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Exzellenzcluster „Understanding Written Artefacts“Video Insights Into Manuscript Research

3 February 2025, by Newsroom-Redaktion

Eine Doktorandin der Graduate School des Exzellenzclusters UWA

From the history of paper structures to 19th-century Peruvian music archives: Two doctoral students from the Graduate School of the Cluster of Excellence “Understanding Written Artefacts” show their exciting and interdisciplinary research in a new video.

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