From 23 August 2025 to 15 February 2026, the special exhibition “Theme Room Colonialism” at the Stadtmuseum will focus on the traces of German colonial rule and its consequences. Exhibits from the years between 1884 and 1918 with a connection to Münster illustrate how ethnological exhibitions, colonial goods shops and contemporary everyday goods supported stereotypes also in Münster and how multifaceted the effects of colonial policy are to this day. The presentation is the result of a collaboration between the Münster City Museum, the Department of History and the Institute for Didactics of History at the University of Münster and twelve other partner institutions.

There is an old desk in the Department of Philosophy that has survived several moves and has been used during many flashes of inspiration, in-depth reflection and the creation of important writings. Its users include the famous philosopher Hans Blumenberg. The desk plays a central role in his work and in several works about him.

The Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe (LWL), in cooperation with the Kommission Alltagskulturforschung für Westfalen, is awarding this year's Karl Zuhorn Prize (LWL Science Prize) in the category promoting young researchers to the cultural anthropologist Julius Virnyi. He receives the prize, endowed with EUR 10,000, for his research into academic honours and name changes in the field of historical research into everyday culture.

As a gesture of appreciation, the Museum of Thessaloniki is providing the Archaeological Museum with a consecration relief on long-term loan. The exciting artefact from the 1st century BC will be ceremonially handed over on 25 June 2025 at 5:45 pm. Afterwards, Dr. Kalliopi Chatzinikolaou will give a lecture on “Ancestral Cults of the Macedonians through the Royal Minting” as part of the Karl Lehmann Hartleben Lectures. All interested parties are cordially invited to attend.

The Institute for Interdisciplinary Cyprus Studies will reopen with a ceremony in Lecture Hall F5 (Fürstenberghaus, Domplatz 20–22) on Thursday, 3 July 2025. The event will begin at 5 pm. It will be followed by a reception in the Archaeological Museum. All interested parties are cordially invited. Registration is requested.

Under the direction of ancient historian Prof. Dr. Patrick Sänger, the international public conference “War in the Ancient World International Conference Münster 2025 – WAWIC 2025” will take place at the University of Münster from 29 to 31 May 2025 – interested parties are welcome to attend without registration. In this interview, the Münster Professor of Ancient History and expert in papyrology describes the content and aims of the conference as well as his understanding of modern military history research.

Jannik Wiethoff genannt Riemann, 4th semester Bachelor student in Latin and History at the Faculty of History/Philosophy, has received the 2025 Undergraduate Student Award from the Early Slavic Studies Association (ESSA) for his outstanding term paper on Friedrich Christian Weber's book “Das veränderte Russland”.

The North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences, Humanities and the Arts (AWK) has admitted art historian Prof. Dr. Ursula Frohne as a new member. At the Academy's annual celebration, the AWK Presidium welcomed a total of twelve new members who stand out for their expertise and research. Ursula Frohne's research centres on the role of exhibitions as a form of knowledge and perspectives on the socio-economic conditions of art.

The National Archaeological Museum in Athens has given the Archaeological Museum of the University of Münster an epinetron on long-term loan. The almost 2,500-year-old artefact, which was once used to process wool and later became a popular status symbol, fills a gap in the museum's collection.

There are over 600 European city atlases in the library of the Institute for Comparative Urban History (IStG) at the University of Münster. Not only do they attract attention with their many colours and details, their information content also serves as a starting point for research projects in various disciplines.