Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies

Changsha, China /Berlin, Germany

Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies

Changsha, China / Berlin, Germany

Mission Statement

HCTS has been created to introduce and promote the study on the life and works of Alexander von Humboldt.

Welcome Speech

Professor Dr. Ottmar Ette, Director of the HCTS

Launching Ceremony

The Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies was launched.


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Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies


Invitation to the Fourth Humboldt Day

        We cordially invite you to participate in the Fourth Sino-German Academic Symposium “Humboldt Day,” to be held by the Center for German Studies at Sichuan International Studies University from October 17 to 18, 2026.        The theme of this year’s conference is “Nature · Culture · Life: Alexander von Humboldt’s Earth System.” This theme is rooted in the profound thought of Alexan...

Potsdam University Hosts Joint Reading on Freedom, History, and Democracy by Prof. Ottmar Ette and President Oliver Günther

Potsdam, May 4, 2026 – On the evening of May 4, a unique dual reading took place in the main auditorium of Building 5 on the Golm campus of the University of Potsdam. Prof. Dr. Ottmar Ette, Director of the Humboldt Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, and Professor at the University of Potsdam, together with University Presi...

Exploring the Terrestrial Roots of Critical Philosophy: HCTS Hosts "Kant on Earth" Lecture

    On the evening of October 14, the Humboldt Interdisciplinary Research Center at Hunan Normal University convened a scholarly lecture titled "Kant on Earth" in the Zhonghe Building. Organized as a flagship event of the third annual "Humboldt Day" series, the session featured Professor Stefanie Buchenau, a distinguished scholar of German intellectual history from the University of Sorbonne No...


Members

Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies


Prof. Dr. Ottmar Ette

Director

Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Director of the Humboldt Center for Interdisciplinary Studies

Dr. Ren Haiyan

Deputy Director

Professor at the English Department of Hunan Normal University, Deputy Director of the Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies


About Humboldt

Humboldt Center for Transdisciplinary Studies


About Alexander von Humboldt

On September 14th 1769, exactly 251 years ago, Alexander von Humboldt was born in Berlin, under the sign of a comet, as he proudly remarked. He became one of the most famous scholars and scientistsof his time on a world-wide scale and is celebrated today both in Europe and the Americas. In China, it is high time to discover a naturalist, writer and traveller who, crossing the Russian Empire, no...


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