CFF program winter semester 2025/26
Table of contents
On this page you will always find the latest information on the semester program, as changes/additions often occur after the publication of the respective semester program.
About the Center
The Centrum Frankreich | Frankophonie (CFF), founded at the end of 2017 and confirmed by the University Executive Board as a scientific institution of the TUD since October 2024, is broadly interdisciplinary and has members from numerous faculties, in addition to those from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, also from the Faculties of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Medicine and Mechanical Engineering.
The CFF sees itself as a
¨ A place for German-Francophone scientific and cultural exchange
¨ Contact point for international cooperation
¨ imparting expertise on francophone cultural areas.
It cooperates with the DRESDEN-concept partners, supports the "Culture and Societal Change" Research Priority Area and contributes to the visibility of TU Dresden's international relations.
Structured promotion of early-career researchers takes place within the framework of the Franco-German doctoral college "Construire les différences" / Collège doctoral franco-allemand "Construire les différences", funded by the Franco-German University in Saarbrücken.
The CFF is a founding member of the network of university France and Francophonie centers in Germany, an association of currently twelve academic centers that are committed to intensifying Franco-German university cooperation.
It also acts as an organizer and venue in the Literaturnetz Dresden.
Contact / Imprint
Postal address:
TU Dresden
Faculty SLK
Center France | Francophonie (CFF)
01062 Dresden
Visitor address:
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Center France | Francophonie (CFF) |
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+49 (0) 351 463 32038 (secretary's office) |
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cff_dresden[at]mailbox.tu-dresden.de |
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https://linkedin.com/company/centrum-frankreich-frankophonie-cff |
Image sources / Copyrights
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Flyer motif: Barbara A. Lane on Pixabay
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Reading by Fann Attiki: Institute français Dresden
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Literary exchange: Gerd Altmann on Pixabay
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Information event on studying in France: ENSA Strasbourg
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Lecture Dr. Laura Linzmeier: Kendra Pöhlmann
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Lecture Prof. Dr. Uta Felten: Agnes Varda, Cléo
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Lecture Prof. Dr. Jürgen Trabant: National Gallery, CC BY-NC-SA
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Lecture PD Dr. habil. Benjamin Peter: Benjamin Peter
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Design: Angelika Gleisberg (CFF)
Events fall / winter 2025/26
Reading and discussion
Fann Attiki "Cave 72"
Plakat Lesung und Gespräch mit dem Autor Fann Attiki "Cave 72" am 21. Oktober 2025.
As part of the 50th anniversary of the Dresden-Brazzaville town twinning, the author Fann Attiki from Brazzaville will be presenting his novel CAVE 72.
In Cave 72, a small bar in Brazzaville, four friends meet regularly to discuss God and the world over a beer. One day they become involved in a
conspiracy surrounding a former minister. The regime accuses them of plotting a terrorist coup. The country is thrown into turmoil...
Moderation: Dr. Torsten König (Institute of Romance Studies, Centrum Frankreich | Francophonie, TU Dresden)
Interpreting: Ralf Tauchmann
Book table: Leselust bookshop
In German and French
Admission free
WHEN? Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 19:00-20:30
WHERE? Institute français Dresden, Lingnerallee 3, 01069 Dresden
With the support of the state capital Dresden
In cooperation with Lenos Verlag, the Office for Books, Publishing and Libraries of the Institut français Deutschland and the Centrum Frankreich | Frankophonie of the TUD Dresden University of Technology.
The poster can be downloaded as a PDF under Poster_Fann Attiki_21.10.2025.pdf.
The flyer can be downloaded as PDF under Flyer_Fann Attiki_21.10.2025.pdf.
Note on photography:
CFF employees will be taking photos during this event. We will use the photos for our public relations work. By participating in the event, you consent to any photographs of you being used for publication on the CFF website and on our social media channels. In the case of photographs that focus on individual persons, the persons concerned have the right and the opportunity to inform the photographer at any time that they do not wish to be photographed.
Literature meetings
Lectures francophones - Meeting with reading ambassadors Dresden-Strasbourg
At the Institut français Dresden, TU Dresden students can meet the reading ambassadors from Dresden and Strasbourg to exchange ideas about francophone literature.
In small groups, members of the CFF and the ambassadors from Strasbourg will invite students to discuss selected texts of francophone literature.
Directly afterwards, from 18:00-20:00, the Institute français organizes the Speak Book Dating, where participants can exchange ideas about one of their favorite books in ever-changing groups of two (like real speed dating).
WHEN? Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 17:00-20:00
WHERE? Institute français Dresden, Lingnerallee 3, 01069 Dresden
MEETING
Soirée de jeux - French-German games evening
Dear French students,
Would you like to find a French tandem partner, have a little bit of France in Dresden or simply spend a nice evening? Then come to our Soirée franco-allemande, where we German French students would like to organize a games evening with French Erasmus students.
When: Monday, 08.12.2025, 7:30 pm
Where: Wiener Straße 48, ground floor, room 0.01
We are looking forward to seeing you!
À bientôt
Tobias et Morrigan
(Students teaching French)
Lecture
Dr. Laura Linzmeier (Regensburg): Français maritime? On the role of western French sailors and traders in the development of North American French
Plakat Vortrag Dr. Laura Linzmeier am 15.12.25; Copyrights: CFF; Foto: Kendra Pöhlmann
Sailors and traders had extensive networks on land and at sea. It is therefore hardly surprising that the linguistic activities of these communities of practice also transcended maritime and trade-related contexts.
The lecture will shed light on this with regard to Western French maritime stakeholders and their role in the development of North American French.
Dr. Laura Linzmeier will speak as part of the seminar "Langue et société au Québec" by PD Dr. Franz Meier.
Guests are welcome.
WHEN? Monday, December 15, 2025, 18:30-20:00
WHERE: Faculty SLK, Wiener Straße 48, 01219 Dresden, W48/Room 1.02
Information event
Study in France for engineers
As part of an initiative to intensify student exchange with French universities and colleges, the CFF is organizing an information event with representatives from Dresden and France as well as testimonials from engineering disciplines at TUD.
Among other things, information will be provided on study structures, funding opportunities and possible double degrees.
WHEN? Probably in January 2026.
WHERE: Specific information will be provided here in due course.
Lecture
Prof. Dr. Uta Felten (Leipzig): Flâneurs/Flâneuses. Urban protagonists and figures of thought in French cinema
Prof. Dr. Uta Felten, literary and cultural scholar at the University of Leipzig, is a renowned specialist in French film.
She will be speaking as part of the lecture "Cultural History of French Film" by Dr. Torsten König.
Guests are welcome.
WHEN? Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 13:00-14:30
WHERE? August-Bebel-Straße 20, House 94, 01219 Dresden, ABS/Room E011/H
Lecture
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Trabant (Berlin): The universality of French
What special features of the French language justify its claim to universality? And what consequences can be drawn from this? These questions will be the focus of the lecture.
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Trabant will speak as part of the lecture "The history of French: From dialect to world language" by PD Dr. BettinaLindorfer .
Guests are welcome.
WHEN: Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 14:50-16:20
WHERE: Andreas-Schubert-Bau, Zellescher Weg 19, 01069 Dresden, ASB/Room 0328
Lecture
PD Dr. Benjamin Peter (Kiel): AI and minorization processes using the example of French in the Acadia
Digital language data collections - the data basis of AI - create the impression that frequent structures represent "the" language per se, whereby minorized varieties are marginalized.
The example of Acadian French makes it clear that specific Acadian features are not simply "corrected" by AI in this context, but that an invisibilization of minority varieties takes place as a result.
PD Dr. Benjamin Peter will speak as part of the seminar "Langue et société au Québec" by PD Dr. Franz Meier.
Guests are welcome.
WHEN? Monday, January 26, 2026, 18:30-20:00
WHERE: Faculty SLK, Wiener Straße 48, 01219 Dresden, W48/Room 1.02
