Public Lectures & Events
Regular activities during term
The following offers are in German if not indicated otherwise.
- “What's going on?” - informal discussion and chat about current affairs in the English-speaking world (Tuesdays from 6:30 to 8 p.m., room U5/01.17, An der Universität 5; in English)
- Weekly meetups to chat, discuss, and catch up (Stammtisch)
- Foreign Language Discussion Groups (Italian, Spanish, French, Romance languages)
- Philosophy-Stammtisch: Wednesdays starting 8 p.m. at the Rotenschild (Ob. Sandstraße 18)
- Historical Geography Seminar (Thursdays from 4:15 to 5:45 p.m., KR1/00.05)
- Lecture series “Wood, Timber, Lumber. A Universal Material of Pre-modern European Cultures”
- Medieval seminar “Wood: Material, Medial, and Metaphorical Dimensions”
- Archaeological Colloquium
- Tuesdays from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
- Am Kranen 12 (Hochzeitshaus), KR12/02.18
- Geographical Colloquium
- Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m.
- Am Kranen 12 (Hochzeitshaus), KR12/02.18
- Bavarian Orient-Colloquium
- Thursdays, 6:15 p.m., c.t.
- Schillerplatz 17, SP17/00.13
- Archaeology workshop both for children and adults (Fridays from 12 to 4 p.m., room KR14/01.22, Am Kranen 14; in German)
- TheoWerk
- Networking and exchange of experiences in the theological workshop for teaching and learning (workroom with different theological materials and ‘tools’)
- Tuesdays, 10-11:30 p.m.
- Wednesdays, 12:15 to 1:45 p.m.
- Thursdays, 4-5:30 p.m.
- An der Universität 2, U2/02.30
- Philosophical Night Café (contact: Dr. Jens Wimmers)
Coming up soon...
| Date | Event | Time | Room | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.04.26 | Prof. Dr. Sabine Hornung: “Landscape Archaeology Research on the Iron and Roman Age Settlement in Western Hunsrück” | 6:30 p.m. | KR12/02.18 | German |
| 23.04.26 | Discussion of the current situation in Iran, Lebanon and the Middle East with Prof. Dr. Yvonne Albers, Prof. Dr. Christoph U. Werner and other members of the Institute for Oriental Studies | 6:15 p.m., c.t. | SP17/00.13 | German |
| 29.04.26 | Podium Discussion: “The 40th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Nuclear Desaster”(1.6 MB, 1 page) with Sandra Birzer, Daniel Göler, Johannes Grotzky, Thomas Wabel, and Christian Zehnder (moderated by Monika Heupel) | 6:15 p.m. | U7/01.05 | German |
| 29.04.26 | PD Dr. Andreas Hartmann: “Theory Without Practice? The Talk About Genocide in the Antiquity.” | 6:15 p.m. | KR12/00.05 | German |
| 06.05.2026 | Prof. Dr. Verena Schulz: “Creative Forgetting in Cicero, Horace, and Valerius Flaccus' Jupiter” | 6:15 p.m. | U5/01.22 | German |
| 06.05.26 | Opening lecture and discussion with Ingo Schulze (Poetics Professorship) | 7 p.m. | ETA-Hoffmann-Theater | German |
| 08.05.26 | Reading with Manuel Niedermeyer as part of the Bavarian Writing Academy | 7 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 12.05.26 | Reading with Daniela Danz | 6 p.m. | U7/01.05 | German |
| 12.05.26 | Dr. Thomas Maurer: “In loco nomine Boiotro trans Aenum fluvium: New Research on Passau/Innstadt in Late Roman Times” | 6:30 p.m. | KR12/02.18 | German |
| 19.05.2026 | Reading with Dorothee Elmiger | 6 p.m. | U7/01.05 | German |
| 20.05.26 | 1st Poetics Lecture with Ingo Schulze ("Three Travels with a Manuscript"): In the West - London | 6 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |

