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
- “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)
- Bamberg's tombstone consultation-hour: Exploring Jewish cemeteries in Franconia (Wednesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. via Zoom)
- Bavarian Orient-Colloquium (Thursdays at 6:15 p.m. (c.t.), room SP17/00.13, Schillerplatz 17)
- Archaeology workshop both for children and adults (Fridays from 12 to 4 p.m., room KR14/01.22, Am Kranen 14)
In May of 2025...
| Date | Event | Time | Room | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.05.25 | International Museum Day “Experience Research Up Close!” - Insights into Projects of the Competence Center for Monument Sciences & Technologies | 1 to 5 p.m. | Diözesanmuseum Bamberg (free entry) | German |
| 19.05.25 | Prof. Dr. Christian Schäfer: “What Was a (Philosophy) Lecture Like in the Middle Ages? And What Became Relevant Beyond the Universities?” | 7 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 20.05.25 | Dr. lic. Ana Mateos Orozco: "The Formation of al-Andalus Through Archaeology. A Multidisciplinary Approach" | 6:30 p.m. | KR12/02.18 | English |
| 21.05.25 | Rememberance Culture as a Task for Schools? - The Film Project “When Times Change” by the Franz-Ludwig-Gymnasiums in Bamberg; film screening, project presentation, and panel discussion | 5 p.m. | M3N/02.32 | German |
| 21.05.25 | Dr. Henrike Haug: Art History Evening Lecture (Contact: Prof. Dr. Andreas Huth) | 6 p.m. | KR12/02.01 | German |
| 22.05.25 | Workshop “Arabic, Javanese and Malay Islamic Literature in Southeast Asia and the Diaspora”:
| 3-7 p.m. | SP17/00.13 | English |
| 23.05.25 | Podcast-Live-Event on the gender gap | 10 am to 2:30 p.m. | U7/01.05 | German |
| 23.05.25 | International Workshop “Medieval Images of the Virgin. Materialities, Environments, Ecologies” | 9 a.m. | KR12/00.16 | English |
| 26.05.25 | Prof. Dr. Alexander Schubert: “When the Old Emperors Get Tired: New Paths for the Middle Ages” | 7 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 27.05.25 | PD Dr. Nadine Böhm-Schnitker: “From the Opium Wars to the Opioid Crisis” | 4:15 p.m. | U5/01.22 | English |
| 27.05.25 | PD Dr. Heléna Tóth: “Ars moriendi in Socialism. The Topos of the ‘Good Death' in Hungarian Literature, 1960-1980” | 6:15 p.m. | U2/02.04 | German |
In June of 2025 ...
| Date | Event | Time | Room | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02.06.25 | Prof. Dr. Francis Seeck: “Classism. The Forgotten Form of Discrimination?” | 6:15 p.m. | U5/01.17 | German |
| 02.06.25 | Prof. Dr. Kai Nonnenmacher: “Popularization in the Vernacular Language Using Italian and French Examples” | 7 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 03.06.25 | Prof. Dr. Andreas Kurz: “Nellie Campobello (1900-1986) and the Mexican Revolution: Violence Described by a Child?” | 10:15 a.m. | U2/02.04 | German |
| 03.06.25 | Dr Philipp Kampschroer: “Schiller in Portugal: on a Handwritten 1848 Translation of Wilhelm Tell” Including a presentation of the original Portuguese manuscript. | 6:15 p.m. | U2/02.04 | German |
| 03.06.25 | As part of Hegel Week - Prof. Dr. Konrad Liessmann: “Known Truth. On Facts and Their Fictions” (Attention! Free ticket required) | 7:15 p.m. | Dominikanerstraße 2a (AULA) | German |
| 04.06.25 | As part of Hegel Week - Prof. Dr. Fritz Breithaupt: “Felt Truth. The Emotional Anchoring of Our Life Stories” (Attention! Free ticket required) | 7:15 p.m. | Dominikanerstraße 2a (AULA) | German |
| 05.06.25 | As part of Hegel Week - Dr. Veronika Solopova: “Algorithmic Truth? AI and Trust on the Web” (Attention! Free ticket required) | 7:15 p.m. | Dominikanerstraße 2a (AULA) | German |
| 05.06.25 | Prof. Börte Sagaster: “The Role of Poetry in Turkish-Language Literature of Cyprus” | 6:15 p.m. | SP17/00.13 | German |
| 05.06.25 | Lecture by the Friends of the Bamberg Museum of Natural History: “Dangerous Beast or Gentle Giant – What the Bones of Ice Age Cave Bears Reveal to Us” | 6 p.m. | U5/00.24 | German |
| 05.06.25 | Prof. Dr. Georg Stauch: “Eifel Reservoirs - An Archive of the Anthropocene?” | 6:15 p.m. | KR12/02.18 | German |
| 12.06.25 | Dr. Jan-Peter Hartung: “Discipline and Punishment: On the Practice of Controlling Public Morality in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” | 6:15 p.m. | SP17/00.13 | German |
| 16.06.25 | Prof. Dr. Andreas Huth: “Means: Othering. Exhibitions of Premodern European Art as Stagings of the ‘Distant and Strange’” | 7 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 17.06.25 | Prof. (em.) Dr. Philip Martin: “Trump 2.0 and Migration” | 6:15 p.m. | U2/01.33 | English |
| 17.06.25 | Dr. Valerie Palmowski M.A.: “Continuity and Change in the Inden-Pier Region Between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages” | 6:30 p.m. | KR12/02.18 | German |
| 17.06.25 | Laura Bäumel, M.A.: “Revisiting Lifestyle. A Feminist Update in the Context of Precarious Work and Living Conditions Today” | 6:15 p.m. | KR12/00.16 | German |
| 23.06.25 | Prof. Dr. Marcia Pally: “The US Religious Right: Christians For and Against It - Why and What are They Doing Today” | 6:15 p.m. | U2/01.33 | English |
| 23.06.25 | Prof. Dr. Konstantin Lindner: “Deducing Religious Testimonies in Public Spaces. ‘Religious Landscaping’ as a Contribution to Cultural Participation” | 7 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 24.06.25 | Prof. Dr. Susanne Gruß: “Queering Early Modern Piracy? Anne Bonny and Mary Read in Contemporary Fiction” | 6:15 p.m. | U2/00.25 | English |
| 24.06.25 | Prof. Dr. Philipp W. Stockhammer: “Genes and Practices: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Early Bronze Age Societies in the Lech Valley” | 6:30 p.m. | KR12/02.18 | German |
| 25.06.25 | Alina Bronsky: Poetics Lecture (introduction to her work) | 6 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 26.06.25 | Prof. Günter Müller-Czygan: “Sponge City - Urban Development in Times of Climate Change” | 6:15 p.m. | KR12/02.18 | German |
| 26.06.25 | Prof. Charlotte Bank: “Queering Islamic Art: Gender Diversity and Criticism of Sexual Normativity in Contemporary Art from the MENA-Region” | 6:15 p.m. | SP17/00.13 | German |
Interdisciplinary Offers
All events are in German.
- Lecture Series of the Center for Medieval Studies (each at 7 p.m., An der Universität 2, room U2/00.25)
- May 19, 2025
- May 26, 2025
- June 2, 2025
- June 16, 2025
- June 23, 2025
- June 30, 2025
- July 7, 2025
- July 14, 2025
- July 21, 2025
- Hegel Week - June 3-5 2025 from 7-9 p.m. (Dominikanerstraße 2a, Aula)
- Lecture by the Friends of the Natural History Museum Bamberg: “Dangerous Beast or Gentle Giant - What the Bones of Cave Bears from the Ice Age Reveal to Us” (June 5, 2025, 6 p.m., An der Universität 5, room U5/00.24)
- 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 2024 by Teresa Bücker - “Who Has Time to Save Democracy?”
English and American Studies
- Prof. Dr. Susanne Gruß, “Queering Early Modern Piracy? Anne Bonny and Mary Read in Contemporary Fiction” (June 24, 2025 at 6:15 p.m., U2/00.25)
- 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
- Guest lectures at the chair of American Studies
- Guest Lectures at the chair of TEFL
Archaeological Sciences, Heritage Studies, and Art History
All events are in German.
- Archaeological Colloquium: Guest lecture series on history, extraordinary finds, and World Heritage sites (each at 6:30 p.m., Am Kranen 12, room KR/02.18)
- May 13, 2025
- May 20, 2025
- June 17, 2025
- June 24, 2025
- July 1, 2025
- July 8, 2025
- July 15, 2025
- July 22, 2025
- Archaeology Workshop for both adults and children (Fridays from 12 to 4 p.m., room KR14/01.22, Am Kranen 14)
- The Bamberg Cathedral, the Eichstätt Cathedral, and Walter Sage (Symposium on April 11 und 12, 2025)
- Art History Evening Lecture (6 p.m., Am Kranen 12, room KR12/02.01)
- May 15, 2025 - Dr. Rolf Quednau
- May 21, 2025 - PD Dr. Henrike Haug
- Contact: Prof. Dr. Andreas Huth
- Field Archeology Workshops
Protestant Theology
- Guest Lecture by Prof. Dr. Marcia Pally - “The US Religious Right: Christians For and Against It - Why and What are They Doing Today?” (June 23, 2025, 6:15-7:45 p.m., U2/01.33)
- in English
- Contact: Prof. Dr. Thomas Wabel
- Current lectures
- Theology Forum - lecture series each winter term (October to February)
Geography
All events are in German.
- Geographical Colloquium (each from 6:15-7:45 p.m., room KR12/02.18)
- Prof. Dr. Georg Stauch: “Eifel Reservoirs - An Archive of the Anthropocene?” (June 5, 2025)
- Prof. Günter Müller-Czygan: “Sponge City - Urban Development in Times of Climate Change” (June 26, 2025)
- Historical Geography Bamberg e.V:
- July 24, 2025: Annual General Meeting (followed by closing celebration at the Wilde Rose Cellar)
- August 28 – September 6, 2025: Lithuania Excursion (Vilnius–Kaunas–Klaipėda)
- 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.
German Studies
All events are in German.
- Opening reading by Alina Bronsky at the ETA Hoffmann Theater: May 7, 2025, 7 p.m.
- Three poetics lectures in which Alina Bronsky introduces her work and writing (each in room U2/00.25, An der Universität 2), on the following dates:
- Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
- Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
- Thursday, July 24, 2025, at 6:00 p.m.
Following the lecture series, a research colloquium on the work of Alina Bronsky in cooperation with the International Artists' House Villa Concordia will take place: July 23-25, 2025
History / European Ethnology
All events are in German.
- International guest lecture series in European Ethnology: THROUGH EXCLUSION Processes? Perspectives on Social Inequality
- Prof. Francis Seeck (Nuremberg): “Classism. The Forgotten Form of Discrimination?” (May 12, 2025, 6:15 p.m., An der Universität 5, room U5/02.22)
- Laura Bäumel, M.A. (Zurich): “Lifestyle Revisited. A Feminist Update Against the Backdrop of Precarious Working and Living Conditions Today” (June 17, 2025, 6:15 p.m., Hochzeitshaus, Am Kranen 12, room KR12/00.16)
- Felix Gaillinger, M.A. (Vienna): “(With) Class in European Ethnology. Biographical Notes and Analitical Consequences” (July 8, 2025, 6:15 p.m., Markusstraße 8a, room MG1/02.06)
- Guest lectures of the chair of History and Culture of Late Antiquity
- Exhibitions by the Institute for Franconian History:
Living through Upheaval: Bavaria 1918-1925. Between Democracy, Self-Determination, and Violence (March 15 - June 1, 2025)
Catholic Theology
- Conferences
- Conference “Narrated Gender / Narrating Gender” (March 13-14, 2025)
- Theological Forum - Lecture series each winter term (October to February)
Communication Studies
Middle Eastern and Oriental Studies
- Bavarian Orient-Colloquium (Thursdays starting April 24, 2025, 6:15 p.m. (c.t.), Schillerplatz 17, room SP17/00.13)
- May 22 (3:00–7:00 p.m.): Workshop “Arabic, Javanese, and Malay Islamic Literature in Southeast Asia and the Diaspora” (English)
- Prof. Nico Kaptein: “Ahmad Khatib Minangkabau (1860-1916) on Circumcision”
- Prof. Edwin Wieringa: “On the Road for Adventure, Knowledge, and Love: Classical Javanese Narrative Poems on Wandering Students of Islam”
- Prof. Patrick Franke: “Shafik Efendi and Faridah Hanom: Sheikh al-Hadi's first novel as a plea for a reform of Islamic sexual ethics”
- Dr. Philipp Bruckmayr: “The Printing of kitab jawi in the Hejaz, Istanbul and Cairo”
- June 5: “The Role of Poetry in the Literature of Cyprus in Turkish language” (German)
- June 12: “Discipline and Punish: On the Practice of Regulating Public Morality in the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” (German)
- June 26: “Queering Islamic Art: Gender Diversity and the Critique of Sexual Normativity in Contemporary Art of the MENA Region” (German)
- May 22 (3:00–7:00 p.m.): Workshop “Arabic, Javanese, and Malay Islamic Literature in Southeast Asia and the Diaspora” (English)
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
- Guest lectures
- Ars moriendi in Socialism. The Topos of the „Good Death“ in Hungarian Literature, 1960–1980 (Mai 27, 2025, 6:15-7:45 p.m., U2/02.04)
- Inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr. Christian Zehnder: Between Podolia and Berne. The Age of Major Transformation and the Idea of a Cultural Landscape in the Work of Jerzy Stempowski (July 1, 2025, 6-8 p.m., U2/00.25)
- 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