The common ground of the studies in these branches lies in the fact that they deal with the products of human thinking and acting. These include amongst others language, texts, audiovisual documents and institutions. They are explored with the help of theories and research methods.
Ancient Studies
Languages and Humanities Ancient Studies investigates the ancient civilization, religion, language, and literature. The study takes you on a dive into humanity’s deep past, exploring the languages, history, art, and religions of both Western and non-Western cultures.ZUM ARTIKEL
English Studies
Languages and Humanities English Studies includes the study of literatures written in the English language, English linguistics and English sociolinguistics. More broadly, it explores the production and analysis of texts produced in English or in areas of the world where English is usZUM ARTIKEL
Library Administration, Archive Administration, Documentation
Languages and Humanities Library Administration presupposes the study of scientific and academic libraries. Archive Administration deals with the organization and inventory of certain information. Documentation implies the process of procuring and cataloguing, organizing and storing dZUM ARTIKEL
German Studies
Languages and Humanities German Studies is the field that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Modern German Studies is usually seen as a combination of two sub-disciplines: German linguistics and Germanophone lZUM ARTIKEL
History
Languages and Humanities History is the study of the past, with special attention to the written record of the activities of human beings over time. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyze the sequence of events, and it often attempts to investigate objZUM ARTIKEL
Jewish Studies, Judaic Studies
Languages and Humanities Jewish Studies provide the study of more than 3000 years of history, religion and culture of the Jewish people. All courses are open to applicants regardless of their religious affiliation. ZUM ARTIKEL
Cultural Studies
Languages and Humanities Cultural Studies combines political economy, communication, sociology, social theory, literary theory, media theory, film/video studies, cultural anthropology, philosophy, museum studies and art history/criticism to study cultural phenomena in various societieZUM ARTIKEL
Literary Studies
Languages and Humanities Linguistic Studies deals with theories on the interpretation, identification and cataloguing of general structures of literature. It includes thematic and formal categories of all literatures. This study will give you a general insight into literature and illuZUM ARTIKEL
Media
Languages and Humanities Media deals with the content, history and effects of various media, in particular mass media. Media scholars vary in the theoretical and methodological focus they bring to mass media topics, including the media's political, social, economic and cultural roles ZUM ARTIKEL
Philology (classical)
Languages and Humanities Philology (classical) is divided into Greek philology and Latin philology. It studies the language systems of Latin, specifically ancient Latin, of Ancient Greek and Sanskrit. It is called classical philology due to the use of the term Classics to refer to theZUM ARTIKEL
Philology (modern)
Languages and Humanities Modern philology deals living languages. The approaches are literary, for example, study of the content, structure and stylistic effects of literary texts as well as linguistic, like the study of phonetics, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics. ZUM ARTIKEL
Philosophy
Languages and Humanities Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing these questions because of its systematic approach and itZUM ARTIKEL
Media Studies, Journalism
Languages and Humanities As technology develops, the importance of education in the field of Media studies and Mass Communication continues to grow. Journalism is the craft of conveying news, descriptive material and comment via a widening spectrum of media, meaning newspapers, radio ZUM ARTIKEL
Religious Studies
Languages and Humanities Religious Education is a multi-disciplinary field of secular study of religious beliefs, behaviors, and institutions. It describes, compares, interprets, and explains religion, emphasizing systematic, historically-based, and cross-cultural perspectives.ZUM ARTIKEL
Romance Studies
Languages and Humanities Romance Studies is an umbrella academic discipline that covers the study of the languages, literatures, and cultures of areas that speak a Romance language. Romance studies departments usually include the study of Spanish, French, Italian, and Portuguese. ZUM ARTIKEL
Slavic Studies
Languages and Humanities Slavic Studies is concerned with Slavic areas, Slavic languages, literature, history, and culture. The studies include many different social sciences and humanities, such as politics, and economics.ZUM ARTIKEL
Linguistic and Speech Sciences
Languages and Humanities In Germany you can study Linguistic as historical-comparative studies or as general linguistics. Speech Sciences is the field which deals with the educational and communication-theoretical, but just as well with logopaedic meaning speech therapy aspects of speZUM ARTIKEL
Translating and Interpreting
Languages and Humanities The aim of this field is to develop skills in the correct rendering of speeches, conference discussions and debating, interpreting or written texts from one language into another. This calls for sound philological knowledge in the foreign and mother language, ZUM ARTIKEL
Film Studies
Languages and Humanities Film Studies debate the essence of the cinema and provides conceptual frameworks for understanding film's relationship to reality, the other arts, individual viewers, and society at large.ZUM ARTIKEL