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.
US foreign policy in the domestic cultural conflict
‘Politics stops at the coast’ was once regarded as the American consensus: no matter what the parties squabbled about in domestic politics, they drew up ...
09.11.2026
19:00
Volkshochschule Zürich
‘Illegible’: From scribbles to cryptography
We take it for granted that we can read texts. Yet the opposite phenomenon – illegibility – is more multifaceted than one might initially suppose. From ...
09.11.2026
19:00
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Volkshochschule Zürich
Beyond All Rules – Friedrich Glauser and Adolf Wölfli
Incapacitation, drugs and welfare shaped his life: Friedrich Glauser (1896–1938) was a morphine-addicted outsider who nevertheless produced magnificent ...
10.11.2026
19:00
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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 ...
10.11.2026
19:00
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Volkshochschule Zürich
‘Illegible’: From scribbles to cryptography
We take it for granted that we can read texts. Yet the opposite phenomenon – illegibility – is more multifaceted than one might initially suppose. From ...
14.11.2026
10:30
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Volkshochschule Zürich
The Grammar of DNA
The human genome follows highly complex patterns. Modern AI models decipher this molecular ‘grammar’ and open up new possibilities in biomedicine. The ...
