College of Humanities ‐ EPFL

Bringing together engineering and the humanities

The College of Humanities (CDH) encourages joint research and educational programs that combine the human and social sciences with engineering, life sciences, natural sciences and the other technical fields taught at EPFL. We work through a variety of teaching, research and public outreach programs as described below.

CDH in brief

This year our school has 74 employees, seven faculty members and 130 teachers, and offers 146 classes on a wide variety of topics. We are also home to two research centers – the Digital Humanities Institute (DHI) and the Institute for Area and Global Studies (IAGS) – as well as EPFL Pavilions and the CDH-Culture program, which puts on a range of artistic and cultural events.

Our teaching, research and public outreach activities are carried out using what we call a POLY-perspective approach based on the principles of:

cross-disciplinary thinking
big-picture awareness
responsible citizenship
creativity

Education at CDH

Research at CDH

Art, culture and society

News

CROSS funds three projects on responsible innovation

Published:26.11.21 — The Collaborative Research on Science and Society (CROSS) program in EPFL’s College of Humanities (CDH) is pleased to announce that it will fund three research projects for the year 2022, all on the theme of responsible innovation.

“The Heritage, Creativity and Innovation Nexus" © Virginie Martin/EPFL CDH

Reframing the role of creativity in cultural heritage

Published:22.11.21 — From November 4-6, College of Humanities (CDH) researchers Florence Graezer Bideau and Peter Bille Larsen organized “The Heritage, Creativity and Innovation Nexus”: an interdisciplinary workshop that invited international participants to develop a new theoretical framework for understanding contemporary production of cultural heritage.

SHS Prize 2020-2021: a more sustainable path for e-waste

Published:11.11.21 — The annual Social and Human Sciences (SHS) Prize has been awarded to a team of four master students for their semester project, which retraces the complex (and often destructive) routes travelled by computers, cell phones, and other electronics after they’ve been discarded in favor of the latest model.

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ArtLab EPFL - photo Adrien Barakat — ArtLab EPFL – photo Adrien Barakat

EPFL Pavilions

EPFL Pavilions website

EPFL Pavilions, located in the middle of EPFL’s Lausanne campus, consists of three pavilions that bring together art, research and technology. The exhibitions held by EPFL Pavilions explore the many ways that digital technology and engineering are changing the way we experience art and our cultural heritage. Entry free of charge.

CDH events

Atelier de réécriture de jeu vidéo

27-11-202127-11-2021

Place and room: AAC 1 08
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Tree Line Curve – art installation by Claudia Comte

07-10-202124-04-2022

With: Claudia Comte, artiste
Place and room: Rolex Learning Center (extérieur)
Category: Exhibitions

Round Table COMMENT SAVOIR ? : Sciences, quel pouvoir face à l'incertitude?

30-11-202130-11-2021

With: Christine Clavien, docteure en philosophie, éthicienne à la Faculté de médecine de l’UNIGE Sabine Süsstrunk, informaticienne et présidente du Conseil Suisse de la Science Lê Nguyen Hoang, chercheur au Laboratoire d’algorithmique réparti et responsable de la médiation scientifique à l’EPFL Thierry Lhermitte, comédien, amateur de mathématiques et d’informatique et parrain de la Fondation pour la recherche médicale
Place and room: Cafétéria Niki (ex ELA)
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Tech4Dev Impact Lunch: Global South Research Community for EPFL researchers

30-11-202130-11-2021

Place and room: EPFL Innovation Park, K-NOVA
Category: Conferences – Seminars

DH Research Seminar by Frank Hentschel

02-12-202102-12-2021

With: Frank Hentschel
Place and room: By Zoom
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/65126902495
Category: Conferences – Seminars

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Newsletter

The newsletter of the College of Humanities appears approximately every two months. It includes upcoming events, the latest news, as well as various news about collaborators and current projects.