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Karen Leeder longlisted for Griffin Poetry Prize
Oxford Professor and Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellow Karen Leeder's translation of Durs Grünbein's Psyche Running has been longlisted for the prestigious Griffin Poetry Prize.
Mar 26, 2025
Oxford Berlin Research Partnership: a sign of strong commitment in uncertain times
High-ranking representatives of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) have visited the University of Oxford to further develop the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership in times of geopolitical and science policy challenges. Germany and the UK are currently moving closer together politically, which opens up great opportunities to expand the partnership.
Mar 18, 2025
UK-German Funding Opportunities - An information session for researchers of the Berlin University Alliance
On the afternoon of 19 February, a team of Berlin University Alliance and Humboldt-Universität's International Office, organised an information session for interested researchers on the topic of funding opportunities for joint projects with partners in the UK in the HU Senate Hall.
Feb 20, 2025
Beate Diana Dignas, Oxford University, becomes Einstein Visiting Fellow at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dr Beate Dignas, Associate Professor of Ancient History and Barbara Craig Fellow at Somerville College, Oxford, is coming to Berlin for her research project entitled ‘(Re)Negotiating Social Cohesion - Religion and Community in Antiquity (800 BC - 400 AD)’.
Jan 21, 2025
Call for Fellows at the Center for Advanced Studies "Reflexive Globalisation and the Law"
In the fall 2025, a new Center of Advanced Studies will be established at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin on the theme of ‘Reflexive Globalization and the Law: Colonial Legacies and their Impact in the 21st Century’.
Dec 16, 2024
Two researchers from Oxford and Berlin to receive seed funding for an investigation of Christian flamenco music and religious experiences
Dr Antonio Montañes Jimenez, University of Oxford, and Dr Mats Küssner, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin are among the the 2024 British Academy and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Knowledge Frontiers Symposium seed funding awardees. They will receive an award of £4955 for their project 'Exploring the entanglement of Christian flamenco music and religious experiences: A multi-method approach'
Nov 29, 2024
Review of Berlin visit by Prof. Alexander Betts, Local & Global Engagement Officer at the University of Oxford
In November 2024, a delegation from Oxford travelled to Berlin to take part in the Falling Walls Science Summit and network with stakeholders in the Berlin academic landscape.
Nov 25, 2024
Biochemist Dr Lisa Kahl from Charité talks about her project with Oxford
In the interview series “Charité International Portraits: 3 Questions for…”, Dr. Lisa Kahl, a postdoctoral fellow at the Charité’s Institute of Biochemistry, talks about her research collaboration with Oxford carried out in the framework of the 2021 Seed Funding Call by the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership.
Nov 22, 2024
Scientists from Oxford and Berlin come together for workshop series
The recent efforts of Prof. Peter Neubauer and Prof. Moritz Riede, Vice Presidents of the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership in STEM, led up to a series of meetings and workshops in science and technology, which took place in the last week of October at Oxford. The events focused on establishing foundational approaches for stronger collaboration among researchers from BUA and Oxford, and exploring synergies across work groups.
Nov 12, 2024
Karen Leeder shortlisted for ALTA translation award
Professor Karen Leeder, Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellow and Vice Academic Director of the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership, is shortlisted for the 2024 National Translation Awards (NTA) in Poetry for the translation of German poet Ulrike Almut Sandig's "Shining Sheep".
Oct 15, 2024
DFG approves research group at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Prof. Dr. Florian Jeßberger, Vice Academic Director of the Oxford Berlin Partnership, will lead the research group entitled “Reflexive Globalization and the Law: Colonial Legacies and Their Global Implications in the 21st Century” together with Prof. Dr. Phillipp Dann.
Oct 01, 2024
Oxford Professor Petra Schleiter to start Fellowship at Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin
Petra Schleiter, Professor of Comparative Politics at the University of Oxford and Vice Academic President for Social Sciences at the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership, will bring her research to Berlin.
Sep 26, 2024
THE MIRROR OF POETRY - Interview with Karen Leeder
Karen Leeder, Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellow at Freie Universität Berlin, in conversation with the Einstein Foundation Berlin on the temporal layers inscribed in contemporary German poetry.
Sep 18, 2024
Graduate Ellison Scholars Projects by the Ellison Institute of Technology, Oxford
The newly established Ellison Institute of Technology published a call for applications to find suitable international students with intentions of starting their DPhil (PhD) study in one of the Institute's four focus areas for the Ellison Scholars Graduate Scholarship Program.
Aug 28, 2024
Where do we go next - new perspectives at the "FUTURES" symposium of the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership
The third annual symposium of the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership on 3 July 2024 produced valuable insights for speakers and participants. Nour Attalla put together the most important takeaways and paints a lively picture of the successful one-day symposium in the article "Where do we go next?". Please find the original programme and announcement of the symposium here .
Aug 27, 2024
Podcast with Einstein BUA/Oxford Visiting Fellow Andrew Sharott
What role does the understanding of brain activity play in the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease? What are the chances of a cure for this widespread disease?
Jul 05, 2024
Major leap for Oxford and Berlin in Joint Medical Research: Stiftung Charité awards a Visiting Fellowship to Professor Jens Rittscher from the University of Oxford
Prof. Dr. Jens Rittscher from Oxford, an expert in biomedical imaging and artificial intelligence, will receive funding for a visiting fellowship by Stiftung Charité until 2027.
May 15, 2024
Prof. Dr. Meera Mehta from the Universtiy of Oxford receives the Clara Immerwahr Award 2024
Prof. Dr. Meera Mehta from the University of Oxford receives the Clara Immerwahr Award 2024 for her outstanding achievements in catalysis research. Prof. Mehta was born and raised in downtown Toronto (Canada). She completed her Honours BSc from McMaster University and earned her PhD from the University of Toronto under the mentorship of Prof. Douglas Stephan.
Apr 19, 2024
Lecture Course on Neutrino Physics between Oxford and Berlin
A lecture course “Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics” has been co-organized by the physics departments/institutes of the University of Oxford (Prof. Armin Reichold) and the Humboldt University Berlin (Priv.-Doz. Dr. Walter Winter, also scientist at DESY), financially supported by the Oxford Berlin Research Partnership. Altogether ten students from HU Berlin, three from FU and TU Berlin (to which the programme was also open) and nine from Oxford University were admitted, all at the Master’s or PhD levels.
Apr 18, 2024
Mechanisms of Brain State Control: Joint Meeting of Oxford Neuroscience & Neurocure Cluster of Excellence, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin
Members of Oxford Neuroscience and Neuroscience Cluster of Excellence, Charité Universitätsmedizin, Berlin held a joint mini symposium on "Mechanisms of Brain State Control”.
Apr 03, 2024
