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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 ArtLab 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

The winning projects focused on the economic policy of Chile, and the integration of migrants to Denmark. © Nataliya Hora_Shutterstock/MicroStockHub_iStock

2020 SHS Prize awarded to two student teams

Published:27.10.20 — The annual Social and Human Sciences (SHS) Prize has been awarded jointly to two teams of three master’s students in recognition of their exceptional term projects on sustainable economic policy in Chile, and on the impact of language requirements on migrant integration.

CROSS program funds four digital humanities projects

Published:26.10.20 — The Collaborative Research on Science and Society (CROSS) program in EPFL’s College of Humanities (CDH) is pleased to announce that it will fund four research projects for the year 2021, all on the theme of digital humanities.

Bordone's fieldwork focused on the post-industrial Ostiense neighborhood of Rome, Italy © Lucia Bordone

Lucia Bordone defends thesis on collective urban memory

Published:22.10.20 — On October 9th, socio-anthropologist Lucia Bordone defended her doctoral thesis, “Collective Memory and Space: Traces, Narratives, and Experiences around a Roman Urban Landscape”.

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ArtLab

Learn more about ArtLab

ArtLab, 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

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Lang/Baumann – Up #4

> Video of the perilous installation of the sculpture Up #4 The Swiss artist duo Lang/Baumann (L/B) was invited by the CDH-Culture to imagine and create a sculpture installed from June to December 2020 in a patio of…

17-06-202012-12-2020

With: Lang/Baumann, duo d’artistes suisses
Place and room: Patio extérieur du Rolex Learning Center
Category: Exhibitions

A utopian vision of futuristic cities

09-09-202014-12-2020

With: La Maison d’Ailleurs, musée de la science-fiction, de l’utopie et des voyages extraordinaires
Place and room: Hall du Rolex Learning Center
Category: Exhibitions

Games on Campus – Rencontre UNIL-EPFL autour du jeu vidéo

26-11-202026-11-2020

With: Estelle Doudet (UNIL), Selim Krichane (UNIL-EPFL), Phil Lopes (EPFL), Catherine Rolland et Raphaël Granier de Cassagnac (École Polytechnique Paris), Michel Schinz (EPFL)
Online: https://www.twitch.tv/clicgamestar
Category: Conferences – Seminars