Public Lectures & Events

All events are in German.

• Interdisciplinary Conference ‘Medical Humanities & Diversity Studies’ - Intersections of Medical and Diversity-Critical Discourses and Multidimensional Perspectives on Body, Psyche, Illness, and Health in Literature and Media from the 19th to the 21st Century (September 30 - October 2, 2025)
• Dies academicus (November 10, 2025, Feldkirchenstraße 21, Auditorium Maximum F21/01.57)
  • Keynote by Prof. Dr. Johannes Glückler
  • Registration 

Center for Medieval Studies

• Medieval Studies Advanced Seminar open for everyone interested(701.3 KB)
  • Annina Freitag: “Basel-Petersberg: Ceramics research and its results on everyday life and economic history” (October 20, 2025)
  • Leonhard Salzer, M.A.: “Cathedrals in the Middle Ages – The Example of the St. Philip and James I Canon's Court on the Bamberg Cathedral Hill” (October 27, 2025)
  • Prof. Dr. Sarah Bowden: “The European veneration of St. Oswald. Traditions and transformations” (November 3, 2025)
  • PD Dr. Beatrice von Lüpke: “From, for, and about women. Problems and perspectives of the late medieval collection 'Women's Legends' (Frauenlegendar)” (November 17, 2025)
  • Prof. Dr. Oliver Auge / Prof. Dr. Gabriel Zeilinger / Prof. Dr. Benjamin Müsegades / Prof. Dr. Gesine Mierke: “Imperial Princes and their Correspondences 1450–1550. Digital Edition and Commentary” (November 24, 2025)
  • Dr. Heike Schlie: “Intermateriality and Techniconology: The Bronze Door of San Zeno in Verona” (December 01, 2025)
  • Prof. Dr. Andreas Hammer: “'Wa vunde man sament so manig liet?' On collecting, writing, and sorting medieval lyrics in the Codex Manesse” (December 08, 2025)
  • PD Dr. Livia Cárdenas: “Woodcut before print. Economy and materiality of the wood block” (December 15, 2025)
  • Theresa Bachhuber, M.A.: “Nomen est omen? - Naming and social categories in 12th-century Sicily” (January 12, 2026)
  • Valerie Muhmenthaler, M.A.: “Aspects of the lay aristocratic beauty discourse in the Plantagenet Empire of the 12th century” (January 19, 2026)
  • Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Holzwirt Thomas Eißing / Dr. Nathalie von Möllendorff: “Imago architecturae: Painted architectural structures in the 15th century” (January 26, 2026)
  • Dr. Nathalie von Möllendorff (Habilitation Lecture): “'The system of the historian and the goal of the artist': Victor Hugo, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, and the constructed historical image of the Cathedral of Paris” (February 02, 2026)
• Online Lecture Series “Bamberg's Book Histories”
  • Prof. Dr. Martina Wernli: “Writing Processes in Jean Paul’s Letters” (11.11.25)
  • Prof. Dr. Tino Licht: “Lectio sollemnis. Reading Marks in Bamberg Manuscripts” (18.11.25)
  • Nils Hausmann M.A.: "Medieval Book Chests" (25.11.25)
  • PD Dr. Robert Klugseder: “Artificial Intelligence in Choral Research” (02.12.25)
  • Gabriele Schöpf-Ruderich M.A.: “Queen Amalia of Greece in Exile and the Photo Collection of Maximilian von Palaus (1824–1885)” (09.12.25)
  • Prof. Dr. Günter Dippold: “Religious Markings Reflected in the Drawings of Andreas Borschert (1872–1933)” (13.01.26)
  • Dr. Harald Nehr: “Of 'Extreme Characters' and 'Good Workers'. The Bamberg Organ Builders of the 19th Century and their Works” (20.01.26)
  • Cornelia von Heßberg M.A.: “The German Life Description of Emperor Henry II from 1511” (27.01.26)
• Medieval Studies Seminar “Dido”(1.4 MB)
  • Dr. Christoph Schanze and Dr. Johannes Zenk: “Introduction; Theoretical Framework: Reception Studies and Dido as a 'Transtextual' Figure” (16 October 2025)
  • Sarah Weichlein: “Dido in Virgil's Aeneid” (23 October 2025)
  • Dr. Johannes Zenk: “Dido in Ovid” (30 October 2025)
  • Prof. Dr. Sabine Vogt: “The Dido version of the Argonautica Myth: Hypsipyle in Apollonius of Rhodes and Ovid” (6 November 2025)
  • Prof. Dr. Caroline Kreutzer: “From Dido and Aeneas to Carthage and Rome – Between Myth and History” (13 November 2025)
  • Prof. Dr. Klaus van Eickels: “Rollo's Adventures. A male-male variant of the Dido-Aeneas narrative in the Norman historiography of the High Middle Ages” (20 November 2025)
  • Dr. Sarah Hutterer and Sarah Weichlein: “The Epic in Lyrical Form? Dido in medieval song poetry, especially the Carmina Burana” (27 November 2025)
  • Prof. Dr. Gesine Mierke: “Dido in the Aeneas novel” (4 December 2025)
  • PD Dr. Bettina Full: “Virgilius mendax? Dido in Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris” (11 December 2025)
  • Prof. Dr. Andreas Huth: “Dido in Florence. Representations from Virgil's Aeneid in the 15th century” (8 January 2026)
  • Dr. Christoph Schanze: “Remember me, / but ah! forget my fate – Nahum Tate/Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (1688) / Sasha Waltz: Dido & Aeneas (2005)” (15 January 2026)
  • Prof. Dr. Kai Nonnenmacher: “Dido and Aeneas on Stage” (22 January 2026)
  • Sofie Dippold and Jonas Meurer: “Dido Reception in Modern German Literature – exemplified by Charlotte von Stein's tragedy Dido (1794) and Rudolf Borchardt's narrative Die neue Dido (1929)” (29 January 2026)
  • Dr. Christoph Schanze and Dr. Johannes Zenk: final discussion (5 February 2026)
• Medieval diterature discussion with Felicitas Hoppe and Tilman Spreckelsen (February, 2026)

• Conference Re-Orientating Gender (Studies): Feminism, Queerness, Trans* in Cultural Studies Today (November 20-22, 2025)
• BritCult Conference (U2/00.25)
  • November 20, 2025, 2-8 p.m.
  • November 21, 2025, 2-8 p.m.
  • November 22, 2025, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.
  • Contact: Theo Lupprian
• “Black History Month: The writer of childrens' books Regina Feldmann presents her work” (in cooperation with the chair of Modern German Literary Studies); 28.01.26, 4-6 p.m., U2/00.25
• Guest lectures at the chair of American Studies
• Guest Lectures at the chair of TEFL

All events are in German if not indicated otherwise.

• Contribution to the online lecture series “Digital Imaging & the Preservation of Tangible Cultural Heritage” in October 2025, in English
• Archaeological colloquium (Winter term 25/26)(279.5 KB)
  • Dr. Becht, Dr. de Neef, Prof. Dr. Korn, Prof. Dr. Schäfer, Prof. Dr. Schreg: "New Stories from the Dirt. Short Presentations on Current Archaeological Research at the University of Bamberg" (October 14)
  • Dr. Angelika Hunold – Dr. Holger Schaaff: "Roman Industrial Regions – Valuable Resources from the Eifel for Rome" (October 21)
  • Prof. Dr. Vladimír Salač: "Celts, Germans, Indians, Whales, and Spinach" (November 4)
  • Dr. Adam Benfer Ph.D.: "The Archaeology of Travel in Prehispanic Southern Central America" (December 2)
  • Dr. Brita Jansen: "Gadara in the Decapolis – Old and New Research on a Hellenistic-Roman City in Northern Jordan" (December 16)
  • Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Vieweger: "Behind the Scenes of Jerusalem. The Work of the German Protestant Institute of Archaeology in the Holy Land in Jerusalem" (January 13)
  • Dr. Christiane Hemker – Dr. Matthias Schubert: "Bronze Age and Medieval Tin Stream Mining in the Ore Mountains" (January 20)
  • Gregor Förtsch, Philipp Schinkel M.A.: "Episcopal Castle Construction and Settlement Continuity since the Early Middle Ages – The Origins of Kronach in the Sand Area near Friesen" (January 27)
  • Dr. Annette Frey: "Between Marginal Notes and Scholarly Letters – Archival Records as Sources for the History of Archaeology" (February 3)
• Habilitation lecture of Dr. Carmen Enss (18.11.25, 5:45 p.m. to 9 p.m., U2/00.25)
• Archaeology Workshop for both adults and children (Fridays from 12 to 4 p.m., room KR14/01.22, Am Kranen 14)
• Field Archeology Workshops

• Current lectures
• Theology Forum - lecture series each winter term (October to February)

All events are in German if not indicated otherwise.

• Historical Geography Bamberg e.V:
  • December 2025: Historical-Geographical Christmas Party at Klosterbräu Bamberg
  • Further information about the events on Instagram
• Events and lectures in cooperation with the Southeast Europe Society e.V.
  • Online-exhibition within the 61st International Academic Week: “Wind of Change? Academic and Artistic Perspectives on Experiences of Change in Southeast Europe” (18.09.25, 12 p.m. via Zoom, in English)

All events are in German.

• Reading with Daniela Seel (22.10.25: 6-8 p.m.)
• Reading withPeter Stamm (11.11.25: 6-10 p.m., U2/00.25)
• “Black History Month: The writer of childrens' books Regina Feldmann presents her work” (in cooperation with the chair of American Studies); 28.01.26, 4-6 p.m., U2/00.25
• Poetics lectures:
  • 20.05.26
  • 10.06.26
  • 24.06.26
• For regular updates on events organized by the chair for Newer German Literary Studies, please contact lehrstuhl.germ-lit1(at)uni-bamberg.de referencing "Literatur in der Universität".

All events are in German.

• Guest lectures by the Chair of History and Culture of Late Antiquity
• “Who owns Folk Music?” 26th seminar on folk music research and preservation (February 20-22, 2026)

• Conferences
• Theological Forum - No registration!
  • All lectures take place in lecture hall U2/00.25 at 6:15 p.m.
  • Flyer for the winter term 25/26(6.9 MB) on the topic “Thanks to AI?! What AI promises us”
  • 30.10.25: Prof. Dr. Birte Platow - “'I am your God!' On a new Theolo:AI and its theological reflection”
  • 13.11.25: Prof. Dr. Arne Manzeschke and Dr. Judith Schoch - “'I will keep you company!' Gerontological and ethical perspectives on social robotics”
  • 27.11.25: Prof. Dr. Catrin Misselhorn - “'I am your partner!' Friendship, love, and sex with robots”
  • 11.12.25: Prof. Dr. Bernhard Koch - “'I fight for you!' Ethical questions regarding autonomous weapon systems”
  • 22.01.26: Dr. Florian Mayrhofer - “'I accompany/guide you in faith!' AI and the communication of religious meaning in digital worlds”

• Bavarian Orient-Colloquium

All events are in German if not stated otherwise.

• Philosophical Night Café (monthly at 7 p.m. respectively, Färbergasse 28)
  • 17.09.25: Character development - is that possible?
  • 15.10.25: Can we understand each other?
  • 05.11.25: The vulnerable human - Weakness or strength?
  • Contact: Dr. Jens Wimmers
• Lecture series organized by the Franconian Society for Philosophy: “Democracy times of crisis - Humanity and Society in Turmoil?”

  • Prof. Dr. Ludger Schwarte: "Disaster Avoidance and an Open Future. Reflections on Democracy and Theories of Time" (November 12, 2025)

  • Dr. Heiko Stubenrauch: "Fossil Entanglement with Nature: Reflections on a Critical Theory of Ecological Immaturity" (November 20, 2025)

  • Prof. Dr. Matthias Flatscher: "Solidarity in Times of Crisis. Reflections on the Democratization of Democracy" (November 26, 2025)

  • Prof. Dr. Bärbel Frischmann: "Fear in Times of Democratic Crisis" (December 3, 2025)

  • Prof. em. Dr. Josef Dohmen: "Autonomy or Solidarity – What Kind of Morality Do We Need Today?" (December 9, 2025)

  • Dr. Werner Friedrichs: "Radical Democracy-Education in the (Post-Apocalypse)" (January 21, 2026)

• Guest lectures at the chair of Romance Literature (Spanish)
  • Dr. Philipp Kampschroer (Universidade Católica Portuguesa): “Schiller in Portugal: A Handwritten Translation of Wilhelm Tell from 1848” (June 3, 2025; 6:15 p.m., room U2/02.04; German)
  • Prof. Dr. Andreas Kurz (Universidad de Guanajuato, Mexico): “The Transformation of the Commited Author Nelly Campobello into a Representative of an Innocent Girl's Perspective or a Naïve Witness to the Events of the Mexican Revolution from 1910 to 1917” (provisional title) (June 3, 2025; German)

• Guest lectures
• Prof. Dr. Jens Herlth: “'Ruski doktor': Russian soft power in Serbia” (26.11.25: 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., U2/02.04)
• Conference SlavArt (Obere Karolinenstraße 8, room OK8/02.04)
  • January 22, 2026, 12-2 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
  • January 23, 2026, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
  • Contact: Prof. Dr. Jeanette Fabian
• Lectures and events organized by the Southeast Europe Society, Bamberg branch