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On this page, the actors of the TU Chemnitz and their projects present what 2025 at the TU Chemnitz will look like in concrete terms and which impulses from the university will echo into the Capital of Culture.
Like the commitment within the university, the page is growing and is constantly being supplemented by new projects. You are welcome to contact the responsible persons to find out more about the goals and designs or to get involved in the projects yourself.
We look forward to your interest and active participation.
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Mathematics as cultural heritage
2022-2025
2022 - 2025
Faculty of Mathematics
Lecture Series "Mathematics as a cultural heritage and .."
Inspired by Chemnitz's successful application to become the Capital of Culture 2025, the Faculty of Mathematics and the Evangelisches Forum Chemnitz are organizing the lecture series "Kulturgut Mathematik und ...". In each case, mathematics will be linked to a different area, e.g. religion, politics, art, justice, history, logistics, music, work, etc. The approximately one-hour lectures take place at the relevant locations in Chemnitz, e.g. church, town hall, art collection, court, university, railroad museum, music school, trade union building, etc. The lectures make mathematics "socially acceptable", help to develop interdisciplinary connections, sensitize the city public to the relevance of mathematics and stimulate interesting discussions.
Project website: Lecture Series "Mathematics as a cultural heritage and .."
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Vladimir Shikhman
0371 / 531…
vladimir.shikhman@…
Science podcast „TUCscicast“
2023-2025
2023 - 2025
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences
Special series „Capital of Culture“ for the science podcast „TUCscicast“
Contact:
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Bischof
0371 / 531…
andreas.bischof@…
Movement and standstill
2025
2025
University Library
Movement and standstill. The last year of study in the GDR
The six university archives in Chemnitz, Halle, Jena, Leipzig, Magdeburg and Weimar are planning to organise an exhibition on the last year of study in the GDR in 2024. A total of 35 exhibition panels are to be shown as a travelling exhibition at all six university locations. All facets of student life during the last year of study in the GDR are to be presented. This ranges from admission and enrolment, study plans and organisation, lecture halls, laboratories and libraries, leisure and culture, political indoctrination within and by the SED, FDJ, GST, military training and civil defence, internationalisation and the placement of graduates - the exhibition is designed as a travelling exhibition, will open in Magdeburg in October 2024 and will be shown in Chemnitz from 3 June 2025. A joint event with the Institute for European Studies and History, where a major project on the history of the student body in the GDR era is underway, is planned for the vernissage in the Capital of Culture year.
Project website: Movement and standstill. The last year of study in the GDR
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Movement and standstill (Enrollment 1989, Photo: University archive Chemnitz)
Contact:
Stephan Luther (Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz)
0371 / 531…
stephan.luther@…
Aneca
2025
2025
Faculty of Humanities
Aneca: "Chemnitz Addressed – Europe Expressed!"
Europe looks to Chemnitz as European Capital of Culture – but how does Chemnitz see Europe? The project "Chemnitz Addressed – Europe Expressed!" creates a multi-perspective on the experiences of former students, teachers, and education policymakers to showcase how the concept of Europe taught in schools has changed since the post-reunification era. In collaboration with local artists and the Chemnitz History Association, interviews with contemporary witnesses will be illustrated and presented on December 3rd at the University Library. The aim is to promote cooperation between academia and cultural creators in academia and to encourage a reappraisal on the (post-)reunification era.
Project website: Aneca: "Chemnitz Addressed – Europe Expressed!"
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Deppe (Professur für Allgemeine Erziehungswissenschaft), Heidi Hupfer
ulrike.deppe@…
ARCHIVE-eXpo
2025
2025
Faculty of Humanities
ARCHIVE-eXpo
The ARCHIVE-eXpo project aims to present the ARCHIVE application developed at the Chemnitz University of Technology, together with its historical content about the Chemnitz Mikwe and the Red Tower, to the people of Chemnitz at a series of events. The event format includes a release, evaluation workshops and panel discussions. The app creators want to use these events to talk to local people about the city's historical cultural heritage, demonstrate the app and, supported by guest lectures, discuss the advantages of the app and the use of augmented reality (XR) for communicating historical and cultural content. In the spirit of citizen science, the aim is to integrate Chemnitz residents into research in the field of people and technology with a view to the city's cultural heritage.
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ARCHIVE-eXpo
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Martin Clauss (Professur Mensch und Technik), Odin Alarich Haller, M. A.
martin.clauss@…
Threads of memory
2025
2025
University Library
The threads of memory: Stories of the Aktienspinnerei
As the name “Alte Aktienspinnerei” suggests, the university library building was originally erected as an industrial building in the middle of the 19th century, but was only used by the spinning mill itself until the beginning of the 20th century. After that, it served a variety of purposes: rented out to other industrial companies and used as a forced labour camp during the Second World War. In the period that followed, it housed the municipal library, the Wismut department stores' “Glück auf” and the municipal puppet theatre, as well as the Neue Sächsische Galerie after reunification, before it became very “quiet” around the building until it was finally converted into the university library. The project aims to process this history - but not in the conventional way of studying files, but in the form of interviews with contemporary witnesses, whose personal memories and stories will be recorded in multimedia, professionally edited and finally made available to the public on a university library website in order to make the history of the building tangible and tangible for future generations.
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Threads of memory
Contact:
Angela Malz (Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz)
0371 / 531…
angela.malz@…
Gauß in Chemnitz
2025
2025
Faculty of Mathematics
43rd Gauss Lecture of the German Mathematical Society (DMV)
The lecture in honor of the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss makes cutting-edge research in mathematics tangible and comprehensible without requiring specialized knowledge. In 2025 it will be held for the first time at Chemnitz University of Technology. It is one of the most important mathematical events in the German-speaking world and beyond.
The lecture by Prof. Dr. Karl-Theodor Sturm (University of Bonn) will highlight current developments in mathematics and is aimed at the interested public. The opening lecture will be given by Prof. Dr. Alexandra Carpentier (University of Potsdam).
Project website: 43rd Gauss Lecture of the German Mathematical Society (DMV)
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Gauß in Chemnitz
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Peter Stollmann (Professur Analysis)
peter.stollmann@…
Grundschule mal anders
2024
2024
Centre for Teacher Training and Educational Research
Dialogue forum: Grundschule mal anders – making the Chemnitz primary school environment visible
The aim of the ‘Grundschule mal anders’ dialogue forum is to make the diversity of innovative primary schools in Chemnitz visible. A current educational topic (e.g. performance) is discussed at each of the five events. Two schools will present themselves at each event, for example those that implement alternative performance assessments in an innovative way. The aim of the dialogue between school administrators, school teachers and representatives from academia is to shed light on different perspectives and derive ideas on how teaching can be implemented in an innovative, participatory and effective way. The dialogue will be documented with graphic recording and the results exhibited digitally and analogue.
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Grundschule mal anders
Contact:
Prof.in Dr. Sarah Désirée Lange (Professur Schulpädagogik der Primarstufe)
sarah.lange@…
Kamenica Musica
2025
2025
Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Kamenica Musica: Development of a self-sufficient listening station for use on a music hiking trail
Music (hi)stories should be brought to life in public spaces. Together with partners from other European countries and guests of the Capital of Culture, we want to showcase Chemnitz music and connections to neighboring countries. A walking and cycling path between the Altchemnitz terminus and Falkeplatz through the city park is to become a musical walk. From the confluence of the Würschnitz and Zwönitz rivers to Chemnitz to the Weltecho, stations will be set up to make this path even more interesting. Musical activities in the cultural region will be presented with information boards and a loudspeaker that can be used to listen to pieces of music at the touch of a button.
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Kamenica Musica
Contact:
Janik Kaden (Professur Schaltkreis- und Systementwurf)
janik.kaden@…
Bodies of Music
2025
2025
Faculty of Natural Science, Institute of Physics
Bodies of Music – Composition and Scientific Understanding of Sound Production
How does a musical instrument sound, and what is the origin of the sound of a particular musical instrument? A composer is the expert for the first question, a physicist may answer the second. There are different mechanisms at work in the reed of a hautboy, a plugged (guitar), struck (piano), or stringed (violin) instrument. A great way to analyze the difference is by modifying instruments, as done by modern composers as way to generate unfamiliar sound in an analog manner. Hessam Sadeghi, a Composer resident in Leipzig, will perform in a world premiere a composition on October 24th; Ulrich Schwarz, professor of physics, explain the physics at action in the modified instruments.
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Bodies of Music
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Ulrich T. Schwarz (Professur Experimentelle Sensorik)
ulrich.schwarz@…
Wismut Network
2025
2025
University Library
Wismut Network Chemnitz 2025
This special network brings together various institutions that are connected to Wismut in different ways: the Wismut-Stiftung gGmbH, the Saxon State Archive, the Stasi document archive, the smac, the Lern- und Gedenkort Kaßberg-Gefängnis e.V. and the city guide Mrs Höfer, but also the university library, as the ‘Alte Aktienspinnerei’ was once home to the Wismut department stores' “Glück auf”, whose neon sign can still be seen today in the industrial museum. A series of events will draw attention to the formative importance of Wismut for the city and the region, including the premiere of an opera performance of the novel ‘Rummelplatz’ by the Karl-Marx-Stadt writer Werner Bräunig, accompanied by a conference on the topic taking place in the university library, as well as a travelling exhibition ‘Faces of Wismut’, which will be on display in the university library in September/October 2025. The series will kick off in the University Library's IdeenReich on 12 March 2025.
Project website: Wismut Network Chemnitz 2025
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Wismut Network | Photo: UAC 502/10229, nordpark GmbH/ Christian von Stackelberg
Contact:
Stephan Luther (Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz)
0371 / 531…
stephan.luther@…
Soundscapes of Europe
2025
2025
Faculty of Humanities in cooperation with MeTech
Chemnitz in Layers I: Soundscapes of Europe
The project "Chemnitz in Layers I: Soundscapes of Europe" consists of two sub-projects that reflect on the opportunities and risks of the current automation of intellectual and creative work. The results of these sub-projects will be documented on a media art website and can be "composed" into layers of any complexity (Soundscapes of Europe).
- "Soundscapes of Europe: Babelmanufaktur" involves the use of ChatGPT4o for score production and the generation of AI performers for all European languages.
- "Soundscapes of Europe: Babel 1" (1998/2025, language composition by E. Fricke). Concerts and concert installations with human and AI performers as a result of the Babel Factory (“Babelmanufaktur”).
Project website: Chemnitz in Layers I: Soundscapes of Europe
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Soundscapes of Europe
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Ellen Fricke (Professur Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft, Semiotik und Multimodale Kommunikation)
0371 / 531…
ellen.fricke@…
Love in Times of Hate?
2025
2025
Faculty of Humanities
Love in Times of Hate?
Contact:
Marten Henning (Deutsche Literatur- und Sprachgeschichte des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit)
marten.henning@…
