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The SPK is a member of “Berlin Research 50” (BR50), a group of non-academic research institutions founded in 2020. The BR50 interest group Internationales recently met at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut. On June 15, a meeting of the BR50 interest group Internationales (International Affairs) took

To mark the centenary of the Surrealist Manifesto, the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut on the basis of rare library holdings shows how the subversive poetic and artistic movement spread in Latin America. André Breton's first Surrealist Manifesto was published in Paris on October 15, 1924. It was the b

Brazil was the most important destination for German-speaking emigrants in Latin America. In the anniversary year 2024, the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI) looked back and ahead with the Brazilian Embassy and other partners. As a young man, Albert Richard Dietze (1838-1906) moved to Brazil from

New perspectives on knowledge circulation and library infrastructure were discussed at international workshops held by Mecila (Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America) at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut. From September 12 to 16, 2022, two separate but related workshops

New perspectives on knowledge circulation and library infrastructure were discussed at international workshops held by Mecila (Maria Sibylla Merian Centre Conviviality-Inequality in Latin America) at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut. From September 12 to 16, 2022, two separate but related workshops

The SPK comments on the current reports on the Guelph Treasure case as follows: The SPK has explained to the Advisory Commission that it would agree to the case being referred to it, provided that the requirements are clarified in accordance with the Rules of Procedure. In order to achieve this, it

From May 2023, the website of the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (DDB) will have even more cultural treasures to discover. The DDB now has more than 45 million cultural objects on virtual display from the digital collections of approximately 780 cultural and knowledge institutions. The Deutsche Digita

Deutsches Historisches Museum (German Historical Museum) and Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) condemn terrorist attack on Israel – Joint Statement The Deutsches Historisches Museum and the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz are stunned by the attack on Israel.

The SPK Lab is looking for users of cultural heritage data who can help us draw up and implement new formats to encourage use of the digital material in our collections and holdings, whether by scholars, artists, or others working outside academia. Would you like to help us find the best ways of mak

SPK president reacts to media reports that Nigeria’s departing President Buhari has transferred ownership of all objects to Oba Ewuare II, the successor to the kings of Benin. Last December, Foreign Minister Baerbock and the Federal Commissioner for Culture and the Media, Claudia Roth, returned the