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Benjamin Müsegades helds the Chair of Regional History (Franconian History in the Middle Ages and Modern Times) at the University of Würzburg since 1 September 2025. Würzburg is the perfect place for the medieval expert.

300 exhibitors, 17 exhibition halls, a large outdoor area: the Mainfranken-Messe sets up its tents at the end of September. The University of Würzburg will also be exhibiting there.

Read about new appointments, job anniversaries, research sabbaticals and more.

Thyroid cancer will be the subject of an information day in German language at the University Hospital on Saturday, 18 October. Anyone interested must register by 6 October.

Only just over one in two girls and one in three boys are vaccinated against human papillomavirus. For this reason, the Bavarian Centre for Cancer Research has now launched a comprehensive awareness campaign.

CHARM-EU launches a funding line for educational programmes. The focus is on cooperation between universities. Applications can be submitted until 26 September.

Using innovative RNA technology, Würzburg researchers have intervened in the reproduction of phages. The study, published in Nature, could pave the way for new therapeutic approaches to treating infections.

The University of Würzburg offers around 280 degree programmes. The new degree programme films from the humanities provide very special insights into some of them.

Learning to read the Kurrent and Sütterlin scripts: The Chair of European Ethnology/Empirical Cultural Studies invites all interested parties in and around Würzburg to take part.

Designing digital archaeological trails together with the local population: This is the goal of an international team led by the University of Würzburg.

Many people have one-sided or distorted ideas about what is European. The Würzburg professor Dag Nikolaus Hasse demonstrates this in a book that is now also available in English.

The University of Würzburg commemorates outstanding researchers with plaques of honour. The project is now celebrating its tenth anniversary. The three initiators received their own anniversary plaques at the celebration.

Elementary schools should make children fit to use digital media. A team at the University of Würzburg is developing a digital diagnostic tool to support teachers in this endeavour.

At the beginning of September, the Netzwerk Chancen presented the Social Diversity Awards in Berlin. One of the finalists was a scientist from the University of Würzburg.

The University of Würzburg welcomed its new trainees with a welcome day. The programme included lectures, games to get to know each other and a joint visit to the Mineralogical Museum.