Institute Institute for German Language, Literature and Interculturality

German Studies with an intercultural touch

The institute is dedicated to the German language and its literature from the early Middle Ages to the present, in its entire bandwidth.

News

  • Neuerscheinung: Mittelalter im Medientransfer. Rezeptionswege vormoderner Literatur

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  • Veranstaltung “Medizinische Geisteswissenschaften: Literatur und Neurologie” ein voller Erfolg!

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  • Neuerscheinung: Der Ton der Kultur – Lyrik und Sprachforschung im 19. Jahrhundert

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Areas of research and teaching

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Cross-cutting themes

A central element in our profile is the field of interculturality – a cross-cutting theme for all sub-disciplines represented in the Institute. In addition, we focus on didactics, literature and cultural theory, media studies and multilingualism, theatre and relation of law and literature.