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    Cultural Analysis Now!

    What does it mean to read (now)? Artificial intelligence and new media are changing the conditions of reading and raising new questions about our practices and strategies.

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Shaping the Future

Seven faculties, over 150 departments and more than 200 study programs: benefit from the interdisciplinary and pioneering spirit of Switzerland’s largest university.
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Education at the Cutting-Edge

The teaching at UZH is varied, dynamic and high quality, designed to meet the needs of a rapidly changing society with innovation and creativity.
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Research Excellence

Imagination, daring, patience and determination are vital to shed light on scientific unknowns and make breakthrough discoveries. For this, freedom and space to reflect and question are required.
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Exhilarating Variety

UZH encompasses a huge breadth of differing but mutually stimulating perspectives, ways of thinking and academic milieus. Our knowledge and findings are made to be shared: let yourself be inspired.
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Public Events

Lectures, guided tours, panel discussions – find out what our researchers are working on in our public events.
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News

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Why progress still matters

Is Europe caught in a structural growth crisis? Will AI spark a new productivity paradigm or disrupt markets? The annual “Forum of Economic Dialogue” of the UBS Center for Economics in Society is examining what drives economic growth and what it is worth.
Monday, 26 October, 3:30pm (Live stream)
Natalie Amiri

Middle East – Quo Vadis?

Die Buchautorin und Nahost-Expertin Natalie Amiri analysiert die aktuelle Lage zwischen Krieg, Repression, Deal und Chaos. Vortrag am Schweizerischen Institut für Auslandforschung (SIAF). Vor Ort oder via Live-Stream.
Tuesday, 27 October, 6:30pm
CHESS-Visual: Vernetzte Punkte

CHESS Lecture: Digitale Souveränität im Hochschulumfeld

Was steckt hinter dem Begriff, der nun weit oben auf der wirt­schaft­lichen, gesell­schaft­lichen und poli­tis­chen Agenda steht? Matthias Stürmer von der BFH erläutert die Aus­wir­kungen auf die Hoch­schulen und die wissen­schaftliche Praxis.
Wednesday, 4 November, 5:15pm

Current Events

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    09:00 Uhr
    Creuser des passés connectés - Une rencontre interdisciplinaire en histoire africaine / Unearthing Connected Pasts - An Interdisciplinary Meeting in African History
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  • Today
    08:30 Uhr
    We do care: Alles im Kopf haben müssen: Was der Mental Load für Wissenschaftler:innen mit Pflegeverantwortung bedeutet
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  • Today
    14:15 Uhr
    Stadttaube im Fokus: Einblicke in Biologie, Management und Krankheiten
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  • Today
    16:15 Uhr
    Tugend als Ordnung. Repräsentationen von Frauen im Frühislam und deren Wandel
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  • Today
    18:15 Uhr
    Phantastic Images and Where to Find Them (and How to Deal with Them) / Journals as Curators Rather than Publishers
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  • Today
    18:15 Uhr
    Understanding Internal Displacement in Ukraine: Between Housing and Employment
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  • Today
    18:30 Uhr
    «Middle East – Quo Vadis?», Vortrag von Natalie Amiri am Schweizerischen Institut für Auslandforschung (SIAF)
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Public Lecture Series

“Truth and Lies”, “Fake Science”, or “Language and Power”: You are invited to the “Ringvorlesungen” of the fall semester. Free of charge, no registration required. Until 17 December.
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Paola Cerrito

Understanding Human Beings

What makes us human? Researchers have been grappling with this question for centuries. In the latest issue of the UZH Magazin, researchers from different fields across the university offer their answers.
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Planning to Join Us from Abroad?

The University of Zurich is home to students and staff from over 120 countries. Find out more about our diverse and inspiring learning, research and working environment.
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