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Note to our students: With appropriate reflection and documentation, attendance at the Studium Generale lectures (excluding the concert) can count toward up to 3 ethics credits on your Ethics Certificate. Further information can be found here.
Best regards,
Your STUDIUM GENERALE TEAM
Prof. Dr. Frauke Sander & Prof. Dr. Nadine Walter
- April 15, 2026: Prof. Dr. Mathias Jucker: “Alzheimer’s – Research Against Forgetfulness”
- March 25, 2026: Marie-Theres Braun: “Persuading People – The Power of Cooperative Communication”
- November 19, 2025: Christoph Heusgen: “Wars, Crises, Conflicts: New Paths for German Foreign Policy”
- November 12, 2025: Peter Holzwarth: Organized Crime – Underestimated Risk or Media Myth?
- April 24, 2024: Uwe Schneidewind: “Urban Art of the Future: Designing Sustainable Cities”
- December 6, 2023: Prof. Dr. Hanno Beck: “Happiness—What Really Matters in Life”
- November 23, 2022: Professor Dr. Mario Schmidt: Is Pforzheim, the “City of Gold,” also the “Capital of Recycling”? The Origin and Whereabouts of Gold
- December 7, 2022: Dr. Dr. h.c. Heiner Bielefeldt: A Misunderstood Human Right? Current Debates on Religious Freedom
- November 25, 2021: Prof. Dr. Theo Wehner: Do you ever sleep, or are you constantly busy?
History of the STUDIUM GENERALE
Since 1985, Pforzheim University has been inviting students, professors, staff, and interested guests from the city and the surrounding region to an engaging STUDIUM GENERALE program. The speakers are renowned scholars, entrepreneurs, politicians, artists, and individuals who have achieved extraordinary things. Hundreds of interested listeners repeatedly take advantage of the opportunity to engage with a wide variety of topics, to broaden their horizons, to learn new, stimulating, and sometimes even thought-provoking things, and to experience fascinating personalities up close. Since October 2020, all lectures can be conveniently followed from home or anywhere via a live stream on the STUDIUM GENERALE YouTube channel, and the recording remains available for viewing for about four weeks. You are all cordially invited to the STUDIUM GENERALE at your university!
The academic directors are Professors Dr. Frauke Sander and Dr. Nadine Walter.
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