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.
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
19:00
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
19:00
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 ...
05.11.2026
19:00
Volkshochschule Zürich
Monet’s painting technique
More than almost any other Impressionist, Claude Monet was drawn to the outdoors to capture the colours of light on canvas. For his plein air painting, he ...
05.11.2026
19:00
Volkshochschule Zürich
St Francis of Assisi as Depicted in Art
Giotto’s cycle of paintings (c. 1290–1300) in the Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi has shaped the artistic and human image of Saint Francis to this ...
06.11.2026
10:00
Volkshochschule Zürich
CRISPR-Cas: Precision in evolution
CRISPR-Cas has ushered biology into a new era of targeted gene editing. This lecture explains how this molecular tool works and demonstrates how it is ...
