College of Humanities

New book investigates origins of Swiss patent system

Published:30.05.23 — Les débuts du système suisse des brevets d’invention (1873-1914) by Nicolas Chachereau, researcher at the College of Humanities’ (CDH) Laboratory for the History of Science and Technology (LHST), examines how Switzerland’s patent system began and what it meant for Swiss industry and innovation.

Three new EPFL artists-in-residence chosen for 2023

Published:26.05.23 — The Artist-in-Residence (AiR) program of EPFL’s College of Humanities (CDH) is pleased to announce Rosa Menkman (the Netherlands), Sarah Oppenheimer (USA), and Gary Zhexi Zhang (China/UK) as the three artists selected for the 2023 call of Enter the Hyper-Scientific.

“It sustains me to have this human exchange"

Published:16.05.23 — On May 22, a group of students and professional writers gathered together to hear works of fiction written by participants in the 2023 CDH-Culture creative writing workshop read aloud by actors from the Pôle d’Expression Théâtrale (PET). Author Elisa Shua Dusapin and student Thibault Rieben have been taking part in this workshop since its first year. Here, they discuss their impressions of teaching and participating in the workshop, and why they’ve both returned for a third time.