“A wayside cross is being restored in Wolbeck. An inscription has come to light that is difficult to interpret. [...] The core problem: What did people in the Middle Ages think of the word “segjem”? There was no dictionary back then, so perhaps it was simply a crude spelling for “Selige” [“blessed”]. This theory is put forward by the renowned medieval historian Professor Gerd Althoff from the University of Münster.”

“As early as 2017, medieval historian Jan Keupp hoped for the imminent death of the material turn, which was so hyped in the 2010s, as it threatened to drift into ‘’objectlessness‘’. Until its final demise, Keupp expected “considerable ‘collateral damage’, especially among young academics”. The historian warned that instead of researching things, soon only theories about the material would be the subject of investigation.”

“Who are the men and women who are to advise on major moral and ethical issues in Dortmund? The city kept quiet for a long time, but now there are names. [...] Michael Quante is Professor of Practical Philosophy in Münster. His research specialisms include biomedical ethics as well as legal and social philosophy.”

“How will we remember the time of the pandemic one day? Historians from three German universities asked themselves this question in March 2020 and launched the “Coronarchiv”. [...] For historian Malte Thießen, however, such statements are not a problem: “This has always been the case with archives,” says the head of the Institute for Westphalian Regional History at the Regional Association of Westphalia-Lippe and honorary professor at the University of Münster, referring to accounts from earlier contemporaries that are on record but not consensual.”