27 November 2025
Meet and Exchange with UCF Alumni – Join Us!
How can I shape my profile? What does life after LAS look like? Insights with Elisa, Yuping, Radu, Denicia, and Julia & UCF staff11 December, 6–8 pm online
Christmas at the End of the World
4 and 5 December at 20:00
Hörsaal Fahnenbergplatz
Dive into the Arts Liberated Improv Theatre Extravaganza “Christmas at the End of the World”.
20 November 2025
Spiele Spielen – Gedanken zum Umgang mit Spieldingen
On 26 November, Natascha Adamowsky (Passau) will give a talk in German examining the playground in the context of the aesthetics and media history of play.
10 November 2025
UCF Merch Run 2025/26
New merch is here, including little guy logo, sweaters, hats, bags… Place your orders by 16 November!
5 November 2025
The Past at Play and Lessons from 5000Years of Play
On 12 November, Aris Politopoulos (Leiden) brings together views from play in the past as well as playful experiences with the past today.
30 October 2025
Science Fiction Double Feature
“It’s beyond me… Help me, mommy!” Arts Liberated Production coming up on 31 October and 1, 3, 4 November. Science has never been so sexy!
24 October 2025
Festkolloquium for Prof. Hans-Joachim Gehrke
“Konflikt, Bildung und Gesellschaft” on Thursday, 30 October, starting at 14:15 in the University Aula (Kollegiengebäude I)
The Second World War in Chinese Video Games
In the series “PLAY NOW”, Bingbing Shi is giving a talk on The Second World War in Chinese Videogames on 29 October.
23 October 2025
Deutschlandfunk on Liberal Arts and Sciences
The contribution by UCF alum Finn Gessert discusses background, features, and examples of LAS; including an interview with Prof. Frieder Vogelmann.
20 October 2025
The Jack – Open Call
The Jack Mag invites you to “Play”! Submissions can include essays, poetry, photography, collages, visual brainstorms, art… Deadline: 2 November.
14 October 2025
Congratulations to the 2025 LAS Graduates!
On Friday, 10 October, UCF celebrated the tenth graduating cohort in a fun and heartwarming ceremony and student-organized reception.
25 September 2025
Minister Petra Olschowski at Alte Uni
Science Minister Petra Olchowski discusses questions of interdisciplinary higher education with UCF and is now a proud bearer of the iconic green LAS bag!
The talk is cancelled due to illness – we are working on an alternative date.22 October 2025
Talk by Dr. Arno Görgen
The lecture series “PLAY NOW” starts 22 October with the talk “Of Monsters, Men, and Systems”.
2 October 2025
Start of the Welcome Week, start of the Winter Semester
We are getting ready for the Winter Semester. And we are set to welcome a new cohort of LAS students at UCF!
24 September 2025
New special issue on anti-populism
UCF researcher Seongcheol Kim has co-edited “An Anti-Populist Moment?” for the Politische Vierteljahresschrift/German Political Science Quarterly.
25 August 2025
“The City of the Future” – LAS Student Conference
Our LAS colleagues in Gießen are hosting a conference: “City of the Future” November 21–23. Participation is free of charge. Registration is open until 1 November!
12 August 2025
LAS Course Catalog WS 2025-26
The Liberal Arts and Sciences Course Catalog for the Winter Semester 2025-26 is now online!
17 July 2025
LAS student zines on colonial memory politics
LAS students produced zines centered around the question “Can Europe come to terms with its colonial past?”
LAS Pre-Semester Course Catalog WS 2025-26
As we are hosting a rather large number of pre-semester courses in September / October 2025, we have published a pre-semester course catalog!
Workshop: Is that so? Truth and Falsity in Feminist Epistemologies
6–7 August 2025
Location: Peterhof, Room 4
Ferdinand Sutterlüty in conversation with Sabine Flick and Frieder Vogelmann
29 July 2025
Location: jos fritz Buchhandlung
10 July 2025
Erasmus Prize 2025 winners
Congratulations to Prof. Axel Bohmann and Nicolas Blaue, recipients of the Erasmus Prize! The ceremony included an inspiring lecture from philosopher Prof. Axel Honneth.
LAS Application Deadline is 15 July. And join us at our 2025 Open Days!
Learn more about the LAS Program, meet staff and students at UCF, get to know UCF and the city of Freiburg – live at UCF and online!
18 June 2025
New Postdoctoral Researcher | Project Head (DFG project)
Dr. Seongcheol Kim joined the team at the Professorship in Epistemology and Theory of Science.
Arts Liberated Presents: LEAR
A William Shakespeare Adaptation by Arts Liberated.21, 22, 23, 28, and 30 June 2025, 7:30pmTheatersaal Alte Uni, Bertoldstr. 17.Entry Fee: 5 Euros
The Jack is back! Launch party on July 1
July 1, 6:00pm
UCF courtyard
The UCF Student Magazine: The Jack has returned and we want to celebrate that with you!
Meet the LAS interns!
June 27, 4:00 – 6:00pm
Max-Kade-Auditorium II
Come hear about the great interships and practical projects LAS Students have done!
16 June 2025
Registration for EPICUR courses now open!
Applications for EPICUR Autumn/Winter 2025/26 courses are now open from 10 June to 27 June (or 15 September for most courses)!
19 May 2025
UCF Lecturer Sheds Light on EU-Russia Parliamentary Relations
Mila Mikalay presented two papers on EU-Russia parliamentary discourse at the European Union Studies Association conference in Philadelphia.
28 May 2025
Last in-person open day of 2025!
Meet staff and students at UCF and Learn more about the LAS Program live in Freiburg at our last in-person open day on June 6!
15 May 2025
LFK Media Prize 2025 for LAS students
For their film “Kampf um den Dietenbachwald”, Leonie Zwiessler and Anna Tsedik were awarded the LFK Media Prize 2025 in the young talent category!
2 May 2025
Summer Semester General Assembly on 8 May
Do you like assemblies?Do you like when they are general?Then join the LAS GA on 8 May at 13:00 at Peterhofkeller!
8 April 2025
EPICUR Course Proposals 2025/26
EPICUR is looking for courses for the Autumn/Winter 2025/26 semester. International visibility – diverse classrooms – professional development in EPICUR!
20 March 2025
“Alternative Futures, Possible Presents”
Call for Contributions and Participation – Liberal Arts Undergraduate Symposium at the University of Bristol on 20 May 2025
17 March 2025
Learn more about LAS at the Freiburger Hochschultag!
We will present the LAS Program at the Freiburger Hochschultag on 4 April, 16:15 in HS 1134. Registration deadline is 31 March – Join us!
11 March 2025
Science – Technology – Society: Call for Proposals
We are looking for course ideas for the Winter Semester 2025/26! If you have an idea for an interdisciplinary course, let us know!
27 February 2025
LAS Summer Semester Course Catalog
Course Catalog for Summer Semester 2025 is out! AI, Bicycle, Crime, DNI, Diplomacy, Energy, Music, Neuroscience, Peace, Software – and much more!
21 February 2025
EPICUR Summer Programmes
The application campaign for the EPICUR 2025 Summer Programmes is open from 17 February to 10 March 2025!
19 February 2025
New UCF Website Online!
We have relaunched the UCF website and invite you to explore our new pages and learn more about UCF and the LAS Program!
17 February 2025
New ESS Coordinators / Lecturers
Learn more about Dr. Hanna Helander and Maiara Gonçalves-Wintermantel and their take on the Environmental and Sustainability Sciences.
No Drama, Please!
14, 15, 17, 21, 22 February at 19:00 at TheaterFISTung
(Friedrichstraße 39)
Surtitles in German and English, free admission! Book your ticket NOW!
Upcoming at UCF
Meet Bruno, the Campus Dog!
Are you stressed out? Worried about exams? Do you simply love dogs? Meet Bruno on 20 and 27 January, 3 and 10 February, 12–13.
Book presentation “Feministische Epistemologien”
9 January 2025, 18:00-20:00
Prof. Dr. Frieder Vogelmann and Dr. Katharina Hoppe will present their edited volume “Feministische Epistemologien” in a round-table discussion with Prof. Dr. Sabine Flick and Dr. Marion Mangelsdorf.
