Public Lectures & Events

All events are in German.

• Center for Medieval Studies:
  • Summer School “Digital Humanities and Medieval Studies”(474.5 KB) (September 22 - 26, 2025, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., An der Universität 5, room U5/02.22)
  • Workshop “Sound (in) Short Narrative” (October 1-3, 2025)
  • Medieval Studies Advanced Seminar open for all interested parties (October 13, 2025 - February 6, 2026), organized by Prof. Dr. Stephan Albrecht, Prof. Dr. Klaus van Eickels, Prof. Dr. Norbert Kössinger, Prof. Dr. Gesine Mierke & Prof. Dr. Rainer Schreg
  • Online Lecture Series on the Bamberg Book Histories
  • Interdisciplinary Graduate Colloquium: Joint medieval studies colloquium of the universities of Bamberg, Bayreuth, Gießen, Chemnitz, Karlsruhe, and Braunschweig in Gießen (December 5-7, 2025)
  • “Horae Bambergenses” - Intensive Course in Medieval Latin (February 25-28, 2026)
  • Medieval Literature Dialogue with Felicitas Hoppe and Tilman Spreckelsen (February 2026)
• 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 

• 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
• 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

• 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