Public Lectures & Events

The following offers are not only aimed at members of the university, but rather at all who are interested. Simply come along on the day!

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Regular Activities during Term

Coming up soon...

DateEventTimeRoomLanguage
14.10.25Dr. 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”(279.5 KB)6:30 p.m.KR12/02.18German
14.10.25Pub-Quiz organized by the EGEA Bamberg8 p.m.Catwheezle's CastleGerman
15.10.25Philosophical night-café: “Can we understand one another?”7 p.m.Rostscheune, Färbergasse 28German
15.10.25Prof. Dr. Silvia Orlandi: “Toward a Digital Prosopography: The Senatorial Inscription of the Colosseum”(615.5 KB)6:15 p.m.KR12/00.05English
16.10.25Dr. Christoph Schanze and Dr. Johannes Zenk: “Introduction; Theoretical Framework: Reception Studies and Dido as a 'Transtextual' Figure”(1.4 MB)2:15 p.m.KR10/03.03German
20.10.25Annina Freitag: “Basel-Petersberg: Ceramics research and its results on everyday life and economic history”(701.3 KB)6:15 p.m.U5/02.22German
21.10.25Dr. Angelika Hunold & Dr. Holger Schaaff: “Roman Industrial Regions – Valuable Resources from the Eifel for Rome”(279.5 KB)6:30 p.m.KR12/02.18German
21.10.25Inauguration lecture by Prof. Dr. Norbert Kössinger: “'Of the hand-copying of german books' Medieval philology between bettering and worsening6:15 p.m.U7/01.05German
22.10.25Reading and Discussion with Daniela Seel: “Nach Eden”(2.6 MB)6 p.m.U2/00.25German
23.10.25Sarah Weichlein: “Dido in Virgil's Aeneid(1.4 MB)2:15 p.m.KR10/03.03German
27.10.25Leonhard 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”(701.3 KB)6:15 p.m.U5/02.22German
30.10.25As part of the Theological Forum(6.9 MB): Prof. Dr. Birte Platow - "I am your God! On a New Thoolo:AI and its Theological Reflection6:15 p.m.U2/00.25German
30.10.25Dr. Johannes Zenk: “Dido in Ovid”(1.4 MB)2:15 p.m.KR10/03.03German
03.11.25Prof. Dr. Sarah Bowden: “The European veneration of St. Oswald. Traditions and transformations”(701.3 KB)6:15 p.m.U5/02.22German
04.11.25Prof. Dr. Vladimír Salač: “Celts, Germans, Indians, Whales, and Spinach”(279.5 KB)6:30 p.m.KR12/02.18German
06.11.25Prof. Dr. Sabine Vogt: “The Dido version of the Argonautica Myth: Hypsipyle in Apollonius of Rhodes and Ovid”(1.4 MB)2:15 p.m.KR10/03.03German
12.11.25Prof. Dr. Lufger Schwarte: “Disaster Avoidance and an Open Future. Reflections on Democracy and Theories of Time”6:15 p.m.U2/00.25German
14.11.25Public convention of the ethics network: “Christian Hope and Societal Resilience”10 a.m. to 3 p.m.Registration until October 31. More information on the website.German

Upcoming Events Organized by Chair

Interdisciplinary Offers

All events are in German.

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)

English and American Studies

Archaeological Sciences, Heritage Studies, and Art History

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

Protestant Theology

Geography

All events are in German if not indicated otherwise.

German Studies

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".

Catholic Theology

  • 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”

Communication Studies

Middle Eastern and Oriental Studies

Classical Philology & Philosophy

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)

Romance Studies

  • 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)

Slavic Studies