The Volkshochschule Zürich is Zurich's first provider of cultural and scientific general education for adults. founded in 1920, it offers a wide range of courses from astronomy to philosophy, from psychology to politics and literature, always at an academic level. Its second mainstay is foreign languages. The portfolio is supplemented with movement, design and communication offers. Since summer 2019, the VHSZH has also been offering a professional course in "Literary Writing" as well as smaller offers in the field of writing. The VHS Zurich is accessible to everyone and is financially self-supporting.
Taking Claude Monet’s famous painting *Impression, soleil levant* (1872, Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris) as a starting point, this article traces the ...
29.10.2026
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Volkshochschule Zürich
Synthetic biology – the building blocks of life
Can we engineer life? Synthetic biology is attempting to do just that. Researchers are creating new biological systems, designing organisms with new ...
02.11.2026
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Volkshochschule Zürich
Humans and the Climate since the Modern Era
Since the modern era, humankind has been altering not only its environment but, increasingly, the Earth’s climate as well. This lecture series traces how ...
03.11.2026
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The Power of Algorithms
Five minutes. That is the average time it takes for TikTok to recommend misogynistic content to a 15-year-old – without them even searching for it. The ...
04.11.2026
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Volkshochschule Zürich
Sibling relationships
Sibling relationships often shape our lives more than we realise. This presentation highlights their significance and the typical roles that can be observed ...
04.11.2026
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Volkshochschule Zürich
Monasteries on a mission
The Desert Fathers continue to fascinate us to this day: who were those men and women who withdrew into the Egyptian desert in the 4th century? This lecture ...
