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Oriental Studies

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Bachelor Oriental Studies (600 [4] - Version 2022)

Introductory and Orientation Period (16 ECTS)

Compulsory Module OR-1 Introduction to Oriental Studies (2 ECTS)

EXAM OR-1 STEOP-Introduction Middle Eastern Studies

141001 VO (OVSTEOP) STEOP: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies

Group of Elective Modules Einführung in die orientalischen Sprachen (14 ECTS out of 2 Elective Modules)

OR-2a/AO-1 Introduction to Babylonian I (7 ECTS)

EXAM OR2/AO1 Introduction to Babylonian I

141022 VO (STEOP) STEOP Introduction to Babylonian I

OR-2b/AR-1 Introduction to Arabic I (7 ECTS)

EXAM OR2/AR1 Introduction to Arabic I

141270 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Arabic Language I

OR-2c/TU-1 Introduction to Turkish I (7 ECTS)

EXAM OR2/TU1 Introduction to Turkish I

141304 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Turkish Grammar I

Group of Compulsory Modules Oriental Studies (43 ECTS)

OR-3 Cultural and Economic Geography of the Middle East and North Africa (5 ECTS)

OR-4 Religious History of the Middle East (6 ECTS)

141047 VO Religious history of the Middle East prior to the advent of Islam

141172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

OR-5 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)

141088 VO Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture II: From Mitanni to the Sassanides

OR-6 History of the Middle East and North Africa after the Rise of Islam (8 ECTS)

141013 VO Political History, History of Ideas and Culture of the Arab-Islamic Near East - from the Modern Era to Present

OR-7 History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (8 ECTS)

OR-8 Cultural and Historical Continuities (8 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules (91 ECTS)

Ancient Near Eastern Philology and Archaeology (91 ECTS)

AO-2 Babylonian II (9 ECTS)

141097 VO Introduction to Babylonian II

141117 UE Exercises to Introduction to Babylonian II

AO-3 Babylonian III and Academic Research and Writing (7 ECTS)

AO-4 Sumerian I (9 ECTS)

141048 UE Introduction to Sumerian

141136 VO Introduction to Sumerian

AO-5 Sumerian II and Academic Research and Writing (7 ECTS)

AO-6 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology I (5 ECTS)

AO-7 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology II (5 ECTS)

141389 VO Architecture of the Ancient Near East

AO-8 Cultural History of Mesopotamia (8 ECTS)

141192 VO History of Mesopotamian Literature - Mesopotamian Cultural History

AO-9 Mesopotamian Literature (Reading of Literary Texts) (5 ECTS)

141003 SE Philological Seminar on Akkadian Studies (Literature)

AO-10 Alternative Compulsory Module (10 ECTS out of one of the following Modules)

AO-10-1 Languages of Mesopotamia’s Neighbouring Regions (10 ECTS)

141363 VU Languages of the neighboring regions of Mesopotamia - Introduction to a "small" language of the Ancient Near East: Ugaritic

AO-10-2 Material Culture of Mesopotamia (10 ECTS)

AO-11 Alternative Compulsory Module (10 ECTS out of one of the following Modules)

AO-11-1 Philology Seminars (10 ECTS)

141032 SE Philological Seminar

141125 SE [en] Mesopotamian Magic in the Bronze Age - Philological Seminar: Sumerian

AO-11-2 Seminars on History, Material Culture and Cultural History (10 ECTS)

141032 SE Philological Seminar

141125 SE [en] Mesopotamian Magic in the Bronze Age - Philological Seminar: Sumerian

AO-12 Elective Modules (16 ECTS out of 2 Elective Modules)

AO-12-1 Seminar on Akkadian (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

141032 SE Philological Seminar

AO-12-2 Seminar on Sumerology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

141125 SE [en] Mesopotamian Magic in the Bronze Age - Philological Seminar: Sumerian

AO-12-3 Seminar on Archaeology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

Arabic and Islamic Studies (91 ECTS)

AR-2 Language Module: Arabic II (12 ECTS)

EXAM ON-SITE AR2 Language Module Arabic II - Module Examination

141074 UE Arabic Language C

141116 UE Arabic Language C

141426 VO+UE Arabic Language B

AR-3 Language Module: Arabic III (12 ECTS)

AR-4 Language Module: Arabic IV (12 ECTS)

EXAM ON-SITE AR4 Language Module Arabic IV - Module Examination

EXAM AR3 Language Module Arabic III - Module Examination

141008 UE Arabic Language G

141066 VO+UE Arabic Language F

AR-5 Language Module: Arabic V (6 ECTS)

AR-6 Language Module: Arabic VI (6 ECTS)

AR-7 Arabic Dialect (Basic Level) (5 ECTS)

EXAM ON-SITE AR7 Arabic Dialect: Basic Level - Module Examination

141009 VU Arabic Dialect - Basic Level: Iraqi Arabic

141067 VU Arabic Dialect - Basic Level: Syrian-Arabic

AR-8 Arabic Dialect (Intermediate Level) (5 ECTS)

EXAM ON-SITE A8 Arabic Dialect: Intermediate Level - Module Examination

141028 VU Arabic Dialect - Intermediate Level: Tunisian Arabic

AR-9 Arabic Dialect (Advanced Level) (6 ECTS)

EXAM AR-9 Arabic Dialect: Advanced Level - Module Examination

141010 UE Arabic Dialect - Course F: Moroccan Arabic

141168 UE Arabic Dialect E: Conversations/Texts 1: Egyptian Arabic

AR-10 Introduction to Academic Methods (3 ECTS)

141040 PS Proseminar I

AR-11 Introduction to Selected Fields of Arabic and Islamic Studies (4 ECTS)

AR-12 Selected Fields of Modern Middle Eastern Studies (4 ECTS)

AR-13 Seminar on Philology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

AR-14 Seminar on Islamic Studies (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

141078 SE Seminar in Islamic Studies (and Bachelor's Paper) - Alevi and Turkish Sunni Diaspora in German-speaking Countries

Turkish Studies (91 ECTS)

TU-2 Turkish, Basic Level II (8 ECTS)

141156 VU Turkish Grammar II

141263 UE Turkish Conversation Class II

TU-3 Turkish, Intermediate Level I (6 ECTS)

TU-4 Turkish, Intermediate Level II (10 ECTS)

141171 UE Translating Turkish Texts

TU-5 Turkish, Advanced Level I (7 ECTS)

TU-6 Turkish, Advanced Level II (8 ECTS)

141051 UE Conversations, Advanced Level II

141055 UE Reading Subject-Specific Texts II

TU-7 Persian, Basic Level (8 ECTS)

TU-8 Introduction to Academic Methods and Selected Fields of Turkish Studies (6 ECTS)

141073 PS Introduction to Academic Methods andSelected Fields of Turkish Studies

TU-9 Ottoman I (8 ECTS)

141045 UE Reading of Ottoman Literary Texts I

TU-10 Ottoman II (8 ECTS)

141030 UE Ottoman II

TU-11 Seminar on Linguistics or Literature (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

TU-12 Seminar on Turkish History and Cultural History (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

141034 SE Historical-Cultural Seminar (and Bachelor's Paper)

TU-13 Society and Culture of Modern Turkey (6 ECTS)

141163 VO Lecture series: Canon, heritage and the nation - Narratives of modernity between past and future in Republican Turkey (1923-2023)

Bachelor Oriental Studies (600 [3] - Version 2017) - auslaufend

Introductory and Orientation Phase (16 ECTS)

OR-1 Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies (2 ECTS)

EXAM OR-1 STEOP-Introduction Middle Eastern Studies

141001 VO (OVSTEOP) STEOP: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies

OR-2a/AO-1 Elective Module Introduction to Babylonian I (7 ECTS)

EXAM OR2/AO1 Introduction to Babylonian I

141022 VO (STEOP) STEOP Introduction to Babylonian I

OR-2b/AR-1 Elective Module Introduction to Arabic I (7 ECTS)

EXAM OR2/AR1 Introduction to Arabic I

141270 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Arabic Language I

OR-2c/TU-1 Elective Module Introduction to Turkish I (7 ECTS)

EXAM OR2/TU1 Introduction to Turkish I

141304 VO (STEOP) STEOP: Turkish Grammar I

Middle Eastern Studies (45 ECTS)

PM OR-3 Cultural and Economic History of the Middle East (5 ECTS)

PM OR-4 Religious History of the Middle East (6 ECTS)

141047 VO Religious history of the Middle East prior to the advent of Islam

141172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

PM OR-5 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)

141088 VO Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture II: From Mitanni to the Sassanides

PM OR-6 History of the Middle East and North Africa after the Rise of Islam (8 ECTS)

141013 VO Political History, History of Ideas and Culture of the Arab-Islamic Near East - from the Modern Era to Present

PM OR-7 History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey (8 ECTS)

PM OR-8 Cultural and Historical Continuities (6 ECTS)

PM OR-9 Middle Eastern Philology: Basics and Methods (4 ECTS)

141044 VO Languages and scripts of the Middle East and North Africa

Alternative groups of compulsory modules: Ancient Near Eastern Philology and Archaeology (89 ECTS)

AO-2 Babylonian II (8 ECTS)

141097 VO Introduction to Babylonian II

141117 UE Exercises to Introduction to Babylonian II

AO-3 Babylonian III (10 ECTS)

AO-4 Sumerian I (8 ECTS)

141048 UE Introduction to Sumerian

141136 VO Introduction to Sumerian

AO-5 Sumerian II (5 ECTS)

AO-6 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology I (5 ECTS)

AO-7 Ancient Near Eastern Archaeology II (4 ECTS)

141389 VO Architecture of the Ancient Near East

AO-8 Ancient Near Eastern Cultural History (8 ECTS)

141192 VO History of Mesopotamian Literature - Mesopotamian Cultural History

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)

141363 VU Languages of the neighboring regions of Mesopotamia - Introduction to a "small" language of the Ancient Near East: Ugaritic

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 Philological Seminar

141125 SE [en] Mesopotamian Magic in the Bronze Age - Philological Seminar: Sumerian

AO-11-2 Alternative compulsory module: Seminars on History, Material Culture and Cultural History (10 ECTS)

141032 SE Philological Seminar

141125 SE [en] Mesopotamian Magic in the Bronze Age - Philological Seminar: Sumerian

AO-12-1 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Akkadian (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

141032 SE Philological Seminar

AO-12-2 Group of elective modules: Seminar on Sumerology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

141125 SE [en] Mesopotamian Magic in the Bronze Age - Philological Seminar: Sumerian

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)

EXAM ON-SITE AR2 Language Module Arabic II - Module Examination

141074 UE Arabic Language C

141116 UE Arabic Language C

141426 VO+UE Arabic Language B

AR-3 Arabic III (12 ECTS)

AR-4 Arabic IV (12 ECTS)

EXAM ON-SITE AR4 Language Module Arabic IV - Module Examination

EXAM AR3 Language Module Arabic III - Module Examination

141008 UE Arabic Language G

141066 VO+UE Arabic Language F

AR-5 Arabic V (6 ECTS)

AR-6 Arabic VI (6 ECTS)

141000 UE [ar de] Conversations in Arabic K

141023 UE Arabisch J: Conversation and Translation

AR-7 Arabic Dialect (Basic Level) (6 ECTS)

EXAM ON-SITE AR7 Arabic Dialect: Basic Level - Module Examination

141009 VU Arabic Dialect - Basic Level: Iraqi Arabic

141067 VU Arabic Dialect - Basic Level: Syrian-Arabic

AR-8 Arabic Dialect (Intermediate Level) (6 ECTS)

EXAM ON-SITE A8 Arabic Dialect: Intermediate Level - Module Examination

141028 VU Arabic Dialect - Intermediate Level: Tunisian Arabic

AR-9 Arabic Dialect (Advanced Level) (4 ECTS)

EXAM AR-9 Arabic Dialect: Advanced Level - Module Examination

141010 UE Arabic Dialect - Course F: Moroccan Arabic

141168 UE Arabic Dialect E: Conversations/Texts 1: Egyptian Arabic

AR-10 Introduction to Selected Fields of Arabic and Islamic Studies (3 ECTS)

141429 PS Introductory Seminar: Arabic Studies

AR-11 Selected Fields of Modern Middle Eastern Studies (6 ECTS)

AR-12 Seminar on Philology (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

AR-13 Seminar on Islamic Studies (including BA Thesis) (8 ECTS)

141078 SE Seminar in Islamic Studies (and Bachelor's Paper) - Alevi and Turkish Sunni Diaspora in German-speaking Countries

Alternative group of compulsory modules: Turkish Studies (89 ECTS)

TU-2 Turkish, Basic Level II (8 ECTS)

141156 VU Turkish Grammar II

141263 UE Turkish Conversation Class II

TU-3 Turkish, Intermediate Level I (6 ECTS)

TU-4 Turkish, Intermediate Level II (10 ECTS)

141036 VU Turkish Grammar IV

141171 UE Translating Turkish Texts

141221 UE Turkish Conversation Class IV

TU-5 Turkish, Advanced Level I (7 ECTS)

TU-6 Turkish, Advanced Level II (7 ECTS)

141051 UE Conversations, Advanced Level II

141055 UE Reading Subject-Specific Texts II

TU-7 Persian, Basic Level (8 ECTS)

141053 UE Persian Grammar II

TU-8 Persian, Intermediate Level (6 ECTS)

141084 UE Reading and Discussing Persian Texts II

TU-9 Ottoman Studies (12 ECTS)

141030 UE Ottoman II

141045 UE Reading of Ottoman Literary Texts 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)

141034 SE Historical-Cultural Seminar (and Bachelor's Paper)

TU-12 Society and Culture of Modern Turkey (9 ECTS)

141163 VO Lecture series: Canon, heritage and the nation - Narratives of modernity between past and future in Republican Turkey (1923-2023)

Ancient Oriental Philology and Oriental Archaeology (672)

Compulsory Modules (56 ECTS)

Akkadian Seminars incl. Seminar Paper (16 ECTS)

141032 SE Philological Seminar

Archaeological Seminar I incl. Seminar Paper (8 ECTS)

History and Cultural History of Mesopotamia (8 ECTS)

141032 SE Philological Seminar

Advanced Module on Philology I (8 ECTS)

141032 SE Philological Seminar

Sumerological Seminars incl. Seminar Paper (16 ECTS)

141125 SE [en] Mesopotamian Magic in the Bronze Age - Philological Seminar: Sumerian

Alternative Copulsory Modules (8 ECTS)

APM Semitisitcs (8 ECTS)

141141 VO [en] Afroasiatic Language 3: Ge'ez

141175 VO [en] Afroasiatic Language 2: Syriac-Aramaic

141272 VO [en] Afroasiatic Language 1: Modern South Arabian

APM Archaeology (8 ECTS)

141389 VO Architecture of the Ancient Near East

Group of Elective Modules(16 ECTS)

WM Archaeological Seminar II incl. Seminar Paper (8 ECTS)

WM Advanced Module on Philology II (8 ECTS)

141125 SE [en] Mesopotamian Magic in the Bronze Age - Philological Seminar: Sumerian

WM South Arabia, Past and Present (8 ECTS)

WM Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)

Master-Module (8 ECTS)

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)

M2 CM: Transformation in the Ottoman Empire: From Empire to Nation (16 ECTS)

141043 EX M2 Ottoman Cultural History - (Excursion seminar)

M3 CM: Archives, Sources and Research Approaches in Turkish Studies (10 ECTS)

141015 UE Turkish Sources and Media (reading texts included) - (Exhibition preparation)

141020 VU M3 Contemporary Research and Methods in Studies on Modern Turkey - (Exhibition preparation)

M4 CM: Turkey in a Global World: The Republic of Turkey in Transition (16 ECTS)

GCM II: Language, Literature, Society (10 ECTS)

M5a Alternative CM: Ottoman Literature (10 ECTS)

141039 VO M5a - VO Ottoman Literary History

141416 SE Ottoman Literatures

M5b Alternative CM: Modern Turkish Literature and Society (10 ECTS)

141018 SE M5b - SE Modern Turkish Literature and Society

141222 VO M5b Aspects of Modern Turkish Literature

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)

M7 Reading Primary Sources: Ottoman / Turkish (10 ECTS)

M8 Individual Specialisation (10 ECTS)

141012 UE+EX M8 - Individual Specialisation: Cultural Heritage Central Asia (with excursion)

160177 VO [de en] Theory of Grammar and Structure of a Non-Indo-European Language, Introduction to Old Turkic

M9 Central Asia (10 ECTS)

141205 UE [en] M9 - UE Introduction to a Turkic Language: Chagatai

M10 Digital Humanities for Orientalist Scholars (10 ECTS)

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)

090078 VO The Ottomans and Byzantium

CM: Master’s Module

M14 CM Master’s Thesis Coaching (4 ECTS)

Master Turkish Studies (675 [1] - Version 2008) - discontinued

Ottoman Literature I (8 ECTS)

Ottoman Literature II (14 ECTS)

Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics (16 ECTS)

Ottoman-Historical Module I (10 ECTS)

Ottoman-Historical Module II (10 ECTS)

Turkish and Turkic Languages, Past and Present (6 ECTS)

Modern Turkish, Literature and Languag (12 ECTS)

Theoretical and Methodological Advanced Studies (10 ECTS)

Mastercoaching-Module (10 ECTS)

Master Arab World Studies: Language and Society (676 [2] - Version 2022)

Group of Compulsory Modules Common Core (16 ECTS)

GK-1 Basics of Arabic Linguistics and Philology (8 ECTS)

GK-2 Basics of Societies in the Modern Arab World (8 ECTS)

141092 SE The Arab World in Modern Times: Political and Social Issues

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules (32 ECTS)

Religion and Politics (32 ECTS)

RP-1 Islam in the Arab World and Beyond (8 ECTS)

RP-2 Arabic-Islamic Heritage (8 ECTS)

RP-3 Social, Political and Religious Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

141212 SE Political and Social Movements in the Arab World

RP-4 The Arab World and the Internet (8 ECTS)

Arabic Linguistics with Emphasis on Spoken Varieties (32 ECTS)

AS-1 Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Arabic Linguistics (8 ECTS)

141196 VU [de en] Practical aspects of Arabic dialectology (field studies, transcription, DH)

AS-2 Geographical and Typological Classification of Arabic Dialects (8 ECTS)

141213 VU Arabic Dialects in North Africa

AS-3 Selected Topics of Arabic Dialectology and Linguistics I (8 ECTS)

AS-4 Selected Topics of Arabic Dialectology and Linguistics II (8 ECTS)

141027 SE [en] Selected topics II - Bedouin dialects in North Arabia and Jordan

Arabic Texts from the Classical and Post-Classical Periods (32 ECTS)

AT-1 Texts: Their Materiality and Content (8 ECTS)

141308 VU Textual and intellectual history

AT-2 Texts from a Synchronic Perspective (8 ECTS)

141011 SE Important Figures and their times - al-Qalqashandi as a proponent of Arabic state manuscripts of the Mamluk period

AT-3 Texts from a Diachronic Perspective (8 ECTS)

AT-4 Reading of Classical and Post-Classical Texts (8 ECTS)

Group of Elective Modules (32 ECTS) - freely selectable, unless included in the chosen alternative compulsory module

WM-1 Arabic Popular Culture (8 ECTS)

141388 SE Arab Popular Culture: Music of the Orient: Musical Instruments

WM-2 History of Culture and Science in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

141002 SE Cultural and Scientific History of the Arab World

WM-3 Security Policy in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-4 Internet Structures in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-5 Modern Written Arabic Language: Conversation and Translation (8 ECTS)

WM-6 Media Arabic: Listening Comprehension, Analysis (8 ECTS)

WM-7 Paleography and Codicology (8 ECTS)

WM-8 Afroasiatic Language I (8 ECTS)

141109 VO Afroasiatic Language 1: Amharic

141175 VO [en] Afroasiatic Language 2: Syriac-Aramaic

141266 VO Afroasiatic Language 2: Somali

141272 VO [en] Afroasiatic Language 1: Modern South Arabian

WM-9 Afroasiatic Language II (8 ECTS)

141109 VO Afroasiatic Language 1: Amharic

141141 VO [en] Afroasiatic Language 3: Ge'ez

141175 VO [en] Afroasiatic Language 2: Syriac-Aramaic

141266 VO Afroasiatic Language 2: Somali

141272 VO [en] Afroasiatic Language 1: Modern South Arabian

WM-10 South Arabia in the Past and Today (8 ECTS)

141070 VO+UE History and Archaeology of South Arabia

WM-11 Regional and Thematic Focus: Workshop or Excursion (16 ECTS)

WM-12 Urbanisation in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-13 Art and Architecture in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-14 Current Discussions in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-15 Digital Humanities in Arabic Studies (8 ECTS)

WM-16 Arabic Dialect (16 ECTS)

141009 VU Arabic Dialect - Basic Level: Iraqi Arabic

141028 VU Arabic Dialect - Intermediate Level: Tunisian Arabic

WM-17 Islam in the Arab World and Beyond (8 ECTS)

WM-18 Arabic-Islamic Heritage (8 ECTS)

WM-19 Social, Political and Religious Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

141212 SE Political and Social Movements in the Arab World

WM-20 The Arab World and the Internet (8 ECTS)

WM-21 Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Arabic Linguistics (8 ECTS)

141196 VU [de en] Practical aspects of Arabic dialectology (field studies, transcription, DH)

WM-22 Geographical and Typological Classification of Arabic Dialects (8 ECTS)

141213 VU Arabic Dialects in North Africa

WM-23 Selected Topics of Arabic Dialectology and Linguistics I (8 ECTS)

WM-24 Selected Topics of Arabic Dialectology and Linguistics II (8 ECTS)

141027 SE [en] Selected topics II - Bedouin dialects in North Arabia and Jordan

WM-25 Texts: Their Materiality and Content (8 ECTS)

141308 VU Textual and intellectual history

WM-26 Texts from a Synchronic Perspective (8 ECTS)

141011 SE Important Figures and their times - al-Qalqashandi as a proponent of Arabic state manuscripts of the Mamluk period

WM-27 Texts from a Diachronic Perspective (8 ECTS)

WM-28 Reading of Classical and Post-Classical Texts (8 ECTS)

Master The Arab World: Language and Society (676 [1] - Version 2015) - discontinued

Group of Compulsory Modules Basics (16 ECTS)

GK-1 Methods of Cultural and Linguistic Research (8 ECTS)

GK-2 Politics & Society in the modern Arab World (8 ECTS)

141092 SE The Arab World in Modern Times: Political and Social Issues

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Religion and Politics (32 ECTS)

RP-1 Islam in the Arab World and beyond (8 ECTS)

RP-2 Arabic-Islamic Tradition (8 ECTS)

RP-3 Islamic and other Political and Social Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

141212 SE Political and Social Movements in the Arab World

RP-4 The Arab World Online (8 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Arabic Language (32 ECTS)

AS-1 Arabic Dialectology (8 ECTS)

141213 VU Arabic Dialects in North Africa

AS-2 Modern Arabic as a written Language (8 ECTS)

141027 SE [en] Selected topics II - Bedouin dialects in North Arabia and Jordan

AS-3 Arabic Philology in a diachronic perspective (8 ECTS)

141011 SE Important Figures and their times - al-Qalqashandi as a proponent of Arabic state manuscripts of the Mamluk period

AS-4 The Arab World Online (8 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules - Language and Culture of Southern Arabia (32 ECTS)

KS-1 Ancient South Arabic (8 ECTS)

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)

141388 SE Arab Popular Culture: Music of the Orient: Musical Instruments

WM-2 Media and Language of Media in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

WM-3 Cultural History of the Arab World (8 ECTS)

141002 SE Cultural and Scientific History of the Arab World

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)

141090 VU The Arab World in Economic Perspective: Practical Perspectives

WM-8 Conversation and Translation (8 ECTS)

WM-9 Listening Comprehension and Analysis of Media (8 ECTS)

WM-10 Epigraphy, Palaeography and Calligraphy (8 ECTS)

WM-11 Classical Arabian Language (8 ECTS)

WM-12 Afroasiatic Languages (Amharic, Aramaic, Sabaean...) (8 ECTS)

141109 VO Afroasiatic Language 1: Amharic

141141 VO [en] Afroasiatic Language 3: Ge'ez

141175 VO [en] Afroasiatic Language 2: Syriac-Aramaic

141266 VO Afroasiatic Language 2: Somali

141272 VO [en] Afroasiatic Language 1: Modern South Arabian

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)

141009 VU Arabic Dialect - Basic Level: Iraqi Arabic

141028 VU Arabic Dialect - Intermediate Level: Tunisian Arabic

141067 VU Arabic Dialect - Basic Level: Syrian-Arabic

WM-18 Islam in the Arab World and beyond (8 ECTS)

WM-19 Arabic-Islamic Tradition (8 ECTS)

WM-20 Islamic and other Political and Social Movements in the Arab World (8 ECTS)

141212 SE Political and Social Movements in the Arab World

WM-21 Arabic Dialectology (8 ECTS)

141213 VU Arabic Dialects in North Africa

WM-22 Modern Arabic as a written Language (8 ECTS)

WM-23 Arabic Philology in a diachronic perspective (8 ECTS)

WM-24 Ancient South Arabic (8 ECTS)

WM-25 Sabean Studies (8 ECTS)

WM-26 History and Present Age of South Arabia (8 ECTS)

141070 VO+UE History and Archaeology of South Arabia

WM-27 Modern South Arabia (8 ECTS)

Master-Degree Phase (10 ECTS)

MM-1 MA-Coaching (10 ECTS)

141499 SE Master Coaching Seminar

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 (OVSTEOP) STEOP: Introduction to Middle Eastern Studies

141044 VO Languages and scripts of the Middle East and North Africa

EC-TU-2 Aspects of Turkish culture, history and literature in past and present (11 ECTS)

141163 VO Lecture series: Canon, heritage and the nation - Narratives of modernity between past and future in Republican Turkey (1923-2023)

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)

RPAR-2 Study of Religions

141172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

RPAR-3-1 Politics and History: Iran (5 ECTS)

141277 VO History of Iran from the Safavids to the present time

RPAR-3-2 Politics and History: Turkey (6 ECTS)

141163 VO Lecture series: Canon, heritage and the nation - Narratives of modernity between past and future in Republican Turkey (1923-2023)

Extension Curriculum Language and Culture of the Arab World (643)

Compulsory modules SKAR (15 ECTS)

141013 VO Political History, History of Ideas and Culture of the Arab-Islamic Near East - from the Modern Era to Present

141038 VO Basic Course in Arabic 2

Extension Curriculum Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture (644)

Compulsory modules AOGK (15 ECTS)

AOGK-1 Ancient Near Eastern History (8 ECTS)

141088 VO Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture II: From Mitanni to the Sassanides

AOGK-2 Ancient Near Eastern Cultural History and Archaeology (7 ECTS)

141047 VO Religious history of the Middle East prior to the advent of Islam

Extension Curriculum Ancient Near Eastern Philology (645)

Compulsory modules AOP (15 ECTS)

AOP-1 Introduction to Ancient Near Eastern philology (7 ECTS)

141022 VO (STEOP) STEOP Introduction to Babylonian I

AOP-2 Ancient Near Eastern philology: Advanced Module (8 ECTS)

141097 VO Introduction to Babylonian II

141136 VO Introduction to Sumerian

Extension Curriculum Iranian History and Culture (646)

Compulsory modules IRGK (15 ECTS)

IRGK-1 History of Iran (7 ECTS)

141277 VO History of Iran from the Safavids to the present time

IRGK-2 Cultural History of Iran (8 ECTS)

010116 VU [en] Religion in Contemporary Iran

141089 VO Intellectual and cultural history of Iran from the 16th to the 20th centuries

Extension curriculum Society and Law in the Islamic World (648)

Compulsory modules GRIW (15 ECTS)

GRIW-1 Introduction to Islamic Jurisprudence (7 ECTS)

141172 VO Introduction to the History of Islam

GRIW-2 Specialisation (8 ECTS)

030194 KU Islam in Europe - (Issues from) Legal history and contemporory legal developments

030676 KU Modern islamic civil law and its application in Austria and Germany

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