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)
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21.03.26 | University of Bamberg Study Information Day | 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. | MG1 & MG2 (Markusstraße 8a) | German |
| 26.03.26 | Sandra Reitbrecht & Denis Weger: short online presentation of the thematic focal point “Multilingualism as a Starting Point and Goal of Education” | 2 p.m. until approx. 2:30 p.m. | Zoom (password @R@ie4) | German |
| 26., 28., and 29.03. as well as 01.04.26 | Theater production “Brandstifter - Eine Farce in drei Mahlzeiten” ("Arsonist - a Farce in Three Courses") by the German Literary University Theater (GLUT) | at 8 p.m. each | Irmler-Musiksaal (An der Weberei 5) | German |
| 16.04.26 | Dr. habil. Ellinor Morack: “Historicizing Memory: Memoirs, Novels and Oral History in post-Ottoman Turkey, 1922-1960s” | 6:15 p.m., c.t. | SP17/00.13 | English |
| 23.04.26 | Dr. Walter Posch: “The Current Situation in Iran” | 6:15 p.m., c.t. | SP17/00.13 | 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 | 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 |
| 19.05.2026 | Reading with Dorothee Elmiger | 6 p.m. | U7/01.05 | German |
| 20.05.26 | 1st Poetics Lecture | 6 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |

