The course looks at cultural misunderstandings that may arise in today’s society and explores possible theoretical, historical and practical solutions. The course is open to all BA and MA students...
Type: virtual course
Course dates: Onsite week: 28 August - 10 September 2023
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Culture in Perspective: South and East Asia
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...
Type: virtual course
Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026
Apply by: 19 December 2025
Gender and Identity in African Literatures
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...
Type: virtual course
Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026
Apply by: 19 December 2025
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
Apply by: 19 December 2025
The course supports the development of communicative competence, especially intercultural communication competence, and leads students towards a broader, context-aware understanding of texts...
Type: virtual course
Course dates: 9 Feb - 11 June 2026
Apply by: 26 January 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...
Type: virtual course
Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026
Apply by: 19 December 2025
Migration, Health and Ethics in a Globalised World 2025
This interdisciplinary course will give you an increased understanding of the complex relationship between migration and health and the ethical principles connected to it. You will also gain...
Type: virtual course
Course dates: 3 Sep - 5 Dec 2025
Apply by: 15 April 2025
This course is designed for postgraduate students (MA and PhD) who seek to strengthen their critical thinking skills and engage with fundamental philosophical concepts from an interdisciplinary...
Type: virtual course
Course dates: 8 Sep 2025 - 30 Jan 2026
Apply by: 18 August 2025
This course draws on literature from for example musicology, cultural studies, music education, gender studies and media studies in examining popular music’s role in activism and social change....
Type: virtual course
Course dates: 11 Sep - 31 Oct 2025
Apply by: 15 April 2025
This course deals with a selection of India’s religious traditions. It envisions the knowledge of and insight into central concepts of these traditions, their rise and their development up to the...
Type: virtual course
Course dates: 9 Feb - 4 July 2026
Apply by: 19 December 2025
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,...
Type: virtual course
Course dates: 22 Sep 2025 - 31 Jan 2026
Apply by: 18 August 2025
The deep History of Food - Putting Sustainability into Context
Agriculture is the most important way of food production, but how did it emerge and become so successful? This course will lead the students through the early stages of agriculture. Besides an...
Type: virtual course
Theory of Literary Translation
This course aims at the acquisition of advanced, theory-based scientific insights in literary translation. Type: virtual course Course dates: 22 Sep 2025 - 31 Jan 2026 Registration closed This...
Type: virtual course
Course dates: 22 Sep 2025 - 31 Jan 2026
Apply by: 18 August 2025