Professor Dr. Frank Wilderson has been given a nine-month advanced research grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to work in the high-profile research area of Black Diaspora Studies in the University of Bremen‘s Faculty of Linguistics and Literature Studies. The University is reciprocating by having Sabine Broeck, Professor of American Studies and an expert on the topic “Black... more »
Within the context of introducing innovative teaching formats in early undergraduate studies, the Rectorate of the University of Bremen has selected six projects for funding under the ForstA Project (Studies Linked with Research – From the Outset: Heterogeneity as Potential (www.uni-bremen.de/forsta). All faculties of the University may submit project proposals designed to give freshers deeper... more »
The origin of the marine ecosystem in the waters surrounding Antarctica is closely intertwined with the advance of the ice cover which took place on the sixth continent some 33.5 million years ago. The current issue of the scientific journal ‘Science’ contains a report on this climate change produced by an international research team. Over the course of millions of years, the marine ecosystem... more »
Lying on a small wall located between the Uni-Bad swimming pool and the SFG building you can find a heap of large painted concrete slabs. The colors on the 21 x 3 meter-large slabs are badly faded, and the motif is hardly recognizable. This springtime, though, the artwork is to be returned to its former condition. What do the paintings depict? What is their significance for the University? “To... more »
