Series of lectures in 2020

You find the themes of the lectures about the current results from our research here.

Research Center Hebrew language studies

The LEUCOREA-based Research Center Hebrew language studies works on various projects related to philological and historical subjects of the hebrew language.

Research Center "Septuaginta"

The LEUCOREA-based Research Center "Septuaginta" deals with the most important greek version of the Old Testament and its philological contexts, traditions and receptions.

Ernestine Wittenberg – the University and the City

From 2009 to 2019, the interdisciplinary research project "Ernestinisches Wittenberg" at the LEUCOREA Foundation concerned itself with the historical development of the Reformation city of Wittenberg. It focussed the transformations brought about by Frederick The Wise’s accession to power in 1486 until the Schmalkaldic War in 1547: to town infrastructure, the Elector’s palace, both ecclesiastic and civic life, and to the university. These changes were studied using text sources which had previously not been evaluated, visual representations, and evidence based in archaeology, art history and architectural history. Research results were published in a series of publications (“Wittenberg-Forschungen”) by the Michael Imhof publishing company. The first volume was published in 2011, entitled “Das ernestinische Wittenberg. Universität und Stadt (1486-1547)” (Ernestine Wittenberg. The university and the city). The second volume, “Das ernestinische Wittenberg. Stadt und Bewohner“ (Ernestine Wittenberg. The city and its residents), was published as two books in 2013: one text volume and one illustrated volume. The third volume, published in the summer of 2015, presents a detailed and richly documented study on the impact Lucas Cranach the Younger had in Wittenberg. The fourth volume, "Das ernestinische Wittenberg: Die Leucorea und ihre Räume", dealed with the locations of the universities within the city. The fifth volume focusses on the residence and will be published in 2020.

Cultural Impact of the Reformation

In an outlook towards the year 2017, the post-graduate school Cultural Impact of the Reformation studies interactions between Protestantism and modern culture in a variety of dissertation projects. Particular emphasis is placed on processes of transformation in social life, medicine, jurisprudence, art, philosophy and theology, stimulated by the Reformation since the 16^th century. Doctorate students also attend a colloquium where they acquire knowledge on the history of Protestant religiosity and theology, and take part in world convention »Cultural Impact of the Reformation«, which will take place in Wittenberg from 7.-11. August, 2017.

Scholarship recipients and their projects:

LEUCOREA Studies

The series of publications Leucorea – Studies on the history of the Reformation and Lutheran orthodoxy, edited by Irene Dingel, Armin Kohnle and Udo Sträter, released its first publication in 2001, with the publishing company “Evangelischer Verlagsanstalt Leipzig”. Publications will include monographs presenting research on the Reformation and the early modern period as well as conference transcripts from relevant conventions in the fields of history, theology and the history of science.