Intercultural Humanities: Jacobs University Bremen

The graduate programme Intercultural Humanities provides students with insights into the theories and methods used to investigate and describe inter- and transcultural processes and phenomena. Students become acquainted with the particularities of research in History, History and Theory of Art, and Literature as well as with interdisciplinary approaches applied to intercultural studies in the humanities. By studying exemplary cases of intercultural encounters, cross-cultural transfers and transcultural universals, students learn how these theories and methods are applied in each of the fields and, in a second step, across the fields. In particular, they acquire an understanding of the historical dimension of the relevant processes and phenomena and an awareness of the specific problems involved in interactions between Western and Non-Western cultures, cultural and aesthetic products and societies.

Module 1 - Theoretical Foundations and Methods in Intercultural Humanities

Module 2 - Historical Perspectives on Inter- and Transcultural Phenomena

Module 3 - Intercultural Issues in the Contemporary World

Module 4 - Optional courses
This module has no predefined thematic focus. It intends to provide students with an opportunity to extend their knowledge into an area of their individual choice within the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, including courses in the International Relations programme run jointly by Jacobs University and the University of Bremen. Thus, any graduate course offered within the School is eligible to cover this module. It also offers faculty an opportunity to hold courses on more specific topics at the centre of their own research.

Students are required to take one course in this module.

Module 5 - Research in Intercultural Humanities
Courses in this module are taught in the form of an interdisciplinary research colloquium where research in International Humanities is presented and discussed. All professors who teach in the programme and all graduate students of Intercultural Humanities participate in the colloquium. The module aims to strengthen students' interdisciplinary perspective on inter- and transcultural issues and their awareness of the problems encountered when applying theories and methods to concrete research topics.