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  1. 200 years of German-speaking immigration to Brazil (28.01.2025)

    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

  2. Symposium „The Future of Collections“ (20.05.2025)

    BY INVITATION ONLY, PUBLIC LIVESTREAM As places for the symposium are strictly limited, please note that invitations can only be issued for named individuals who have registered in advance. A livestream of the symposium can be viewed without prior registration. Click here for online streaming. Date

  3. International exchange on conviviality and inequalities in Latin America (21.10.2024)

    As part of the Mecila community , the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut was once again the main organizer of this year's Mecila Annual Meeting and Young Researchers Forum, now with a focus on "Informalities, Conviviality and Inequality in Latin America". International and interdisciplinary exchange on i

  4. The importance of interconnected collections: Xingú representatives visit the IAI (05.11.2024)

    Exchange with indigenous representatives from the Brazilian Amazon region of Xingú at the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI) On October 18, 2024, indigenous representatives of the Waurá and Kuikuro from the Brazilian Amazon region of the Rio Xingú visited the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI). Au

  5. Exhibition: Surrealism in Latin America – Magazines and Artists' Books (07.01.2025)

    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

  6. Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut takes over chairmanship of ADLAF (22.01.2025)

    The Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI) has taken over the chairmanship and office of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Lateinamerikaforschung ADLAF (German Latin American Studies Association) for two years. The new chair of the ADLAF is the director of the IAI, Barbara Göbel. The ADLAF brings togeth

  7. Good scientific practice

    Good scientific practice Scientific work is based on certain fundamental principles. First and foremost are the honesty and integrity of scientists. An important task of scientific institutions is to ensure that the principles of good scientific practice are applied. Rules for safeguarding good scie

  8. SPK statement on the US President's announcement (28.03.2025)

    Donald Trump wants to reinterpret American history by decree The President of the SPK, Hermann Parzinger , and his designated successor, Marion Ackermann , have sharply criticized the US President's announcement that he intends to influence museums in order to influence representations of American h

  9. New Project to Study Relations between the EU, Latin America, and the Caribbean (17.08.2016)

    What is the state of relations between EU and CELAC as regional blocs on either side of the Atlantic? This question is being explored by a team of experts in an EU project called EULAC Focus. Among those taking part is the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut. March 2016 marked the launch of an internation

  10. Statement of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut on the report of the Wissenschaftsrat (23.09.2020)

    Statement of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut (IAI, Ibero-American Institute) on the report of the Wissenschaftsrat (German Science Council) and the further reform process of the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz (SPK, Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation) The Scie