Prof. Dr. Philipp Felsch
Guest, Summer 2025
philipp.felsch[at]hu-berlin.de

Philipp Felsch, Professor of Cultural History at Humboldt-Universität Berlin, examines the social life of the ideas that have shaped the postwar period up to the present. Among his recent books in English are The Summer of Theory: History of a Rebellion, 1960–1990 (2021) and How Nietzsche Came in From the Cold (2024).

Prof. Dr. Eva Geulen
Guest, Summer 2025
sekretariat[at]zfl-berlin.org

I have been director of the Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research and Professor of European History of Culture and Knowledge (HU Berlin) since 2015. Among my publications are Aus dem Leben der Form: Goethes Morphologie und die Nager (2016) and The End of Art: Readings in a Rumor after Hegel (2006). 

PD Dr. Benno Nietzel
Guest, Summer 2025
benno.nietzel[at]hu-berlin.de

During the academic year 2024–25, I am a guest professor of German history at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. My research focuses on the history of the social and historical sciences, the restitution of cultural property, and public representations of history.

Jonathan Haid
Associate Scholar, Winter 2024–25–present
jhaid[at]mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de

I am a doctoral candidate, focusing on the intersection of media studies and the history of science. At Humboldt-Universität Berlin, I work in the DFG-funded research project “Raw Materials of the Humanities.” I am part of the International Max Planck Research School “Knowledge and Its Resources: Historical Reciprocities” at the MPIWG Berlin.

Prof. Dr. Christine von Oertzen
Associate Scholar and former fellow (Winter 2024–25)

oertzenc[at]hu-berlin.de

I am a Senior Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science (MPIWG) in Berlin and a professor in the Media Studies Department at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. At the MPIWG, I am a member of Department Benson, where I lead the research group “Data, Media, Mind.” At the HU, my teaching focuses on media practices.

Prof. Dr. Steffen Martus
Guest, Summer 2025
steffen.martus[at]rz.hu-berlin.de

Steffen Martus is Professor of Modern German Literature at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. His research focuses on literary and cultural history from the eighteenth century to the present day and the history and theory of science. His most recent book is Geistesarbeit: Eine Praxeologie der Geisteswissenschaften (2022, with C. Spoerhase).