Institute Institute for German Language, Literature and Interculturality

German Studies with an Intercultural Touch

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

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.

The Group in Numbers

  • 7
    Professors
  • 5
    Study programmes
  • 6
    Doctoral researchers