Our Network
TRA Present Pasts combines transdisciplinary research and networking with the transfer from science to society. In addition to regional partners such as various museums in Bonn, the TRA cooperates with international partner institutions and scholars.
Participating Institutes, Centers and Museums
- BASA Museum
- Bonn Center for ArchaeoSciences (BoCAS)
- Bonn Medieval Center (BMZ)
- Center for Development Research (ZEF)
- Center for Reconciliation Studies (BVZ)
- Centre for Historical Peace Studies (ZHF)
- Centre Ernst Robert Curtius (CERC)
- Centre for the Classical Tradition (CCT)
- City Museum Bonn
- Franz Joseph Dölger Institute for the Study of Late Antiquity
- LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn
- Power and Domination. Bonn Center for Premodern Orders and their forms of communication (ZMH)
- Research network "European Cultures - European Identity?"
- Zentrum für Religion und Gesellschaft (ZERG)
- Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK)
Our Members
Our members are mainly professors, postdocs and PhD students from all faculties and central research institutes.
Become a Member and Benefit from Our Network and Our Funding Opportunities!
Membership is open to:
- Members of the University of Bonn who have proven their ability to perform independent research in the areas covered by the TRA.
- Employees of another institution are welcome if they meet the requirements stated above and are engaged in a project conducted jointly with the University of Bonn on the basis of a cooperation agreement.
- Doctoral researchers working at the University of Bonn in an area covered by the TRA are also welcome to join as non-voting members.
Our Partners
The TRA Present Pasts is closely linked to the Cluster of Excellence "Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies" (BCDSS) through numerous joint members and a joint spokesperson. In the future, joint events and an even stronger exchange will drive scientific innovation at the University of Bonn.
The BCDH is a central service facility that advises and supports all researchers from the humanities disciplines at the University of Bonn in the application and development of digital methods and tools.
The TRA Present Pasts works closely together with the Transfer Center enaCom to promote the transfer of research results. Innovation Scouts identify transfer potential within the TRAs, specifically inform scientists in regard to technology transfer, and support them from the start-up project to the transfer project.
The other TRAs of the University of Bonn
The continuous exchange with the other Transdisciplinary Research Areas of the University of Bonn is an important pillar in the communication and further development of the TRA Present Pasts. The TRA management is happy to support you in establishing contact with the scholars of the five other TRAs and in developing innovative collaborations.