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General studies

Studium Generale is a series of public, non-compulsory courses at the HWG LU, which take place on Tuesdays from 4.00 to 5.30 p.m. during the semester in the university auditorium on a wide variety of topics. The main theme of the lecture series is "Insights and Perspectives".

All lectures in the winter semester 2025/2026 will be offered in a hybrid format, i.e. online and in person with a limited number of places.

Please register with Ms. Annette Gramer by e-mail annette.gramer@ 8< SPAM protection, please remove >8 hwg-lu.de is absolutely necessary. The dial-in link for the online lecture will be announced one day before the first event.

General studies in the winter semester 2025/2026

07.10.2025: "Being human in the age of artificial intelligence", Prof. Dr. Ziad Mahayni, Professor of Applied Ethics,
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences

14.10.2025: "Individualized medicine - the promise of biotechnology", Dr. Dr. Saskia Biskup, Managing Partner CeGaT Tübingen

21.10.2025: "Theater - a relic from the past of the perspective for the present/future", Tilmann Gersch, Director of the Pfalzbaubühnen, Ludwigshafen am Rhein

28.10.2025: "The Romans are crazy!-What we can learn about Celts and Romans from Asterix & Obelix". Dr. Ulrich Karl, Association for the Promotion of the Roman Vicus, Eisenberg/Grünstadt

04.11.2025: "Will the market regulate the climate crisis? Society and economy in the age of ecological limits", Vicky Kluzik, Institute of Sociology, Goethe University Frankfurt a.M.

11.11.2025: "Stress test for democracy - the fight against disinformation and narratives", Daphne Wolter, Head of Democracy, Law and Political Parties Department, Konrad Adenauer Foundation

18.11.2025: "AI use in journalism - challenges and opportunities", Uwe Renners, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of "Die Rheinpfalz", Ludwigshafen am Rhein

25.11.2025: "Universe - time and space: the riddles of the beginning", Dr. Eduard Thommes, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Heidelberg

02.12.2025: "Living well in Germany - measuring our well-being and prosperity", Dr. Anna Daelen, Federal Institute for Population Research, Wiesbaden / Berlin

09.12.2025: "Of tax fraud, state failure and criminal networks", Prof. Dr. Christoph Spengel, Chair of Business Administration and Business Taxation, University of Mannheim

Contact

Prof. Dr. Dieter Thomaschewski

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Ernst-Boehe-Str. 4 – 6
67059 Ludwigshafen

+49 621 5203-191+49 621 5203-193