Studies Programme 14 - Near Eastern Studies - African Studies - Tibetan Studies and Indology

• 140195 KU Writing Seminar
• 140196 KU Writing Seminar

14.01. African Studies

A. Bachelor Degree Programme in African Studies

1. Orientatation Period - Basics of African Studies

• 140077 VO+UE Introduction into African Linguistics - Lecture
• 140050 VO+UE Introduction into African Literature
• 140083 VO+UE Introduction into African History

2. Linguistics - Alternative Required Modules

2.1. Basic Level - African Language

APM Bambara

• 140209 VO+UE Bambara: Grammar 1
• 140093 VO+UE Bambara: Tutorial 1

APM Hausa

• 140207 VO+UE Hausa: Grammar 1
• 140278 VO+UE Hausa: Tutorial 1

APM Swahili

• 140205 VO+UE Swahili: Grammar 1
• 140204 VO+UE Swahili: Tutorial 1

2.2. Advanced Level - African Language

APM Bambara

• 140216 SK Bambara: Grammar 3
• 140210 SK Bambara: Texts 1
• 140075 SK Bambara: Conversation 1

APM Hausa

• 140208 SK Hausa: Grammar 3
• 140092 SK Hausa: Texts 1
• 140177 SK Hausa: Conversation 1

APM Swahili

• 140212 SK Swahili: Grammar 3 / Kiswahili Sarufi 3
• 140206 SK [ en ] Swahili: Texts 1
• 140387 SK Swahili Texts 1
• 140279 SK [ en ] Swahili: Conversation 1 / Kiswahili cha mazungumzo 1

3. Specialisation - Alternative Groups of Required Modules

3.1. African Linguistics

• 140098 VO Introduction to the Phonology and Tonology of African Languages
• 140119 VO Languages - To Count or Not to Count? An Introduction to Plurilingualism
• 140047 PS Introductory Seminar: African Linguistics
• 140198 VO Case Systems in African Languages
• 140102 SE Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature

3.2. African Literature

• 140133 VO [ en ] Magic Realism and the African Novel in English
• 140117 PS Introductory Seminar History and Literature - War and Conflict
• 140064 VO [ en ] Race, Gender and Sexuality in African Literature
• 140102 SE Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature

3.3. African History

• 140178 VO African Societies until the 16th Century
• 140186 VO Christianisation and Colonial Transformation in 19th-Century African Societies - 19. Jahrhunderts
• 140065 PS Introductory Seminar African History
• 140117 PS Introductory Seminar History and Literature - War and Conflict
• 140071 VO History of North Africa 1
• 140218 VO From Princess Salme to Wangari Maathai - African Women Life Histories
• 140330 VO+UE T I - TII - VM4 - VM5 Racism
• 140087 SE Bachelor Seminar: African History

B. Master Degree Programme in African Studies

1. Basic Module - Required Module

• 140179 KU Methods: Data Collection and Data Processing 1
• 140066 KU Scientific Texts: Writing and Editing

2. Specialisation - Alternative Groups of Required Modules

2.1. African Linguistics

• 140076 SK Fulfulde: Grammar 3
• 140085 SK Fulfulde: Tutorial 3
• 140180 SK Fulfulde: Conversation 3
• 140055 VO Language and Agency, Language as Action
• 140044 VO Topics of Phonetics and Phonology
• 140056 VO Language and History in Africa III: Bantu Languages and Sudan Languages
• 140100 VO Early Historic Languages and Populations in North Africa
• 140184 KU Theories of Grammar and the Science of Language
• 140086 SE Language Contact - Pidgin and Creole Languages
• 140121 MAKU Master Course

2.2. African History

• 140058 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: History and Chronology of the Empire of Kush
• 140356 VO History/ies of Africa - Facets of a Research Area
• 140072 VO Thinking Africa? - Concepts and Representations of Africa in Discourses on Development, Human Rights a
• 140060 KU Democracy and Governance in Post-Colonial Africa
• 140061 KU Producing Knowledge about Africa? - Historical Source Criticism and the Analysis of European Travel Writing in the 19th and Early 20th Century
• 140357 KU Research film project on transnational identities in the African diaspora
• 140090 SE Recent Historical Approaches in the Study of African Family and Kinship
• 140359 SE African Contemporary History: From National Planning to Structural Adjustment Programs
• 140074 SE Africa in Transnational Space
• 140337 SE SE IE - VM6 - VM7 Interculturality and Development Co-operation: a Transdisciplinary Approach - Western Sahara: a Conflict, Different Perspectives. Actors, Practice and International Cooperation
• 140121 MAKU Master Course

CSP African Studies

1. EC Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa (15 ECTS)

• 140133 VO [ en ] Magic Realism and the African Novel in English
• 140064 VO [ en ] Race, Gender and Sexuality in African Literature
• 140178 VO African Societies until the 16th Century
• 140186 VO Christianisation and Colonial Transformation in 19th-Century African Societies - 19. Jahrhunderts
• 140071 VO History of North Africa 1
• 140218 VO From Princess Salme to Wangari Maathai - African Women Life Histories
• 140330 VO+UE T I - TII - VM4 - VM5 Racism

14.02. Oriental Studies

A. Bachelor Degree Programme in Oriental Studies

1. Orientation Period

OR-1: Introduction to Oriental Studies - Required Module

• 140001 VO STEOP: Introduction to Oriental Studies

OR-2: Introduction to Oriental Languages - Group of Elective Modules

OR-2/AO-1: Introduction to Akkadian I

• 140049 VO STEOP: Introduction to Akkadian I

OR-2/AR-1: Introduction to Arabic I

• 140270 VO STEOP: Arabic Language I

OR-2/TU-1: Introduction to Turkish I

• 140304 VO STEOP: Turkish Grammar I

2. Oriental Studies - Group of Required Modules

OR-3: Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

• 140312 VO Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

OR-4: Religions and Institutions of the Near East

OR-5: Ancient Near East

• 140113 VO Culture and History of South Arabia
• 140142 VO Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture I: Early Periods

OR-6: History of the Arabs in the Near East and North Africa in Islamic Times

• 140010 VO Political History of the Arab-Islamic Near East - from the beginnings of Islam to the present

OR-7: History of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey

3. Alternative Groups of Required Modules (APMG)

3.1. APMG Ancient Oriental Philology and Oriental Archaeology

AO-2: Akkadian II

AO-3: Akkadian III

• 140111 PS Akkadian Reading I

AO-4: Sumerian I

AO-5: Sumerian II

• 140051 PS Sumerian II: Sumerian Reading I - Sumerian Votive Inscriptions

AO-6: Near Eastern Archaeology I

• 140005 VO Near Eastern Archeology I: Introduction into Art and Archaeology of the Ancient Near East

AO-7: Near Eastern Archaeology II

AO-8: Mesopotamian Cultural History

AO-9: Mesopotamian Literature: Reading

• 140111 PS Akkadian Reading I

AO-10: Alternative Required Module

• 140041 UE Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic 1
• 140106 VO+UE Exercise on the Introduction to Early Hebrew or Aramaic

• 140054 UE The Material Culture of the Ancient Near East. - Lehrgrabung in Tell Abu Kharaz
• 140363 SE Archeological Seminar: Archeology of Mesopotamia's "Strategic periphery"

AO-11: Alternative Required Module

• 140030 SE Akkadian Seminar: Astronomical diaries and chronicles as historical sources
• 140104 SE Sumerian Seminar: Sumerian heroic tales and Mesopotamian kingship

• 140030 SE Akkadian Seminar: Astronomical diaries and chronicles as historical sources
• 140104 SE Sumerian Seminar: Sumerian heroic tales and Mesopotamian kingship
• 140363 SE Archeological Seminar: Archeology of Mesopotamia's "Strategic periphery"

AO-12: Group of Elective Modules

• 140030 SE Akkadian Seminar: Astronomical diaries and chronicles as historical sources

• 140104 SE Sumerian Seminar: Sumerian heroic tales and Mesopotamian kingship

• 140363 SE Archeological Seminar: Archeology of Mesopotamia's "Strategic periphery"

3.2. APMG Arabic Studies and Islamic Studies

AR-2: Language Module Arabic II

AR-3: Language Module Arabic III

• 140004 UE Arabic Language E / Practical Training
• 140034 UE Arabic Language E / Practical Training
• 140294 VO+UE Arabic Language D incl. Tutorial

AR-4: Language Module Arabic IV

AR-5: Language Module Arabic V

• 140039 UE Arabic Language I - Media
• 140118 UE Arabic H: Conversations and Translations (Oral Mod. Stand. Ar. Drills for Adv. Students 1-2)

AR-6: Language Moduel Arabic VI

AR-7: Arabic Dialect: Basic Level

• 140029 UE Arabic Dialect - Course B
• 140292 VO Arabic Dialect A: Tunisian Arabic

AR-8: Arabic Dialect: Intermediate Level

• 140028 VO Arabic Dialect - Course C:
• 140290 UE Arabic Dialect D:

AR-9: Arabic Dialect: Advanced Level

• 140037 UE Arabic Dialect F: Conversations / Texts 2: Syrian-Arabic
• 140043 UE Arabic Dialect - Course E:

AR-10: Introduction to Selected Fields of Arabic Studies and Islamic Studies

• 140031 PS Introductory Seminar 1
• 140040 PS Introductory Seminar 1

AR-11: Selected Issues of Modern Oriental Research

• 140022 VO Gender Studies / Muslim World
• 140183 VO Modern Arabic Politics and Society (Modern Arab History 1)

AR-12: Seminar on Philology (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

• 140081 SE Seminar on Philology - Reading of Arabic political and religious key texts as well as classical and modern poetry and prose.

AR-13: Seminar on Islamic Studies (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

3.3. APMG Turkish Studies

TU-2: Turkish, Basic Level II

TU-3: Turkish, Intermediate Level I

• 140164 VO Turkish Grammar III
• 140168 UE Turkish Conversation Class III

TU-4: Turkish, Intermediate Level II

TU-5: Turkish, Advanced Level I

• 140150 UE Conversations, Advanced Level I
• 140151 UE Reading Subject-Specific Texts I

TU-6: Tukish, Advanced Level II

TU-7: Persian, Basic Level

• 140035 UE Persian Grammar I

TU-8: Persian, Intermediate Level

• 140036 UE Reading and Discussing Persian Texts I

TU-9: Ottoman Studies

• 140166 UE Ottoman I

TU-10: Linguistic or Literary Seminar (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

• 140026 SE Linguistics or Literary Seminar (and Bachelor's Paper)

TU-11: Historical-Cultural Seminar (incl. Bachelor's Paper)

TU-12: Society and Culture of Modern Turkey

• 140163 VO Lecture on Selected Aspects of Modern Turkey

B. Master Degree Programmes in Oriental Studies

1. Ancient Near Eastern Languages and Oriental Archaeology

a. Required Modules

1.1. Akkadian Seminars incl. Seminar Paper

• 140030 SE Akkadian Seminar: Astronomical diaries and chronicles as historical sources

1.2. Sumerological Seminars incl. Seminar Paper

• 140104 SE Sumerian Seminar: Sumerian heroic tales and Mesopotamian kingship

1.3. Archaeological Seminar I incl. Seminar Paper

1.4. History and Cultural History of Mesopotamia

1.5. Advanced Module on Philology I

b. Alternative Required Module

APM Semitisitcs

• 140041 UE Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic 1

APM Archaeology

• 140054 UE The Material Culture of the Ancient Near East. - Lehrgrabung in Tell Abu Kharaz

c. Group of Elective Modules

WM Archaeological Seminar II incl. Seminar Paper

• 140363 SE Archeological Seminar: Archeology of Mesopotamia's "Strategic periphery"

WM Advanced Module on Philology II

WM South Arabia, Past and Present

• 140009 VU South Arabian History and Archaeology

WM Sabean Studies

• 140023 SE Seminar in Epigraphic South Arabian Studies

d. Master-Module

2. Arabic Studies

a. Required Modules

1.1. History and Cultural History of the Arab World I

• 140314 SE History and Culture of the Arab World (Seminar on Classical Arabic Literature)

1.2. Arabic Language and Literature I

• 140045 SE [ ar en ] Language and Literature of the Arab World: Literature from the desert

1.3. Dialectology

• 140300 VO Introduction into Arabic Dialectology

1.4. Classic Arabic Language

b. Alternative Required Modules

APM Media or History of Arabic Script

• 140014 UE Arabic palaeography and epigraphy
• 140042 UE Media Islam

APM Semitic Languages or Islam Religion

c. Language, Literatue and Media in the Arab World

1.1. Language and Institutions of Arab Media

• 140247 UE Media Arabic 1

1.2. Current Trends in Culture, Politics and Religion

1.3. Group of Elective Modules

• 140045 SE [ ar en ] Language and Literature of the Arab World: Literature from the desert

d. Language and Culture of South Arabia

1.1. Ancient South Arab Language

• 140041 UE Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic 1

1.2. South Arabia, Past and Present

• 140009 VU South Arabian History and Archaeology

1.3. Sabean Studies

• 140023 SE Seminar in Epigraphic South Arabian Studies

1.4. Alternative Required Module

• 140314 SE History and Culture of the Arab World (Seminar on Classical Arabic Literature)

e. Master-Module

• 140008 SE Master Coaching Seminar (Seminar for Postgraduate Students)

3. Islamic Studies

a. Required Modules

1.1. History of Ideas

• 140308 SE History of Ideas in Islam - (Seminar on Classical Islam)

1.2. Islamic Law

• 140127 SE Islamic Law

1.3. Modern Islam I

• 140011 VO Introduction into Modern Islamic Religious Discussions
• 140013 SE Modern Religious Discussions in Islam

1.4. Language and Institutions of Arab Media

• 140247 UE Media Arabic 1

1.5. Islam in the Non-Arab World

• 140015 SE Islam in Europe

1.6. Older Islam I

1.7. Classic Arabic Language

b. Alternative Required Module

APM Islam on the Internet

• 140006 VO+UE Islam Online

APM Media

• 140042 UE Media Islam

c. Group of Elective Modules

WM Modern Islam II (8 ECTS)

• 140013 SE Modern Religious Discussions in Islam

WM Regional Specialisation (16 ECTS)

WM Older Islam II (8 ECTS)

d. Module of Interest

e. Master-Module

• 140007 SE Master Coaching Seminar (Seminar for Postgraduate Students)

4. Turkish Studies

a. Required Modules

1.1. Ottoman Literature I

• 140157 VO History of Ottoman Literature
• 140173 UE Reading Ottoman Poetry I

1.2. Ottoman Literature II

• 140027 SE Literary Seminar

1.3. Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics

• 140162 UE Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics I

1.4. Ottoman-Historical Module I

• 140160 VO Turkish Regional Studies I: Fiefs and Military Organization - Türkische Landeskunde I
• 140165 SE Ottoman-Historical Seminar

1.5. Ottoman-Historical Module II

1.6. Turkish and Turkic Languages, Past and Present

1.7. Modern Turkish, Literature and Language

• 140167 UE Reading difficult Texts

1.8. Theoretical and Methodological Advanced Studies

b. Master-Module

C. Complementary Study Programmes (Minor) Oriental Studies

1. Arabic Culture and Language (30 ECTS)

• 140010 VO Political History of the Arab-Islamic Near East - from the beginnings of Islam to the present
• 140022 VO Gender Studies / Muslim World
• 140038 VO Basic Course in Arabic 1
• 140183 VO Modern Arabic Politics and Society (Modern Arab History 1)
• 140312 VO Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

2. Islam History and Religion (30 ECTS)

• 140010 VO Political History of the Arab-Islamic Near East - from the beginnings of Islam to the present
• 140011 VO Introduction into Modern Islamic Religious Discussions
• 140022 VO Gender Studies / Muslim World
• 140183 VO Modern Arabic Politics and Society (Modern Arab History 1)

3. CSP Turkish History, Literature and Culture History

EC-TU-1 PM Turkish cultural history within the framework of the civilisations of Asia Minor

• 140001 VO STEOP: Introduction to Oriental Studies
• 140312 VO Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

EC-TU-2 PM Aspects of Turkish history past and present

• 140022 VO Gender Studies / Muslim World
• 140163 VO Lecture on Selected Aspects of Modern Turkey

4. Turkish Studies I (15 ECTS)

CSP-TU-I-1

CSP-TU-I-2

CSP-TU-I-3A

• 140312 VO Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa

CSP-TU-I-3B

5. Turkish Studies II (15 ECTS)

• 140160 VO Turkish Regional Studies I: Fiefs and Military Organization - Türkische Landeskunde I

CSP-TU-II-1

• 140163 VO Lecture on Selected Aspects of Modern Turkey

CSP-TU-II-2

D. Diploma Degree Programme in Oriental Studies

1. Ancient Semitic Philology and Oriental Archaeology

• 140009 VU South Arabian History and Archaeology
• 140023 SE Seminar in Epigraphic South Arabian Studies
• 140030 SE Akkadian Seminar: Astronomical diaries and chronicles as historical sources
• 140041 UE Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic 1
• 140051 PS Sumerian II: Sumerian Reading I - Sumerian Votive Inscriptions
• 140054 UE The Material Culture of the Ancient Near East. - Lehrgrabung in Tell Abu Kharaz
• 140104 SE Sumerian Seminar: Sumerian heroic tales and Mesopotamian kingship
• 140106 VO+UE Exercise on the Introduction to Early Hebrew or Aramaic
• 140142 VO Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture I: Early Periods
• 140363 SE Archeological Seminar: Archeology of Mesopotamia's "Strategic periphery"

2. Arabic Studies and Islamic Studies

• 140001 VO STEOP: Introduction to Oriental Studies
• 140006 VO+UE Islam Online
• 140009 VU South Arabian History and Archaeology
• 140011 VO Introduction into Modern Islamic Religious Discussions
• 140013 SE Modern Religious Discussions in Islam
• 140014 UE Arabic palaeography and epigraphy
• 140015 SE Islam in Europe
• 140023 SE Seminar in Epigraphic South Arabian Studies
• 140028 VO Arabic Dialect - Course C:
• 140029 UE Arabic Dialect - Course B
• 140037 UE Arabic Dialect F: Conversations / Texts 2: Syrian-Arabic
• 140039 UE Arabic Language I - Media
• 140041 UE Introduction into Epigraphic South Arabic 1
• 140042 UE Media Islam
• 140043 UE Arabic Dialect - Course E:
• 140045 SE [ ar en ] Language and Literature of the Arab World: Literature from the desert
• 140118 UE Arabic H: Conversations and Translations (Oral Mod. Stand. Ar. Drills for Adv. Students 1-2)
• 140127 SE Islamic Law
• 140247 UE Media Arabic 1
• 140290 UE Arabic Dialect D:
• 140292 VO Arabic Dialect A: Tunisian Arabic
• 140300 VO Introduction into Arabic Dialectology
• 140308 SE History of Ideas in Islam - (Seminar on Classical Islam)
• 140312 VO Cultural and Economic Geography of the Near East and North Africa
• 140314 SE History and Culture of the Arab World (Seminar on Classical Arabic Literature)

3. Turkish Studies

• 140026 SE Linguistics or Literary Seminar (and Bachelor's Paper)
• 140027 SE Literary Seminar
• 140035 UE Persian Grammar I
• 140151 UE Reading Subject-Specific Texts I
• 140157 VO History of Ottoman Literature
• 140160 VO Turkish Regional Studies I: Fiefs and Military Organization - Türkische Landeskunde I
• 140162 UE Ottoman Palaeography and Diplomatics I
• 140163 VO Lecture on Selected Aspects of Modern Turkey
• 140164 VO Turkish Grammar III
• 140165 SE Ottoman-Historical Seminar
• 140166 UE Ottoman I
• 140167 UE Reading difficult Texts
• 140168 UE Turkish Conversation Class III
• 140173 UE Reading Ottoman Poetry I

14.03. South Asian, Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

A. Bachelor Degree Programme - Languages and Culture of South Asia and Tibet

1. Orientation Period

M1: Introduction to the Degree Programme in "Languages and Culture of South Asia and Tibet"

• 140091 VO Introduction to Indology
• 140136 VO Introduction to Buddhist and Tibetan Studies
• 140344 VO Introduction to Modern South Asian Studies

2. Group of Required Modules - Fields of Work

M3: Introduction to Selected Fields of Indology

M4: Introduction to Selected Fields of Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

M5: Introduction to Selected Fields of Modern South Asian Studies

3. Required Module incl. Bachelor's Papers

M18: Advanced Module on Philology and Culture Studies of South Asia and Tibet

4. Alternative Groups of Required Modules

4.1. APMG - First Language

A1: APMG - Sanskrit as First Language

• 140095 UE Practice for Introduction to Classical Sanskrit
• 140376 VO+UE Introduction to Classical Sanskrit I

• 140094 VO+UE Classical Sanskrit for Advanced Students

• 140293 UE Upanishadic Discussions - A Contest in Knowledge at the Sacrifice of the Videha Ruler Janaka

B1: APMG - Classical Tibetan as First Language

• 140089 UE Practice for Introduction to Classical Tibetan
• 140329 VO+UE Introduction to Classical Tibetan I

• 140096 UE Classical Tibetan Readings - Stories from Earlier Lives of the Buddha
• 140158 UE [ bo en ] Classical Tibetan for Advanced Students

• 140253 UE Selected Passages on the Topic of Bodhicitta

C1: APMG - Modern Indian Language as First Language

• 140170 UE [ de en ] Practice for Introduction to Hindi
• 140280 VO+UE [ de en ] Introduction to Hindi I

• 140171 UE [ en ne ] Advanced Nepali Grammar
• 140174 UE [ en ne ] Easy Nepali Readings

• 140103 UE [ en hi ] Marriage and Divorce in Hindi Literature and Cinema

4.2. APMG - Second Language

A2: APMG - Sanskrit as Second Language

• 140095 UE Practice for Introduction to Classical Sanskrit
• 140376 VO+UE Introduction to Classical Sanskrit I

B2: APMG - Classical Tibetan as Second Language

• 140089 UE Practice for Introduction to Classical Tibetan
• 140329 VO+UE Introduction to Classical Tibetan I

C2: APMG - Modern Indian Language as Second Language

• 140170 UE [ de en ] Practice for Introduction to Hindi
• 140280 VO+UE [ de en ] Introduction to Hindi I

D2: APMG - Modern Tibetan as Second Language

• 140139 VO+UE Introduction to Modern Tibetan I
• 140140 UE Practice for Introduction to Modern Tibetan

5. Group of Elective Modules - Cultural History

M9: Basics of Cultural History A

• 140147 VO Introduction to the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy (Historical and Philosophical)
• 140194 VO [ en ] Religious Approaches to the Problem of Suffering - Western and Asian Perspectives
• 140202 VO [ en ] Scheduled Tribes in India - Changing Perspectives
• 140288 VO The Vedas - A History of Old Indian Literature

M10: Basics of Cultural History B

• 140299 PS The Progressiv Path to Awakening in Tibetan Buddhism
• 140324 PS The Literature of the Legal Texts of the Brahmanic-Orthodox Tradition of India

M13: Culture - Language - Society A

M14: Culture - Language - Society B

6. Group of Elective Modules - Applied Cultural Studies

M15a: Field Trip

M15b: Regional Cultures

• 140115 UE [ en ] Marginalisation, Maoism and the State in Central India
• 140277 UE The Sacred in the Urban Architecture of North India, Nepal and Bhutan

M16a: Advanced Module on Classical Sanskrit as Second Language

• 140094 VO+UE Classical Sanskrit for Advanced Students

M16b: Advanced Module on Classical Tibetan as Second Language

• 140096 UE Classical Tibetan Readings - Stories from Earlier Lives of the Buddha
• 140158 UE [ bo en ] Classical Tibetan for Advanced Students

M16c: Advanced Module on a Modern Indian Language as Second Language

• 140171 UE [ en ne ] Advanced Nepali Grammar
• 140174 UE [ en ne ] Easy Nepali Readings

M16d: Advanced Module on Modern Tibetan as Second Language

• 140088 UE Modern Tibetan for Advanced Students
• 140221 UE [ bo en ] Readings in Modern Tibetan

B. Master Degree Programmes in Indology, Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

1. Buddhist Studies

a. Required Modules

M1: Comparative Philology of Buddhist Tradition

• 140245 UE Introduction to Classical Literary Mongolian
• 140305 UE From Vada to Epistemology

M2: Text Hermeneutics in the Field of Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Buddhism outside of South Asia

• 140253 UE Selected Passages on the Topic of Bodhicitta
• 140285 UE [ bo en ] Dharmakirti's Pramanavarttika - Selected Readings from the 2nd Chapter (Anumana)

b. Alternative Required Module 3

APM 3a: Introduction to an Additional Language of the Cultural Area

• 140139 VO+UE Introduction to Modern Tibetan I
• 140140 UE Practice for Introduction to Modern Tibetan
• 140170 UE [ de en ] Practice for Introduction to Hindi
• 140280 VO+UE [ de en ] Introduction to Hindi I

APM 3b: Advanced Philology and Text Hermeneutics in the Field of Philosophical-Religious Traditions of the Cultural Area

• 140078 UE The Notions of Pramana and Naya in the Early Commentaries on the Tattvarthasutra - Umasvati and Pujyapada
• 140293 UE Upanishadic Discussions - A Contest in Knowledge at the Sacrifice of the Videha Ruler Janaka
• 140298 UE Introduction to Pali
• 140371 UE [ en ] The General Characteristics of Bhakti - The First Chapter of Rupa Gosvamin's Bhaktirasamrtasindhu

c. Required Modules

M4: Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Buddhism I

M5: Culture and History of Buddhism I

M6: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Buddhism

d. Alternative Required Module 7

APM 7a: Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Buddhism II

• 140200 SE Ashvaghosha's Buddhacarita - From the Hagiography of the Buddha to the Critique of Contemporary Systems of Salvation

APM 7b: Culture and History of Buddhism II

e. Master-Module

M8: Master's Colloquium in Buddhist Studies

• 140152 KO Colloquium in Buddhist Studies for Advanced Students

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

2. Modern South Asian Culture and Society

a. Required Modules

M1: Modern South Asian Society

• 140105 SE India in the Light of Psychological and Psychoanalytical Texts

M2: Basics of the History of Culture and Ideas of Modern South Asia

• 140202 VO [ en ] Scheduled Tribes in India - Changing Perspectives
• 140234 UE Ethnic Movements in South Asia

M3: Modern South Asian Culture Studies - Practical Training

• 140115 UE [ en ] Marginalisation, Maoism and the State in Central India
• 140277 UE The Sacred in the Urban Architecture of North India, Nepal and Bhutan

M4: Modern South Asian History

M7: Modern South Asian Languages - Practical Training

M8: Modern South Asian Language Traditions

• 140185 SE Poetic Traditions of the Bhakti Movement

b. Alternative Required Modules

APM 5: Basics of Contemporary South Asian Cultures

APM 6: Cultures of the Larger Cultural Area

c. Master-Module

M9: Master's Colloquium

• 140311 KO Colloquium in Modern South Asian Studies for Advanced Students

M10: Master's Thesis

M11: Master's Examination

3. Philosophies and Religions of South Asia

a. Required Modules

M1: History and Teachings of a Selected Philosophical-Religious Tradition of South Asia

• 140373 SE Classical Sankhya

M2: Philosophy and Religion of South Asia, Past and Present

• 140147 VO Introduction to the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy (Historical and Philosophical)
• 140194 VO [ en ] Religious Approaches to the Problem of Suffering - Western and Asian Perspectives
• 140241 UE The Allegory of the Blind Men and the Elephant in the Philosophic-Religious Traditions of South Asia

M3: Text Hermeneutics in the Field of Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia

• 140078 UE The Notions of Pramana and Naya in the Early Commentaries on the Tattvarthasutra - Umasvati and Pujyapada
• 140293 UE Upanishadic Discussions - A Contest in Knowledge at the Sacrifice of the Videha Ruler Janaka
• 140371 UE [ en ] The General Characteristics of Bhakti - The First Chapter of Rupa Gosvamin's Bhaktirasamrtasindhu

M4: Core Issues of Philosophy and Religion of South Asia

M5: Aspects of the History of Philosophy and Religion of South Asia

M6: Advanced Philology and Text Hermeneutics in the Field of Philosophical-Religious Traditions of South Asia

M7: Philosophy and Religion in the Cultural History of South Asia and Tibet

• 140185 SE Poetic Traditions of the Bhakti Movement
• 140200 SE Ashvaghosha's Buddhacarita - From the Hagiography of the Buddha to the Critique of Contemporary Systems of Salvation

b. Master-Modules

M8: Master's Colloquium

• 140271 KO Philosophy and Religion as Reflected in Sanskrit Literature

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

4. Languages and Literatures of South Asia

• 160095 VO Historical grammar of Vedic

a. Required Modules

M1: Aspects of Language and Literature in the History of South Asia

• 140131 VO The Family of the Indo-Iranian Languages - Diversity and Common Heritage
• 140288 VO The Vedas - A History of Old Indian Literature

M2: Ancient Indian Forms of Language/Literary Genres

• 140293 UE Upanishadic Discussions - A Contest in Knowledge at the Sacrifice of the Videha Ruler Janaka

M3: Middle Indian resp. Hybrid/Classical Forms of Language/Literary Genres

• 140298 UE Introduction to Pali

M4: Modern Forms of Language/Literary Genres

• 140103 UE [ en hi ] Marriage and Divorce in Hindi Literature and Cinema

M5: Philology and Hermeneutics of Ancient Indian Texts

M6: Philology and Hermeneutics of Middle Indian resp. Hybrid/Classical Texts

M7: Hermeneutics of Modern Indian Texts and Traditions

• 140185 SE Poetic Traditions of the Bhakti Movement

b. Master-Module

M8: Master's Colloquium on the Languages and Literatures of South Asia

• 140271 KO Philosophy and Religion as Reflected in Sanskrit Literature

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

5. Tibetology

a. Required Modules

M1: Introduction to an Additional Language of the Cultural Area

• 140095 UE Practice for Introduction to Classical Sanskrit
• 140170 UE [ de en ] Practice for Introduction to Hindi
• 140280 VO+UE [ de en ] Introduction to Hindi I
• 140376 VO+UE Introduction to Classical Sanskrit I

M2: Text Hermeneutics in the Field of Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Tibet

• 140253 UE Selected Passages on the Topic of Bodhicitta
• 140285 UE [ bo en ] Dharmakirti's Pramanavarttika - Selected Readings from the 2nd Chapter (Anumana)

M3: Modern Tibetan

• 140141 UE [ bo en ] Modern Tibetan Focussing on Grammar and the Competence to Communicate I

M4: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Tibet

M5: Philosophical-Religous Traditions of Tibet I

M6: Culture and History of Tibet I

b. Alternative Requirede Module

APM 7a: Philosophical-Religious Traditions of Tibet II

APM 7b: Culture and History of Tibet II

• 140153 SE Tibet of Imperial Times - Chronology, Political Structure, Ritual

c. Master-Module

M8: Master's Colloquium on Tibetology

• 140259 KO Colloquium in Tibetan Studies for Advanced Students

M9: Master's Thesis

M10: Master's Examination

1. Indology

1. Indology

2. Tibetan and Buddhist Studies

D. Complementary Study Programmes (Minors)

CSP1 South Asian Studies, Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

M1: Basics of Contemporary South Asian Cultures

M2: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Tibet

M3: Basics of Philosophy, Religion and Culture of Buddhism

CSP2 South Asian Studies

M1 Introduction to South Asian Studies

• 140091 VO Introduction to Indology
• 140344 VO Introduction to Modern South Asian Studies

M2: Basics of Cultural History

• 140202 VO [ en ] Scheduled Tribes in India - Changing Perspectives
• 140288 VO The Vedas - A History of Old Indian Literature

CSP3 Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

M1 Introduction to Tibetology and Buddhist Studies

• 140136 VO Introduction to Buddhist and Tibetan Studies

M2: Basics of Cultural History

• 140147 VO Introduction to the Madhyamaka School of Philosophy (Historical and Philosophical)
• 140194 VO [ en ] Religious Approaches to the Problem of Suffering - Western and Asian Perspectives

14.04. Development Studies

A. Bachelor Degree Programme in Development Studies

01. Orientation Period - StEOP

• 140313 VO STEOP C: Introduction to International Development

02. Module Introduction to Scientific Writing

• 140156 KU OV 2 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Academic Writing
• 140161 KU OV2 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Academic Writing
• 140217 KU OV2 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Academic Writing

03. Module Sociological Aspects of Development Studies

• 140316 VO KS1 - K III Introduction to Development Sociology
• 140227 KU KS 2 Introduction to Development Sociology - Social Movements and Social Change
• 140250 KU KS 2 Introduction to Development Sociology - Soziologische Perspektiven auf die Wirtschaft
• 140255 KU KS 2 Introduction to Development Sociology - Theories of Globalization
• 140274 KU KS 2 Introduction to Development Sociology - Soziologische Grundbegriffe der Entwicklungsforschung

02. Module Political Aspects of Development Studies

• 140252 VO KP1 - K V Introduction into Politics from the Perspective of International Development
• 140238 KU KP2 - K V Political Aspects of Development - Theories of Democracy
• 140260 KU KP2 - K V Political Aspects of Development - State - Development - Environment
• 140264 KU KP2 - K V Social and Political Aspects of Development - External Democracy Promotion in Foreign and Development Policies: Chances and Limits
• 140326 KU Political Aspects of Development - From Athens to Dar es Salaam: History of Political Ideas Concerning State and Development

05. Module Introduction to Development Economics

• 140232 KU [ de en ] KW2 - K IV Introductory Seminar: Development Economics - (engl.)
• 140239 KU [ de en ] KW2 - K IV Introductory Seminar: Development Economics
• 140276 KU [ de en ] KW2 - K IV Introductory Seminar: Development Economics

4. Module Development Studies in Historical Context

• 140172 KU KG2 - K VI International Development in Historical Context
• 140248 KU KG2 - K VI International Development in Historical Context
• 140249 KU KG2 - K VI International Development in Historical Context
• 140269 KU KG2 - K VI International Development in Historical Context

07. Module Introduction to Development Studies

• 140169 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies
• 140219 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies
• 140222 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies
• 140224 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies

08. Module Introduction to Development Policy and Development Cooperation

• 140175 AG EZ2 - E II Development Policies and Development Co-operation
• 140176 AG EZ2 - E II Development Policies and Development Co-operation
• 140187 AG EZ2 - E II Development Policies and Development Co-operation
• 140243 AG Discussion Class: Development Co-operation and Development Politics

09. Module Fields of Practice and Occupation

• 140319 PR Lecture: Applied Fields
• 140267 UE PR1 - P I - PFA Basics for Planning in Human Development
• 140354 UE [ en ] PR1 - P I - PFA Introduction to Development Planning - Participatory Project Planning - Methods and Tools
• 140289 UE P I - PR1 - PFA Introduction to Development Planning - Three-Years-Programme of the Austrian Development Cooperation
• 140386 UE PR1 - P I - Project Cycle Management - (PCM) of industrial development projects
• 140282 UE PR1 - P I - PFA Introduction to Development Planning - Öffentliche Entwicklungsfinanzierung: Mythen, Perspektiven und Exitstrategien
• 140346 UE PR1 - P I - PFA Introduction to Development Planning
• 140254 UE PR1 - P I - PFA Introduction to Development Planning
• 140123 UE PR1 - P II - PFA Translating Academic Theory into Development Cooperation
• 140355 UE PR1 - P I - PFA Introduction to Development Planning - Learning from Development Practice: Concepts, Methods and Trends
• 140124 UE [ en ] P II - PR1 - PFA Project Management and Social Entrepreneurship for Poverty Reduction - in der Armutsreduktion (engl.)
• 140301 UE PR1 - P II - PFA Project Design
• 140302 UE PR1 - P II - PFA Just Social Change - Community Based Project Planning and Implementation - in Ostafrika
• 140303 UE PR1 - P II - PFA Evaluation of Collaborative Development Assistance Projects
• 140125 UE P III - PR1 - PFA Intercultural Communication in Theory and Practice
• 140154 UE P III PR1 PFA - Picturing Others - World and Representation in Intercultural Communication
• 140320 UE P III - PR1 - PFA Intercultural Communication
• 140347 UE [ en ] PR1 - P II - PFA Engaging Development Research into Action: Challenges and Considerations - A Conceptual and Analytical Introduction to Systems Thinking
• 140348 UE [ en ] PR1 - P III - PFA Communication Basics - (engl.)
• 140463 UE P III - PR1 - PFA Constructively Coping with Conflicts
• 230118 TR Communication Culture at Universities and at Work I
• 230174 KU Job Orientation I
• 140066 KU Scientific Texts: Writing and Editing
• 140394 UE [ en ] P II - PR1 - PFA Project Management and Social Entrepreneurship for Poverty Reduction - in der Armutsreduktion (engl.)

10. Module Regional Geographic / Thematic In-Depth Studies

• 140137 VO RTV - KOA Spaces, Texts and Subjects on the Move: Perspectives on Transnational Space
• 290214 RV Global population passed 7 billion - facts, concepts, trends
• 210012 VO BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation - Beschäftigte und Unternehmen in der Globalisierung
• 030115 VO Law on Migration and Integration
• 140385 VO One out of Five - Gesundheit und Gewalt im sozialen Nahraum
• 070321 VO Money in a Historical Perspective
• 230083 VO The ecological crisis from an interdisciplinary perspective
• 290249 RV Immigrant Entrepreneurs - the socio-cultural role of ‚ethnic‘ economies in urban areas
• 140213 VO [ de en es ] T I - VM3 - VM4 Diaspora Research: Trends and Tendencies

11. Module Transdisciplinary Development Research

• 140273 VO TEF A - PS I Transdisciplinary Development Research - An International Political Economy Approach (TEF1 + TEF2)
• 140188 KU TEF B - TEF3 - PS II Introductory Seminar: Transdisciplinary Development Research II - Ideologies of Inequality
• 140189 KU TEF B - TEF3 - PS II Introductory Seminar: Transdisciplinary Development Research - Violence_Force_Authority as Complex Social Phenomena
• 140256 KU TEF B - TEF3 - PS II Introductory Seminar: Transdisciplinary Development Research - Global Inequalities: Theories and Empirical Evidence
• 140257 KU TEF B - TEF3 - PS II Introductory Seminar: Transdisciplinary Development Research - International City Development
• 140272 KU TEF B - TEF3 - PS II Introductory Seminar: Transdisciplinary Development Research - The Power of Power

12. Bachelor Module

• 140128 SE BASE Bachelor Seminar - Development Workers: The Politics of Aid in Gender-critical Perspective
• 140190 SE BASE Bachelor Seminar - (deutsch und englisch)
• 140192 SE BASE Bachelor Seminar
• 140261 SE Bachelor Seminar - My / Your/ Our Gaze The Subjective Gaze and Its Socio-Cultural Construction
• 140325 SE Bachelor Seminar
• 140388 SE Bachelor Seminar - Kritische EZA und Rassismusforschung

A. Bachelor Degree Programme in Development Studies

1. Orientation Period - STEP

• 140313 VO STEOP C: Introduction to International Development
• 140252 VO KP1 - K V Introduction into Politics from the Perspective of International Development
• 140316 VO KS1 - K III Introduction to Development Sociology
• 140156 KU OV 2 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Academic Writing
• 140161 KU OV2 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Academic Writing
• 140217 KU OV2 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Academic Writing
• 140169 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies
• 140219 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies
• 140222 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies
• 140224 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies

2. Module Sociological and Political Aspects of Development Studies

• 140227 KU KS 2 Introduction to Development Sociology - Social Movements and Social Change
• 140250 KU KS 2 Introduction to Development Sociology - Soziologische Perspektiven auf die Wirtschaft
• 140274 KU KS 2 Introduction to Development Sociology - Soziologische Grundbegriffe der Entwicklungsforschung
• 140255 KU KS 2 Introduction to Development Sociology - Theories of Globalization
• 140260 KU KP2 - K V Political Aspects of Development - State - Development - Environment
• 140264 KU KP2 - K V Social and Political Aspects of Development - External Democracy Promotion in Foreign and Development Policies: Chances and Limits
• 140326 KU Political Aspects of Development - From Athens to Dar es Salaam: History of Political Ideas Concerning State and Development
• 140238 KU KP2 - K V Political Aspects of Development - Theories of Democracy

3. Module Introduction to Development Economics

• 140232 KU [ de en ] KW2 - K IV Introductory Seminar: Development Economics - (engl.)
• 140239 KU [ de en ] KW2 - K IV Introductory Seminar: Development Economics
• 140276 KU [ de en ] KW2 - K IV Introductory Seminar: Development Economics

4. Module Development Studies in Historical Context

• 140172 KU KG2 - K VI International Development in Historical Context
• 140248 KU KG2 - K VI International Development in Historical Context
• 140249 KU KG2 - K VI International Development in Historical Context
• 140269 KU KG2 - K VI International Development in Historical Context

5. Module Development Policy and Development Cooperation

• 140175 AG EZ2 - E II Development Policies and Development Co-operation
• 140176 AG EZ2 - E II Development Policies and Development Co-operation
• 140187 AG EZ2 - E II Development Policies and Development Co-operation
• 140243 AG Discussion Class: Development Co-operation and Development Politics

6. Module Fields of Practice and Occupation

• 140319 PR Lecture: Applied Fields
• 140254 UE PR1 - P I - PFA Introduction to Development Planning
• 140267 UE PR1 - P I - PFA Basics for Planning in Human Development
• 140354 UE [ en ] PR1 - P I - PFA Introduction to Development Planning - Participatory Project Planning - Methods and Tools
• 140282 UE PR1 - P I - PFA Introduction to Development Planning - Öffentliche Entwicklungsfinanzierung: Mythen, Perspektiven und Exitstrategien
• 140289 UE P I - PR1 - PFA Introduction to Development Planning - Three-Years-Programme of the Austrian Development Cooperation
• 140346 UE PR1 - P I - PFA Introduction to Development Planning
• 140386 UE PR1 - P I - Project Cycle Management - (PCM) of industrial development projects
• 140301 UE PR1 - P II - PFA Project Design
• 140123 UE PR1 - P II - PFA Translating Academic Theory into Development Cooperation
• 140355 UE PR1 - P I - PFA Introduction to Development Planning - Learning from Development Practice: Concepts, Methods and Trends
• 140124 UE [ en ] P II - PR1 - PFA Project Management and Social Entrepreneurship for Poverty Reduction - in der Armutsreduktion (engl.)
• 140302 UE PR1 - P II - PFA Just Social Change - Community Based Project Planning and Implementation - in Ostafrika
• 140303 UE PR1 - P II - PFA Evaluation of Collaborative Development Assistance Projects
• 140347 UE [ en ] PR1 - P II - PFA Engaging Development Research into Action: Challenges and Considerations - A Conceptual and Analytical Introduction to Systems Thinking
• 140348 UE [ en ] PR1 - P III - PFA Communication Basics - (engl.)
• 140125 UE P III - PR1 - PFA Intercultural Communication in Theory and Practice
• 140463 UE P III - PR1 - PFA Constructively Coping with Conflicts
• 230118 TR Communication Culture at Universities and at Work I
• 230172 TR Project Management and Evaluation
• 230174 KU Job Orientation I
• 140066 KU Scientific Texts: Writing and Editing
• 140394 UE [ en ] P II - PR1 - PFA Project Management and Social Entrepreneurship for Poverty Reduction - in der Armutsreduktion (engl.)

7. Module Regional Geographic / Thematic In-Depth Studies

• 140137 VO RTV - KOA Spaces, Texts and Subjects on the Move: Perspectives on Transnational Space
• 290214 RV Global population passed 7 billion - facts, concepts, trends
• 210012 VO BAK11 European Union and Europeanisation - Beschäftigte und Unternehmen in der Globalisierung
• 030115 VO Law on Migration and Integration
• 070321 VO Money in a Historical Perspective
• 290249 RV Immigrant Entrepreneurs - the socio-cultural role of ‚ethnic‘ economies in urban areas
• 140385 VO One out of Five - Gesundheit und Gewalt im sozialen Nahraum
• 140213 VO [ de en es ] T I - VM3 - VM4 Diaspora Research: Trends and Tendencies

8. Module Transdisciplinary Development Research

• 140273 VO TEF A - PS I Transdisciplinary Development Research - An International Political Economy Approach (TEF1 + TEF2)
• 140188 KU TEF B - TEF3 - PS II Introductory Seminar: Transdisciplinary Development Research II - Ideologies of Inequality
• 140189 KU TEF B - TEF3 - PS II Introductory Seminar: Transdisciplinary Development Research - Violence_Force_Authority as Complex Social Phenomena
• 140256 KU TEF B - TEF3 - PS II Introductory Seminar: Transdisciplinary Development Research - Global Inequalities: Theories and Empirical Evidence
• 140257 KU TEF B - TEF3 - PS II Introductory Seminar: Transdisciplinary Development Research - International City Development
• 140272 KU TEF B - TEF3 - PS II Introductory Seminar: Transdisciplinary Development Research - The Power of Power

9. Bachelor Module

• 140128 SE BASE Bachelor Seminar - Development Workers: The Politics of Aid in Gender-critical Perspective
• 140190 SE BASE Bachelor Seminar - (deutsch und englisch)
• 140192 SE BASE Bachelor Seminar
• 140261 SE Bachelor Seminar - My / Your/ Our Gaze The Subjective Gaze and Its Socio-Cultural Construction
• 140325 SE Bachelor Seminar
• 140388 SE Bachelor Seminar - Kritische EZA und Rassismusforschung

B. Master Degree Programme in Development Studies

01. Compulsory Module 1: Principles of Development Research

• 070095 VO [ en ] Philosophy and Logic of Science and Philosophy and Logic of History
• 140369 VO GM1 Principles of Development Research
• 140375 KU GM2 Development Policy and Development Cooperation Architecture
• 140377 KU GM2 Development Policy and Development Cooperation Architecture
• 140379 KU GM3 Development Theories and Paradigms from a Transdisciplinary Perspective - De/Constructing the ‚Modern Man‘: Revisiting Concepts of Subjectivity and Society in Modernization Theories
• 140380 KU GM3 Development Theories and Paradigms from a Transdisciplinary Perspective - Human Rights

02. Compulsory Module 2: Methods of Developmetn Research

• 140381 UE MM1 Methods of Quantitative Research
• 140382 UE MM1 - T1 Methods of Qualitative Research

03. Emphasis Transdisciplinary Developmetn Research

03. Emphasis 1: Political aspects of development research (VM1)

• 140122 SE [ de en ] T I - VM1 - VM3 Migration and Development
• 140135 SE T I - T III - VM1 - VM3 Social Protection and Social Policy in Developing and Transition Countries - Transformationsländern
• 140197 SE T I - T III - VM1 - VM3 The Transnational Exploitation of Natural Resources. - New Spaces, New Actors, New Conflicts
• 140226 VO+UE T III - VM1 - VM2 Market, Institutions and State in Economic Theory
• 140229 SE T III - VM1 - VM6 Human Security in Africa, Latin America and Asia: Discourse and Implementation
• 140230 SE T III - VM1 - VM2 Heterodox Economics
• 140233 VO [ en ] TI - T III - VM1 - VM2 - VM3 Development Theory (engl.)
• 140266 SE T III - VM1 - VM6 New Actors, Old Behaviour
• 140331 SE T III - VM1 - VM2 International Economics
• 140332 SE T II - VM1 - VM6 Statehood and Political Economy in Latin America
• 140338 SE T II VM5 - VM1 Neoliberalism, Development, and Protest in the Arab World
• 140343 VO+UE T I - VM1 - VM3 What May/Can/Shall a (no) Refugee Be? - Interdisziplinäre De- und Rekonstruktionen des Flüchtlingsbegriffs
• 140401 SE [ en ] T III -VM1 - VM2 Topics in Development Economics
• 010073 FS Transformations in Middle Europe. Tensions between Ethics and Politics
• 140533 SE T III - VM1 - VM6 Social and Political Transformation Processes the Middle East
• 210094 VO M5 a: European Union and Europeanisation - Erfolge, Grenzen, Möglichkeiten (Diss)

04. Emphasis 2: Economic aspects of development research (VM2)

• 140225 SE T II - VM2 - VM5 Plant Transfer in the Global Economic History
• 140226 VO+UE T III - VM1 - VM2 Market, Institutions and State in Economic Theory
• 140230 SE T III - VM1 - VM2 Heterodox Economics
• 140233 VO [ en ] TI - T III - VM1 - VM2 - VM3 Development Theory (engl.)
• 140309 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM7 Gender, Economics & Postcolonial Critique
• 140331 SE T III - VM1 - VM2 International Economics
• 140333 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM3 Corporate Social Responsibility - Social Responsibility and Indigenous Rights
• 140339 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM7 Identity, the Neoliberal Weasel: Economics and Subjectivation - Identität als neoliberales Wiesel: Zum Verhältnis von Ökonomie und Subjektivierung
• 140401 SE [ en ] T III -VM1 - VM2 Topics in Development Economics
• 140534 SE [ de en ] T II - TIII - VM2 - VM5 Issues of Uneven Global Development
• 290245 VO Regional and political geography of Southeast Europe

05. Emphasis 3: Sociological Aspects of Development Research

• 140122 SE [ de en ] T I - VM1 - VM3 Migration and Development
• 140132 SE T I - VM3 - VM7 Postcolonial Theories, Postcolonial Development Criticism: - francophone writers
• 140135 SE T I - T III - VM1 - VM3 Social Protection and Social Policy in Developing and Transition Countries - Transformationsländern
• 140138 VO T IV - VM3 - VM7 Queering Development? Sex, Sexuality and Queer Theories in Development Studies - Analysen in den Entwicklungswissenschaften
• 140197 SE T I - T III - VM1 - VM3 The Transnational Exploitation of Natural Resources. - New Spaces, New Actors, New Conflicts
• 140213 VO [ de en es ] T I - VM3 - VM4 Diaspora Research: Trends and Tendencies
• 140220 SE [ de en es ] T I - VM3 - VM5 Knowledge and Society
• 140233 VO [ en ] TI - T III - VM1 - VM2 - VM3 Development Theory (engl.)
• 140235 SE [ de es ] T IV - VM3 - VM4 El Pueblo, transnationality and the culture of resistance (span.)
• 140333 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM3 Corporate Social Responsibility - Social Responsibility and Indigenous Rights
• 140342 SE T IV - VM3 - VM4 Global Learning
• 140343 VO+UE T I - VM1 - VM3 What May/Can/Shall a (no) Refugee Be? - Interdisziplinäre De- und Rekonstruktionen des Flüchtlingsbegriffs
• 140383 SE T I - VM3 - VM4 Foundations of Social Criticism I
• 140565 SE [ en ] T IV - VM4 - VM7 - Reconsidering Home
• 230173 UE Basics of Social Network Analysis I
• 140055 VO Language and Agency, Language as Action
• 140090 SE Recent Historical Approaches in the Study of African Family and Kinship
• 030464 VO Equality/Diversity - Gleichheit und Ungleichheit
• 230094 SE Southern Perspectives - Southern Actions
• 230103 SE [ de en ] Population Dynamics and Social Change
• 140234 UE Ethnic Movements in South Asia
• 140384 SE Capital - Institution - Culture - Reflections on the structure and dynamics of the system of modern societies I

06. Emphasis 4: Cultural Studies Aspects of Development Research

• 140330 VO+UE T I - TII - VM4 - VM5 Racism
• 140213 VO [ de en es ] T I - VM3 - VM4 Diaspora Research: Trends and Tendencies
• 140235 SE [ de es ] T IV - VM3 - VM4 El Pueblo, transnationality and the culture of resistance (span.)
• 140236 SE T IV - VM4 - VM6 Growth or Sustainability - Outlines of the Right to Development
• 140237 SE T IV - VM4 - VM5 The 'Left' and Religion
• 140342 SE T IV - VM3 - VM4 Global Learning
• 140565 SE [ en ] T IV - VM4 - VM7 - Reconsidering Home
• 130171 VO [ de en ] The Four Phases of the European Avantgarde
• 140064 VO [ en ] Race, Gender and Sexuality in African Literature
• 140117 PS Introductory Seminar History and Literature - War and Conflict
• 140202 VO [ en ] Scheduled Tribes in India - Changing Perspectives
• 140384 SE Capital - Institution - Culture - Reflections on the structure and dynamics of the system of modern societies I

07. Emphasis 5: Historical Aspects of Development Research

• 070320 VO Advanced Module 1: Issues, Problems and Methods of Economic and Social History - Forced Migration as Political Means
• 070375 SE [ en ] Seminar Specialisation 2 - The Great Divergence
• 140220 SE [ de en es ] T I - VM3 - VM5 Knowledge and Society
• 140225 SE T II - VM2 - VM5 Plant Transfer in the Global Economic History
• 140237 SE T IV - VM4 - VM5 The 'Left' and Religion
• 140534 SE [ de en ] T II - TIII - VM2 - VM5 Issues of Uneven Global Development
• 140330 VO+UE T I - TII - VM4 - VM5 Racism
• 140335 SE [ de en es ] T II - T IV - VM5 - VM7 Social Protection and Gender in Global and Historical Perspective
• 140338 SE T II VM5 - VM1 Neoliberalism, Development, and Protest in the Arab World
• 140340 SE [ de en ] SE IE - VM5 - VM6 From Colonialism and Nationalism to Regional Cooperation: East Asia since 1850 - Von Kolonialismus und Nationalismus zu regionaler Zusammenarbeit: Ostasien seit 1850
• 070324 UE [ es ] Foreign Languages in Historical Science 1 - Themes in the history of the British Empire
• 140356 VO History/ies of Africa - Facets of a Research Area
• 140061 KU Producing Knowledge about Africa? - Historical Source Criticism and the Analysis of European Travel Writing in the 19th and Early 20th Century
• 140359 SE African Contemporary History: From National Planning to Structural Adjustment Programs
• 140090 SE Recent Historical Approaches in the Study of African Family and Kinship
• 140115 UE [ en ] Marginalisation, Maoism and the State in Central India
• 140202 VO [ en ] Scheduled Tribes in India - Changing Perspectives

08. Emphasis 6: Geographic and Regional Aspects of Development Research

• 140072 VO Thinking Africa? - Concepts and Representations of Africa in Discourses on Development, Human Rights a
• 140074 SE Africa in Transnational Space
• 140229 SE T III - VM1 - VM6 Human Security in Africa, Latin America and Asia: Discourse and Implementation
• 140236 SE T IV - VM4 - VM6 Growth or Sustainability - Outlines of the Right to Development
• 140266 SE T III - VM1 - VM6 New Actors, Old Behaviour
• 140332 SE T II - VM1 - VM6 Statehood and Political Economy in Latin America
• 140337 SE SE IE - VM6 - VM7 Interculturality and Development Co-operation: a Transdisciplinary Approach - Western Sahara: a Conflict, Different Perspectives. Actors, Practice and International Cooperation
• 140340 SE [ de en ] SE IE - VM5 - VM6 From Colonialism and Nationalism to Regional Cooperation: East Asia since 1850 - Von Kolonialismus und Nationalismus zu regionaler Zusammenarbeit: Ostasien seit 1850
• 140356 VO History/ies of Africa - Facets of a Research Area
• 140533 SE T III - VM1 - VM6 Social and Political Transformation Processes the Middle East
• 210094 VO M5 a: European Union and Europeanisation - Erfolge, Grenzen, Möglichkeiten (Diss)
• 290249 RV Immigrant Entrepreneurs - the socio-cultural role of ‚ethnic‘ economies in urban areas
• 140105 SE India in the Light of Psychological and Psychoanalytical Texts
• 140115 UE [ en ] Marginalisation, Maoism and the State in Central India
• 140234 UE Ethnic Movements in South Asia

09: Emphasis 7: Gender-specific Aspects of Development Research

• 140072 VO Thinking Africa? - Concepts and Representations of Africa in Discourses on Development, Human Rights a
• 140132 SE T I - VM3 - VM7 Postcolonial Theories, Postcolonial Development Criticism: - francophone writers
• 140138 VO T IV - VM3 - VM7 Queering Development? Sex, Sexuality and Queer Theories in Development Studies - Analysen in den Entwicklungswissenschaften
• 140218 VO From Princess Salme to Wangari Maathai - African Women Life Histories
• 140309 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM7 Gender, Economics & Postcolonial Critique
• 140335 SE [ de en es ] T II - T IV - VM5 - VM7 Social Protection and Gender in Global and Historical Perspective
• 140337 SE SE IE - VM6 - VM7 Interculturality and Development Co-operation: a Transdisciplinary Approach - Western Sahara: a Conflict, Different Perspectives. Actors, Practice and International Cooperation
• 140339 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM7 Identity, the Neoliberal Weasel: Economics and Subjectivation - Identität als neoliberales Wiesel: Zum Verhältnis von Ökonomie und Subjektivierung
• 140565 SE [ en ] T IV - VM4 - VM7 - Reconsidering Home

10. Emphasis 8: Areas of Practice and Applied Develpmetn Cooperation

11. Transdisciplinary Research Module

• 070354 FS [ en ] Research Seminar: Insular Studies - ACHTUNG: die Hälfte der Plätze im FS ist für Studierende der Internationalen Entwicklung reserviert!

12: Master Module

C. Individual Master Degree Programme in Development Studies (BA IE as required precondition)

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

• 140381 UE MM1 Methods of Quantitative Research
• 140382 UE MM1 - T1 Methods of Qualitative Research

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

• 140122 SE [ de en ] T I - VM1 - VM3 Migration and Development
• 140213 VO [ de en es ] T I - VM3 - VM4 Diaspora Research: Trends and Tendencies
• 140220 SE [ de en es ] T I - VM3 - VM5 Knowledge and Society
• 140233 VO [ en ] TI - T III - VM1 - VM2 - VM3 Development Theory (engl.)
• 140330 VO+UE T I - TII - VM4 - VM5 Racism
• 140337 SE SE IE - VM6 - VM7 Interculturality and Development Co-operation: a Transdisciplinary Approach - Western Sahara: a Conflict, Different Perspectives. Actors, Practice and International Cooperation
• 140343 VO+UE T I - VM1 - VM3 What May/Can/Shall a (no) Refugee Be? - Interdisziplinäre De- und Rekonstruktionen des Flüchtlingsbegriffs
• 140383 SE T I - VM3 - VM4 Foundations of Social Criticism I
• 230094 SE Southern Perspectives - Southern Actions
• 230103 SE [ de en ] Population Dynamics and Social Change

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

• 140333 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM3 Corporate Social Responsibility - Social Responsibility and Indigenous Rights
• 140335 SE [ de en es ] T II - T IV - VM5 - VM7 Social Protection and Gender in Global and Historical Perspective
• 140338 SE T II VM5 - VM1 Neoliberalism, Development, and Protest in the Arab World
• 140340 SE [ de en ] SE IE - VM5 - VM6 From Colonialism and Nationalism to Regional Cooperation: East Asia since 1850 - Von Kolonialismus und Nationalismus zu regionaler Zusammenarbeit: Ostasien seit 1850
• 140356 VO History/ies of Africa - Facets of a Research Area
• 140359 SE African Contemporary History: From National Planning to Structural Adjustment Programs
• 140534 SE [ de en ] T II - TIII - VM2 - VM5 Issues of Uneven Global Development
• 210094 VO M5 a: European Union and Europeanisation - Erfolge, Grenzen, Möglichkeiten (Diss)
• 290249 RV Immigrant Entrepreneurs - the socio-cultural role of ‚ethnic‘ economies in urban areas

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

• 140226 VO+UE T III - VM1 - VM2 Market, Institutions and State in Economic Theory
• 140230 SE T III - VM1 - VM2 Heterodox Economics
• 140233 VO [ en ] TI - T III - VM1 - VM2 - VM3 Development Theory (engl.)
• 140266 SE T III - VM1 - VM6 New Actors, Old Behaviour
• 140309 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM7 Gender, Economics & Postcolonial Critique
• 140331 SE T III - VM1 - VM2 International Economics
• 140332 SE T II - VM1 - VM6 Statehood and Political Economy in Latin America
• 140333 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM3 Corporate Social Responsibility - Social Responsibility and Indigenous Rights
• 140339 SE SE IE - VM2 - VM7 Identity, the Neoliberal Weasel: Economics and Subjectivation - Identität als neoliberales Wiesel: Zum Verhältnis von Ökonomie und Subjektivierung
• 140534 SE [ de en ] T II - TIII - VM2 - VM5 Issues of Uneven Global Development
• 210094 VO M5 a: European Union and Europeanisation - Erfolge, Grenzen, Möglichkeiten (Diss)

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

• 140132 SE T I - VM3 - VM7 Postcolonial Theories, Postcolonial Development Criticism: - francophone writers
• 140135 SE T I - T III - VM1 - VM3 Social Protection and Social Policy in Developing and Transition Countries - Transformationsländern
• 140138 VO T IV - VM3 - VM7 Queering Development? Sex, Sexuality and Queer Theories in Development Studies - Analysen in den Entwicklungswissenschaften
• 140197 SE T I - T III - VM1 - VM3 The Transnational Exploitation of Natural Resources. - New Spaces, New Actors, New Conflicts
• 140235 SE [ de es ] T IV - VM3 - VM4 El Pueblo, transnationality and the culture of resistance (span.)
• 140237 SE T IV - VM4 - VM5 The 'Left' and Religion
• 140335 SE [ de en es ] T II - T IV - VM5 - VM7 Social Protection and Gender in Global and Historical Perspective
• 140342 SE T IV - VM3 - VM4 Global Learning
• 140565 SE [ en ] T IV - VM4 - VM7 - Reconsidering Home

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

• 070354 FS [ en ] Research Seminar: Insular Studies - ACHTUNG: die Hälfte der Plätze im FS ist für Studierende der Internationalen Entwicklung reserviert!

Second Stage of the Degree Programme

D. Complementary Study Programm CSP: Internationale Development - Basics (149)

01. EC - EF1 - Introduction to International Development

• 140313 VO STEOP C: Introduction to International Development

02. EC - KS1 - Introduction to Development Sociology

• 140316 VO KS1 - K III Introduction to Development Sociology

03. EC - KP1 - Political Aspects of International Development

• 140252 VO KP1 - K V Introduction into Politics from the Perspective of International Development

04. EC - KW1 - Introduction to Development Economy

05. EC - KG1 - International Development in a Historical Context

E. Complementary Study Programm CSP: Internationale Development - Advanced (140)

01. EC - EZ1 - Development Policy and Development Cooperation

02. EC - TEFA - Transdisciplinary Development Research

• 140273 VO TEF A - PS I Transdisciplinary Development Research - An International Political Economy Approach (TEF1 + TEF2)

02. EC - EF2 - Consortium: Introduction to International Development

• 140169 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies
• 140219 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies
• 140222 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies
• 140224 AG EF2 - EI Introduction to Development Studies

F. Individual Diploma Programme in Development Studies (expiring)