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The world relies as never before on science and technology – not only to function, but also to build a sustainable future. This cannot be achieved without placing scientific and technological innovation into context. The College of Humanities promotes the interaction of research in the social and human sciences with engineering, architecture, life sciences, basic sciences, and computer science.

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Sarah Kenderdine in Sanchi, India © Leo Meier

"We want to create a narrative out of all the heterogeneous data"

— Summer series: A calling for research. Sarah Kenderdine, head of the Laboratory for Experimental Museology in the College of Humanities, has spent the last four years tracing, photographing, and digitally reconstructing the seldom-told story of Buddhism’s maritime spread across Asia.

Morphology of Lausanne in 1721 © EPFL-CDH/Bianchi Irene

SHS program announces new master's courses for fall 2020

— CDH’s Social and Human Sciences (SHS) program is offering three new master’s courses for the 2020/2021 academic year, two of which are also open to students from the University of Lausanne (UNIL) as part of a new joint initiative.

The cover of the annual report © CDH

CDH publishes first annual report

— The College of Humanities (CDH) has the pleasure to announce the publication of its first annual report for the year 2019, in both paper and PDF formats and in both English and French. 

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Education at CDH

Students in front of the Rolex Learning Centre at EPFL

Social and Human Sciences (SHS)

More than 150 courses offered to all EPFL students

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Two students looking at images from the past and the present

Master in Digital Humanities

A wide range of specialized fields to do projects in: musicology, social media, litterature, arts, user experience, history, and more..!

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Minor in Sciences, Technologies and Area Studies (STAS)

Project-based learning with fieldwork abroad

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Research at CDH

Digital Humanities Institute (DHI)

World class interdisciplinary research in digital humanities with a local and global perspective

DHI website

Institute for Area and Global Studies (IAGS)

Research exploring the socio-political, cultural, economic, and technological dimensions of global phenomenons

IAGS website

Collaborative Research on Science and Society (CROSS)

UNIL-EPFL research projects exploring contemporary socio-technical challenges

CROSS website

CDH Events

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A utopian vision of futuristic cities

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Rolex Learning Center, the College of Humanities (CDH) culture program will present an exhibition dedicated to the architecture of futuristic and utopian cities. The reproductions on…

09-09-202023-11-2020

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

Lang/Baumann – Up #4

17-06-202012-12-2020

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

A.Hertzog

Simple guidelines for online teaching

18-08-202018-08-2020

With: Annechien Sarah Helsdingen, Christian Robert Vonarburg; Matthew Goodman
Category: Internal trainings

A.Herzog

Recording lectures from home and re-using your videos

18-08-202018-08-2020

With: Annechien Sarah Helsdingen; Christian Robert Vonarburg, Gwénaël Bocquet; Matthew Goodman, Gilles Raimond
Category: Internal trainings

Instructions simples pour l'enseignement en ligne

20-08-202020-08-2020

With: Gwénaël Bocquet, Christian Robert Vonarburg, Annechien Sarah Helsdingen; Gilles Raimond, Magali Croci
Category: Internal trainings

Enregistrer des conférences à domicile et réutiliser vos vidéos.

20-08-202020-08-2020

With: Annechien Sarah Helsdingen, Gwénaël Bocquet, Christian Robert Vonarburg; Gilles Raimond, Magali Croci
Category: Internal trainings

students working on exercises

Piazza for Online Exercises

27-08-202027-08-2020

With: Roland Tormey
Place and room: online
Category: Conferences – Seminars

hernani

Interactive Teaching when Streaming

07-09-202007-09-2020

With: Siara Isaac
Category: Conferences – Seminars

students working on exercises

Piazza for Online Exercises

08-09-202008-09-2020

With: Roland Tormey
Place and room: online
Category: Conferences – Seminars

A utopian vision of futuristic cities

09-09-202023-11-2020

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