This course offers the methodological basics so that archaeological results and papers can be critically analysed and assessed for the study of African societies. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course explores critical issues of the Anthropocene through a regionally focused lens. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

Based on several topics of the South and East Asian cultural traditions provided by internal and external expertise, insight is gained in the cultural, philosophical, social, and historical context of South and East Asia. Type: virtual course Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026 Registration closed

African literary texts are rarely created as art for art’s sake; instead, their artistic and creative values are deeply intertwined with socio-political contexts, where questions of identity—concerning Africa, race, nation, ethnicity, language, and at times gender—play a central and contested role. Type: virtual course Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026 Registration closed

The course not only focusses on scholarly specialisation, but also on broadening our perspective. One means to that end is to study intensively important texts from the German intellectual history. Type: virtual course Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026 Registration closed

This introductory course provides an overview of the main language phyla in Africa, their defining features and the methods used for their classification. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course aims at conveying deep, interdisciplinary and long-term insights into the cultural, ecological, ideological, linguistic, political, religious, and social processes underlying dynamic, language-based identities and identity formation in Africa, with particular emphasis on Bantu-speaking Central and East Africa. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

To familiarize the students with the contemporary logical literature and with techniques that are used in contemporary philosophical logic Type: virtual course Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026 Registration closed

This course zooms in on an issue which has induced many heated discussions in Russia in the past and which continues to (co)determine Russia’s (cultural) politics until today: is Russia a Western, Eastern or a self-contained culture / civilization? Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

This is an advanced literature course on Miguel de Cervantes’ masterpiece, Don Quixote. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course aims at the acquisition of advanced, theory-based scientific insights in literary translation. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026