Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities
Faculty of Humanities 

Welcome to the Faculty of Humanities

Hosting six different institutes, the Faculty of Humanities is the biggest and most diverse faculty at TU Chemnitz. Traditional courses of study like English, German, Political Science and European History are combined with modern subjects such as Media Studies, Intercultural Communication and European Studies.

The Faculty of Humanities offers:
  • engaging fields of study,
  • excellent conditions for students,
  • personal support and assistance,
  • lively and innovational research and publication activities,
  • motivated exchange across disciplines,
  • and extensive Ph.D. progammes.

Collaborative Research Centre "Hybrid Societies: Humans Interacting with Embodied Technologies" at the Faculty of Humanities

A collage showing different people interacting with different robots

Image: Jacob Müller

An interdisciplinary team of 30 professors and senior researchers from Chemnitz University of Technology are investigating how efficient coordination takes place between people and embodied technologies in the Collaborative Research Centre "Hybrid Societies", which has been approved by the German Research Foundation (DFG).

Experts from the Institutes of English/American Studies, German Studies and Intercultural Communication as well as Media Research at the Faculty of Humanities are also conducting research on the topic of "Hybrid Societies - People Interacting with Embodied Technologies".

Events in the next days

  • Tuesday, 24.06.2025 De Facto States and the Case of Transnistria (Lecture)

    • Philosophische Fakultät, Professur Europäische Regierungssysteme im Vergleich
    • Time: 15:30 to 17:00 Location: Reichenhainer Str. 70, Rühlmann-Bau C24/101 Language: Englisch
    • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Marcin Kosienkowski (The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin)
    • Info: Es ist keine Anmeldung erforderlich.
    • Der Gastvortrag findet im Rahmen der Vorlesung "Forschungsfragen der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft" von Herrn Vertr.-Prof. Dr. Benjamin Höhne statt.
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  • Thursday, 29.06.2025 memento STALINGRAD – Multi-perspective considerations of the history, reception and topicality of a battle (Congress/Conference)

    • Philosophische Fakultät, Prof. Dr. Bernadette Malinowski
    • Time: 19:00 to 29.06. 13:00 Location: Str. der Nationen 62, Altes Heizhaus Language: Deutsch
    • Info:
    • The conference aims to examine the state of research on Stalingrad, to promote new approaches to this topic and to demonstrate the potential that the study of Stalingrad could have for peaceful coexistence in Europe.
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  • Monday, 30.06.2025 Indien als aufstrebende Großmacht Asiens (Lecture)

    • Philosophische Fakultät, Professur Internationale Politik
    • Time: 18:00 to 19:30 Location: Str. der Nationen 33, Universitätsbibliothek Raum: Ideenreich Language: Deutsch
    • Speaker: Dr. Pierre Gottschlich, Universität Rostock, Institut für Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaften
    • Info:
    • Im Schatten Chinas verfolgt Indien seine wirtschaftlichen und außenpolitischen Ziele. Das Land ist mittlerweile gefragter Partner in den regionalen Konflikten zwischen China und dem Westen. Doch wie erfolgreich ist der Aufstieg Indiens tatsächlich?
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