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!
→ view the lectures and events of our chairs
→ interdisciplinary offers
Regular Activities during Term
- TheoWork
- Mondays, 4 to 5:30 p.m.
- Wednesdays, 12:15 to 1:45 p.m.
- Thursdays, 12 to 1:30 p.m.
- “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 Universit?t 5; in English)
- Medieval Studies Seminar “Dido” (Thursdays from 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.)
- Bamberg's tombstone consultation-hour: Exploring Jewish cemeteries in Franconia (in German)
- Wednesdays from 4 to 6 p.m. via Zoom
- To participate, please contact Tina Weidemann beforehand
- Bavarian Orient-Colloquium (Thursdays at 6:15 p.m. (c.t.), room SP17/00.13, Schillerplatz 17; mostly in German)
- Archaeology workshop both for children and adults (Fridays from 12 to 4 p.m., room KR14/01.22, Am Kranen 14; in German)
- Philosophical Night Café (contact: Dr. Jens Wimmers)
Coming up soon...
| Date | Event | Time | Room | Language |
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| 30.10.25 | As part of the Theological Forum(6.9 MB): Prof. Dr. Birte Platow - "I am your God! On a New Thoolo:AI and its Theological Reflection | 6:15 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 03.11.25 | Prof. Dr. Sarah Bowden: “The European veneration of St. Oswald. Traditions and transformations”(701.3 KB) | 6:15 p.m. | U5/02.22 | German |
| 04.11.25 | Prof. Dr. Vladimír Sala?: “Celts, Germans, Indians, Whales, and Spinach”(279.5 KB) | 6:30 p.m. | KR12/02.18 | German |
| 06.11.25 | Prof. Dr. Sabine Vogt: “The Dido version of the Argonautica Myth: Hypsipyle in Apollonius of Rhodes and Ovid”(1.4 MB) | 2:15 p.m. | KR10/03.03 | German |
| 07.11.25 | Workshop: “Witches: Unruly Women, Unruly Bodies”(313.6 KB) → Registration for guests until November 5 via e-mail to sekretariat.englit(at)uni-bamberg.de | 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. | LU19/00.11 | English |
| 10.11.25 | Dies Academicus (Bamberg University foundation ceremony) | 5 p.m. | FEKI, Auditorium Maximum (F21/01.57) | German |
| 11.11.25 | As part of the online lecture series Bamberg Book Histories: Prof. Dr. Martina Wernli: “Writing processes in Jean Paul's Letters” | 7 p.m. | Zoom | German |
| 11.11.25 | Reading with Peter Stamm | 6-10 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 12.11.25 | Prof. Dr. Lufger Schwarte: “Disaster Avoidance and an Open Future. Reflections on Democracy and Theories of Time” | 6:15 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 12.11.25 | As part of the Sustainability Festival: “Colonial Past - Global Education for Sustainable Development? The Humboldt Forum as a Controversial Place of Learning” | 4:15 p.m. | MG1/01.04 | German |
| 13.11.25 | Dr. Maximilian Jablonowski: “'I was there' - ‘I wanna go back’: Pop culture and nostalgia” (interactive lecture) | 4:15 p.m. | U5/01.17 | German |
| 13.11.25 | As part of the Sustainability Festival:
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| 13.11.25 | As part of the Theological Forum(6.9 MB): Prof. Dr. Arne Manzeschke & Dr. Judith Schoch: “I will keep you company! Gerontological and ethical perspectives of social robotics" | 6:15 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 13.11.25 | Prof. Dr. Caroline Kreutzer: “From Dido and Aeneas to Carthage and Rome - Between Myth and History”(1.4 MB) | 2:15 p.m. | KR10/03.03 | German |
| 14.11.25 | Public 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 |
| 17.11.25 | PD Dr. Beatrice von Lüpke: “From, for, and about women. Problems and perspectives of the late medieval collection ‘Women’s Legends'”(701.3 KB) | 6:15 p.m. | U5/02.22 | German |
| 18.11.25 | As part of the online lecture series Bamberg Book Histories: Prof. Dr. Tino Licht: “Lectio sollemnis. Reading marks in Bamberg manuscripts” | 7 p.m. | Zoom | German |
| 18.11.25 | Habilitation lecture Dr. Carmen Enss | 5:45 p.m. | U2/00.25 | German |
| 19.11.25 | Lecture by Meike Schmoll (reader for the educational publishing firm Westermann) and Florian Eisenbl?tter (archive / corporate history, J?germeister) in the series “Old news? Occupational prospects with a degree in history”(197.6 KB) | 18-20 Uhr | KR12/02.18 | German |
| 20.11.25 | Prof. Harold Hellwig: “Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Faulkner: Modernism and the Uncertainty of Values” | 4:15 p.m. | U5/00.24 | English |
Upcoming Events Organized by Chair
Interdisciplinary Offers
All events are in German.
- As part of the Sustainability Festival:
- Registration required for some events!
- 12.11.25:
- Colonial Past - Global Education for Sustainable Development? The Humboldt Forum as a Controversial Place of Learning
- 13.11.25:
- Aspects and Perspectives of Moral Development - The Cognitive-Developmental Theory of Moral Stages According to Kohlberg
- Herbal Workshop: It Doesn't Always Have to Be Coffee - Medicinal Plants for Focus and Relaxation
- Seminar: Cultural Heritage in Times of Climate Change
- Workshop: Being Christian and Sustainable - “Subdue the Earth!”
- More Democratic Structures at the University of Bamberg as an Essential Part of Sustainability
- Learning Sustainability Playfully in Professional and Business Contexts - Presentation and Testing of Selected Methods for (Future) Teachers in Schools, Universities, and Companies
- Official Opening Evening of the Sustainability Festival
- 14.11.25:
- Exkursion: “Stories of Tanzania” - Global Continuities in the Context of Sustainable Development
- Workshop: Bird Protection
- Exchange and Networking Forum - Profile Initiative “Research on Humans and the Environment”
- The Basics of Sustainable Investment
- Picture books meet virtual reality (in English!)
- Clothing Swap: Trade Rather Than Buy
- Everything Could Be Different… Utopia Workshop for a Sustainable University
- Cultural Evening with Short Films and Live Music
- 15.11.25:
- Children's University: Climate Change and Us - What's Happening to Our Environment and What We Need to Change
- Marketplace of Opportunities - Interactive Activities for All Ages
- The Titmouse Emperor - Short Film and Discussion
- Closing Event: Afternoon of Games
- Climate Fresk - Puzzle Your Way to Climate Knowledge! Understand What Moves the Climate - and What We Can Move!
- Dies academicus (November 10, 2025, Feldkirchenstra?e 21, Auditorium Maximum F21/01.57)
- Keynote by Prof. Dr. Johannes Glückler
- Registration
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 Ei?ing / Dr. Nathalie von M?llendorff: “Imago architecturae: Painted architectural structures in the 15th century” (January 26, 2026)
- Dr. Nathalie von M?llendorff (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 Sch?pf-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 He?berg M.A.: “The German Life Description of Emperor Henry II from 1511” (27.01.26)
- Medieval Studies Seminar “Dido”(1.4 MB)
- 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
- 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
- Prof. Sylvia Mayer: “Science Fiction, Critical Utopia, and Narratives of Resilience: Ursula K. Le Gruin, Kim Stanley Robinson and Transformative Environmentalism” (05.12.25, 12:15-1:45 p.m., U5/01.17)
- Ilene and Paul Kreshka: “The Belle of Amherst: The Life and Writings of Emily Dickinson” (09.12.25, 4:15-5:45 p.m., U7/01.05)
- Reading by the author Nicholas Boggs: “James Baldwin, A Love Story” (16.12.25, 4:15-5:45 p.m., U7/01.05)
- “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
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. Angelika Hunold – Dr. Holger Schaaff: "Roman Industrial Regions – Valuable Resources from the Eifel for Rome" (October 21)
- Prof. Dr. Vladimír Sala?: "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 F?rtsch, 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
- Current lectures
- Theology Forum - lecture series each winter term (October to February)
Geography
All events are in German if not indicated otherwise.
- Historical Geography Bamberg e.V:
- December 2025: Historical-Geographical Christmas Party at Klosterbr?u 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.
- Readings
- with Daniela Seel (22.10.25: 6-8 p.m.)
- with Peter Stamm (11.11.25: 6-10 p.m., U2/00.25)
- with Lion Christ (27.11.25: 7:30 p.m., nana-Theater / Club Kaulberg)
- with Nikola Huppertz (10.12.25, 4-6 p.m.)
- with Eugen Gomringer (18.12.25, 6-8 p.m., U2/00.25)
- with Martin Beyer & Benjamin Brückner (21.01.26, U2/00.25)
- with Nava Ebrahimi (22.01.26)
- as part of the writing workshop by the Bavarian Academy for Writing (08.05.26, 6-8:30 p.m., U5/00.24)
- Book-recommendation evening: “Which book to gift for Christmas?”
- “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 Universit?t".
History / European Ethnology
All events are in German.
- Lecture series “Old news? Occupational prospects with a degree in history: How can I use my studies? Alumni share their experiences"(197.6 KB)
- 6-8 p.m. each, KR12/02.18
- 19.11.25: Meike Schmoll (reader for the educational publishing firm Westermann) & Florian Eisenbl?tter (archive / corporate history, J?germeister)
- 14.01.26: Christoph S?llner (journalist & author, including for ZDF) & Lina H?rl (general director of the Bavarian State Archive)
- Patrick Rummel (advisor for the directorate, Leibniz-Institute for Educational Progression) & Alexander Kropp (advisor for the Bavarian Ministry for Home Affairs, department for sports and integration)
- 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)
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”