series of lectures Scientific lectures Cross-border research: Literature and culture of the Czech lands are still characterized by the coexistence of different linguistic cultures. This calls for a comparative, transcultural approach. The lecture series brings Germanists, Bohemians and cultural scientists from the Czech Republic, Austria...
Yearbook Stifter Yearbook. New issue The yearbook of the Adalbert Stifter Verein publishes contributions to research on Bohemia and Moravia.
Library holdings The Library of the Adalbert Stifter Association The library of the Adalbert Stifter Society is part of the scientific library in the Sudeten German House and thus part of the largest special collection on the history of the Czech lands, Czechoslovakia as well as the Czech Republic and Slovakia in Germany.
Travelling exhibition The Schaleks – a Central European Family / Schalekovi – středoevr+ opská rodina A war correspondent, an artistic witness of the Shoah, a resistance fighter and escape helper, a judge in the Hanussen trial and an activist of the German minority – all from one German-Czech-Jewish family.
Travelling exhibition Touring exhibition Man, Nature and Their Disasters Climate change and its consequences are the subject of much political and social debate. However, natural disasters have also occurred in the past and their consequences have often been catastrophic for people. To encourage reflection, the exhibition shows historical photographs from the period...
Wanderausstellung | Virtuelle Ausstellung Verblichen, aber nicht verschwunden Eine Exkursion mit Studierenden der Universitäten Prag, Ústí nad Labem, Regensburg und Passau ging im Oktober 2019 den Spuren der ehemaligen deutschsprachigen Bevölkerung im Böhmerwald nach. Die Teilnehmer:innen wählten jeweils eine der dabei entstandenen Fotografien aus und verfassten dazu...
Background Article Wilderness without borders? A boundless wilderness – or a mountain range divided both politically and culturally? The neighboring Bavarian Forest and Šumava National Parks on the German-Czech border share a complicated history in which the state border plays a key role.
Permanent exhibition Woher kommen wir, wohin gehen wir? ("Where do we come from, where are we going?") This permanent exhibition invites visitors to take part on a journey through 200 years of art and cultural history in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe. The exhibited works of art lead visitors through scenes of important historical events to important centers of art as well as to fictitious...
Reading series Written and read What connects contemporary German television actors with Czech literature? A lot!
Background Article “Naš puć” (Our Way) In the fall of 1947, a group of Sorbian school students in Varnsdorf in the Czech Republic launched a bold initiative to voice their political views. They began publishing a magazine, which became an appeal to young Sorbs – to join forces and help build a new society.
