CSMC Takes Part in Hamburg’s First Science City Day

30 May 2024

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The first Science City Day in Hamburg Bahrenfeld provides insights into an exciting urban development project and the cutting-edge research already taking place on-site. The CSMC takes part with an interactive programme, featuring a VR experience and a unique CT scanner for cuneiform tablets.

The Science City is currently the most ambitious urban development project in Hamburg, bringing together innovative international research and modern living in the Bahrenfeld district. The development of the Science City is a long-term project and, according to current plans, will continue until the 2040s. However, there is already a lot to discover there today: with DESY, Universität Hamburg, and many other scientific institutions, numerous renowned research facilities have expanded and modernised their on-site infrastructure in recent years.

On 1 June, anyone interested can find out about what’s going on in the Science City and what prospects its further development opens up for the district and Hamburg on the first Science City Day. From 11:00 am to 7:00 pm, participating institutions will open their doors and present an extensive programme with over 200 stations. The CSMC and its Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts will be there as well. In the FLASH Seminar Room (Building 28c), visitors can expect an immersive historical adventure: using VR glasses, they can travel to the ancient theatre of Miletus and discover, among other things, the inscriptions that are being researched in the ‘Immersive City Scripts’ project. At the same location, we are exhibiting ENCI, the very first mobile computer tomograph for cultural heritage objects, with which our researchers can read sealed cuneiform tablets from ancient Mesopotamia. If this gets you excited about cuneiform writing, you can try it out for yourself on the spot at our writing station under the guidance of experts from the Cluster.

Admission to Science City Day is free. Please be aware that visitors are asked to arrive by bike or public transport as parking spaces are limited.