European Master Global Studies: University of Leipzig
- Degree
- European Master's degree
- Address
- University of Leipzig, Prof. Matthias Middell, Emil-Fuchs-Straße 1, 04105, Leipzig, Germany
- Sponsored links
- Course Language(s)
- German (25%), English (75%)
- Course Beginning
- September
- Duration
- 2 years (4 semester)
- App Deadline
- The deadline for application is December 15 for all third-country applicants who want to qualify for the Erasmus Mundus scholarship and June 15 for all the other applicants.
- Telephone
- +49.341.973.0230
- Fax
- +49.341.960.5261
- Submit Application To
- European Master "Global Studies - A European Perspective", Zentrum für Höhere Studien der Universität Leipzig, Emil-Fuchs-Straße 1, 04105 Leipzig, Germany
- Website
- http://www.uni-leipzig.de/zhs/global_studies
During the last two decades of the 20th century transnational intertwining increased as the significance of global problems rapidly gained importance. This process is commonly termed 'globalisation'. As a result of an increasing lack of balance with regard to the prospects of independent action, social, political and cultural strategies altered dramatically. These strategies have given rise to a discussion concerning the most suitable paradigms with which to analyse global processes. The M.A. in Global Studies is not restricted to a single method of interpretation but is designed to equip highly-qualified students with the ability to contribute to this forward-looking debate, an essential qualification for enhancing one's prospects in the contemporary labour market. The programme, despite its various approaches their necessary combinations, takes global connections as a starting point for the understanding of globalisation. It views globalisation as follows:
- Globalisation is not only a phenomenon of past centuries but requires a greater historical perspective
- It cannot be merely reduced to economic processes and social consequences but must also investigate the approval and disapproval of political and cultural developments
- It cannot only be analysed as a global process of homogenisation but also from the perspective of Regional and Area Studies
- It is also subject to interpretation, perspective and intellectual environment
