PhD scholarship intercultural humanities (Altro)

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The Graduate Program (MA and PhD) Intercultural Humanities at Jacobs

University Bremen is a unique and innovative combined graduate program

in History, History and Theory of Art, and Literature with a special

emphasis on intercultural encounters, cross-cultural transfers, cultural

comparison, and transcultural universals. The program provides students

with insights into the theories and methods used to investigate and

describe inter- and transcultural processes and phenomena. Students

become acquainted with the particularities of research in History,

History and Theory of Art, and Literature as well as with

interdisciplinary approaches applied in intercultural studies in the

humanities. By studying exemplary cases of intercultural encounters,

cross-cultural transfers and transcultural universals students learn how

these theories and methods are applied in each of the fields and, in a

second step, across the fields.

The program addresses intercultural and transcultural issues such as:

- Why do authors write multilingual poems>

- Which traces of colonialism can be found in the life of an Indian

student today>

- How are cultural conflicts reflected in aesthetics>

- How did globalization start in China>

- How does the global arts market affect the work of an artist in

Cameroon>

- What cultures regard violence as being beautiful>

- How can cultural theories be applied to the intercultural interaction

on the campus of an international university>

Jacobs University Bremen offers excellent conditions for teaching and

research. Its official language of is English. Faculty teaching in the

graduate program pursue a wide range of research interests, including

American, European, and Asian histories, literatures, and cultures. As

Jacobs University students come from over 80 countries around the world,

intercultural knowledge and intercultural exchange is not simply a

matter of theory but is experienced on a day-to-day basis.

The program includes courses such as:

Theoretical Foundations and Methods in Intercultural Humanities:

- Concepts of Historical Research and History-Writing beyond the

Nation-State

- Literary Theory and Intercultural Approaches

- Intercultural Approaches in Art History and Visual Theory

- Advanced Qualitative Methods

Historical Perspectives on Inter- and Transcultural Phenomena:

- Crossing Cultures: Transfers and Comparisons in Modern History

- Literary History in Inter- and Transcultural Contexts

Intercultural Issues in the Contemporary World:

- Globalization in a Historical Perspective: Culture and Society

- Migration, Globalization, Multilinguism and Literary Taxonomies

- Visual Communication

- Transnational Communication

Scholarships for PhD students are available. Successful MA and PhD

applicants may receive a tuition waiver. Deadline for applications in

the first round is Feb 1, and for the second round is 1 May 2011.

For further information, program flyers and the program handbook please

visit our website at <http://www.jacobs-university.de/maih/> or contact

the program coordinators Prof. Dr. Thomas Rommel

(t.rommel@jacobs-university.de) and Prof. Dr. Jürgen Trabant

(j.trabant@jacobs-university.de).