How do we actually thematise what we commonly call the "foreign"?

Students of the subjects of general studies, art and German studies have explored this question - and approached the "foreign", this cultural construction, artistically.

"In the prism of science. One hundred years of general psychopathology" - this is the title of a scientific conference taking place in Oldenburg and Bremen from 7 to 9 November. The organisers - the University of Oldenburg in co-operation with the Karl Jaspers Society and the Klinikum Bremen Ost…

The new "Teacher of the Year for Science Subjects" comes from Hamburg: Kerstin Gleine received the €15,000 Klaus von Klitzing Prize, which was awarded for the ninth time by the University of Oldenburg and the EWE Foundation.

Success for Michael Sommer: the first volume of his Roman history "Rom und die antike Welt bis zum Ende der Republik. Römische Geschichte" was voted "Historical Book of the Year" in the "Overview" category by the history magazine "Damals".

Fritz Stern researched Germany's difficult path to modernity - and subjected the national-conservative resentment against the Weimar Republic to in-depth criticism. The University of Oldenburg has now awarded the important German-American scholar an honorary doctorate.

Whether LipDub or campus radio: in the area of specialisation "Project management for students of the humanities, cultural and social sciences", projects are created that are also perceived beyond the confines of the university.

Business IT specialists launch new Erasmus Mundus project.

Oldenburg Declaration on the Promotion of Advanced Scientific Training for Older People

A world music ensemble is being set up at the Institute of Music at the University of Oldenburg for the 2013/2014 winter semester. The ensemble’s director, Nangialai Nashir, invites interested musicians to attend rehearsals, which take place every Wednesday from 6.00 pm to 8.00 pm in the chamber…

Students get together and set up a campus radio station. Their goal: to broadcast live programmes on a regular basis. Now they are looking for fellow campaigners - and will be presenting themselves and their project at the freshers' welcome at the Infomarkt

(7 October).

How should a classroom be designed so that pupils and teachers feel comfortable in it? In his new volume, the Oldenburg educational scientist Klaus Zierer addresses a fundamental - and hitherto largely ignored - question.

Morgens um 7.00 Uhr geht es für Sandra Karp in ihrem Nebenjob los. Dann prüft sie im Wechsel mit ihren KollegInnen der Medientechnik die technischen Geräte in den Seminarräumen der Universität – damit der Lehrbetrieb reibungslos abläuft.

Educator and school developer Heinz Klippert gives lecture at the Pedagogical Week

"Recovery needs to be learned - training what is actually self-evident" - this is the title of the short lecture with which the educationalist Dr Johann Bölts will open the autumn semester of the Uni am Markt on Saturday, 28 September at 11.00 a.m. in the Exerzierhalle at Oldenburg's Pferdemarkt.…

The "Zephyr" is the new research boat of the Institute of Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM). It is small, manoeuvrable and fast - and is intended to help understand the little-researched interaction of the Wadden Sea between land and the open North Sea.

Most people take seeing for granted. But how does it actually work that the images come into our heads? The eyes and brain have to work hard to find out! Sensory physiologist Prof. Dr Jutta Kretzberg will provide the young researchers aged eight to twelve with a clear view in her lecture "Blind fish…

The ERASMUS MUNDUS degree programme "European Master in Migration and Intercultural Relations (EMMIR)" started two years ago. Today, Prof Dr Gunilla Budde, Vice President for Studies and Teaching, bid farewell to the first 23 graduates.

They come from 20 countries and were selected from 2,000…

A business idea that aims to enrich the working culture: The Oldenburg start-up Tandemploy supports people interested in sharing a full-time position with a job-sharing platform. It has now been awarded an EXIST start-up grant.

It is a "gem of humanities research": the Karl Jaspers House, restored and furnished over the past two years, is home to Karl Jaspers' 12,000-volume library. The villa in the Dobbenviertel has now been opened with a grand ceremony.

More than 50 participants from countries including South Africa and Tanzania are expected to attend a two-day industry workshop on business informatics on 18 and 19 September at the PFL cultural centre in Oldenburg. Interested parties can still register.

The workshop is part of the international…