The project, carried out jointly with the Institute of Political Science and the Institute of History at RWTH Aachen University, examines the colonial past of Rhineland-Westphalia from the perspective of regional and state history, the colonial culture of remembrance in NRW and the public reception of discussions about the connection between the NS and colonial past, colonialism and decolonisation and the associated challenges. The results will be prepared as educational material for school and extracurricular learning events.

Cultural participation is a human right — access to art, archives, collections and museums is a crucial prerequisite for this. The DFG-funded Centre for ADvanced Study focuses on the opportunities and perspectives as well as conflicts that arise from the change in access conditions caused by the digital transformation.

Heinrich Scholz (1884-1956) was one of the most unusual intellectuals of his time: he was successively professor of Protestant Theology, Philosophy and Mathematical Logic. The scientist, who worked in Münster from 1928, was convinced that logic and metaphysics complement each other. The School of Münster in mathematical logic and basic research that he initiated radiated even into computer science. The project aims to make his extensive legacy accessible within the framework of a digital complete edition.

The research group is being funded by the DFG since 2022 and is a cooperation between the University of Münster, the University of Cologne and the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg. On the one hand, it focuses on the localisation of xenocratic rule, its modes of operation, modes of mediation and forms of symbolic representation on site. On the other hand, it sheds light on the administration, its representatives and administrative practices.

In order to focus on urban development in a comparative way, the HiSMAComp project, which has been funded by the DFG and NCN since 2022, relies primarily on survey maps from the 19th century. The development and spatial structures of six Polish and German cities are being reconstructed and compared on the basis of typological criteria. The influence of certain functions on the shape of the individual cities and the development paths that characterise the city types form the first objective of the project.