College of Humanities

“My experience in the classroom feeds into the research I do”

Published:20.01.23 — Her knowledge of China is what opened the door for her at EPFL. Florence Graezer Bideau, a senior scientist and senior lecturer at EPFL’s College of Humanities, is a firm believer in the benefits of an anthropological approach. She even uses it in her teaching – and apparently successfully, as she was named best teacher in the humanities and social sciences (SHS) programme for 2022.

“Video games have become an aspect of our culture”

Published:10.01.23 — Selim Krichane, a co-founder of the EPFL-UNIL GameLab and a scientist at EPFL’s College of Humanities (CDH), has channeled his energy into establishing video-game studies as an academic discipline in its own right.

Understanding improvisation through music, neuroscience & psychology

Published:01.12.22 — What does it mean to improvise? That’s the question the Music Art Sculpt project has set out to answer, through an experimental concert followed by a panel discussion with experts in neuroscience, psychoanalysis, architecture, the arts and philosophy. The concert will take place at the EPFL Rolex Learning Center Forum at 8pm on Saturday, 10 December.