Calendar of the Francke Foundations
Coffee Lectures at the Study Centre: Interesting facts during the coffee break
For the first time in 2023, the August Hermann Francke Study Centre invites you to a coffee break with information content. On the last Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m., colleagues from the Study Centre and the Research Centre will give short, entertaining talks of about 15 minutes, providing insights into the various areas and services offered by the Science Department of the Francke Foundations: From literature research, information on the collections in the archive and library, questions about the Old Book to interesting facts about current projects.
Interested users of the reading room, students, colleagues from the departments of the Francke Foundations and their partner institutions on the Foundation grounds are invited to attend.
The event will be held in German.
Tuesday, 01/31/2023
News from the Digital Collections of the Study Center
The Czech Prints and the Bio-bibliographical Index in the Digital Collections. (Jürgen Gröschl)
Tuesday, 02/28/2023
Die Rekonstruktion der Bibliothek von Johann Adam Steinmetz
Tuesday, 03/28/2023
Historische Drucke digital – Zugänge zu den Portalen VD16, 17, 18
Tuesday, 04/25/2023
"Totally real" - workshop report on the annual exhibition 2024 (T. Gärtig)
Tuesday, 05/30/2023
The old signature system of the Economic and Administrative Archives (T. Grunewald)
Tuesday, 06/27/2023
On the Prosopography of the Orphanage welfare recipients (1696-1714) (D. Löblich).
Tuesday, 01/30/2024
The history of school gardens in Germany (Cornelia Jäger)
Tuesday, 02/27/2024
Presentation of the publication Fromme Gefühle. Images and texts in books (B. Klosterberg)
Tuesday, 03/26/2024
Restoration of manuscripts damaged by ink erosion from the India Department of the Archive of the Evangelical Lutheran Missionary Organisation Leipzig. A third-party funded project (J. Gröschl)
Tuesday, 04/30/2024
"There are so many minds in America". The edition of Johann Ernst Bergmann's letters from Ebenezer, Georgia (J. Gröschl)
Tuesday, 05/28/2024
The plan archive of the foundations: Insights into an illustrated book project (T. Grunewald)
Tuesday, 06/25/2024
Bibliography of the publishing house of the bookshop of the orphanage. Presentation of the database (B. Klosterberg)
Highlights
Museumsnacht
04. - 05. May 2024
Total real? Total irreal!
Gullivers Reisen im Lindenhof
19. - 21. June 2024
70. Jahre Puppentheater Halle
Healing body and soul. Medicine and Hygiene in the 18th Century
02. May - 17. October 2021
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In 1721, the foundation stone for the children's hospital in Germany was laid at the Francke Foundations. The 300th anniversary of this event is the occasion for the annual...
Total Real. Die Entdeckung der Anschaulichkeit
23. March 2024 - 02. February 2025
Wie nähere ich mich der Welt, um sie zu verstehen?
Events
Coffee Lectures at the Study Centre: Interesting facts during the coffee break
For the first time in 2023, the August Hermann Francke Study Centre invites you to a coffee break with information content. On the last Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m., colleagues from the Study Centre and the Research Centre will give short, entertaining talks of about 15 minutes, providing insights into the various areas and services offered by the Science Department of the Francke Foundations: From literature research, information on the collections in the archive and library, questions about the Old Book to interesting facts about current projects.
Interested users of the reading room, students, colleagues from the departments of the Francke Foundations and their partner institutions on the Foundation grounds are invited to attend.
The event will be held in German.
Tuesday, 01/31/2023
News from the Digital Collections of the Study Center
The Czech Prints and the Bio-bibliographical Index in the Digital Collections. (Jürgen Gröschl)
Tuesday, 02/28/2023
Die Rekonstruktion der Bibliothek von Johann Adam Steinmetz
Tuesday, 03/28/2023
Historische Drucke digital – Zugänge zu den Portalen VD16, 17, 18
Tuesday, 04/25/2023
"Totally real" - workshop report on the annual exhibition 2024 (T. Gärtig)
Tuesday, 05/30/2023
The old signature system of the Economic and Administrative Archives (T. Grunewald)
Tuesday, 06/27/2023
On the Prosopography of the Orphanage welfare recipients (1696-1714) (D. Löblich).
Tuesday, 01/30/2024
The history of school gardens in Germany (Cornelia Jäger)
Tuesday, 02/27/2024
Presentation of the publication Fromme Gefühle. Images and texts in books (B. Klosterberg)
Tuesday, 03/26/2024
Restoration of manuscripts damaged by ink erosion from the India Department of the Archive of the Evangelical Lutheran Missionary Organisation Leipzig. A third-party funded project (J. Gröschl)
Tuesday, 04/30/2024
"There are so many minds in America". The edition of Johann Ernst Bergmann's letters from Ebenezer, Georgia (J. Gröschl)
Tuesday, 05/28/2024
The plan archive of the foundations: Insights into an illustrated book project (T. Grunewald)
Tuesday, 06/25/2024
Bibliography of the publishing house of the bookshop of the orphanage. Presentation of the database (B. Klosterberg)
Exhibitions
Rundgang durch das Kulturdenkmal
300 Jahre Bildung in einer einzigartigen Architekturlandschaft
Detail