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HTO: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): A Revolution in Astronomy

The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Friday, December 12, 2025, 7 - 8.30 pm CET (GMT/UTC +1). The topic will be: The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): a revolution in astronomy

HTO: Hitler’s Atomic Bomb: History, Legend, and the Twin Legacies of Auschwitz and Hiroshima

The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 7 - 8.30 pm CET (GMT/UTC +1). The topic will be: Hitler’s Atomic Bomb: History, Legend, and the Twin Legacies of Auschwitz and Hiroshima

HTO: Towards a shared future through innovation

The next Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 8 - 9.30 pm CEST (GMT/UTC +2). The topic will be: Towards a shared future through innovation – Tech2Peace and its Israeli-Palestinian community in times of armed conflict.

Rooms wanted for International Summer School 2025

This year we are still urgently looking for furnished rooms or flats to sublet from 29 July to 28 August. If you (individuals, couples, family...) can offer a room yourself or know someone who could rent one during this period, please contact us via the link provided – and become part of the largest and oldest holiday course of its kind in Germany!

HTO: Anticorruption mindsets and institutional design – what to learn from the Colombian case

The 160th Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Friday, July 18, 2025, 8 pm – 9.30 pm CEST (GMT/UTC +2). The topic will be: Anticorruption mindsets and institutional design – what to learn from the Colombian case. The speaker will be Dr. Nicolás Jaramillo, habilitand in Sociology at the University of Heidelberg.

Friends' Day

The traditional annual meeting of the Friends of Heidelberg University will take place this summer on Friday, 4 July 2025. The programme includes the general meeting, a lecture by Prof. Dr Carsten Müller-Tidow on the topic of "New gene therapies are revolutionising cancer medicine", followed by the presentation of the “Friends' Prize” and the summer party. All GdF members are cordially invited – registration required.

HTO: Women, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran

The 158th Heidelberg Talks Online (HTO) session takes place on Friday, June 6, 2025, 7 pm – 8.30 pm CEST (GMT/UTC +2). The topic will be: Women, Art, Freedom: Artists and Street Politics in Iran. The speaker will be Dr. Pamela Karimi, associate professor of history of art and architecture at Cornell University, Ithaca/New York.

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