Intercultural Humanities: Scholarships for PhD students (Jacobs Univ. Bremen)
- Ort: Jacobs University, Bremen
- Disziplinen: Literaturwissenschaft, Medien-/Kulturwissenschaft, Weitere Teilbereiche
- Sprachen: Sprachenübergreifend
- Frist: 01.02.11
The Graduate Program (MA and PhD) Intercultural Humanities at Jacobs
University Bremen is a unique and innovative combined graduate program
in History, History and Theory of Art, and Literature with a special
emphasis on intercultural encounters, cross-cultural transfers, cultural
comparison, and transcultural universals. The program provides students
with insights into the theories and methods used to investigate and
describe inter- and transcultural processes and phenomena. Students
become acquainted with the particularities of research in History,
History and Theory of Art, and Literature as well as with
interdisciplinary approaches applied in intercultural studies in the
humanities. By studying exemplary cases of intercultural encounters,
cross-cultural transfers and transcultural universals students learn how
these theories and methods are applied in each of the fields and, in a
second step, across the fields.
The program addresses intercultural and transcultural issues such as:
- Why do authors write multilingual poems?
- Which traces of colonialism can be found in the life of an Indian
student today?
- How are cultural conflicts reflected in aesthetics?
- How did globalization start in China?
- How does the global arts market affect the work of an artist in
Cameroon?
- What cultures regard violence as being beautiful?
- How can cultural theories be applied to the intercultural interaction
on the campus of an international university?
Jacobs University Bremen offers excellent conditions for teaching and
research. Its official language of is English. Faculty teaching in the
graduate program pursue a wide range of research interests, including
American, European, and Asian histories, literatures, and cultures. As
Jacobs University students come from over 80 countries around the world,
intercultural knowledge and intercultural exchange is not simply a
matter of theory but is experienced on a day-to-day basis.
The program includes courses such as:
Theoretical Foundations and Methods in Intercultural Humanities:
- Concepts of Historical Research and History-Writing beyond the
Nation-State
- Literary Theory and Intercultural Approaches
- Intercultural Approaches in Art History and Visual Theory
- Advanced Qualitative Methods
Historical Perspectives on Inter- and Transcultural Phenomena:
- Crossing Cultures: Transfers and Comparisons in Modern History
- Literary History in Inter- and Transcultural Contexts
Intercultural Issues in the Contemporary World:
- Globalization in a Historical Perspective: Culture and Society
- Migration, Globalization, Multilinguism and Literary Taxonomies
- Visual Communication
- Transnational Communication
Scholarships for PhD students are available. Successful MA and PhD
applicants may receive a tuition waiver. Deadline for applications in
the first round is Feb 1, and for the second round is 1 May 2011.
For further information, program flyers and the program handbook please
visit our website at <http://www.jacobs-university.de/maih/> or contact
the program coordinators Prof. Dr. Thomas Rommel
(t.rommel@jacobs-university.de) and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Trabant
(j.trabant@jacobs-university.de).
Prof. Dr. Thomas Rommel
Campus Ring 1 - 28759 Bremen - Germany
t.rommel@jacobs-university.de
shss.jacobs-university.de/shss/ih
Publiziert von: Barbara Ventarola