The sixth edition of the event series looks at a fundamental aspect of human existence: Culture.

The sixth edition of the event series looks at a fundamental aspect of human existence: Culture.

Nach 18 Jahren an der Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik sowie in diversen Funktionen in der Universität scheidet Prof. Dr. Hans-Rudolf Meier zum Ende des Sommersemesters 2025 aus dem aktiven Universitätsbetrieb aus. Er verabschiedet sich am 9. Juli mit einer Vorlesung »(M)Ein halbes Jahrhundert ›Zukunft unserer Vergangenheit‹«.

Since the beginning of the year, Christian Tischner has led the Thuringian Ministry of »Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur«. He is currently on a tour engaging in discussions with numerous educational and cultural sites, including: kindergartens, schools and universities, institutes, foundations, cultural organisations, and other associations. The tour brought him to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar on Friday, 6 June 2025, which was also his first visit to the university. For nearly two hours, the Minister met with the Presidential Board, who has assembled an ambitious and comprehensive programme that presented the university as an institution that is working on important topics for the future beyond its core subject areas.

The BAUHAUS4EU European University Alliance will be holding its first forum from 11 to 13 June in Castelo Branco, Portugal. In addition to the ten participating universities, important partners from the region have also been invited. The forum is intended to strengthen cooperation at regional level, enable exchange with various European University Alliances, and offer a space for efficient working sessions in small groups and at all levels. Around 200 attendees are expected. President Prof. Peter Benz, Chancellor Dr. Horst Henrici and other senior staff from the departments, faculties, and project teams at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be travelling to Portugal for the event.

Since 1 March 2025, Prof. Schmutz has been Professor of Building Morphology at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Unsere Umwelt endet nicht an der Haustür oder dem Gartentor. Sie überschreitet Stadtgrenzen, erstreckt sich in digitale Netzwerke und formt sich mit jedem Klick neu. Sie ist sowohl physisch als auch digital, analog und vernetzt − und damit zugleich sozialer Raum, politisches Spielfeld und ökologischer Einflussfaktor. In der Lehrveranstaltung »Digitale Umwelten: Die Rolle des öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunks in veränderten digitalen Informations- und Kommunikationsräumen« untersuchen Jun.-Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rösch (Fakultät Medien), Maxi-Josephine Rauch (Fakultät Medien) und Dr. Markus Seifert (Universität Erfurt), ob und wie der öffentlich-rechtliche Rundfunk (ÖRR) dazu beitragen kann, neue gemeinwohlorientierte und demokratiefördernde Räume zu schaffen.

Our environment doesn’t stop at the front door or at the gate to the garden. It extends beyond city boundaries and into digital networks, reshaping itself with each click. It is both physical and digital, analogue and networked, a social space and at the same time a political playing field and ecological influence factor. In the »Digital Environments: The Role of Public Service Broadcasting in Transforming Digital Information and Communication Spaces« course, Jr. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rösch (Faculty of Media) and Dr. Markus Seifert (University of Erfurt) examine whether and how public service broadcasting (ÖRR) can contribute to creating new spaces that are organised around the common good and promote democracy.

In the 2024/2025 winter semester, three Visuelle Kommunikation (Visual Communication) students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar had the rare opportunity to get to know six women who were incarcerated at the Chemnitz Prison and to carry out a photography project together. The results of this project will be exhibited on the outside wall of the Chemnitz Prison starting on 13 June 2025.

In the 2024/2025 winter semester, three Visuelle Kommunikation (Visual Communication) students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar had the rare opportunity to get to know six women who were incarcerated at the Chemnitz Prison and to carry out a photography project together. The results of this project will be exhibited on the outside wall of the Chemnitz Prison starting on 13 June 2025.