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, 03.12.2024 Jugendorganisationen der Parteien (Lecture)

    • Philosophische Fakultät, Professur Europäische Regierungssysteme im Vergleich
    • Time: 13:45 to 15:15 Location: Reichenhainer Str. 70, Rühlmann-Bau 2/D221 (C24.221) Language: Deutsch
    • Speaker: Luise Schmiedichen, Politische Geschäftsführerin der GRÜNE JUGEND Sachsen (2023-24)
    • Info:
    • Gastvortrag im Rahmen der Vorlesung von Herrn Vertr.-Prof. Dr. Benjamin Höhne "Vergleichende Parteienforschung"
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  • Tuesday, 10.12.2024 Resilienz gegen Machtübernahmebestrebungen autoritär-populistischer Parteien (Lecture)

    • Philosophische Fakultät, Professur Europäische Regierungssysteme im Vergleich
    • Time: 13:45 to 15:15 Location: Reichenhainer Str. 70, Rühlmann-Bau 2/D221 (C24.221) Language: Deutsch
    • Speaker: Etienne Hanelt, Thüringen-Projekt des Verfassungsblogs
    • Info:
    • Gastvortrag im Rahmen der Vorlesung von Herrn Vertr.-Prof. Dr. Benjamin Höhne "Vergleichende Parteienforschung"
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  • Tuesday, 10.12.2024 Hermann Heller - der öffentliche Intellektuelle und die Verteidigung der Weimarer Republik (Lecture)

    • Philosophische Fakultät, Professur für Politische Theorie und Ideengeschichte
    • Time: 15:30 to 17:00 Location: Reichenhainer Str. 90, Zentr. Hörsaal- und Seminargebäude C10.013 (alt: 2/N013) Language: Deutsch
    • Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mike Schmeitzner, Hannah-Arendt-Institut für Totalitarismusforschung (Dresden)
    • Info:
    • Heller war ein Vordenker der sozialen Demokratie & Verteidiger der Weimarer Republik. Im Vortrag wird er als Hochschullehrer, Verfassungsdenker, Analytiker des Faschismus, Anwalt im ‚Preußenschlag‘ und sein Beitrag zur wehrhaften Demokratie vorgestellt.
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