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22. Jul. 2025 / Science & Research
Book Presentation Prof. Dixon Chibanda
For the second time, we welcomed Prof. Dixon Chibanda, founder and CEO of the internationally operating non-governmental organization (NGO) “Friendship Bench” to the campus of Friedensau Adventist University in Friedensau/Saxony-Anhalt.
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08. Jul. 2025 / Science & Research
Mourning for Prof. Dr Petra Jürgens
On 24 June 2025, the family, colleagues, fellow music therapists, members of the university and friends bid farewell to Petra Jürgens in a moving funeral service. A few statements are reproduced here:
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07. Jul. 2025 / Science & Research
On the trail of a family
It all started with an enquiry. A simple request from a sister in a congregation asking if there were any surplus cassettes in the archive that I could give her for sleepless nights.
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07. Jul. 2025 / Science & Research
“125 years of Friedensau. A chronicle” by Johannes Hartlapp
A comprehensive chronicle of Friedensau has been published and can now be ordered!
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02. Jul. 2025 / Science & Research
Commons-and-commoning Writing Retreat
An international writing Retreat on the topic of "Commons and Commoning" took place at Friedensau Adventist University (FAU) from 2 to 6 June 2025.
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17. Apr. 2025 / Science & Research
On the trail of hearing – Insight into music therapy
Listening has multiple meanings. For me, listening has been a professional tool for decades - both as a musician and music therapist and as a professor who teaches, researches and is constantly learning.
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16. Apr. 2025 / Science & Research
80 years ago – 1945 the zero hour?
80 years ago – 1945 the zero hour in the Adventist Church in Germany? The end of the Second World War is perhaps the greatest turning point in German history of the 20th century. The signing of Germany's unconditional surrender in Reims ...
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16. Apr. 2025 / Science & Research
On the trail of hearing
Listening has multiple meanings. For me, listening has been a professional tool for decades - both as a musician and music therapist and as a professor who teaches, researches and is constantly learning.
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16. Apr. 2025 / Science & Research
The man who refused to give the Hitler salute: Erwin Bauermann
When Seventh-day Adventists had to deal with persecution and/or oppression in the past, this was mostly due to the observance of the Sabbath as a day of rest. Especially during the National Socialist era, the proximity to ‘Jewish’ views threatened...
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28. Jan. 2025 / Science & Research
New research findings on Adventist martyrs
It was 20 years ago in the summer of 2005 that one of the most interesting archives in Germany opened its doors to researchers: the ‘Arolsen Archives’ - the International Centre for Nazi Persecution.
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