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: Dichten über den Himmel. Disziplinäre Blicke auf ein Leitthema der deutschsprachigen Literatur des Mittelalters

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    Geisteswissenschaften
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  • New publication: Identity in Transit. Theoretical Explorations of Experiences in the Luxembourg-French Borderland

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    Humanities
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Areas of research and teaching

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.