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The Municipal Puppet Theater was located in the "Ancient Spinning Mill"-building in the period from 1955-1996. By the exhibition, this era shall be illustrated vividly, i.a. by original puppets in the showcases.
Date:
2026-04-15 until 2026-10-08Location:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, Ausstellungsbereich (1. Obergeschoss)Contact:
Stephan Luther Email PhoneMore Information:
The exhibition "Couleurs d'Erasmus" was designed by Campus France Germany on the occasion of the Erasmus Days in cooperation with the Institut francais Germany. It is the result of a photo competition between students who have participated in an Erasmus exchange to France and may be visited at the foyer of the University Library until July 20, 2026.
Date:
2026-06-29 until 2026-07-20Location:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, Foyer (Erdgeschoss)Contact:
Wolfgang Lambrecht Email PhoneOrganizer:
Zentrum für Fremdsprachen
On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition "Couleurs d'Erasmus", there will be a panel discussion between Isoline Rossi (Campus France Germany), Dr. Maria Worf (Managing Director of the Foreign Language Center), Dr. Andreas Rauch (Coodinator for French Language) and Dr. Wolfgang Lambrecht (Deputy Director of the University Library) about chances and perspectives of European Mobility as well as about study and life experiences in France.
Date:
2026-06-30, from 07:00 pmLocation:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, IdeenReich (Erdgeschoss)Contact:
Wolfgang Lambrecht Email PhoneOrganizer:
Zentrum für Fremdsprachen
In the period from August 31 to September 4, 2026, a touring exhibition regarding the German Parliament may be visited in the foyer of the University Library providing i.a. a virtual tour through the Parliament building by a 360°-orientation and interesting information regarding the German Parliament on 16 display boards and 10 monitors.
Date:
2026-08-31 until 2026-09-04, from 12:00 pmLocation:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, Foyer (Erdgeschoss)Contact:
Wolfgang Lambrecht Email PhoneMore Information:
Related to the scientific assessment of "Chemnitz Capital of Culture 2025", Chemnitz University of Technology invites to a panel discussion on the impacts of the year of Capital of Culture. The focus is put on questions regarding the societal change, particularly societal cohesion, democratic participation as well as the dealing with polarization. Which changes Chemnitz 2025 has initiated? Which expectations were completed - and which challenges still remain? Representatives of science, culture, politics and civil society discuss experiences, perspectives and the sustainable impact of the Capital of Culture on the city and the region.
All persons interested are welcome. We are looking forward to an intensive participation and exchange with everyone interested in the developments around Chemnitz 2025 or having been involved in them.
A prior registration is required by diskussionchemnitz2025@soziologie.tu-chemnitz.de
Date:
2026-09-03 until 06:00 pmLocation:
IdeenReich, Universitätsbibliothek ChemnitzContact:
Wolfgang Lambrecht Email PhoneOrganizer:
Professur Empirische Sozialforschung
This reading is part of a reading series organized within the "Year of Yewish Culture in Saxony (Tacheles)" happening at very different places at Chemnitz (libraries, museums, collections etc.) and telling about Yewish life today but also includes the past from different perspectives.
Date:
2026-09-16, from 07:00 pmLocation:
Universitätsbibliothek Chemnitz, IdeenReich (Erdgeschoss)Contact:
Wolfgang Lambrecht Email PhoneThe journalist and winner of the Grimme Online Award 2024 Susanne Siegert reads from its Spiegel-Bestseller „Rethinking remembrance“, in which she pleads for a new remembrance work focussing particularly on the responsibility of the successors of the delinquent generation. At the same time, she develops perspektives for an active, various post-witness culture of remembrance.
