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As part of the Erasmus+ Teaching Staff Mobility program, the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology is pleased to welcome Dr. Hussein Ghaddar from the American University of Beirut (AUB) as a visiting lecturer in early February. He is invited by Prof. Dr. Georges Tamer and his Chair o...

From 26 to 30 January, Leighton Williams will be a guest at FAU and will give lectures in English at the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology on Māori culture, language, and Indigenous perspectives. Williams is a Senior Teaching Fellow at Te Tumu School of Māori, Pacific and Indigenous Studies at the University of Otago, New Zealand.

The Dean’s Office wishes you and your families a Merry Christmas and a peaceful holiday season. We would like to sincerely thank you for the pleasant cooperation and wish you health, success, and a good start to the year 2026. The Dean’s Office will be closed from 22 December 2025 to 5 January 2026 and will be available again from 7 January 2026.

The popular program FAUmentoring ARIADNEphil is starting its next round in April 2026! Until 10th February 2026, female doctoral and postdoctoral researchers, habilitation candidates and W1-Professorinnen from the Faculty of Humanities and Theology are invited to apply for the 18-month mentoring program.

AI models are able to derive the rules of human language without being provided with explicit information about grammar and word classes. This is the conclusion reached by researchers at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU). Their experiment corroborates the theory of cognitive l...

Around 60 students from numerous countries took part in Faculty Day 2025 organized by the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology– an inspiring start to the winter semester. A warm welcome to everyone!

Make connections right from the start and get all essential information! On 9 October 2025, the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology invites its new international students to Faculty Day – a welcome event full of practical information, networking opportunities, and insights into life at the Faculty. The event aims to give our new members a warm welcome, provide an overview of the Faculty’s structures and services, and create a platform for exchange and networking.

How can international human rights be defended at a time when their relevance is increasingly being questioned, even in principle? In his new book, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heiner Bielefeldt, Senior Professor of Human Rights at FAU, together with Prof. Dr. Daniel Bogner (University of Fribourg), calls for greater self-confidence in human rights. Despite all the challenges.

Together with partners, the Chair of Psychological Diagnostics, Methodology and Legal Psychology at FAU has set itself the goal of developing effective political education and prevention strategies against Israel-related anti-Semitism and Islamist radicalization in schools.

How does the UN work? What does the work of a diplomat look like? How do States resolve current conflicts of the world? If you are a student and find these questions interesting, FAUMUN is the perfect project for you. FAUMUN is the Model United Nations (MUN) project of the FAU. Students take on t...