CULTURAL STUDIES CULTURAL HUMANITIES AND Research in Germany www.research-in-germany.org Research in Germany Imprint Published by: German Research Foundation (DFG), Bonn, Germany Editor: Vera Pfister Assistant Editor: Temura Züll Contact: [email protected] Sources: DFG, Leibniz Association, Max Planck Society, Federal Ministry of Education and Research Graphic Design: KLINKEBIEL GmbH Kommunikationsdesign, www.klinkebiel.com Printed by: DCM Druckcenter Meckenheim GmbH, www.druckcenter.de Cover Photo Credits: depositphotos.com / PixBox HUMANITIES © DFG, March 2019 This publication was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and AND CULTURAL STUDIES Research. PREFACE This brochure provides a first insight into research in Germany in the fields of humanities and cultural studies and is especially recommended to early career researchers from abroad. In Germany research in the humanities and cultural studies is primarily conducted at universities but also at non-university research institutions. Almost all universities and many universities of applied sciences host a research section in these fields. The spectrum ranges from small monothematic working groups to large interdisciplinary departments and covers a variety of topics from traditional areas to new explorative research fields. This brochure is intended to give an initial overview. The following map and tables highlight research consortia and graduate training programmes at universities and non-university research institutes with a main focus on the humanities and cultural studies. On top of this, there is a lot more to discover: e.g. the DFG funds a multitude of individual projects in the area of the humanities and cultural studies. These individual grants outweigh the research consortia both in number and in overall funding volume. Towards the end of this brochure, you will find a link to the online database GEPRIS that provides an overview of all DFG-funded research projects. You will also find additional important links for further information about programmes in these fields and profiles of German universities and research institutions. We invite you to explore the many opportunities that Germany has to offer and welcome your feedback. > 4 5 < OVERVIEW Schleswig Kiel Greifswald Rostock Hamburg Wilhelmshaven Bremerhaven Lüneburg Oldenburg Berlin Hannover Braunschweig Potsdam Hildesheim Bielefeld Münster Bochum Göttingen Duisburg Halle Wuppertal Düsseldorf Leipzig Dresden Cologne Siegen Marburg Erfurt Jena Bonn Gießen Frankfurt/Main Mainz Bayreuth Trier Darmstadt Mannheim Nuremberg Saarbrücken Heidelberg Research Training Groups Leibniz Graduate Schools Regensburg International Research Training Groups International Max Planck Research Schools Integrated Research Training Groups in Tübingen Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios Leibniz Institutes Centres for Advanced Studies in the Max Planck Institutes Freiburg Munich Humanities and Social Sciences Others Clusters of Excellence Konstanz Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios DFG-funded Priority Programmes and Research Units are not shown on the map since they are not necessarily located at a single location; they are listed on pages 13 and 19. > 6 7 < CENTRES OF RESEARCH CENTRES OF RESEARCH Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact - FUNDED BY DFG- CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCE Universität Bayreuth Africa Multiple: 2019 www.uni-bayreuth. Bayreuth Reconfiguring African de/en/research/ Clusters of Excellence (EXC) promote cutting-edge research. They serve to strengthen Studies (EXC 2052) excellence-strategy/ the research profiles of universities or university consortia in internationally competitive africa-multiple/index. fields. They create excellent training and career opportunities for early career html researchers. Within the framework of the Excellence Strategy, they can receive Freie Universität Temporal Communities: 2019 www.temporal- Berlin Berlin Doing Literature in a Global communities.de between €3 million and €10 million annually and are funded for seven years, starting Perspective (EXC 2020) in 2019. A second seven-year period is possible. Humboldt-Universität Matters of Activity. Image 2019 www.matters-of- Berlin zu Berlin Space Material (EXC 2025) activity.hu-berlin.de Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) are organisational units established at Rheinische Friedrich- Beyond Slavery and 2019 www.uni-bonn. Bonn Wilhelms-Universität Freedom: Asymmetrical de/research/ universities which enable researchers to pursue an outstanding research programme Bonn Dependencies in Pre-Modern excellencestrategy/ crossing the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties. The Societies (EXC 2036) beyond-slavery-and- freedom-asymmetrical- traditional Collaborative Research Centre is generally applied for by one university dependencies-in-pre- and is conducted by researchers of that university. Early career support is a key modern-societies objective of the Collaborative Research Centre Programme. Early career researchers Universität Hamburg Understanding Written 2019 www.written-artefacts. may get involved in a CRC in numerous ways, for example within the framework of Hamburg Artefacts: Material, uni-hamburg.de Interaction and Transmission an Integrated Research Training Group. Collaborative Research Centres are funded in Manuscript Cultures for a period of up to 12 years. (EXC 2176) Christian-Albrechts- ROOTS – Social, 2019 www.jma.uni-kiel.de/ Kiel Universität zu Kiel Environmental, and Cultural en/roots Transregios (TRR) are Collaborative Research Centres in which up to three universities Connectivity in Past Societies collaborate with each other and submit a joint application. The contributions of the (EXC 2150) cooperative partners are essential, complementary and synergetic to the joint Westfälische Religion and Politics. 2019 www.uni-muenster. Münster Wilhelms-Universität Dynamics of Tradition and de/Religion-und-Politik research objective. Funding facilitates close, nationwide collaboration among the Münster Innovation (EXC 2060) participating universities and researchers, as well as networking and shared use of COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES resources. There is also the option of international Transregios. Freie Universität Affective Societies – 2015 www.sfb-affective- Berlin Berlin Dynamics of Social societies.de Coexistence in Mobile Worlds (CRC 1171) Freie Universität Episteme in Motion. Transfer 2012 www.sfb-episteme.de Berlin Berlin of Knowledge from the Ancient World to the Early Modern Period (CRC 980) Universität Bielefeld Practices of Comparisons. 2017 http://sfb1288.uni- Bielefeld Ordering and Changing the bielefeld.de World (CRC 1288) Rheinische Friedrich- Macht und Herrschaft – 2016 www.sfb1167.uni- Bonn Wilhelms-Universität Premodern Configurations in a bonn.de Bonn Transcultural Perspective (CRC 1167) > 8 9 < CENTRES OF RESEARCH CENTRES OF RESEARCH Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact Location Institution Title Funded Since Contact Universität zu Köln Our Way to Europe: 2009 www.sfb806.uni- Westfälische Cultures of Decision-Making 2015 www.uni-muenster. Cologne Culture-Environment koeln.de Münster Wilhelms-Universität (CRC 1150) de/SFB1150 Interaction and Human Münster Mobility in the Late Universität Potsdam Limits of Variability in 2017 www.uni-potsdam. Quaternary (CRC 806) Potsdam Language: Cognitive, de/de/sfb1287 Universität zu Köln Prominence in Language 2017 http://sfb1252.uni- Grammatical, and Social Cologne (CRC 1252) koeln.de Aspects (CRC 1287) Technische Invectivity. Constellations 2017 https://tu-dresden. Universität des Information Density and 2014 www.sfb1102. Dresden Universität Dresden and Dynamics of de/gsw/sfb1285 Saarbrücken Saarlandes Linguistic Encoding uni-saarland.de Disparagement (CRC 1285) (CRC 1102) Heinrich-Heine- The Structure of 2011 www.sfb991.uni- Universität Siegen Media of Cooperation 2016 www.mediacoop. Düsseldorf Universität Düsseldorf Representations in duesseldorf.de Siegen (CRC 1187) uni-siegen.de Language, Cognition, and Eberhard Karls ResourceCultures. 2013 www.sfb1070.uni- Science (CRC 991) Tübingen Universität Tübingen Sociocultural Dynamics and tuebingen.de Goethe-Universität Discourses of Weakness and 2015 www.sfb1095.net the Use of Resources Frankfurt/ Frankfurt am Main Resource Regimes (CRC 1070) Main (CRC 1095) Eberhard Karls The Construction of 2009 www.sfb833.uni- Albert-Ludwigs- Heroes. Heroizations. 2012 www.sfb948.uni- Tübingen Universität Tübingen Meaning: The Dynamics and tuebingen.de Freiburg Universität Freiburg Heroism (CRC 948) freiburg.de Adaptivity of Linguistic Albert-Ludwigs- Otium/Leisure. Borders, 2012 www.sfb1015.uni- Structures (CRC 833) Freiburg Universität Freiburg Temporal and Spatial freiburg.de Eberhard Karls Threatened Order – Societies 2011 www.sfb923.uni- Character, Practices Tübingen Universität Tübingen under Stress (CRC 923) tuebingen.de (CRC 1015) COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/TRANSREGIOS Georg-August- Education and Religion in 2015 www.sfb1136.uni- Justus-Liebig- Dynamics of Security. Types 2014 www.sfb138.de Göttingen Universität Göttingen Cultures of the goettingen.de Gießen Universität Gießen of Securitization from a Mediterranean and its Historical Perspective Environment from Ancient to Marburg Philipps-Universität (TRR 138) Medieval Times and to the Marburg Classical Islam (CRC 1136) Universität Hamburg Manuscript Cultures in Asia, 2011 www.manuscript- Hamburg Africa and Europe cultures.uni-hamburg. (CRC 950) de Ruprecht-Karls- Material Text Cultures. 2011