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Augsburger Rathaus (Foto: Stefan Schweihofer) CC BY-NC-ND

Korinth Apollontempel © University of Augsburg

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Stadtansicht Augsburg um 1550, Blick auf Perlachturm im Hintergrund, im Vordergrund simultane Darstellung jahreszeitentypischen Markttreibens im Vordergrund

Marktgeschehen auf dem Augsburger Perlachplatz: Jahreszeitenbild Oktober bis Dezember, Heinrich Vogtherr d. J. (?), um 1540; Kunstsammlungen und Museen Augsburg, Inv. Nr. 9330

Robert Koehler: "Der Streik" Public Domain

Martin Luther King Jr. © University of Augsburg

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March 25, 2025

The University of Toronto Press publishes 'Culinary Claims'

Dr. L. Sasha Gora, the director of the "Off the Menu" Research Group, has published her first monograph, 'Culinary Claims: Indigenous Restaurant Politics in Canada', as part of the Culinaria series at the Toronto University Press. It explores the complex relationships between wild plants and introduced animals, between Indigenous foodways and Canadian regulations.

[Global Environmental History and Environmental Humanities]

“Wetlands in History” receives support from SEED funding from the University of Augsburg

The working group “Wetlands in History: Histories from the quaking zone, 1630-1997” receives support from SEED funding from the University of Augsburg and can thus continue and expand its work. [Global Environmental History and Environmental Humanities]

Poem from Anne-Sophie Balzer about the Schneefernerhaus published at webpage from Elitenetzwerk Bayern

Here you can find the author's personal impressions of the Schneefernerhaus: "In the context of the master's seminar “Is Winter still Coming?”, I had the opportunity to talk about glacier poetry with the students on site and then stay a little longer on my own. The poem was written during a two-day stay in January 2025." [Global Environmental History and Environmental Humanities]