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Chair of History of Technology and Economy

experience now Chair of History of Technology and Economy

News from the Chair

ABS Hörsaal von vorn © Nils Eisfeld
Oct 08, 2025
Vorlesungen in Orientierungs- und Erweiterungsmodu­len
Source: News
Bild von Hannes Ziegler © Hannes Ziegler
Oct 07, 2025
Inaugural lecture by Prof. Dr. Hannes Ziegler
Source: News
Blick in den Hörsaal © Amac Garbe
Sep 17, 2025
Studienstart Wintersemester 2025-26
Source: News
More News

Events from the Institute of History

Oct 22 2025
Vortrag: Ein guter Deal oder: Was kostet der Fluss?
Oct 23 2025
Vortrag: Bücher als Massen­ware?
Oct 24 2025
Vortrag: Das Marie-Curie-Phäno­men
Oct 27 2025
ProbeVL: Spielarten des Heavy Metal zwis­chen sub­vers­iver Ju­gendkultur und polit­ischer Bewe­gung
Oct 29 2025
Vortrag: Ohne Nase kein Genuss!
Oct 29 2025
Vortrag: Die Ruhe ohne Sturm.
Further Events

Current News

Lufttransport von Rindern © Bildarchiv der ETH Zürich
The courses of the winter term.

Here you can find out about the courses offered by the Chair in the winter term 2024/2025.
Kaffee und Bleistift © fancycrave
Tech­nikgeschichte über Mittag

Für die Veranstaltungsreihe "Technikgeschichte über Mittag" gibt es einen neuen OPAL-Kurs.

Tür des Instituts © Hagen Schönrich
Supervision

Here you will find an overview of the theses supervised by Prof. Dr. Gisela Hürlimann.
Aufgeschlagenes Buch © Stasys EIDIEJUS
Aktuelle Publika­tionen

Eine Liste der aktuellen Publikationen des Lehrstuhls
Blogbild neu © Anna Mattern
The TGWG Blog

The chair now has a blog on Hypotheses: the TGWG Dresden blog.

Berlin Alexanderplatz 1903 © unbekannt/wikicommons

Technical and economic history

Welcome to the homepage of the Chair of History of Technology and Economy!

The Chair was newly established at TU Dresden on September 1, 2021 and succeeds the former Chair of History of Technology and Science of Technology.

On the following pages you will find information about the holder and team of the Chair of Technology and Economy, the profile and our contributions to research and teaching at the Institute of History at the TUD Dresden University of Technology.

Insight

Picturephone Lady bird © Courtesy of AT&T Archives and History Center
Owner

Here you will find information about Prof. Dr. Gisela Hürlimann, her research interests, publications and her supervision services.
Leitungen bei einem Flugzeug © Jan Vernee
Team and senior professor

The professorship team and the senior professor introduce themselves.
Schreibmaschine, Laptop © Glenn Carstens-Peters
Office and contact

Here you will find the office, visitor and postal addresses and contact details.