Together with scientists, students, artists and citizens of the region, the University Library presents exhibitions and provides space for symposia, lecture series, readings, and other formats. As one of the cultural meeting places of UniverCity Bochum, it offers a forum for exchange, discussion and opinion-forming and contributes to science transfer, practical experience during studies and citizen science. Further information see page 46 here.

Exhibitions & Events

• From a Distant Land to Native Ukraine
  Letters from Gelsenkirchen of Forced Laborer Hanna Pastuch, 1942–1943

  Exhibition in the Bochum University Library, 8.4.-15.5.2025

• Environment and war: Ecosystems and technical infrastructures in the crosshairs of the Russian attack on Ukraine
  Colloquium of the Osteuropa-Kolleg NRW “War Landscapes: Environmental Destruction and Historical Memory in Eastern Europe”

  Lecture: Anna Veronika Wendland (Herder Institute Marburg), Thursday, 8.5.2025, 6 - 8 p.m. c.t.

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Further information

• Services - what we offer
• Open Access series Uni-Bibliothek Bochum I Context Exhibition