African Studies

Bachelor’s programme in African Studies (697 [3] - Version 2018)

• 141032 OV ( OV ) Orientation event for first-year students of the Bachelor's degree program in African Studies

Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

EAS Basics of African Studies - Linguistics (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Sprachwissenschaft
• 143034 VO+UE Introduction to African Linguistics

EAL Basics of African Studies - Literatures (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Literaturwissenschaft
• 143038 VO+UE Introduction to the Study of African Literatures

EAG Basics of African Studies - History (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Geschichtswissenschaft
• 143042 VO+UE Introduction to African Histories and Societies: 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)

• 143033 VU Hausa: Grammar 1
• 143040 VU Hausa: Exercises 1

SB1B Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 143059 KU Hausa: Grammar 3
• 143060 KU Hausa: Texts 1
• 143061 KU [ en ] Hausa: Conversation 1

SB2A Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 143045 VU Swahili: Grammar 1/ Kiswahili: Sarufi 1
• 143048 VU Swahili: Exercises 1/ Kiswahili: Mazoezi 1

SB2B Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 143062 KU Swahili: Grammar 3 / Kiswahili: Sarufi 3
• 143064 KU Swahili: Texts 1
• 143065 KU Swahili: Conversation 1 / Kiswahili cha mazungumzo 1

SB3A Zulu (22 ECTS)

• 143030 VU Uhlelo: The Building Blocks of isiZulu 1
• 143031 VU [ en ] Uqeqesho: Training Workshop in isiZulu 1

SB3B Zulu (22 ECTS)

• 143054 KU Uhlelo: The Building Blocks of isiZulu 3
• 143056 KU [ en ] Imibhalo: The Art of isiZulu Reading and Writing 1
• 143058 KU [ en ] Ukuxhumana: The Art of isiZulu/ isiZulu: Conversation 1

Linguistics Alternative 2: Basis of two African Languages (44 ECTS)

SB1A Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 143033 VU Hausa: Grammar 1
• 143040 VU Hausa: Exercises 1

SB2A Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 143045 VU Swahili: Grammar 1/ Kiswahili: Sarufi 1
• 143048 VU Swahili: Exercises 1/ Kiswahili: Mazoezi 1

SB3A Bambara (22 ECTS)

• 143030 VU Uhlelo: The Building Blocks of isiZulu 1
• 143031 VU [ en ] Uqeqesho: Training Workshop in isiZulu 1

Specialisation African Linguistics (46 ECTS)

AWL/ÜAS/PAS Overview 1 (14 ECTS)

• 143032 PS From Lubumbashi to Mayotte - a Linguistic Journey to the Peripheries. - Introductory Seminar in African Linguistics
• 143066 VO Syntactic Features in African Languages
• 143145 UE Readings in African Studies
• 143260 PS [ en ] Language in African Cultures and Societies

ÜAS/PAS Overview 2 (10 ECTS)

• 143032 PS From Lubumbashi to Mayotte - a Linguistic Journey to the Peripheries. - Introductory Seminar in African Linguistics
• 143066 VO Syntactic Features in African Languages
• 143260 PS [ en ] Language in African Cultures and Societies

SAS Focus Module (6 ECTS)

• 141067 VO Afro-Asian Language 1: Amharic
• 143125 VO Symbols & Symbolic Contents in Official Texts - Explanations across Cultures

BAS Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)

• 143340 SE Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature

Specialisation African Literatures (46 ECTS)

AWL/ÜAL/PAL Overview 1 (14 ECTS)

• 135031 PS [ en ] Lit. Theory: De-centering the Colonial Library: Mudimbe and Ngugi’s Theoretical/Cultural Legacies
• 143046 VO East African Literary History 1
• 143069 VO [ en ] Topics in African Literature: Past and Present
• 143072 PS Introductory Seminar in African Literary Studies: Africa on Netflix
• 143145 UE Readings in African Studies

ÜAL/PAL Overview 2 (10 ECTS)

• 135031 PS [ en ] Lit. Theory: De-centering the Colonial Library: Mudimbe and Ngugi’s Theoretical/Cultural Legacies
• 143046 VO East African Literary History 1
• 143069 VO [ en ] Topics in African Literature: Past and Present
• 143072 PS Introductory Seminar in African Literary Studies: Africa on Netflix

SAL Focus Module (6 ECTS)

• 143046 VO East African Literary History 1
• 143069 VO [ en ] Topics in African Literature: Past and Present

BAL Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)

• 143340 SE Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature

Specialisation African History (46 ECTS)

AWL/ÜAG/PAG Overview 1 (14 ECTS)

• 143035 PS Introductory Seminar in African History and Societies
• 143074 VO A Center of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
• 143075 VO West African History 1: - Peopling and Settlement, Social Interactions, and Developments
• 143145 UE Readings in African Studies
• 143237 VO African Societies in the Age of Empire and under Colonial Rule

ÜAG/PAG Overview 2 (10 ECTS)

• 143035 PS Introductory Seminar in African History and Societies
• 143072 PS Introductory Seminar in African Literary Studies: Africa on Netflix
• 143074 VO A Center of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
• 143075 VO West African History 1: - Peopling and Settlement, Social Interactions, and Developments
• 143237 VO African Societies in the Age of Empire and under Colonial Rule

SAG Focus Module (6 ECTS)

• 143071 VO Black Europe, Black Literature: An Intersectional Approach
• 143073 VO At the Crossroads of the Continents: The Early History of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Aksum
• 143074 VO A Center of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
• 143075 VO West African History 1: - Peopling and Settlement, Social Interactions, and Developments
• 143077 VO [ en ] Introduction to African Environmental History
• 143127 VO [ en ] What's that thing called city? - Themes, Methods, and Theories of Geographical and Historical Urban Research in Africa

BAG Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)

• 143079 SE Bachelor Seminar: African History and Societies

Master African Studies (897 [2] - Version 2016)

Basic Module (28 ECTS)

• 143080 KU Introduction to Methodological Issues in African Studies
• 143227 KU Scientific Texts: Writing and Editing

GM Basic Module (28 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Specialisation: African Studies (58 ECTS)

SAS A Intermediate Module: Topics and Approaches (30 ECTS)

• 141067 VO Afro-Asian Language 1: Amharic
• 141232 VO ( REMOTE ) Amharic II
• 143036 KU Literacy and Society / Literacy and Power
• 143037 SE [ en ] Biocultural Diversity: Language, Community and Environment
• 143081 VO Language and History in the West African Sahel
• 143125 VO Symbols & Symbolic Contents in Official Texts - Explanations across Cultures
• 143184 KU From Senegal to the Sudan Fulani Language I
• 143242 KU [ en ] The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
• 143317 KU [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts

SAS B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)

• 141014 VO ( REMOTE ) Afro-Asian language 4: Amharic IV
• 141035 SE MASE - Master Coaching Seminar
• 141067 VO Afro-Asian Language 1: Amharic
• 141232 VO ( REMOTE ) Amharic II
• 143036 KU Literacy and Society / Literacy and Power
• 143037 SE [ en ] Biocultural Diversity: Language, Community and Environment
• 143081 VO Language and History in the West African Sahel
• 143125 VO Symbols & Symbolic Contents in Official Texts - Explanations across Cultures
• 143242 KU [ en ] The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
• 143317 KU [ en ] 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)

• 143041 KU Emerging Trends in African Digital Humanities (DH)
• 143043 KU [ en ] Afriphone Literatures: From Oral to Written Texts in African Languages
• 143044 VO A Life in Colonial 20th Century and the Dialectics of Tradition and Modernity: - On Amadou Hampâté Bâ
• 143046 VO East African Literary History 1
• 143069 VO [ en ] Topics in African Literature: Past and Present
• 143071 VO Black Europe, Black Literature: An Intersectional Approach
• 143083 KU [ en ] South African Theatre: Negotiating (National) Trauma through Performance
• 143084 KU Religion and Religious Change in West African Film - Focus Sahel
• 143085 SE Queer Discourses in African Literature and Film
• 143317 KU [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
• 240063 SE VM5 / VM4 - Frantz Fanon: Colonialism, Theories of Liberation und Emancipation Movements

SAL B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)

• 135814 KO [ en ] KO: Poets of Panglobal Pluridentities: African-Diasporic Literary Voices in Austria (Part I)
• 141035 SE MASE - Master Coaching Seminar
• 143041 KU Emerging Trends in African Digital Humanities (DH)
• 143044 VO A Life in Colonial 20th Century and the Dialectics of Tradition and Modernity: - On Amadou Hampâté Bâ
• 143046 VO East African Literary History 1
• 143069 VO [ en ] Topics in African Literature: Past and Present
• 143071 VO Black Europe, Black Literature: An Intersectional Approach
• 143083 KU [ en ] South African Theatre: Negotiating (National) Trauma through Performance
• 143084 KU Religion and Religious Change in West African Film - Focus Sahel
• 143085 SE Queer Discourses in African Literature and Film
• 143317 KU [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Specialisation: African History and Societies (58 ECTS)

SAG A Intermediate Module: Topics and Approaches (30 ECTS)

• 143044 VO A Life in Colonial 20th Century and the Dialectics of Tradition and Modernity: - On Amadou Hampâté Bâ
• 143047 VO French and Francophone Historical Social Sciences
• 143049 KU From Maps to Meaning: - An Introduction to HGIS and Spatial Data for Historical Research
• 143073 VO At the Crossroads of the Continents: The Early History of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Aksum
• 143074 VO A Center of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
• 143075 VO West African History 1: - Peopling and Settlement, Social Interactions, and Developments
• 143076 KU Guided Reading: Reading W.E.B. Du Bois The African Roots of War & The World and Africa
• 143077 VO [ en ] Introduction to African Environmental History
• 143083 KU [ en ] South African Theatre: Negotiating (National) Trauma through Performance
• 143087 KU Youth in Times of Overheating. African and Global Perspectives in the 21st Century
• 143088 SE German-Language Debates on Cultures of Remembrance in a Global Perspective
• 143089 SE [ en ] Ecological Imperialism and the Shaping of the African Society
• 143119 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: - Topography and Archaeology of Ancient Sudan
• 143127 VO [ en ] What's that thing called city? - Themes, Methods, and Theories of Geographical and Historical Urban Research in Africa
• 143237 VO African Societies in the Age of Empire and under Colonial Rule
• 240063 SE VM5 / VM4 - Frantz Fanon: Colonialism, Theories of Liberation und Emancipation Movements

SAB B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)

• 141035 SE MASE - Master Coaching Seminar
• 143044 VO A Life in Colonial 20th Century and the Dialectics of Tradition and Modernity: - On Amadou Hampâté Bâ
• 143047 VO French and Francophone Historical Social Sciences
• 143073 VO At the Crossroads of the Continents: The Early History of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Aksum
• 143074 VO A Center of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
• 143075 VO West African History 1: - Peopling and Settlement, Social Interactions, and Developments
• 143076 KU Guided Reading: Reading W.E.B. Du Bois The African Roots of War & The World and Africa
• 143077 VO [ en ] Introduction to African Environmental History
• 143083 KU [ en ] South African Theatre: Negotiating (National) Trauma through Performance
• 143087 KU Youth in Times of Overheating. African and Global Perspectives in the 21st Century
• 143088 SE German-Language Debates on Cultures of Remembrance in a Global Perspective
• 143089 SE [ en ] Ecological Imperialism and the Shaping of the African Society
• 143119 VO The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: - Topography and Archaeology of Ancient Sudan
• 143127 VO [ en ] What's that thing called city? - Themes, Methods, and Theories of Geographical and Historical Urban Research in Africa
• 240147 SE [ en ] VM7 / VM1 - Sex, Lies and economics

Extension Curriculum African Languages and Literatures (647)

• 143046 VO East African Literary History 1

African Languages and Literatures (15 ECTS)

• 141067 VO Afro-Asian Language 1: Amharic
• 143066 VO Syntactic Features in African Languages
• 143069 VO [ en ] Topics in African Literature: Past and Present
• 143071 VO Black Europe, Black Literature: An Intersectional Approach
• 143125 VO Symbols & Symbolic Contents in Official Texts - Explanations across Cultures
• 143184 KU From Senegal to the Sudan Fulani Language I

Extension Curriculum Africa: History and Literaturesa (148)

• 143046 VO East African Literary History 1

Colonial and Postcolonial Africa (15 ECTS)

• 143069 VO [ en ] Topics in African Literature: Past and Present
• 143071 VO Black Europe, Black Literature: An Intersectional Approach
• 143073 VO At the Crossroads of the Continents: The Early History of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Aksum
• 143074 VO A Center of the Ancient World: History of Northeast Africa 1
• 143075 VO West African History 1: - Peopling and Settlement, Social Interactions, and Developments
• 143077 VO [ en ] Introduction to African Environmental History
• 143127 VO [ en ] What's that thing called city? - Themes, Methods, and Theories of Geographical and Historical Urban Research in Africa
• 143237 VO African Societies in the Age of Empire and under Colonial Rule