Science)   
  • "A Public Intellectual—Volker GerhardtPrize thePrize ," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, November 23, 2022, page 13 (Arts & Culture section)
  • "On law and climate protection – Paul Kirchhof gives lecture," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, November 19/20, 2022, page 3 (Heidelberg)
  • "`We can all do better` - Academy lecture: Economist Monika Schnitzer spoke in the Old Auditorium of the University about the importance of competition for innovation," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, November 17, 2022, page 12 (Feuilleton)
  • "'We Need All Four Around the Table' – Panel Discussion at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities the Climate Crisis in Russia, the U.S., and China," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, October 26, 2022, page 11 (Arts & Culture section)
  • "Pforzheim awards Reuchlin Prize to Katajun Amirpur," SWR-AKTUELL, October 15, 2022
  • "Reuchlin Prize 2022 – Iran protests omnipresent at Reuchlin Prize award ceremony," Badische Neueste Nachrichten, October 15, 2022
  • "Uncovering cultural treasures – Heidelberg Academy launches two long-term projects on Hindu temple legends and languages in the Middle Ages," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, September 1, 2022, page 13 (arts section)
  • "125 Years of the German Legal Dictionary," in: Juristische Schulung 8/2022, pages 25-27
  • "From Künßberg's realm of a thousand wonders" - On the 125-year history of the German Legal Dictionary, in: Juristen Zeitung 14, 77th year, July 22, 2022, pages 723-727
  • "How an ancient hero helped an academic shooting star survive," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, July 6, 2022, page 11
  • "Congress in Pforzheim considers humanists from different perspectives" (external link), in: Badische Neueste Nachrichten, July 1, 2022
  • "The humanist Johannes Reuchlin died 500 years ago"(external link), in: Badische Zeitung, June 29, 2022, (published on Wed, June 29, 2022 on badische-zeitung.de)
  • "Animals in court." Radio broadcast, SWR2 Wissen, June 24, 2022
  • "International Reuchlin Congress(external link): Current perspectives on the work of the Pforzheim humanist," in: Pforzheimer Zeitung, June 23, 2022
  • "The vocabulary of Heidelberg" (external link). On the 125th anniversary of the German Legal Dictionary. In: Brand eins, May/June 2022, pages 91-97
  • "Ancient Egyptian cults surrounding the crocodile god," hybrid lecture on Sobek as part of the employee series, in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, May 30, 2022, page 6
  • "Defending Civilized Debate. Annual Celebration of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities Minister Theresia Bauer," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, May 24, 2022, page 11 (Arts & Culture section)
  • "We Believe in Young Scholars—The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities the Next Generation—An Interview with President Schneidmüller," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, May 17, 2022, page 13 (Arts & Culture section)
  • "Many women have missed out on career opportunities," in: Mannheimer Morgen, April 28, 2022, page 6 (Economy)
  • "Everyone must get involved in climate change," interview with physician Anthony Ho, in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, April 2/3, 2022, page 14 (Science)
  • "The risks are manageable. Friedemann Wenzel at the Heidelberg Academy on carbon dioxide storage in geological formations," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, March 10, 2022, page 13 (arts section)
  • "Solar energy as 'the only hope'," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, February 24, 2022, page 13 (arts section)
  • "Of the blameless, the crafty, and draconian punishments" (external link) - 125 years of work on the German Legal Dictionary. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, February 4, 2022, page 5
  • "Set in stone," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, February 3, 2022, page 27 (Science)
  • "History: Encyclopedia sheds light on German legal history - Dictionary celebrates 125th anniversary," in: Mannheimer Morgen/Weinheimer Nachrichten, February 2, 2022
  • "Buddha carved into mountain," in: Mannheimer Morgen/Weinheimer Nachrichten, February 1, 2022
  • "Johannes Reuchlin was born in Pforzheim 567 years ago," in: Badische Neueste Nachrichten, January 29, 2022
  • "Discipline of the Hands (external link) - Sinologist Lothar Ledderose and his compact volume on the culture and power of Chinese writing." In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 24, 2022
  • "From 'Aachenfahrt' to 'Zwungnis'(external link): Work on the German Legal Dictionary has been ongoing for 125 years," in: Badische Neueste Nachrichten, January 15, 2022, page 7
  • "Modular Thinking," in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, January 9, 2022, page 38 (arts section)
  • Axel Michaels speaks at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities the topic "Can giving up meat save the climate?" (external link) In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, December 9, 2021, page 13 (Arts & Culture section)
  • "The future as catastrophe. Heidelberg Academy lecture with Andreas Reckwitz in the Old Auditorium on the topic of 'Loss. The other side of progress.'" In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, November 18, 2021, page 12 (arts section)
  • "Quite beastly—When the executioner in the 'good old days' put humans and animals in a sack." In: Badische Neueste Nachrichten, August 21, 2021
  • "Always keeping an eye on the transfer(external link) - The importance of the "Southwest German Court Music" research center was honored at the closing concert." In: Mannheimer Morgen (Schwetzinger Zeitung), July 21, 2021, page 10
  • "La Turquoise, La Chinoise, La Polonoise" – chamber music concert exploring the exotic and the unfamiliar. In: Schwetzinger Woche No. 29(external link), July 21, 2021, pages 8–9
  • "Academy awards—sponsorship prizes go to two doctoral students and a junior research group leader at Ruperto Carola." In: UNISPIEGEL Heidelberg University, Issue 2/2021, page 12
  • "Not dusty at all – Final concert of the 'Southwest German Court Music' research center at Schwetzingen Palace." In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, July 19, 2021, page 11 (arts section)
  • "Hope in the Fight Against Stroke – Neurobiologist Dr. Jin Yan Receives thePrize" (external link). In: Odenwälder Zeitung/Weinheimer Nachrichten, June 30, 2021, page 10
  • "Emerging from the Crisis with Momentum(external link): Annual Celebration of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities the Alte Aula." In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, June 28, 2021, page 13
  • "Karl Jaspers Complete Edition: Nietzsche ( external link). A conversation with Andreas Urs Sommer," Deutschlandfunk, Büchermarkt, April 12, 2021, 4:20 to 4:35 p.m., radio broadcast as mp3
  • "Lautenschläger Establishes New Prize" (external link). In: Mannheimer Morgen, March 23, 2021 (Research)
  • "Texts and sounds relating to the famous Mannheim court orchestra." In: Mannheimer Morgen, March 15, 2021, page 17 (metropolitan region)
  • "In the beginning was the federation" (external link). Book review of Dieter Langewiesche: From a multi-state empire to a federal state. A different German history. Heidelberg Academic Library (Kröner Verlag 2020). In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 24, 2021
  • "From the Jesuits to Climate Change." The Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities five prizes to six young researchers.
  • In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, February 24, 2021, page 11
  • "Digital editions are the focus of teaching. Academy of Sciences and Humanities : The 'Court Music and City Research Center' replaces the 'Southwest German Court Music' research unit. In: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, February 19, 2021, page 13
  • "How the court and the bourgeoisie influenced each other," in: Mannheimer Morgen/Schwetzinger Zeitung, February 17, 2021
  • "Chivalrous physicist—Gisbert zu Putlitz turns 90," in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 13/14, 2021
  • "Former rector and physicist Gisbert zu Putlitz turns 90," in: Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, February 13/14, 2021
  • Schwetzingen: "Research Center for Southwest German Court Music" becomes "Research Center Court | Music | City," in: Metropolnews, February 10, 2021