Directorate of Studies 14 - Near Eastern Studies - African Studies - Tibetan Studies and Indology
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African Studies
Bachelor’s programme in African Studies (697 [3] - Version 2018)
Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)
EAS Basics of African Studies - Linguistics (5 ECTS)
- EXAM REMOTE ON-SITE STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Sprachwissenschaft
- 143240 VO+UE ( OV STEOP ON-SITE ) Introduction into African Linguistics - Lecture
EAL Basics of African Studies - Literatures (5 ECTS)
- EXAM REMOTE ON-SITE STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Literaturwissenschaft
- 143239 VO+UE ( OV STEOP ON-SITE ) Introduction to the Study of African Literatures - From "Things Fall Apart" to the World Being Tom Apart
EAG Basics of African Studies - History (5 ECTS)
- EXAM REMOTE STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Geschichtswissenschaft
- 143233 VO+UE ( REMOTE OV STEOP ) Introduction to African History - Lecture - Linking past and present
Emphasis Phase (15 ECTS)
WG/VAS/VAL/VAG Emphasis Module (15 ECTS)
Linguistics Alternative 1: Basis and Perfection of one African Language (44 ECTS)
SB1A Hausa (22 ECTS)
- 143207 VU ( ON-SITE ) Hausa: Grammar 1 / Hausa: Nahawu 1
- 143278 VU ( ON-SITE ) Hausa: Tutorial 1 / Hausa: Ayyukan motsa k’wak‘walwa 1
SB1B Hausa (22 ECTS)
- 143146 KU ( ON-SITE ) Hausa: Texts 1
- 143177 KU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Hausa: Conversation 1
- 143208 KU ( ON-SITE ) Hausa: Grammar 3 / Hausa: Nahawu 3
SB2A Swahili (22 ECTS)
- 143204 VU ( ON-SITE ) Swahili: Tutorial 1
- 143205 VU ( ON-SITE ) Swahili: Grammar 1
SB2B Swahili (22 ECTS)
- 143206 KU ( ON-SITE ) Swahili: Texts 1
- 143212 KU ( ON-SITE ) Swahili: Grammar 3 / Kiswahili Sarufi 3
- 143279 KU ( MIXED ) Swahili: Conversation 1 / Kiswahili cha mazungumzo 1
SB3A Zulu (22 ECTS)
- 143178 VU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Zulu: Exercises 1
- 143209 VU ( ON-SITE ) Zulu: Grammar 1
SB3B Zulu (22 ECTS)
- 143012 KU ( ON-SITE ) Zulu: Grammar 3
- 143013 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Zulu: Texts 1
- 143014 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Zulu: Conversation 1
Linguistics Alternative 2: Basis of two African Languages (44 ECTS)
SB1A Hausa (22 ECTS)
- 143207 VU ( ON-SITE ) Hausa: Grammar 1 / Hausa: Nahawu 1
- 143278 VU ( ON-SITE ) Hausa: Tutorial 1 / Hausa: Ayyukan motsa k’wak‘walwa 1
SB2A Swahili (22 ECTS)
- 143204 VU ( ON-SITE ) Swahili: Tutorial 1
- 143205 VU ( ON-SITE ) Swahili: Grammar 1
SB3A Bambara (22 ECTS)
- 143178 VU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Zulu: Exercises 1
- 143209 VU ( ON-SITE ) Zulu: Grammar 1
Specialisation African Linguistics (46 ECTS)
AWL/ÜAS/PAS Overview 1 (14 ECTS)
- 143116 VO ( ON-SITE ) Typological Features and Contact Phenomena in African Languages
- 143117 PS ( ON-SITE ) Introductory Seminar in African Linguistics
- 143145 UE ( REMOTE ) Readings in African Studies
ÜAS/PAS Overview 2 (10 ECTS)
- 143116 VO ( ON-SITE ) Typological Features and Contact Phenomena in African Languages
- 143117 PS ( ON-SITE ) Introductory Seminar in African Linguistics
- 143247 VO ( REMOTE ) The Specific World of each Language: Techniques of Linguistic Analyses
- 143317 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
SAS Focus Module (6 ECTS)
- 141067 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction to a Cushitic Language: Somali I
- 143016 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Aspects of Women’s Lives in the African Diaspora in Austria
- 143125 VO ( REMOTE ) Symbols & Symbolic Contents in Official Texts - Explanations across Cultures
- 143242 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
- 143247 VO ( REMOTE ) The Specific World of each Language: Techniques of Linguistic Analyses
- 143317 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
BAS Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)
- 143202 SE ( ON-SITE ) Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature
Specialisation African Literatures (46 ECTS)
AWL/ÜAL/PAL Overview 1 (14 ECTS)
- 143121 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Topics in African Literature (Anglophone and Afrophone)
- 143145 UE ( REMOTE ) Readings in African Studies
- 143147 PS ( MIXED ) Introductory Seminar: African Literatures - Ecology, Ecoactivism in Literary Discourse
- 143219 PS ( ON-SITE ) Racism, Positionality, History: Approaches of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison
ÜAL/PAL Overview 2 (10 ECTS)
- 143121 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Topics in African Literature (Anglophone and Afrophone)
- 143147 PS ( MIXED ) Introductory Seminar: African Literatures - Ecology, Ecoactivism in Literary Discourse
- 143219 PS ( ON-SITE ) Racism, Positionality, History: Approaches of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison
- 143248 VO ( REMOTE ) The Genocide in Rwanda in African Literature
- 143256 VO ( REMOTE ) Insight into Contemporary Digital Literature in Africa
SAL Focus Module (6 ECTS)
- 143016 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Aspects of Women’s Lives in the African Diaspora in Austria
- 143121 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Topics in African Literature (Anglophone and Afrophone)
- 143248 VO ( REMOTE ) The Genocide in Rwanda in African Literature
- 143256 VO ( REMOTE ) Insight into Contemporary Digital Literature in Africa
BAL Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)
- 143202 SE ( ON-SITE ) Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature
Specialisation African History (46 ECTS)
AWL/ÜAG/PAG Overview 1 (14 ECTS)
- 143135 VO ( ON-SITE ) Central African History 1: Sociocultural Traditions and Developments to the Early Modern Age
- 143138 VO ( ON-SITE ) Africa - A Centre of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
- 143145 UE ( REMOTE ) Readings in African Studies
- 143219 PS ( ON-SITE ) Racism, Positionality, History: Approaches of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison
- 143226 PS ( ON-SITE ) Introductory Seminar: African History and Societies - Past and Present, Connected
- 143237 VO ( ON-SITE ) African Societies in the Age of Empire and under Colonial Rule
ÜAG/PAG Overview 2 (10 ECTS)
- 143135 VO ( ON-SITE ) Central African History 1: Sociocultural Traditions and Developments to the Early Modern Age
- 143138 VO ( ON-SITE ) Africa - A Centre of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
- 143219 PS ( ON-SITE ) Racism, Positionality, History: Approaches of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison
- 143226 PS ( ON-SITE ) Introductory Seminar: African History and Societies - Past and Present, Connected
- 143237 VO ( ON-SITE ) African Societies in the Age of Empire and under Colonial Rule
SAG Focus Module (6 ECTS)
- 143016 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Aspects of Women’s Lives in the African Diaspora in Austria
- 143127 VO ( ON-SITE ) At the Crossroads of the Continents: The Early History of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Aksum
- 143135 VO ( ON-SITE ) Central African History 1: Sociocultural Traditions and Developments to the Early Modern Age
- 143138 VO ( ON-SITE ) Africa - A Centre of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
- 143218 VO ( ON-SITE ) Southern Africa in Longitudinal Perspective: - Thematic, Conceptional and Discursive Diggings into the Past
- 143237 VO ( ON-SITE ) African Societies in the Age of Empire and under Colonial Rule
BAG Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)
- 143142 SE ( MIXED ) Bachelor Seminar African History and Societies: Politics and LIfe Histories
Bachelor African Studies (697 [2] - Version 2011) - discontinued
Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)
Basics of African Studies (15 ECTS)
Advanced Module (15 ECTS)
- 143145 UE ( REMOTE ) Readings in African Studies
Advanced African Studies (15 ECTS)
Basic Level African Language - Alternative Compulsory Modules (22 ECTS)
Alternative Compulsory Module Bambara (22 ECTS)
Alternative Compulsory Module Hausa (22 ECTS)
Alternative Compulsory Module Swahili (22 ECTS)
Advanced Level African Language - Alternative Compulsory Modules (22 ECTS)
Alternative Compusory Module Perfection Bambara (22 ECTS)
Alternative Compulsory Module Perfection Hausa (22 ECTS)
- 143146 KU ( ON-SITE ) Hausa: Texts 1
- 143177 KU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Hausa: Conversation 1
- 143208 KU ( ON-SITE ) Hausa: Grammar 3 / Hausa: Nahawu 3
Alternative Compulsory Module Perfection Swahili (22 ECTS)
- 143206 KU ( ON-SITE ) Swahili: Texts 1
- 143212 KU ( ON-SITE ) Swahili: Grammar 3 / Kiswahili Sarufi 3
- 143279 KU ( MIXED ) Swahili: Conversation 1 / Kiswahili cha mazungumzo 1
Specialisation - Alternative Groups of Compulsory Modules (46 ECTS)
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules African Linguistics (46 ECTS)
- 141067 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction to a Cushitic Language: Somali I
- 143016 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Aspects of Women’s Lives in the African Diaspora in Austria
- 143116 VO ( ON-SITE ) Typological Features and Contact Phenomena in African Languages
- 143117 PS ( ON-SITE ) Introductory Seminar in African Linguistics
- 143125 VO ( REMOTE ) Symbols & Symbolic Contents in Official Texts - Explanations across Cultures
- 143202 SE ( ON-SITE ) Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature
- 143242 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
- 143247 VO ( REMOTE ) The Specific World of each Language: Techniques of Linguistic Analyses
- 143317 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules African Literature (46 ECTS)
- 143016 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Aspects of Women’s Lives in the African Diaspora in Austria
- 143121 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Topics in African Literature (Anglophone and Afrophone)
- 143147 PS ( MIXED ) Introductory Seminar: African Literatures - Ecology, Ecoactivism in Literary Discourse
- 143202 SE ( ON-SITE ) Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature
- 143219 PS ( ON-SITE ) Racism, Positionality, History: Approaches of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison
- 143248 VO ( REMOTE ) The Genocide in Rwanda in African Literature
- 143256 VO ( REMOTE ) Insight into Contemporary Digital Literature in Africa
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules African History (46 ECTS)
- 143016 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Aspects of Women’s Lives in the African Diaspora in Austria
- 143127 VO ( ON-SITE ) At the Crossroads of the Continents: The Early History of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Aksum
- 143135 VO ( ON-SITE ) Central African History 1: Sociocultural Traditions and Developments to the Early Modern Age
- 143138 VO ( ON-SITE ) Africa - A Centre of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
- 143142 SE ( MIXED ) Bachelor Seminar African History and Societies: Politics and LIfe Histories
- 143218 VO ( ON-SITE ) Southern Africa in Longitudinal Perspective: - Thematic, Conceptional and Discursive Diggings into the Past
- 143219 PS ( ON-SITE ) Racism, Positionality, History: Approaches of James Baldwin and Toni Morrison
- 143226 PS ( ON-SITE ) Introductory Seminar: African History and Societies - Past and Present, Connected
- 143237 VO ( ON-SITE ) African Societies in the Age of Empire and under Colonial Rule
Master African Studies (897 [2] - Version 2016)
Basic Module (28 ECTS)
GM Basic Module (28 ECTS)
- 143179 KU ( REMOTE ) Methodological Foundations - Introduction to Interviewing, Observing, the Use of Archives, and Data Analysis
- 143227 KU ( ON-SITE ) Scientific Texts: Writing and Editing
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Specialisation: African Studies (58 ECTS)
SAS A Intermediate Module: Topics and Approaches (30 ECTS)
- 141067 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction to a Cushitic Language: Somali I
- 141232 VO ( REMOTE ) Amharic II
- 143001 VO ( ON-SITE ) Language Structures and Linguistic Areas in Africa
- 143125 VO ( REMOTE ) Symbols & Symbolic Contents in Official Texts - Explanations across Cultures
- 143144 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Health Humanities: Discourses on Public Health in Africa and its Diasporas
- 143184 KU ( REMOTE ) From Senegal to the Sudan - Introduction to the Fulani Language, Part 1
- 143242 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
- 143247 VO ( REMOTE ) The Specific World of each Language: Techniques of Linguistic Analyses
- 143317 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
SAS B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)
- 141067 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction to a Cushitic Language: Somali I
- 141232 VO ( REMOTE ) Amharic II
- 143001 VO ( ON-SITE ) Language Structures and Linguistic Areas in Africa
- 143122 SE ( ON-SITE ) Master Coaching Seminar
- 143125 VO ( REMOTE ) Symbols & Symbolic Contents in Official Texts - Explanations across Cultures
- 143131 KU ( ON-SITE ) Religion and Religious Change in West African Movies: Focus Sahel
- 143144 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Health Humanities: Discourses on Public Health in Africa and its Diasporas
- 143242 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
- 143247 VO ( REMOTE ) The Specific World of each Language: Techniques of Linguistic Analyses
- 143317 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Specialisation: African Literatures (58 ECTS)
SAL A Intermediate Module: Topics and Approaches (30 ECTS)
- 143108 SE ( REMOTE ) Seminar Feminist Africa
- 143121 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Topics in African Literature (Anglophone and Afrophone)
- 143248 VO ( REMOTE ) The Genocide in Rwanda in African Literature
- 143256 VO ( REMOTE ) Insight into Contemporary Digital Literature in Africa
- 143356 KU [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Afriphone Literatures: From Oral to Written Texts in African Languages
- 240014 VO ( REMOTE ) VM3 / VM4 - Racisms and anti-racism in Austria
SAL B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)
- 143108 SE ( REMOTE ) Seminar Feminist Africa
- 143121 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Topics in African Literature (Anglophone and Afrophone)
- 143122 SE ( ON-SITE ) Master Coaching Seminar
- 143131 KU ( ON-SITE ) Religion and Religious Change in West African Movies: Focus Sahel
- 143248 VO ( REMOTE ) The Genocide in Rwanda in African Literature
- 143256 VO ( REMOTE ) Insight into Contemporary Digital Literature in Africa
- 240014 VO ( REMOTE ) VM3 / VM4 - Racisms and anti-racism in Austria
- 240055 SE ( MIXED ISK ) VM4 / VM8 - Development worker in focus - The image of the 'expatriate' in cultural productions from Africa
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Specialisation: African History and Societies (58 ECTS)
SAG A Intermediate Module: Topics and Approaches (30 ECTS)
- 143094 SE ( ON-SITE ) Museums Then and Now from an African Studies Perspective - Part 2
- 143104 SE ( ON-SITE ) Seminar Precolonial History: Africa's Long History
- 143108 SE ( REMOTE ) Seminar Feminist Africa
- 143119 VO ( ON-SITE ) The Empire of the Black Pharaohs - Topography and Archaeology of Ancient Sudan
- 143127 VO ( ON-SITE ) At the Crossroads of the Continents: The Early History of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Aksum
- 143132 VO ( ON-SITE ) Views from Britain on Africa and Beyond - Selected Historiographies of Resistance and Struggle, Where Socialism and international Solidarity Meet
- 143144 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Health Humanities: Discourses on Public Health in Africa and its Diasporas
- 143169 KU [ en ] ( MIXED ) Repression, Prisons and Punishment in African History
- 143213 KU ( ON-SITE ) Family Stor(i)es - Challenges for historians to handle a genre rubbing shoulders with popular and literary writing
- 143359 SE ( ON-SITE ) Militant Geography in Feverish Delirium: 19th Century Travelers in Africa
- 240014 VO ( REMOTE ) VM3 / VM4 - Racisms and anti-racism in Austria
- 240054 SE ( MIXED ) VM4 / VM5 - Ideologies of Emancipation and post-colonial realities - political and economic difficulties in the former colonies
- 240074 VO+UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) VM8 / VM3 - Community Mobilisation (Participation) in Health and Development Practice in Africa
SAB B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)
- 143094 SE ( ON-SITE ) Museums Then and Now from an African Studies Perspective - Part 2
- 143104 SE ( ON-SITE ) Seminar Precolonial History: Africa's Long History
- 143108 SE ( REMOTE ) Seminar Feminist Africa
- 143119 VO ( ON-SITE ) The Empire of the Black Pharaohs - Topography and Archaeology of Ancient Sudan
- 143122 SE ( ON-SITE ) Master Coaching Seminar
- 143127 VO ( ON-SITE ) At the Crossroads of the Continents: The Early History of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Aksum
- 143131 KU ( ON-SITE ) Religion and Religious Change in West African Movies: Focus Sahel
- 143132 VO ( ON-SITE ) Views from Britain on Africa and Beyond - Selected Historiographies of Resistance and Struggle, Where Socialism and international Solidarity Meet
- 143148 KU ( ON-SITE ) Guided Reading: Africa and World Peace - George Padmore's classic book, 1937
- 143359 SE ( ON-SITE ) Militant Geography in Feverish Delirium: 19th Century Travelers in Africa
- 240014 VO ( REMOTE ) VM3 / VM4 - Racisms and anti-racism in Austria
- 240054 SE ( MIXED ) VM4 / VM5 - Ideologies of Emancipation and post-colonial realities - political and economic difficulties in the former colonies
- 240055 SE ( MIXED ISK ) VM4 / VM8 - Development worker in focus - The image of the 'expatriate' in cultural productions from Africa
Extension Curriculum African Languages and Literatures (...)
African Languages and Literatures (15 ECTS)
- 143016 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Aspects of Women’s Lives in the African Diaspora in Austria
- 143116 VO ( ON-SITE ) Typological Features and Contact Phenomena in African Languages
- 143121 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Topics in African Literature (Anglophone and Afrophone)
- 143125 VO ( REMOTE ) Symbols & Symbolic Contents in Official Texts - Explanations across Cultures
- 143242 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
- 143247 VO ( REMOTE ) The Specific World of each Language: Techniques of Linguistic Analyses
- 143248 VO ( REMOTE ) The Genocide in Rwanda in African Literature
- 143256 VO ( REMOTE ) Insight into Contemporary Digital Literature in Africa
- 143317 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
Extension Curriculum Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa (148)
Colonial and Postcolonial Africa (15 ECTS)
- 143016 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Aspects of Women’s Lives in the African Diaspora in Austria
- 143121 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Topics in African Literature (Anglophone and Afrophone)
- 143127 VO ( ON-SITE ) At the Crossroads of the Continents: The Early History of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Aksum
- 143135 VO ( ON-SITE ) Central African History 1: Sociocultural Traditions and Developments to the Early Modern Age
- 143138 VO ( ON-SITE ) Africa - A Centre of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
- 143218 VO ( ON-SITE ) Southern Africa in Longitudinal Perspective: - Thematic, Conceptional and Discursive Diggings into the Past
- 143237 VO ( ON-SITE ) African Societies in the Age of Empire and under Colonial Rule
- 143248 VO ( REMOTE ) The Genocide in Rwanda in African Literature
- 143256 VO ( REMOTE ) Insight into Contemporary Digital Literature in Africa
Oriental Studies
Bachelor Oriental Studies (600 [3] - Version 2017)
Introductory and Orientation Phase (16 ECTS)
OR-1 Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies (2 ECTS)
- EXAM ON-SITE REMOTE OR-1 STEOP-Introduction Middle Eastern Studies
- 141001 VO ( OV STEOP ON-SITE ) OR-1 VO Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies
OR-2a/AO-1 Elective Module Introduction to Babylonian I (7 ECTS)
- EXAM REMOTE OR2/AO1 Introduction to Babylonian I
- 141049 VO ( STEOP ON-SITE ) STEOP: Introduction to Babylonian I
OR-2b/AR-1 Elective Module Introduction to Arabic I (7 ECTS)
- EXAM ON-SITE OR2/AR1 Introduction to Arabic I
- 141270 VO ( STEOP ON-SITE ) STEOP: Arabic Language I
OR-2c/TU-1 Elective Module Introduction to Turkish I (7 ECTS)
- EXAM ON-SITE OR2/TU1 Introduction to Turkish I
- 141304 VO ( STEOP ON-SITE ) STEOP: Turkish Grammar I
Middle Eastern Studies (45 ECTS)
PM OR-3 Cultural and Economic History of the Middle East (5 ECTS)
- 141312 VO ( ON-SITE ) Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa
PM OR-4 Religious History of the Middle East (6 ECTS)
PM OR-5 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)
PM OR-6 History of the Middle East and North Africa after the Rise of Islam (8 ECTS)
PM OR-7 History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (8 ECTS)
- 141025 VO ( ON-SITE ) Political History of the Ottoman-Turkish Region (up to the present)
PM OR-8 Cultural and Historical Continuities (6 ECTS)
- 141004 VO ( ON-SITE ) Socio-economic and cultural longue-durée phenomena in the Middle East and North Africa
- 141113 VO ( MIXED ) Culture and History of South Arabia
PM OR-9 Middle Eastern Philology: Basics and Methods (4 ECTS)
- 141005 VU ( ON-SITE ) OR-9 Scientific methods and linguistic principles in the philology of Oriental Studies - (Parallelveranstaltung)
- 141052 VU ( ON-SITE ) OR-9 Scientific methods and linguistic principles in the philology of Oriental Studies
Alternative groups of compulsory modules: Ancient Near Eastern Philology and Archaeology (89 ECTS)
AO-2 Babylonian II (8 ECTS)
AO-3 Babylonian III (10 ECTS)
- 141091 PS [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Babylonisch III: Babylonian Reading II - Neo-Babylonian chronicles: Nebuchadnezzar at Jerusalem
- 141111 PS ( ON-SITE ) Babylonian III: Babylonian Reading I - Old Babylonian Letters
AO-4 Sumerian I (8 ECTS)
AO-5 Sumerian II (5 ECTS)
- 141051 PS Sumerian II: Sumerian Reading - Sumerian Dedicatory Inscriptions
AO-6 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology I (5 ECTS)
- 141035 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction into Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
AO-7 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology II (4 ECTS)
AO-8 Ancient Near Eastern Cultural History (8 ECTS)
- 141063 VO ( ON-SITE ) Social, Economic and Legal History of Mesopotamia
AO-9 Ancient Near Eastern Literature: Reading of Literary Texts (5 ECTS)
AO-10-1 Alternative compulsory module: Languages of Mesopotamia’s Neighbouring Regions (10 ECTS)
AO-10-2 Alternative compulsory module: Ancient Near Eastern Material Culture (10 ECTS)
AO-11-1 Alternative compulsory module: Philology Seminars (10 ECTS)
- 141032 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Akkadian Seminar - Philological Seminar
- 141193 SE ( ON-SITE ) Philological seminar - Sumerian Seminar: Ninurta’s Exploits (lugal ud me-lem4-be2 nir-gal2)
AO-11-2 Alternative compulsory module: Seminars on History, Material Culture and Cultural History (10 ECTS)
- 141032 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Akkadian Seminar - Philological Seminar
- 141193 SE ( ON-SITE ) Philological seminar - Sumerian Seminar: Ninurta’s Exploits (lugal ud me-lem4-be2 nir-gal2)
AO-12-1 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Akkadian (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
- 141032 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Akkadian Seminar - Philological Seminar
AO-12-2 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Sumerology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
- 141193 SE ( ON-SITE ) Philological seminar - Sumerian Seminar: Ninurta’s Exploits (lugal ud me-lem4-be2 nir-gal2)
AO-12-3 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Archaeology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
Alternative group of compulsory modules: Arabic and Islamic Studies (89 ECTS)
AR-2 Arabic II (12 ECTS)
AR-3 Arabic III (12 ECTS)
- 141043 UE ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Language E / Practical Training
- 141055 UE ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Language E / Practical Training
- 141294 VO+UE ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Language D incl. Tutorial
AR-4 Arabic IV (12 ECTS)
AR-5 Arabic V (6 ECTS)
- 141039 UE ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Language I - Media
- 141118 UE ( ON-SITE ) Arabic H: Conversations and Translations
AR-6 Arabic VI (6 ECTS)
AR-7 Arabic Dialect (Basic Level) (6 ECTS)
- 141024 UE Arabic Dialect B: Moroccan - Arabic
- 141292 VO ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect A: Moroccan Arabic
AR-8 Arabic Dialect (Intermediate Level) (6 ECTS)
- 141017 VO ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect - Course C: Iraqi-Arabic
- 141028 VO ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect - Course C: Syrian Arabic
- 141290 UE ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect D: Syrian Arabic
- 141291 UE ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect D: Iraqi Arabic
AR-9 Arabic Dialect (Advanced Level) (4 ECTS)
- 141041 UE ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect F: Conversations / Texts 2: Egyptian Arabic
- 141057 UE ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect - Course E: Tunisian Arabic
AR-10 Introduction to Selected Fields of Arabic and Islamic Studies (3 ECTS)
AR-11 Selected Fields of Modern Middle Eastern Studies (6 ECTS)
- 141022 VO ( ON-SITE ) Gender Studies / Muslim World
- 141183 VO ( ON-SITE ) Modern Arabic Politics and Society (Modern Arab History 1)
AR-12 Seminar on Philology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
- 141120 SE ( ON-SITE ) Philological Seminar (with BA-Thesis)
AR-13 Seminar on Islamic Studies (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
Alternative group of compulsory modules: Turkish Studies (89 ECTS)
TU-2 Turkish, Basic Level II (8 ECTS)
- EXAM ON-SITE TU2 Turkish, Basic Level II - Module Examination
TU-3 Turkish, Intermediate Level I (6 ECTS)
- EXAM ON-SITE TU3 Turkish, Intermediate Level I - Module Examination
- 141164 VU ( ON-SITE ) Turkish Grammar III
- 141168 UE ( ON-SITE ) Turkish Conversation Class III
TU-4 Turkish, Intermediate Level II (10 ECTS)
TU-5 Turkish, Advanced Level I (7 ECTS)
- 141150 UE ( ON-SITE ) Conversations, Advanced Level I
- 141152 UE ( ON-SITE ) Reading Subject-Specific Texts I
TU-6 Turkish, Advanced Level II (7 ECTS)
TU-7 Persian, Basic Level (8 ECTS)
- 141037 UE ( ON-SITE ) Persian Grammar I
TU-8 Persian, Intermediate Level (6 ECTS)
- 141036 UE Reading and Discussing Persian Texts I
TU-9 Ottoman Studies (12 ECTS)
- 141166 UE ( ON-SITE ) Ottoman I
TU-10 Seminar on Linguistics or Literature (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
TU-11 Seminar on Turkish History and Cultural History (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)
TU-12 Society and Culture of Modern Turkey (9 ECTS)
- 141163 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Ring Lecture: Turkey and Southeast Europe in the Interwar Period
Ancient Oriental Philology and Oriental Archaeology (672)
Compulsory Modules (56 ECTS)
Akkadian Seminars incl. Seminar Paper (16 ECTS)
- 141032 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Akkadian Seminar - Philological Seminar
Archaeological Seminar I incl. Seminar Paper (8 ECTS)
History and Cultural History of Mesopotamia (8 ECTS)
Advanced Module on Philology I (8 ECTS)
- 141032 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Akkadian Seminar - Philological Seminar
Sumerological Seminars incl. Seminar Paper (16 ECTS)
- 141193 SE ( ON-SITE ) Philological seminar - Sumerian Seminar: Ninurta’s Exploits (lugal ud me-lem4-be2 nir-gal2)
Alternative Copulsory Modules (8 ECTS)
APM Semitisitcs (8 ECTS)
- 141011 VO ( ON-SITE ) Syrian II
- 141047 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic I
APM Archaeology (8 ECTS)
Group of Elective Modules(16 ECTS)
WM Archaeological Seminar II incl. Seminar Paper (8 ECTS)
WM Advanced Module on Philology II (8 ECTS)
- 141193 SE ( ON-SITE ) Philological seminar - Sumerian Seminar: Ninurta’s Exploits (lugal ud me-lem4-be2 nir-gal2)
WM South Arabia, Past and Present (8 ECTS)
WM Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)
Master-Module (8 ECTS)
- 141096 SE ( ON-SITE ) Master Coaching Seminar
Master-Seminar (8 ECTS)
Master Turkish Studies (675 [2] - Version 2020)
Groups of compulsory modules I-II (62 ECTS)
GCM I: History, Culture and Politics of the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Turkey (52 ECTS)
M1 CM: Archives, Sources and Research Approaches in Ottoman Studies (10 ECTS)
- 141003 UE ( ON-SITE ) Archives, Ottoman Sources, and Media (reading texts included)
- 141160 VU ( ON-SITE ) M1 - VU Contemporary Research and Methods in Ottoman Studies
M2 CM: Transformation in the Ottoman Empire: From Empire to Nation (16 ECTS)
M3 CM: Archives, Sources and Research Approaches in Turkish Studies (10 ECTS)
- 070238 UE ( REMOTE ) Guided Reading Further Approaches - Foundation of the post-Ottoman world - The Conference and Treaty of Lausanne
M4 CM: Turkey in a Global World: The Republic of Turkey in Transition (16 ECTS)
- 070239 SE ( REMOTE ) Seminar - Sources and literature on the early Interwar period - The League of Nations and the peace settlements in Eastern Europe, in the Balkans and in the Near East
GCM II: Language, Literature, Society (10 ECTS)
M5a Alternative CM: Ottoman Literature (10 ECTS)
- 141007 VO ( ON-SITE ) M5a - VO Ottoman Literary History
- 141416 SE ( ON-SITE ) Ottoman Literatures (reading texts included)
M5b Alternative CM: Modern Turkish Literature and Society (10 ECTS)
Groups of elective modules I-III (30 ECTS)
GEM I: Regional and Thematic Focus
M5.1a Ottoman Literature (10 ECTS)
M5.1b Modern Turkish Literature and Society (10 ECTS)
M6 Advanced Turkish: Languages for Specific Purposes and Everyday Use (10 ECTS)
- 141666 UE ( ON-SITE ) M6 - Proficiency in Discussion
M7 Reading Primary Sources: Ottoman / Turkish (10 ECTS)
M8 Individual Specialisation (10 ECTS)
M9 Central Asia (10 ECTS)
- 141667 VO ( ON-SITE ) M9 - VO Central Asia
- 141668 UE ( ON-SITE ) M9 - UE Introduction to a Turkic Language
M10 Digital Humanities for Orientalist Scholars (10 ECTS)
- 141009 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Digital Humanities and Ottoman Studies
M11 International Contextualisation (30 ECTS)
GEM II: Interdisciplinarity Transottomanica
M12 History of South-Eastern Europe, Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, Alevi Theological Studies, Islamic Art History (10 ECTS)
GEM III: Interdisciplinarity History, DH, Comparative Literature
M13 Digital Humanities, Comparative Literature, Contemporary History, History of Science, Global History, History of South-Eastern Europe, Gender History, Media History, Public History (10 ECTS)
CM: Master’s Module
M14 CM Master’s Thesis Coaching (4 ECTS)
- 141115 SE ( ON-SITE ) Seminar Master thesis
Master Turkish Studies (675 [1] - Version 2008) - discontinued
Ottoman Literature I (8 ECTS)
- 141007 VO ( ON-SITE ) M5a - VO Ottoman Literary History
Ottoman Literature II (14 ECTS)
Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics (16 ECTS)
Ottoman-Historical Module I (10 ECTS)
- 141160 VU ( ON-SITE ) M1 - VU Contemporary Research and Methods in Ottoman Studies
Ottoman-Historical Module II (10 ECTS)
Turkish and Turkic Languages, Past and Present (6 ECTS)
Modern Turkish, Literature and Languag (12 ECTS)
- 141416 SE ( ON-SITE ) Ottoman Literatures (reading texts included)
Theoretical and Methodological Advanced Studies (10 ECTS)
Mastercoaching-Module (10 ECTS)
- 141115 SE ( ON-SITE ) Seminar Master thesis
Master The Arab World: Language and Society (676)
Group of Compulsory Modules Basics (16 ECTS)
GK-1 Methods of Cultural and Linguistic Research (8 ECTS)
- 141188 VU ( MIXED ) Cultural Research: Methods and Approaches
- 141190 VU ( ON-SITE ) Linguistic Research: Methods and Approaches
GK-2 Politics & Society in the modern Arab World (8 ECTS)
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Religion and Politics (32 ECTS)
RP-1 Islam in the Arab World and beyond (8 ECTS)
- 141192 VU ( REMOTE ) Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses I
- 141195 VU ( ON-SITE ) Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses II
RP-2 Arabic-Islamic Tradition (8 ECTS)
- 141196 SE ( ON-SITE ) Texts from Arab-Islamic Tradition
RP-3 Islamic and other Political and Social Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)
RP-4 The Arab World Online (8 ECTS)
- 141197 SE ( ON-SITE ) The Arab World Online
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Arabic Language (32 ECTS)
AS-1 Arabic Dialectology (8 ECTS)
- 141199 VU ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialects in Southwest Asia
AS-2 Modern Arabic as a written Language (8 ECTS)
AS-3 Arabic Philology in a diachronic perspective (8 ECTS)
- 141200 SE ( ON-SITE ) Agreement and diminutives in diachronic perspectives - Grammatische Kongruenz und Diminutive in diachroner Perspektive
AS-4 The Arab World Online (8 ECTS)
- 141197 SE ( ON-SITE ) The Arab World Online
Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Language and Culture of Southern Arabia (32 ECTS)
KS-1 Ancient South Arabic (8 ECTS)
- 141047 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic I
KS-2 Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)
KS-3 History and Present Age of South Arabia (8 ECTS)
KS-4 Modern South Arabia (8 ECTS)
Group of Elective Modules (32 ECTS)
WM-1 Arabian Popular Culture (8 ECTS)
WM-2 Media and Language of Media in the Arab World (8 ECTS)
WM-3 Cultural History of the Arab World (8 ECTS)
WM-4 The Arab World and other Regional Powers (8 ECTS)
WM-5 The Arab World: Security and Political Perspectives (8 ECTS)
WM-6 The Arab World Transnationally (8 ECTS)
WM-7 The Arab World from an Economic Perspective (8 ECTS)
WM-8 Conversation and Translation (8 ECTS)
- 141235 UE ( ON-SITE ) Translation from and into Arabic
WM-9 Listening Comprehension and Analysis of Media (8 ECTS)
- 141250 UE [ ar de ] ( ON-SITE ) Listening Comprehension and Analysis of Current Media Texts in the Fields of Politics and Society
WM-10 Epigraphy, Palaeography and Calligraphy (8 ECTS)
WM-11 Classical Arabian Language (8 ECTS)
- 141267 UE ( ON-SITE ) Reading and analysing Classical Arabic literature: Adab
WM-12 Afroasiatic Languages (Amharic, Aramaic, Sabaean...) (8 ECTS)
- 141011 VO ( ON-SITE ) Syrian II
- 141067 VO ( REMOTE ) Introduction to a Cushitic Language: Somali I
- 141090 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to a Hamitic Language I: Maltese I
- 141232 VO ( REMOTE ) Amharic II
WM-13 Regional or thematic Focus: Workshop or Exkursion (16 ECTS)
WM-14 Minorities in the Arab World (8 ECTS)
WM-15 Arts and Architecture in the Arab World (8 ECTS)
WM-16 Recent Discourses in the Arab World (8 ECTS)
WM-17 Arabic Dialect (16 ECTS)
- EXAM REMOTE WM-17: Written module exam
- 141017 VO ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect - Course C: Iraqi-Arabic
- 141024 UE Arabic Dialect B: Moroccan - Arabic
- 141028 VO ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect - Course C: Syrian Arabic
- 141290 UE ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect D: Syrian Arabic
- 141291 UE ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect D: Iraqi Arabic
- 141292 VO ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialect A: Moroccan Arabic
WM-18 Islam in the Arab World and beyond (8 ECTS)
- 141192 VU ( REMOTE ) Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses I
- 141195 VU ( ON-SITE ) Islam: Phenomena, Developments and Analyses II
WM-19 Arabic-Islamic Tradition (8 ECTS)
- 141196 SE ( ON-SITE ) Texts from Arab-Islamic Tradition
WM-20 Islamic and other Political and Social Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)
WM-21 Arabic Dialectology (8 ECTS)
- 141199 VU ( ON-SITE ) Arabic Dialects in Southwest Asia
WM-22 Modern Arabic as a written Language (8 ECTS)
WM-23 Arabic Philology in a diachronic perspective (8 ECTS)
- 141200 SE ( ON-SITE ) Agreement and diminutives in diachronic perspectives - Grammatische Kongruenz und Diminutive in diachroner Perspektive
WM-24 Ancient South Arabic (8 ECTS)
- 141047 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic I
WM-25 Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)
WM-26 History and Present Age of South Arabia (8 ECTS)
WM-27 Modern South Arabia (8 ECTS)
Master-Degree Phase (10 ECTS)
MM-1 MA-Coaching (10 ECTS)
Extension Curriculum Turkish History, Literature and Cultural History (640 [2] - Version 2017)
Compulsory modules TU (15 ECTS)
EC-TU-1 Turkish cultural history within the framework of Middle Eastern cultures (5 ECTS)
- 141001 VO ( OV STEOP ON-SITE ) OR-1 VO Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies
- 141312 VO ( ON-SITE ) Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa
EC-TU-2 Aspects of Turkish culture, history and literature in past and present (11 ECTS)
- 141025 VO ( ON-SITE ) Political History of the Ottoman-Turkish Region (up to the present)
- 141163 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Ring Lecture: Turkey and Southeast Europe in the Interwar Period
Extension Curriculum Religion and Politics in the Middle East and North Africa (642)
Compulsory modules RPAR (15 ECTS)
RPAR-1 Selected Topics of Modern Oriental Studies (6 ECTS)
- 141022 VO ( ON-SITE ) Gender Studies / Muslim World
- 141183 VO ( ON-SITE ) Modern Arabic Politics and Society (Modern Arab History 1)
RPAR-2 Study of Religions
RPAR-3-1 Politics and History: Iran (5 ECTS)
RPAR-3-2 Politics and History: Turkey (6 ECTS)
- 141163 VO [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Ring Lecture: Turkey and Southeast Europe in the Interwar Period
Extension Curriculum Language and Culture of the Arab World (643)
Compulsory modules SKAR (15 ECTS)
SKAR-1
- 141312 VO ( ON-SITE ) Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa
SKAR-2
SKAR-3
- 141050 VO ( ON-SITE ) Basic Course in Arabic 1
Extension Curriculum Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture (644)
Compulsory modules AOGK (15 ECTS)
AOGK-1 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)
AOGK-2 Ancient Near Eastern Cultural History and Archaeology (7 ECTS)
- 141035 VO ( MIXED ) Introduction into Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East
- 141063 VO ( ON-SITE ) Social, Economic and Legal History of Mesopotamia
Extension Curriculum Ancient Near Eastern Philology (645)
Compulsory modules AOP (15 ECTS)
AOP-1 Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern philology (7 ECTS)
- 141049 VO ( STEOP ON-SITE ) STEOP: Introduction to Babylonian I
AOP-2 Ancient Near Eastern philology: Advanced Module (8 ECTS)
Extension Curriculum Iranian History and Culture (646)
Compulsory modules IRGK (15 ECTS)
IRGK-1 History of Iran (7 ECTS)
- 141006 VO ( ON-SITE ) VO History of Iran from antiquity to the end of Mongol rule
IRGK-2 Cultural History of Iran (8 ECTS)
- 141010 VO ( ON-SITE ) Cultural contacts in Iran, Central Asia, and India
Extension curriculum Society and Law in the Islamic World (648)
Compulsory modules GRIW (15 ECTS)
GRIW-1 Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence (7 ECTS)
GRIW-2 Specialisation (8 ECTS)
- 030194 KU ( REMOTE ) Islam in Europe - (Issues from) Legal history and contemporory legal developments
South Asian, Tibetology and Buddhist Studies
Bachelor Languages and Cultures of South Asia and Tibet (629 [2] - Version 2011)
Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)
PM1A Introduction to Indology (5 ECTS)
- EXAM STEOP: Module Examination Introduction to Indology
- 142012 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Indology
PM1B Introduction to Buddhist and Tibetan Studies (5 ECTS)
- EXAM STEOP: Module examination Introduction to Tibetology and Buddhist Studies
- 142020 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
PM1C Introduction to Modern South Asian Studies (5 ECTS)
- EXAM STEOP: Module examination Introduction to Modern South Asian Studies
- 142014 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Modern South Asian Studies
Group of Compulsory Modules Fields of Work (15 ECTS)
PM3 Introduction to Selected Fields of Indology (5 ECTS)
PM4 Introduction to Selected Fields of Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (5 ECTS)
PM5 Introduction to Selected Fields of Modern South Asian Studies (5 ECTS)
Alternative Groups of Compulsory Modules First Language (55 ECTS)
A1 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules: Sanskrit as First Language (55 ECTS)
PM2a Classical Sanskrit as First Language I (15 ECTS)
- 142068 VO+UE ( MIXED ) Introduction to Classical Sanskrit I
- 142095 UE ( MIXED ) Introduction to Classical Sanskrit I - Additional Practice
PM6a Classical Sanskrit as First Language II (15 ECTS)
PM8a Advanced Module on Classical Sanskrit as First Language (10 ECTS)
- 142013 VO+UE ( MIXED ) Classical Sanskrit for Advanced Students
PM12a Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Sanskrit I (10 ECTS)
PM17a Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Sanskrit II (5 ECTS)
- 142071 UE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to scientific Sanskrit Literature - The stage of life of a forest hermit according to the Manusmrti in the light of its commentaries
B1 Alternative Groups of Compulsory Modules Classical Tibetan as First Language (55 ECTS)
PM2b Classical Tibetan as First Language I (15 ECTS)
- 142023 VO+UE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Classical Tibetan I
- 142069 UE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Classical Tibetan I - Additional Practice
PM6b Classical Tibetan as First Language II (15 ECTS)
PM8b Advanced Module on Classical Tibetan as First Language (10 ECTS)
- 142018 UE ( REMOTE ) Buddhist birth stories
- 142058 UE ( REMOTE ) Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation - A Summary by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatsho
PM12b Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Tibetan I (10 ECTS)
PM17b Literary Genres and Forms of Language in Tibetan II (5 ECTS)
- 142066 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Hevajratantra, part 3
C1 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Modern Indian Language as First Language (55 ECTS)
PM2c Modern Indian Language as First Language I (15 ECTS)
- 142092 VO+UE [ de en ne ] ( MIXED ) Introduction to Nepali I
- 142259 UE ( MIXED ) Introduction to Nepali I - additional practice
PM6c Modern Indian Language as First Language II (15 ECTS)
PM8c Advanced Module on a Modern Indian Language as First Language (10 ECTS)
- 142030 UE [ de hi ] ( MIXED ) Easy Hindi Readings
- 142031 UE [ de hi ] ( MIXED ) Advanced Hindi Grammar
- 142419 UE ( ON-SITE ) Urdu I
PM12c Modern Literary Genres and Forms of Language I (10 ECTS)
PM17c Modern Literary Genres and Forms of Language II (5 ECTS)
- 142103 UE [ en ne ] ( MIXED ) Modern poetry in Nepali literature
Alternative Groups of Compulsory Modules Second Language (30 ECTS)
A2 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Sanskrit as Second Language (30 ECTS)
PM7a Classical Sanskrit as Second Language I (15 ECTS)
- 142068 VO+UE ( MIXED ) Introduction to Classical Sanskrit I
- 142095 UE ( MIXED ) Introduction to Classical Sanskrit I - Additional Practice
PM11a Classical Sanskrit as Second Language II (15 ECTS)
B2 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Classical Tibetan as Second Language (30 ECTS)
PM7b Classical Tibetan as Second Language I (15 ECTS)
- 142023 VO+UE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Classical Tibetan I
- 142069 UE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Classical Tibetan I - Additional Practice
PM11b Classical Tibetan as Second Language II (15 ECTS)
C2 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Modern Indian Language as Second Language (30 ECTS)
PM7c Modern Indian Language as Second Language I (15 ECTS)
- 142092 VO+UE [ de en ne ] ( MIXED ) Introduction to Nepali I
- 142259 UE ( MIXED ) Introduction to Nepali I - additional practice
PM11c Modern Indian Language as Second Language II (15 ECTS)
D2 Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Modern Tibetan as Second Language (30 ECTS)
PM7d Modern Tibetan as Second Language I (15 ECTS)
- 142021 UE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Modern Tibetan I - Additional Practice
- 142078 VO+UE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Modern Tibetan I
PM11d Modern Tibetan as Second Language II (15 ECTS)
Group of Elective Modules Cultural History (10 ECTS)
WM9 Basics of Cultural History A (5 ECTS)
- 142075 VO ( MIXED ) Medicine as a balancing act: an overview on the history of Ayurveda
- 142086 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Ritual and History in the Central Himalayas
- 142194 VO ( REMOTE ) Mahayana Buddhism
- 142201 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Saivism in Kashmir: religious practices and philosophical trends
- 142263 VO ( MIXED ) The Mahayana Mind Training in Tibetan Buddhism: Context, Content, and Application
- 240036 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) The anthropology of India and South Asia: An introduction
WM10 Basics of Cultural History B (5 ECTS)
- 142016 PS ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to digital methods and tools for Tibetan studies
- 142072 PS ( ON-SITE ) Jainism - history and literature - an introduction to the central religious and philosophical teachings based on its sources
- 142099 PS ( ON-SITE ) Pilgrimage in South Asia
WM13 Culture - Language - Society A (5 ECTS)
WM14 Culture - Language - Society B (5 ECTS)
Alternative Compulsory Modules - Applied Cultural Studies (10 ECTS)
APM15a Field Trip (10 ECTS)
APM15b Regional Cultures (10 ECTS)
- 142003 UE ( ON-SITE ) Panjab: History, Culture and Sikhism
- 020053 SE ( ON-SITE ) Seminar on the History of Religion - Seminar zu einem religionsgeschichtlichen Thema
APM16a Advanced Module on Classical Sanskrit as Second Language (10 ECTS)
- 142013 VO+UE ( MIXED ) Classical Sanskrit for Advanced Students
APM16b Advanced Module on Classical Tibetan as Second Language (10 ECTS)
- 142018 UE ( REMOTE ) Buddhist birth stories
- 142058 UE ( REMOTE ) Gampopa’s Jewel Ornament of Liberation - A Summary by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyatsho
APM16c Advanced Module on a Modern Indian Language as Second Language (10 ECTS)
- 142030 UE [ de hi ] ( MIXED ) Easy Hindi Readings
- 142031 UE [ de hi ] ( MIXED ) Advanced Hindi Grammar
APM16d Advanced Module on Modern Tibetan as Second Language (10 ECTS)
- 142065 UE [ bo en ] ( ON-SITE ) Modern Tibetan for Advanced Students
- 142073 UE [ bo en ] ( ON-SITE ) Modern Tibetan Texts
Compulsory Module incl. Bachelor's Papers (15 ECTS)
PM18 Advanced Module on Philology and Culture Studies of South Asia and Tibet (15 ECTS)
Master Culture and Society in Modern South Asia (interdisciplinary) (685)
PM1 Modern South Asian Society (10 ECTS)
- 142009 SE [ en ] ( MIXED ) Environmental and Ecological Spokespersons and Movements in India
PM2 Basics of Modern South Asian Cultural and Intellectual History (10 ECTS)
- 142086 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Ritual and History in the Central Himalayas
- 142234 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Opium & Empire: India's opium industry in the long 19th century
APM 3A Cultural Science of Modern South Asia in Practice (10 ECTS)
- 142083 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Rethinking the Body in South Asia - Imagination, Representation, and Practice
- 142098 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Religious Minorities in South Asia
APM 3B Indian Language (10 ECTS)
- 142030 UE [ de hi ] ( MIXED ) Easy Hindi Readings
- 142031 UE [ de hi ] ( MIXED ) Advanced Hindi Grammar
PM 4 History of Modern South Asia (10 ECTS)
APM 5A Basics of Contemporary South Asian Culture (10 ECTS)
APM 5B South Asia in Global Context (10 ECTS)
PM 6 Languages of Modern South Asia in Practice (10 ECTS)
PM 7 Linguistic Traditions of Modern South Asia (10 ECTS)
- 142033 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Oral Traditions in India and Nepal
PM 8 Master´s Conservatorium (10 ECTS)
Master Languages and Cultures of South Asia (697)
Compulsory Modules (20 ECTS)
M1 SLRV Language, Literature, and Religion of the Vedic Cultural Period (10 ECTS)
- 142139 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the language and literature of the Vedas
M2 ASLRP Aspects of the History of Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy in South Asia (10 ECTS)
- 142075 VO ( MIXED ) Medicine as a balancing act: an overview on the history of Ayurveda
- 142107 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Savannah, jungle, mountains, desert: Conceptions of landscape in ancient South Asia
- 142201 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Saivism in Kashmir: religious practices and philosophical trends
Alternative Compulsory Modules Philology and Textual Hermeneutics (10 ECTS)
APM3a PT1 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics in the Field of the Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia I (10 ECTS)
- 142019 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) The epistemology of classical Patanjalayoga: Readings in the Patanjalayogasastra with commentaries
APM3b PT2 Ancient Indian Language Varieties and Literary Genres (10 ECTS)
Compulsory Modules (20 ECTS)
M4 SLRPV Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of the non-Brahmanical Traditions of Premedieval South Asia (10 ECTS)
M5 SLRPKM Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of the Classical and Medieval Cultural Periods of South Asia (10 ECTS)
Elective Module Groups (10 ECTS)
M6 PR Philology, Textual Hermeneutics, and Cultural History for the Focus Philosophies and Religions of South Asia (10 ECTS)
M6a PTK1 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics in the Field of the Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia II (10 ECTS)
M6c PTK3 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts (10 ECTS)
M6d PTK4 Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of South Asia in their Historical Development (10 ECTS)
M6 SL Philology, Textual Hermeneutics, and Cultural History for the Focus Languages and Literatures of South Asia (10 ECTS)
M6b PTK2 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Middle Indic and Hybrid/Classical Texts (10 ECTS)
M6c PTK3 Philology and Textual Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts (10 ECTS)
M6d PTK4 Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of South Asia in their Historical Development (10 ECTS)
Compulsory Module (10 ECTS)
M7 SLRPN Language, Literature, Religion, and Philosophy of Modern South Asia (10 ECTS)
- 142033 SE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Oral Traditions in India and Nepal
Alternative Compusory Modules Master's Colloquium (10 ECTS)
M8a MKPR Master's Colloquium on Philosophy and Religion of South Asia (10 ECTS)
- 142087 KO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Colloquium on the philosophies and religions of South Asia for advanced students
M8b MKSL Master’s Colloquium on Language and Literature of South Asia (10 ECTS)
Master Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (698)
Compulsory Modules (20 ECTS)
M1 PM Philology and Methods (10 ECTS)
- 142104 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Readings in Buddhist epistemology and logic (introductory)
- 142245 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) A Manual of Indo-Tibetan Translation
M2 TH Textual Hermeneutics (10 ECTS)
- 142285 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Words for compound objects in Dignaga’s apoha theory - Jinendrabuddhi's Pramanasamuccayatika, Chapter V
Alternative Compulsory Modules (15 ECTS)
M3a EWS Alternative Compulsory Module: Introduction to an Additional Language of the Cultural Area of Buddhism (15 ECTS)
- 142021 UE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Modern Tibetan I - Additional Practice
- 142078 VO+UE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to Modern Tibetan I
- 142092 VO+UE [ de en ne ] ( MIXED ) Introduction to Nepali I
- 142259 UE ( MIXED ) Introduction to Nepali I - additional practice
M3b SV Alternative Compulsory Module Advanced Philology (15 ECTS)
- 142019 UE [ en ] ( MIXED ) The epistemology of classical Patanjalayoga: Readings in the Patanjalayogasastra with commentaries
- 142066 UE [ en ] ( REMOTE ) Hevajratantra, part 3
- 142071 UE ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to scientific Sanskrit Literature - The stage of life of a forest hermit according to the Manusmrti in the light of its commentaries
- 142107 UE [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Savannah, jungle, mountains, desert: Conceptions of landscape in ancient South Asia
Compulsory Modules (35 ECTS)
M4 FV Special Lecture on Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (5 ECTS)
M5 PRT1 Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Tibet and Buddhism I (10 ECTS)
M6 LGK Literature, History, and Culture of Tibet and Buddhism (10 ECTS)
M7 PRT2 Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Tibet and Buddhism II (10 ECTS)
Master-Module (10 ECTS)
M8 MK Master's Colloquium in Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (10 ECTS)
- 142048 KO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Colloquium in Tibetan and Buddhist Studies for Advanced Students
Extension Curriculum South Asian Studies, Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (145)
M1 Basics of Contemporary South Asian Cultures (5 ECTS)
M2 Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Tibet (5 ECTS)
M3 Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Buddhism (5 ECTS)
Extension Curriculum South Asian Studies (146)
South Asian Studies (15 ECTS)
M1 Introduction to South Asian Studies (10 ECTS)
- 142012 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Indology
- 142014 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Modern South Asian Studies
M2 Basics of Cultural History (5 ECTS)
- 142075 VO ( MIXED ) Medicine as a balancing act: an overview on the history of Ayurveda
- 142086 VO [ en ] ( MIXED ) Ritual and History in the Central Himalayas
- 142201 VO [ en ] ( ON-SITE ) Saivism in Kashmir: religious practices and philosophical trends
Extension Curriculum Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (147)
Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (15 ECTS)
M1 Introduction to Tibetology and Buddhist Studies (5 ECTS)
- 142020 VO ( MIXED STEOP ) Introduction to Tibetan and Buddhist Studies
M2 Basics of Cultural History (10 ECTS)
- 142194 VO ( REMOTE ) Mahayana Buddhism
- 142263 VO ( MIXED ) The Mahayana Mind Training in Tibetan Buddhism: Context, Content, and Application
Extension Curriculum Modern Indian Language (641)
Modern Indian Language (30 ECTS)
M1 Modern Indian Language I (15 ECTS)
- 142092 VO+UE [ de en ne ] ( MIXED ) Introduction to Nepali I
- 142259 UE ( MIXED ) Introduction to Nepali I - additional practice
M2 Modern Indian Language II (15 ECTS)
Islamic Theology
- 490002 VO ( REMOTE ) Historical and Systematic Principles of Educational Theory and Educational Research
- 490033 PR ( REMOTE ) Orientation Practicum
Bachelor Islamic Theology (196)
Introductory and Orientation Phase (16 ECTS)
M01.1 STEOP-1: Plurality of Islam (8 ECTS)
- EXAM Written Module Exam STEOP-Modul1: Plurality of Islam
- 144001 VO ( OV STEOP ON-SITE ) STEOP 1: Introduction to Islamic-Theological Studies
- 144002 VO ( OV STEOP ON-SITE ) STEOP 1: Introduction to Alevi-Theological Studies
- 144003 VO ( STEOP ON-SITE ) Diversity in Islam
M01.2 STEOP-2: Introduction to Academic Research and Writing (8 ECTS)
- EXAM Written Module Exam STEOP-Modul 2: Basic Methods of Academic Writing
- 144004 VO ( STEOP ON-SITE ) STEOP-2: Theories and Methods of Islamic-Theological Studies
- 144005 VO ( STEOP ON-SITE ) STEOP-2: Theories and Methods of Alevi-Theological Studies
- 144006 VO ( STEOP ON-SITE ) Basic Methods of Academic Writing
Language Competence (32 ECTS)
M02.1 Language Competence I (16 ECTS)
- 141164 VU ( ON-SITE ) Turkish Grammar III
- 141304 VO ( STEOP ON-SITE ) STEOP: Turkish Grammar I
- 144007 VU ( ON-SITE ) Introduction to the Arabic Written Language
- 144012 VU ( ON-SITE ) Arabic II
M02.2A Alternative compulsory module: Language Competence IIa (16 ECTS)
- 144020 VU ( ON-SITE ) Arabic IV
M02.2B Alternative compulsory module: Language Competence IIb (16 ECTS)
- 141168 UE ( ON-SITE ) Turkish Conversation Class III
Alternative group of compulsory modules 3A: Introduction to and Specialisation in Islamic Theological Studies (42 ECTS)
M03.1A Introduction to Islamic Theological Studies I (12 ECTS)
- 144008 VO ( REMOTE ) Biography of the Prophet
M03.2A Introduction to Islamic Theological Studies II (11 ECTS)
- 144009 VO ( ON-SITE ) Sufism I (tasawwuf)
- 144013 VO ( ON-SITE ) Discursive Theology (kalam)
- 144014 SE ( REMOTE ) Islamic Ethics (ahlaq)
M03.3A Specialisation in Islamic Theological Studies (19 ECTS)
- 144015 VU ( ON-SITE ) Qur'nic Exegesis II (tafsir)
- 144016 VO ( ON-SITE ) Islamic Jurisprudence and Its Doctrine of Sources, Methods and Reasoning II(fiqh- u. usul al-fiqh)
- 144021 VU ( ON-SITE ) Discursive Theology II (kalam)
Alternative group of compulsory modules 3B: Introduction to and Specialisation in Alevi Theological Studies (42 ECTS)
M03.1B Introduction to Alevi Theological Studies I (12 ECTS)
M03.2B Introduction to Alevi Theological Studies II (11 ECTS)
M03.3B Specialisation in Alevi Theological Studies (19 ECTS)
Further Compulsory Modules (90 ECTS)
M04.1A Alternative compulsory module: Islamic History and Muslim Life-Worlds (10 ECTS)
- 144010 VO ( ON-SITE ) Islamic History I
M04.1B Alternative compulsory module: History of Alevi Islam (10 ECTS)
M04.2 Muslim Life-Worlds in Europe - Society, Politics, History and the Present (8/12 ECTS)
- 144022 SE ( ON-SITE ) Majorities and Minorities: Law, Theologies, Societies
M05 Religious Education (13 ECTS)
M05 Religious Education (13 ECTS)
- 144023 VU ( ON-SITE ) Special Didactics of Islamic Education
M06 Religious Practice and Aesthetics (15 ECTS)
- 144026 SE ( REMOTE ) Introduction to the Alevi Song und Music Tradition
- 144027 UE ( REMOTE ) Language and Symbolism in Alevism
M06 Religious Practice and Aesthetics (15 ECTS)
- 144011 VO ( MIXED ) An Introduction to Islamic Chaplaincy
- 144017 VU ( ON-SITE ) Islamic Theological Studies in Practice
- 144019 VU ( REMOTE ) Recitation of the Qur'an (tilawa)
M07 Diversity and Plurality of Islamic Thought (13/17 ECTS)
- 144024 SE ( ON-SITE ) Gender Studies and Islam
- 144025 VU ( REMOTE ) Islamic Philosophy (falsafa)
M08 Religions and Societies in Dialogue (11 ECTS)
- 144018 VU ( MIXED ) Islamic Theological Approaches to Dialogue
M09 Alternative compulsory module: Islamic Chaplaincy for Muslims in Europe (16/20 ECTS)
M10 Alternative compulsory module: Muslim Community Work (16/20 ECTS)
M11 Alternative compulsory module: Specialisation in Islamic Religious Education (16/20 ECTS)
M12 Alternative compulsory module: Specialisation in Islamic Theology (16/20 ECTS)
M13 Alternative compulsory module: Alevi Theological Studies (16/20 ECTS)
Master Islamic Religious Education (874)
Islamic professional sciences (30 ECTS)
M01 Quran, thinking and practice of the Prophet (10 ECTS)
- 144031 SE ( MIXED ) M1: Quran
M02 Faith and Everyday Life in Islam (10 ECTS)
- 144034 SE ( ON-SITE ) M2: Islam in Everyday Life
M03 Islamic ethics, anthropology and Muslim life (10 ECTS)
- 144037 SE+UE ( ON-SITE ) M3: Islamic Ethics
Educational-didactic-scientific training (35 ECTS)
M04 Islamic Religious Education (advanced course) and School Development (10 ECTS)
- 144038 SE+UE ( ON-SITE ) M4: School Development
M05 Islamic teaching methodology and practical training (10 ECTS)
- 144033 SE+UE ( ON-SITE ) M5: Islamic Didactics for Secondary Schools
M06 Interreligious and Intercultural Learning (7 ECTS)
- 144035 SE ( ON-SITE ) M6: Interreligious and Intercultural Learning
M10 Muslim community work (8 ECTS)
- 144032 SE ( ON-SITE ) M10: Consultation and Pastoral Work
Principles of Islamic Education (25 ECTS)
M07 European Cultural History and Islamic education in the European context (10 ECTS)
- 144036 SE+UE ( ON-SITE ) M7: European Cultural History
M08 Theory of science and epistemology in religious education (5 ECTS)
M09 Empirical Research Methods in Religious Education (10 ECTS)
- 144039 SE+UE ( ON-SITE ) M9: Empirical Research Methods in Islamic Religious Education
Master thesis (25 ECTS)
Master seminar (5 ECTS)
- 144040 SE ( ON-SITE ) Seminar Master Thesis
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