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The exhibition ‘Inventor Culture in Chemnitz and the Region’, which can be seen from 3 March to 30 September 2025 in the exhibition area on the 1st floor, proves that many innovations originate from the local industrial region. Significant inventions from the Chemnitz industrial region and their protection under patent, utility model, trade mark and design law will be presented.
Date:
2025-03-03Location:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, Ausstellungsbereich (1. Obergeschoss)Further information on the competition can be found in the associated TUCaktuell.
Date:
2025-05-27Contact:
Angela Malz Email PhoneThe event will be happening on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Chemnitz architect, scientist and inventor Frei Otto (1925-2015). His ideas and concepts regarding construction in harmony with nature are in light of the current ecological challenges today more crucial than ever.
In order to honor this commitment and to take account of the pluralism of Otto’s concepts and images of nature, a new book has been published by saal – Archive for Architecture and Construction Engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology which, during the event organized in cooperation with the Arts Collections and the City of Chemnitz, shall not only be presented but also discussed with junior bureaus of architecture and qualified reviewers.
More information and registration
Date:
2025-05-31, from 01:00 pmLocation:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, IdeenReich (Erdgeschoss)Contact:
Wolfgang Lambrecht Email PhoneThe six university archives from Chemnitz, Halle, Jena, Leipzig, Magdeburg and Weimar have collaborated on the design of an exhibition on the last year of study in the GDR in 2024. A total of 35 exhibition panels will be shown as a traveling exhibition at all six university locations.
As many facets of student life as possible are to be presented for the last year of study during the GDR era. This ranges from admission and enrolment, study plans and organization, lecture halls, laboratories and libraries, leisure and culture, political indoctrination within and by the SED, FDJ, GST, military training and civil defence, internationalization and the placement of graduates.
The exhibition is designed as a traveling exhibition, was opened in Magdeburg in October 2024 and will be shown in Chemnitz from 03.06.2025.
Date:
2025-06-03Contact:
Angela Malz Email PhoneSpeaker:
Prof. Dr. Sören Urbansky
Professur für Osteuropäische Geschichte, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Dr. des. Martin Wagner
Professur für Geschichte Ost- und Ostmitteleuropas, Freie Universität Berlin
Registration:
Registration takes place via the homepage Politisches Bildungsforum Sachsen.
Date:
2025-06-10, 06:00 pm till 07:30 pmLocation:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, IdeenReich (Erdgeschoss)Organizer:
International Relations, Politisches Bildungsforum Sachsen Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Speaker:
Dr. Pierre Gottschlich
Universität Rostock, Institut für Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaften
Registration:
Registration takes place via the homepage Politisches Bildungsforum Sachsen.
Date:
2025-06-30, 06:00 pm till 07:30 pmLocation:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, IdeenReich (Erdgeschoss)Organizer:
International Relations, Politisches Bildungsforum Sachsen Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
Speaker:
Dr. Felix Heiduk
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, Berlin
Registration:
Registration takes place via the homepage Politisches Bildungsforum Sachsen.
Date:
2025-07-08, 06:00 pm till 07:30 pmLocation:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, IdeenReich (Erdgeschoss)Organizer:
International Relations, Politisches Bildungsforum Sachsen Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
On September 21, 2025, the Chemnitz Opera House will premiere the opera Rummelplatz – a musical theatre work based on Werner Bräunig’s novel of the same name, composed by Ludger Vollmer with a libretto by Jenny Erpenbeck.
As part of this project, a conference will be held in cooperation with Chemnitz University of Technology. This event will provide a platform for interdisciplinary exchange on the societal developments in the early GDR, with a particular focus on Soviet uranium mining in the Ore Mountains.
A special highlight is the science slam "From Atomic Power to Zonen Pop", for which short applications can be submitted until June 6, 2025.
The conference is aimed at researchers, students, and anyone interested in the historical and cultural exploration of this era.
Dates at a glance:
“Making of Rummelplatz” - With the production team of the world premiere
- September 19, 2025, Chemnitz Opera House, Theaterplatz 2 (time to be announced.)
“Rummelplatz oder Realität?” - Conference on the world premiere of “Rummelplatz”
Chemnitz University Library - IdeenReich, Straße der Nationen 33
- September 20, 2025, 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- September 21, 2025, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
“Von Atommacht bis Zonen-Pop” - Ein Science Slam zu “Rummelplatz”
Chemnitz University Library - IdeenReich, Straße der Nationen 33
- September 21, 2025, 17:30
World premiere of the opera “Rummelplatz”
Chemnitz Opera House, Theaterplatz 2
- September 21, 2025, 7:30 p.m.
Date:
2025-09-20Contact:
Stephan Luther Email PhoneFurther information will follow ...
Date:
2025-10-28, 07:30 pm till 10:00 pmLocation:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, IdeenReich (Erdgeschoss)Contact:
Ina Potts Email PhoneOrganizer:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, Professur Neuere Deutsche und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft, Fachschaftsrat der Philosophischen Fakultät
Further information will follow ...
Date:
2025-10-29, 06:00 pm till 07:30 pmLocation:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, IdeenReich (Erdgeschoss)Organizer:
International Relations, Politisches Bildungsforum Sachsen Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung e. V.
As part of the annual nationwide Read Aloud Day in November, there is a public book reading with Jaroslav Rudiš in the university library.
Date:
2025-11-14, 07:00 pm till 09:00 pmLocation:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, IdeenReich (Erdgeschoss)Contact:
Angela Malz Email PhoneOrganizer:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz
