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Dear fellows, alumni and friends,

2025 marks a very special milestone: 50 years of fellowships at the Herzog August Bibliothek — and what better way to celebrate than by strengthening the vibrant community that has grown around it?

With this HAB-Alumni-Newsletter, we will keep you up to date with the latest news from the HAB – including insights into the work of our fellows, current calls for applications, new publications, upcoming events, and more. We also hope to offer opportunities for you to connect with one another and stay actively involved in the HAB alumni network.

The newsletter will appear twice a year – we hope you enjoy this first edition and we look forward to sharing many more with you!

Warm regards,
The HAB Team

 
The guestbook of the Anna Vorwerk House: For 50 years, fellows have been leaving their mark in Wolfenbüttel
The Anna-Vorwerk-Haus Guestbook: For 50 years, fellows have been leaving their traces in Wolfenbüttel.
 

News
Blog post: A "little Princeton" in Wolfenbüttel?

As part of the 50th anniversary of the HAB fellowship programme, historian Dr. Elizabeth Harding, Deputy Head of the Department of Fellowship Programmes and Academic Events, explores the programme’s history. Read the full blog post here!
 
Celebrate with us!

Our digital guestbook is online and ready for your stories!
 
Currently at the HAB: Meet Our Fellows!

Postdocs & Senior Fellows
 
Ylva Haidenthaller (Lund)
Public Faces: Circulating and collecting printed portraits in Eighteenth-century Sweden and Europe, 01.02.-31.07.2025 More...
 
 

Sky Michael Johnston
(Palos Heights)

 
 
The Peasant Naturalist: Meteorology and Religious Life in Sixteenth-Century Germany
01.07.-31.07.2025
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Ulrike Kern (Frankfurt/Main)
Reflexionen. Kunst- und Wissensgeschichte eines Lichteffekts zwischen Spätmittelalter und Aufklärung
01.05.-31.07.2025
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Morgan Golf-French
(Frankfurt)

 
 
 
Prisoners of War in European Thought, c. 1700-1815
01.07.-31.07.2025
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Barbara DiGennaro (Padua)
Food of the Gods, Excrement of the Earth. Natural History, Food and Knowledge of Mushrooms in Early Modern Italy
01.07.-31.07.2025
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Micol Muttini (Saint-Martin-d'Hères)
A Humanist Observed: Francesco Ciceri as a Commentator of Classics, 01.02-31.08.2025
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Woijciech Kordyzon (Warschau)
Between Imitation and Identity: Printing Strategies in Early Reformation Breslau (1518-1540) by Kaspar Libisch and Adam Dyon
01.07.-30.09.2025
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Elisabeth Rudolph (Berlin)
Welcher Orthen ein jedes einzuhefften sey. Gedruckte Buchbinderanweisungen im Kontext der Literatur- und Buchwissenschaft
01.07.-31.08.2025
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Doctoral students
 
Mathias Valverde (Strasbourg)
The Academic men. Contribution to a critical study of men and masculinities in the French Academies of Science 1750-1830,
01.05.-30.11.2025 
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Elise Gäng
(Heidelberg)

 
 
 
Der Schriftnachlass des Hirsauer Abts Johannes Parsimonius (1525-1588) im Kontext seiner Zeit
15.07.-14.09.2025
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Ryan Hampton (Oxford)
Taverns as contested spaces in the Holy Roman Empire and Mexico (c. 1525-1600): A comparative, spatial-theoretical analysis of conspiracy and disciplinig practice, 01.04.-30.09.2025
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HAB Calls: Apply now!
Doctoral Fellowship: Dr. Günther Findel-Stiftung / Rolf and Ursula Schneider-Stiftung, Deadline 01.10.2025
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Conference: The American Friends of the Herzog August Bibliothek Annual Conference of Renaissance Society of America, San Francisco (United States), 19.02.2026-21.02.2026, Deadline 01.08.2025
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Conference: The 10th International Conference of Frühe Neuzeit Interdisziplinär (FNI) The Mobility of People, Ideas and Objects 
between the German-speaking Lands and the World beyond Europe, Wolfenbüttel (Germany), 20.05.2026-22.05.2026, Deadline 15.10.2025 More...
 

Exploring Further: Noteworthy Calls Outside the HAB

Calls for Applications

Grant: Junior Scholar in Residence Program (German Historical Institute Warsaw), Prague (Czech Republic), Deadline 31.07.2025 More...

Prize: Dissertation Prize (German Historical Institue London), London (England), Deadline 31.07.2025 More...

Grant: Weimar-Fellowships "Frühe Neuzeit bis Gegenwart", Weimar (Germany), Deadline 31.07.2025 More...

Job: 0,75 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) "Aschkenas in neuen Lebenswelten", Duisburg-Essen (Germany), Deadline 31.07.2025 More...

Job: 1 Doctoral researcher (m/f/d) "Early Modern Philosophy", Nürnberg (Germany), Deadline 01.08.2025 More...

Grant: IEG Stipendien für Promovierende, Mainz (Germany), Deadline 15.08.2025 More...

Grant: Herder Fellowship, Marburg (Germany), Deadline 15.08.2025 More...

Grant: Alfried Krupp Fellowships 2026/27, Greifswald (Germany), Deadline 31.08.2025 More...

Grant: Karl-Ferdinand-Werner-Fellowship (DHI Paris), Paris (France), Deadline 15.09.2025 More...

Grant: Forschungsstipendium "Antiziganismusforschung", Heidelberg (Germany), Deadline 30.09.2025 More...

Grant: Scholar in Residence Programm (Deutsches Historisches Museum München), München (Germany), Deadline 15.10.2025 More...

Grant: Langzeitstipendien für die PostDoc-Phase (Frankesche Stiftungen zu Halle), Halle (Germany), Deadline 15.10.2025 More...


Calls for Papers

Conference: Politische Handlungsspielräume und Selbstpositionierungen adliger Frauen in der Frühen Neuzeit, Vechta (Germany), 10.09.2026-11.09.2026, Deadline 31.07.2025 More...

Conference: When Materials Meet. Intermaterialität in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit, Krems (Austria), 02.03.2026-04.03.2026, Deadline 05.09.2025 More...

Conference: Frühe Neuzeit erzählen, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), 24.09.2025-26.09.2025, Deadline 07.09.2025 More...

Conference: Materiality and Confinements in the Medieval and Early Modern Eras: Objects, Actors, Experiences, Lausanne (Switzerland), 22.04.2026-24.04.2026, Deadline 22.09.2025 More...

Conference: Baltic Bloodlands. The Use of Political Violence in the Baltic Sea Region 1400-1600, Stockholm (Sweden), 23.04.2026-24.04.2026, Deadline 29.09.2025 More...

Conference: Langweilig! Subversive und transformative Ästhetiken des Nichtstuns, Augsburg (Germany), 27.03.2026-29.03.2026, Deadline 30.09.2025 More...

Conference: Bound for Devotion: The Prayer Book as Object and Practice 1300-1800, Leiden (Netherlands), 01.07.2026-03.07.2026, Deadline 01.10.2025 More...

Conference: Religious Embodiment and Conversion Practices in Early Modern Europe and Beyond, 1500-1800, Copenhagen (Denmark), 23.04.2026-14.04.2026, Deadline 26.11.2025 More...
 
Fellow Feature: Exploring Fame and Portraits with Dr. Ylva Haidenthaller
HAB: What did you work on during your time as a fellow of the HAB?

Ylva Haidenthaller: I was working on my postdoc project on the distribution of printed portraits and their connection to fame culture in the 18th century. I was studying the portrait collection of the HAB and focusing in particular on portraits of actresses, exploring how their production, distribution, and use worked. Of course, like all academics, I also had some side projects, such as finishing long-overdue articles and similar work. For that, access to the secondary literature at the Zeughaus was invaluable. 
 

HAB: What’s your favorite spot or hidden gem in Wolfenbüttel?

Ylva Haidenthaller: I brought my dog to Wolfbenbüttel, so naturally we were walking around quite a bit and enjoyed strolling along the Oker. Otherwise, I would recommend having Kuchen at Café Moena or a Hausbier at Theos. And actually, the garden at the Anna Vorwerk Haus is a gem!
 

HAB: What’s one piece of advice you’d give to current fellows or visitors to the library?

Ylva Haidenthaller: Be social – create a WhatsApp group and ask others to hang out, have dinner, or do something together. Most people appreciate the invitation but might find it too forward to ask themselves. 
 

HAB: If you had to sum up your time as a HAB fellow in just three words, what would they be?

Ylva Haidenthaller: The Wolfenbüttel Babies (an inside joke, and also the name of the first of many WhatsApp groups I joined)

HAB: Thank you very much, Ylva – enjoy your stay in Wolfenbüttel!

Dr. Ylva Haidenthaller is a historian of art and visual culture. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Lund University. 
From February 1 to July 31, 2025, Yvla is staying at the HAB as a postdoctoral fellow.
 
Events at the HAB
We’d love to see you – drop in if you're nearby!

Reading: Arno Geiger liest aus seinem Roman Reise nach Laredo, 18.07.2025 More...

Talk: Business und Bürokratie: Zur Herausbildung transimperialer Finanznetzwerke zwischen Istanbul und Wien, Werkstattgespräch mit Irena Fliter (hybrid), 18.07.2025 More...

Summer Course: 47th International Wolfenbüttel Summer Course "Beyond the Cloister Walls: Networks, Knowledge, and Identity in Late Medieval Manuscripts, 28.07.2025-08.08.2025 More...

Guided Tour: Tuesday evening tour through the Zeughaus, 05.08.2025 More...

Talk: FDM@HAB: Zum Umgang mit und Nutzen von Forschungsdaten, Werkstattgespräch mit Martin Wiegand und Susann Schwaß (hybrid), 14.08.2025 More...

Reading: Ulrike Draesner liest: zu lieben, 21.08.2025 More...

Guided Tour: Tuesday evening tour through the Zeughaus, 02.09.2025 More...

Conference: Translating Cultures: Migration, Mobility and Translation in Europe c1600-1850, Organisation: Prof. Dr. Thomas Munck (Glasgow), Dr. Gaby Mahlberg (Newcastle), 03.09.2025-04.09.2025 More...

Guided Tour: Auf den Spuren von Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. Tour through the Lessinghaus, 14.09.2025 More...

Conference: Methoden für Mikro- und Mesotypographie, 24.09.2025-26.09.2025 More...

Guided Tour: Tuesday evening tour through the Zeughaus, 07.10.2025 More...

Reading: Nora Schramm liest: Hohle Räume, 23.10.2025 More...

Guided Tour: Tuesday evening tour through the Zeughaus, 04.11.2025 More...

Reading: Christina Morina liest: Tausend Aufbrüche, 06.11.2025 More...

Reading: Christina Corrêa da Silva liest: Mein wunderbares Ich, 19.11.2025 More...

Guided Tour: Tuesday evening tour through the Zeughaus, 02.12.2025 More...

More events may be added - check our calendar to stay up to date!
 
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