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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

Claude Nicollier, Grand Témoin of the Global Issues course in 2021

Published:19.02.21 — Outstanding student projects in the Global Issues course will be recognized in a ceremony on March 2 with Claude Nicollier speaking as Grand Témoin.

Swiss video games preserved as part of cultural heritage

Published:12.02.21 — GameLab UNIL-EPFL and the Musée Bolo helped launch a new project, Pixelvetica, that seeks to showcase and preserve Switzerland’s video game heritage.

When all the sciences come together around the theme of UNCERTAINTY

Published:04.02.21 — The College of Humanities is launching a new project: “THEMA”. The idea is to explore a given concept for one year in a spirit of transdisciplinarity, through a range of events directed towards the EPFL community as well as a broader public. For the first round, the concept of “uncertainty” was selected.

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

EPFL Pavilions

Learn more about ArtLab

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 ArtLab 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

Inscriptions ouvertes – Atelier d’initiation au théâtre d’improvisation

01-02-202126-02-2021

With: Pool d’Impro du Poly, Collège des humanités
Category: Cultural events

Atelier d'écriture, écrire avec un écrivain – Inscriptions ouvertes

16-02-202111-03-2021

With: Parrainage des participants par les écrivains: Romain Buffat, Elisa Shua Dusapin, Thomas Flahaut, Joseph Incardona, Aude Seigne, Anne-Sophie Subilia
Category: Cultural events

Nature of Robotics: An Expanded Field

02-03-202125-04-2021

With: EPFL: Prof. Auke Ijspeert’s Biorobotics Laboratory (BioRob), Prof. Herbert Shea’s Soft Transducers Laboratory (LMTS), Prof. Selman Sakar’s MicroBioRobotic Systems (MICROBS) Laboratory, Prof Jamie Paik’s Reconfigurable Robotics Laboratory (RRL). Artistes: Haseeb Ahmed, Claudia Comte, Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Agnes Denes, Melissa Dubbin & Aaron S. Davidson, Urs Fischer, Basim Magdy, Jürg Lehni, Adrien Missika, Katja Novitskova, Trevor Paglen, Léa Pereyre & PATHOS, Jean Tinguely et Suzanne Treister
Place and room: EPFL pavilions
Category: Exhibitions

Claude Nicollier, Grand Témoin of the Global Issues course in 2021

02-03-202102-03-2021

With: Claude Nicollier, Pierre Dillenbourg, Béla Kapossy, Anne Laure Gannac (modération)
Place and room: Zoom Webinar
Online: https://epfl.zoom.us/s/89431494435
Category: Conferences – Seminars

Specialized Master’s Days 2021

09-03-202111-03-2021

Category: Conferences – Seminars

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.