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25.09.2025 | Frankfurt am Main
Conference, Conference

Historical science in dialog

Symposium and multiplier event for the subject of history at German preparatory colleges

 

Program:

Thursday, 25.9.2025

11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Welcome to Frankfurt!
Guided tour of the Westend campus. Visit to the Fritz Bauer Institute

2-4 p.m.
History teaching at the Studienkollegs
Torsten Riotte: Between academic propaedeutics, regional studies and political education. Teaching history at the Studienkolleg Frankfurt

4-6 p.m.
How do students learn today?
Josef Memminger: An empirical project from subject didactics: explanatory videos in the subject of history

Friday, 26.9.2025

8:30-10 a.m.
Innovation in teaching? Presentation of teaching projects

10-12 a.m.
Christian Müller: Innovation in research: A research project on the history of food supplements

12-13 h
Anderas Fahrmeir: Discussion round: Lost in translation? On the exchange between subject-specific science and didactics

3-4 p.m.
Marianne Kröger: The house “Bockenheimer Landstraße 76”. Guided tour through the Studienkolleg

Conclusion of the conference

Contact and registration: t.riotte@em.uni-frankfurt.de

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