Finissage 2025 – 2026
We bid farewell to the 2025–2026 fellows with a closing event, framed musically by violinist Asiia Garipova, who both challenged and impressed us with pieces by Helmut Lachenmann and Eugène Ysaÿe. To all of our fellows: you have broadened our horizons, deepened our connections, and left a lasting mark on Hamburg’s academic and artistic landscape.…
Happy holidays and a healthy, peaceful 2026!
“We are responsible for the stories we tell; they can change the world”– Donna Haraway The year 2025 has once again shown us that research, the arts, and scholarship suffer when freedom, democracy and the rule of law are undermined. Authoritarian tendencies threaten academic and artistic freedom in many societies.At HIAS, discussions on academic freedom…
The “Futures, Utopias, and Dystopias” project group from the Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg visiting HIAS
How sustainable are today’s societies in times of multiple crises and increasing polarization? In order to be able to think about “good futures,” do we need to emphasize more on trust in our interpersonal relationships rather than in abstract systems? – The project group “Futures, Utopias, and Dystopias” of the Academy of Sciences and Humanities…
Fellow Welcome 2025/2026
We warmly welcome the first fellows of the 2025-2026 cohort and look forward to the diverse research projects and interdisciplinary exchange. On this evening, Maryam Blumenthal, Senator for Science, Research and Equality, will officially welcome the fellows. This event is by invitation only.
Finissage 2024-2025
With our Finissage, we did not only bid farewell to the 2024-2025 fellows but also celebrated a small anniversary: five years of HIAS! Over the past five years, HIAS has been supporting academic freedom as one of its non-negotiable values. HIAS provides time and safe space for unimpaired interdisciplinary research, open discussions, networking, and exchanging…
Boys’ Day at HIAS
At HIAS we are also opening our doors tomorrow, April 3, 2025, for the nationwide Boys’ Day. We are looking forward to welcoming a group of young pupils who would like to learn about our work in science management. The initiative Boys’ Day, or Boys’ Future Day, allows pupils to spend a day gaining an…
“Facets of the Face” – Hamburger Abendblatt reports on Massimo Leone’s research
“Massimo Leone is convinced that, as the rapid development of AI continues, not least because of its complexity, there must be responsible developers, new renaissance men so to speak, i.e. humanistically educated engineers who are aware of the risks of their work – and, on the other hand, philosophers and ethicists, as critical companions of…