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.

• 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

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".

• Press release from 25 November 2019
• Project homepage "Hybrid Societies: Humans Interacting with Embodied Technologies"

Events in the next days

• 21

  May

  Wednesday, 21.05.2025 WRECKS – A Theatrical Encounter with Neil LaBute’s Contemporary “Oedipus” Adaptation (Culture/Sport)

  • Philosophische Fakultät, Neuere Deutsche u. Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft, Antike und Antikenrezeption, Anglistische Literaturwissenschaft
  • Time: 19:00 to 20:00 Location: Kreativwerkstatt, Garagen-Campus, Zwickauer Straße 164, 09116 Chemnitz Language: Deutsch
  • Speaker: Peter Wälter, freies Ensemble aus Wiener OFF-Theaterszene
  • Info: Prof. Dr. Cecile Sandten ( cecile.sandten@…)
  • Performance of WRECKS: The performance will be in German, followed by a moderated discussion inviting the audience to reflect on the play’s themes from literary, philosophical, historical, and cultural perspectives. Free of admission.
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• 03

  Jun

  Tuesday, 05.06.2025 In the service of power - universities and higher education in the GDR (Congress/Conference)

  • Philosophische Fakultät, Antike und Antikerezeption in der Moderne
  • Time: to 05.06. Location: Str. der Nationen 33, Universitätsbibliothek Ideenreich Language: Deutsch
  • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Marian Nebelin, TU Chemnitz; Dr. Franziska Bartl, TU Chemnitz; u.w.
  • Info: Die Teilnahme ist kostenfrei. Anmeldung erforderlich bis zum 30. Mai per E-Mail an: franziska-andrea.bartl@…
  • The conference is dedicated to the role of universities in the power structure of the GDR. Forms of political influence, strategies of control and the role of the higher education sector in securing and enforcing the SED rule will be discussed.
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• 04

  Jun

  Wednesday, 04.06.2025 Digital interculturality: Rethinking the intercultural for the postdigital age (Lecture)

  • Philosophische Fakultät, Juniorprofessur Interkulturelle Praxis mit dem Schwerpunkt digitale Kulturen
  • Time: 11:30 to 13:00 Location: Reichenhainer Str. 90, Zentr. Hörsaal- und Seminargebäude C10.006 Language: Englisch
  • Speaker: apl. Prof. Dr. Fergal Lenehan
  • Info: Jun.-Prof. Dr. Yolanda López García, yolanda.lopez@…, +49 371 531-33868
  • The lecture examines digital interculturality, framing the internet as a postdigital patchwork of bordered platforms. It highlights cultural fuzziness, agentive fragments, and the materiality of contacts, exclusions, and unrealized digital interactions.
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