… source texts are published in the series »Kleine Quellentexte« while the »Kleine Schriftenreihe« publishes academic findings on the Francke Foundations and accompanying publications on the cabinet exhibitions.
The illustrated books, which offer representative insights into specific subject areas of the Foundations, as well as special standalone publications, including two children's books…
… milestones such as the world's first Bible Institute, music and song culture in Halle Pietism or the Prussian virtues, but also the highlights of a visit such as the only completely preserved baroque Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities, the core ensemble around the Lindenhof with the largest timber-framed residential building in Europe and the oldest surviving purpose built free-standing library…
… written as well as material sources have survived in India and Europe. In the Francke Foundations, they are now accessible to all interested parties in the cultural-historical archive and in the Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities.
My Indian year in Germany
Mercy Rethna
Christine Bergmann's paintings on schoolgirls in South India
Results of the working scholarship…
The Francke Foundations in Halle are visible evidence of the comprehensive social and educational reforms with which August Hermann Francke (1663–1727) initiated social change more than three hundred years ago, changes that had a broad impact even during his lifetime and can still be felt today. The Franckesche Stiftungen's application for inclusion in the UNESCO World Heritage List has led to
… Tall double windows illuminated the interior and adorned the clearly structured façade. The mansard roof provided space for the orphans' dormitory in the attic, which was later converted into the Cabinet of Artefacts and Natural Curiosities, the famous ‘Wunderkammer’. Public tours of the chamber were already being offered in the 18th century.
The Orphanage in a Colored Copper Cngraving…
… project on the Royal Pädagogium in the Francke Foundations. 2020: The Sick, Doctors, and Theologians – The Birth of a "Gentle Medicine" in Halle Pietism? 2019: Pietist Spaces of Experience: Creating a Cabinet Exhibition Using Ego Documents from the 18th Century. Results from the seminar were presented at the concluding conference of the DFG project. 2018: The Life World of Students and Orphans in the Age of…
