Previous Kids’ University lectures

Here is a list of the wide range of lectures at our Kids’ University sorted according to year. Have fun reading through!

2020: 2020
Date Topic Speaker
9 January What’s a mouse doing in the museum? Dr Christine Müller Horn,
Director of Kempten (Allgäu) Museum
2019: 2019
Date Topic Speaker
12 December How does gingerbread get to the supermarket? Professor Martin Göbl,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
7 November What toppled the Berlin Wall? Dr Benjamin Gilde,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
10 October What causes tornados? Professor Jost Braun,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
6 June Global voyager – the adventures of young Georg Forster Professor Markus Landvogt,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
16 May Two dots, a comma and a bracket – what’s in a smilie? Professor Sabine Buchwieser,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
11 April Burn some rubber! Why Lightning McQeen wins every race. Paul Weiner,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences Research Centre
21 March Do aliens exist? Searching for life in space. Professor Thomas Eimüller,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
10 January Computer’s only do noughts and ones, don’t they? Professor Stefan Frenz,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
2018: 2018
Date Topic Speaker
13 December The Nativity according to law Professor Matthias Knecht,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
8 November Either princess or pirate? Anna Steinberger,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
11 October Those Romans are bonkers?! Dr. Maike Sieler,
Kempten Archaeology Department
21 June I’m loving it. Professor Uwe Stratmann,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
17 May Industry 4.0 – what goes into making a shoe? Professor Dirk Jacob,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
26 April Is there light in the darkness? Professor Michael Layh,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
22 March How do electric cars work? Charlotte Wallin, M.Sc.,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences Research Centre
11 January The bells! Ringing or rattling? Dr Michael Plitzner,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
2017: 2017
Date Topic Speaker
7 December St Nicholas, servant Ruprecht and their deeds Professor Matthias Knecht,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
9 November How do we know how things were in the past? Dr Veronika Heilmannseder,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
12 October One for me, one for you – learning how to share Professor Jochen Staudacher
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
22 June Why does grandma put her telephone in the fridge? Professor Veronika Schraut,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
18 May From safe breaker to professional hacker Christoph Stachel,
Teacher at Kempten University of Applied Sciences
27 April When your toothbrush starts talking to your smartphone Dr Dietmar Prestel,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
23 March How steel and cast iron save lives Jakob Breiner,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences Research Centre
12 January Good planning is half the job... Professor Christian Mayer,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
2016: 2016
Date Topic Speaker
8 December How do Advent calendars make it into the supermarket? Professor Martin Göbl,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
10 November Why do we fly into space? Professor Thomas Zeh,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
13 October I spy with my little eye... Susanne Boms,
AOK Bavaria – health insurance fund
9 June 3D printing – build your own toy Professor Stefan Wind,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
12 May Savings book or golden treasure? A pirate reveals all. Professor Eduard Eisenrith,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
14 April Play and mathematics Professor Wolfgang Hauke,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
17 March Theatrical jobs – who works behind the scenes? Silvia Armbruster,
THEATERINKEMPTEN
2015: 2015
Date Topic Speaker
8 December Building bridges Professor Hubert Mayr
10 November Learning Spanish is fun! Nuria Ramiro Herrero
13 October What causes tornados? Professor Jost Braun
11 June Two dots, a comma and a bracket – what’s in a smilie? Professor Sabine Buchwieser
21 May Humans and space Professor Martin Schirra,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
16 April Hot on the heels of money Professor Georg Köpf,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
26 March Enjoying things – feeling our way around the five senses Susanne Boms,
AOK nutritional expert
20 January My robotic friend Professor Dirk Jacob,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
2014: 2014
Date Topic Speaker
16 December Who’s afraid of potatoes from
America? Anselm Dohle-Beltinger,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
18 November Let’s vote – electoral systems Professor Jochen Staudacher,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
14 October How mechatronics helps people Professor Petra Friedrich,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
5 June Parents, siblings and friends – a base camp for charging to the summit Diana Epp, M.Sc. Kompass Hof Clinic,
Mindelheim
15 May What’s cool about fire? Professor Rainer Huss
10 April Human versus machine Norbert Grotz
20 March Sky blue through to rainbows – worlds of colour Professor Thomas Eimüller
21 January Inventions galore – from dough mixers to wall plugs Professor Klaus Seidel,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
2013: 2013
Date Topic Speaker
17 December Wood – a natural wonder Volker Keck, HOLZ ARENA
Vertriebs GmbH & Co.KG
19 November The packaged house Professor Bernhard Müller,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
22 October What should you do with your pocket money? Uwe Parotat,
Raiffeisenbank Kempten eG
13 June Mathematics – our constant companion Heinz Grögler,
mathematician
16 May Six go to the end of the world Wolfgang Goldberg,
university chaplain
25 April How do electric cars work? Charlotte Wallin
21 March Secret languages Dr Arnulf Deinzer
22 January How dangerous is the Sun? Dr Stefan Uhlich,
Dermatologist in Kempten
2012: 2012
Date Topic Speaker
18 December Stories about Bunsen burners Professor Rainer Huss,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
20 November The fantastic world of ceramics Patrizia Bertram,
engineer
23 October What makes games fun? Professor Tobias Breiner,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
14 June A journey through our solar system Professor Thomas Eimüller,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
24 May What causes tornados? Professor Jost Braun,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
26 April Can a field be magnetic? Professor Arnulf Deinzer,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
29 March Why do tummies rumble – and hearts thump? Professor Harald Barwitz,
University of Munich
10 January Experiments for sensory sleuths Professor Johannes Huber,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
2011: 2011
Date Topic Speaker
13 December A breath of life – why do we breathe? Dr Markus Bauer,
East Allgäu Health Authority
22 November Inventors – from idea to innovation Professor Katrin Stefan,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
25 October Where does the power in our sockets come from? Professor Jürgen Blass,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
9 June Do you have to eat everything
you’re served in other countries? Professor Ulrich Bauer,
Kempten University of Applied Sciences
19 May What are the Chancellor’s duties
and how do we make laws in Germany? Dr Gerd Müller,
Member of the German Federal Parliament
14 April “Lifting your spirits with accupressure” Professor and doctor of Chinese medicine
Karin Bushe-Centmayer
24 March The curious world of genetic engineering
– why are farmers in Allgäu against it? Brigitte Elbe, Initiative GENial
11 January Bulls and bears – how do animals
sneak into the stock exchange? Professor Georg Köpf
2010: 2010
Date Topic Speaker
12 December The bells! Ringing or rattling? Professor Andreas Rupp and
engineer Michael Plitzner
23 November Do aliens exist? Searching for life
in space. Professor Thomas Eimüller
26 October What does “social” actually mean? Professor Peter Nick
17 June How do I get to be a millionaire? Professor Georg Köpf
20 May The abacus – ancient calculator Professor Georg Hagel
29 April How are newspapers made? Rolf Nehrig / Bernd Buchfeld
Editors at the Allgäuer Zeitung
25 March BERGMÖNCH mountain bikes – how do you
invent sporting equipment? Thomas Kaiser &
Christian Wassermann
19 January Mysterious genetic engineering Dr Klaus-Dieter Fascher
2009: 2009
Date Topic Speaker
22 December Why is petrol so expensive? Economist
Anselm Dohle-Beltinger
24 November Why is the sky blue? Professor Thomas Eimüller
27 October Curtain up! Introducing ... the theatre! Ulrike Schad &
Olivia Hausen
25 June If humans talk, why don’t
animals and plants? Mathematician Heinz Grögler
28 May How do people end up in prison?
And get out again? Professor Claus Loos
30 April A journey into “artificial worlds” Professor Ulrich Göhner
26 March What do banks do with our money? Professor Georg Köpf
20 January Does God live in Heaven? Martin Graefen,
pastoral worker
2008: 2008
Date Topic Speaker
16 December Why do we take out insurance? Professor Astrid Selder,
social economist
25 November How do journalists get a story? Rolf Nehrig & Bernd Buchfeld,
Editors at the Allgäuer Zeitung
28 October Why do libraries collect books? Librarian Günter Höld,
Head of the University Library
26 June Lightning and thunder Professor Peter Claus
29 May Why do people work? Mathematician Heinz Grögler
24 April Why do we eat so much chocolate? Professor Brieger
3 April What does maths have to do with ratatouille? Professor Bernd Dreier
29 January Let’s build a racing car Computer science students
2007: 2007
Date Topic Speaker
18 December Where does the power in our sockets come from? Professor Jürgen Blass
27 November Spoilt for choice Economist Anselm Dohle-Beltinger
23 October What causes tornados? Professor Jost Braun
28 June Adventures in architecture – building bridges Engineer Michael Burz
24 May I’m loving it.
Why does advertising work? Professor Richard Geml
26 April Why are emails so fast? Norbert Grotz
29 March Why do we need money? Mathematician Heinz Grögler
2006: 2006
Date Topic Speaker
19 December Does Europe need a king? Professor Ernst Führich
21 November Play & mathematics Professor Wolfgang Hauke
31 October Why is there no 30th February?
A brief history of the calendar Dr Jürgen Bucher
29 June Other countries, other customs Karin Grüning
1 June How do computers work? Professor Stefan Rieck
27 April Why you can’t just do whatever you want
– only what’s legal! Professor Claus Loos
30 March Albert Einstein and the theory of relativity Professor Arnulf Deinzer
24 January Why be nice to strangers?
Tourists in the Allgäu Professor Alfred Bauer
2005: 2005
Date Topic Speaker
20 December Supernovas – when giant stars explode Professor Jost Braun
29 November Secret languages Professor Arnulf Deinzer
25 October What turns paper into money? Economist
Anselm Dohle-Beltinger

Date	Topic	Speaker
9 January	What’s a mouse doing in the museum?	Dr Christine Müller Horn, Director of Kempten (Allgäu) Museum

Date	Topic	Speaker
12 December	How does gingerbread get to the supermarket?	Professor Martin Göbl, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
7 November	What toppled the Berlin Wall?	Dr Benjamin Gilde, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
10 October	What causes tornados?	Professor Jost Braun, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
6 June	Global voyager – the adventures of young Georg Forster	Professor Markus Landvogt, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
16 May	Two dots, a comma and a bracket – what’s in a smilie?	Professor Sabine Buchwieser, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
11 April	Burn some rubber! Why Lightning McQeen wins every race.	Paul Weiner, Kempten University of Applied Sciences Research Centre
21 March	Do aliens exist? Searching for life in space.	Professor Thomas Eimüller, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
10 January	Computer’s only do noughts and ones, don’t they?	Professor Stefan Frenz, Kempten University of Applied Sciences

Date	Topic	Speaker
13 December	The Nativity according to law	Professor Matthias Knecht, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
8 November	Either princess or pirate?	Anna Steinberger, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
11 October	Those Romans are bonkers?!	Dr. Maike Sieler, Kempten Archaeology Department
21 June	I’m loving it.	Professor Uwe Stratmann, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
17 May	Industry 4.0 – what goes into making a shoe?	Professor Dirk Jacob, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
26 April	Is there light in the darkness?	Professor Michael Layh, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
22 March	How do electric cars work?	Charlotte Wallin, M.Sc., Kempten University of Applied Sciences Research Centre
11 January	The bells! Ringing or rattling?	Dr Michael Plitzner, Kempten University of Applied Sciences

Date	Topic	Speaker
7 December	St Nicholas, servant Ruprecht and their deeds	Professor Matthias Knecht, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
9 November	How do we know how things were in the past?	Dr Veronika Heilmannseder, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
12 October	One for me, one for you – learning how to share	Professor Jochen Staudacher Kempten University of Applied Sciences
22 June	Why does grandma put her telephone in the fridge?	Professor Veronika Schraut, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
18 May	From safe breaker to professional hacker	Christoph Stachel, Teacher at Kempten University of Applied Sciences
27 April	When your toothbrush starts talking to your smartphone	Dr Dietmar Prestel, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
23 March	How steel and cast iron save lives	Jakob Breiner, Kempten University of Applied Sciences Research Centre
12 January	Good planning is half the job...	Professor Christian Mayer, Kempten University of Applied Sciences

Date	Topic	Speaker
8 December	How do Advent calendars make it into the supermarket?	Professor Martin Göbl, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
10 November	Why do we fly into space?	Professor Thomas Zeh, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
13 October	I spy with my little eye...	Susanne Boms, AOK Bavaria – health insurance fund
9 June	3D printing – build your own toy	Professor Stefan Wind, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
12 May	Savings book or golden treasure? A pirate reveals all.	Professor Eduard Eisenrith, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
14 April	Play and mathematics	Professor Wolfgang Hauke, Kempten University of Applied Sciences
17 March	Theatrical jobs – who works behind the scenes?	Silvia Armbruster, THEATERINKEMPTEN