College of Humanities

EPFL students envision the 2039 edition of the Fête des Vignerons

Published:16.05.19 — As the 2019 Fête des Vignerons prepares to kick off this summer, EPFL students presented on Tuesday their concepts for the 2039 edition of this winegrowers’ festival, a major local event held every 20 years in Vevey. The students' proposals, drawn up as part of a week-long interdisciplinary program co-led by College of Humanities (CDH) senior scientist and lecturer Florence Graezer Bideau, echo the values their generation holds dear: decentralized, sustainable and social. 

'Parcels of Venice' project wins SNSF support

Published:14.05.19 — College of Humanities (CDH) Professor Frederic Kaplan, head of the Venice Time Machine project (VTM), and VTM Project Coordination Manager Isabella di Lenardo have won CHF 700,000 in funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for a project that aims to bring a new dimension to two centuries’ worth of spatial and population data from the city of Venice.

CDH Global Issues course featured in sustainable development report

Published:26.04.19 — The first EPFL Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) report features the College of Humanities (CDH) Global Issues program as a “best practice” for the goal of quality education.