englischThe Encyclopaedia provides a comprehensive overview of 3,300 major works of ancient literature, their content, significance and impact. In addition to literary works, it also includes scientific works, biographies, letters and histories. Several indexes make it easy to find individual works, [...]

Für die Klassische Philologie wie für die Alte Geschichte bietet die antike Geschichtsschreibung den unmittelbarsten Zugang zur Lebenswelt und Geschichte Roms. Caesar, Tacitus oder Cassius Dio dienen seit fast zwei Jahrtausenden als Quellen für das Bild Roms und des Römischen Reiches. Diese [...]

englischNering was the most influential architect in Brandenburg-Prussia around 1700. For the first time, the author contextualises Nering's work and subjects it to critical analysis. Nering transferred the style and quality primarily of Italian architecture to the Mark, which, as a strict, sober [...]

englischThe publication of the panel “Cold War Music Historiography: Focus on the GDR”, which took place at the annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Musikforschung at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, deals with historiographical questions concerning the musical culture of the GDR. Among [...]

englischIn the GDR, fiction took on the function of a surrogate public sphere, since the mass media did not provide it. This is also true of literature set in the scientific establishment and milieu, a segment comprising some 150 texts. The handbook makes this segment accessible. On the one hand, it [...]

englischThe flood of information continues to grow, and fake news is booming due to the increasing influence of social media and artificial intelligence. The struggle for the better argument is proving difficult in an increasingly precarious debate culture. These developments are particularly [...]