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HUMANITIES AND
CULTURAL STUDIES

Research
in Germany

Researchin Germany

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HUMANITIESAND CULTURAL STUDIESPREFACE
This brochure provides a first insight into research in Germany in the fields ofhumanities 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 atuniversities but also at non-university research institutions. Almost all universities andmany 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 andnon-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 ofindividual 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 findadditional important links for further information about programmes in these fields andprofiles of German universities and research institutions.
We invite you to explore the many opportunities that Germany has to offer andwelcome your feedback.

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OVERVIEW

Schleswig

Kiel
Rostock

Greifswald

Hamburg
Wilhelmshaven

Bremerhaven
Lüneburg

Oldenburg

HannoverMünster

GöttingenWuppertal

Düsseldorf
BonnBerlinHalle
Leipzig

Siegen Marburg

ColognePotsdam

Hildesheim

Bielefeld

BochumDuisburg

Braunschweig

ErfurtDresden

Jena

GießenFrankfurt/Main

Trier

BayreuthMainz
Darmstadt
Mannheim

Saarbrücken
Research Training Groups

Leibniz Graduate Schools

International Research Training Groups

International Max Planck
Research Schools

Integrated Research Training Groups in
Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios
Centres for Advanced Studies in the
Humanities and Social Sciences
Clusters of Excellence

Leibniz Institutes
Max Planck Institutes
OthersHeidelberg

Nuremberg
Regensburg

Tübingen
MunichFreiburg
Konstanz

Collaborative Research Centres/Transregios
DFG-funded Priority Programmes and Research Units are not shown on the map since they are notnecessarily located at a single location; they are listed on pages 13 and 19.

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CENTRES OF RESEARCH- funded by dfg Clusters of Excellence (EXC) promote cutting-edge research. They serve to strengthen
the research profiles of universities or university consortia in internationally competitive
fields. They create excellent training and career opportunities for early career
researchers. Within the framework of the Excellence Strategy, they can receive
between €3 million and €10 million annually and are funded for seven years, startingin 2019. A second seven-year period is possible.
Collaborative Research Centres (CRC) are organisational units established atuniversities which enable researchers to pursue an outstanding research programmecrossing the boundaries of disciplines, institutes, departments and faculties. The
traditional Collaborative Research Centre is generally applied for by one university
and is conducted by researchers of that university. Early career support is a key
objective of the Collaborative Research Centre Programme. Early career researchers
may get involved in a CRC in numerous ways, for example within the framework ofan Integrated Research Training Group. Collaborative Research Centres are funded
for a period of up to 12 years.
Transregios (TRR) are Collaborative Research Centres in which up to three universities
collaborate with each other and submit a joint application. The contributions of thecooperative partners are essential, complementary and synergetic to the joint
research objective. Funding facilitates close, nationwide collaboration among theparticipating universities and researchers, as well as networking and shared use ofresources. There is also the option of international Transregios.

CENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location

Title

Funded Since

Contact

CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCE
Universität Bayreuth

Africa Multiple:
Reconfiguring African
Studies (EXC 2052)

2019

www.uni-bayreuth.
de/en/research/
excellence-strategy/
africa-multiple/index.
html

BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinTemporal Communities:
Doing Literature in a Global
Perspective (EXC 2020)2019www.temporalcommunities.de

BerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

Matters of Activity. ImageSpace Material (EXC 2025)2019

www.matters-ofactivity.hu-berlin.de

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
Bonn

Beyond Slavery andFreedom: Asymmetrical
Dependencies in Pre-Modern
Societies (EXC 2036)

2019

www.uni-bonn.
de/research/
excellencestrategy/
beyond-slavery-andfreedom-asymmetricaldependencies-in-premodern-societies

Universität Hamburg

Understanding Written
Artefacts: Material,
Interaction and Transmissionin Manuscript Cultures(EXC 2176)

2019

www.written-artefacts.
uni-hamburg.de

Christian-AlbrechtsUniversität zu Kiel

ROOTS – Social,
Environmental, and Cultural
Connectivity in Past Societies(EXC 2150)

2019

www.jma.uni-kiel.de/en/roots

Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität
Münster

Religion and Politics.
Dynamics of Tradition andInnovation (EXC 2060)

2019

www.uni-muenster.
de/Religion-und-Politik

BayreuthBonn

Hamburg

Kiel

Münster

COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES
BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinAffective Societies –Dynamics of Social
Coexistence in Mobile
Worlds (CRC 1171)

2015

www.sfb-affectivesocieties.de

BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinEpisteme in Motion. Transfer
of Knowledge from theAncient World to the Early
Modern Period (CRC 980)

2012

www.sfb-episteme.de

Universität Bielefeld

Practices of Comparisons.
Ordering and Changing theWorld (CRC 1288)

2017

http://sfb1288.unibielefeld.de

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
BonnMacht und Herrschaft –Premodern Configurations in a
Transcultural Perspective(CRC 1167)

2016

www.sfb1167.unibonn.de

Bielefeld

Bonn

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CENTRES OF RESEARCHCENTRES OF RESEARCH
Location

Institution

Title

Universität zu Köln

Our Way to Europe:
Culture-Environment
Interaction and Human
Mobility in the Late
Quaternary (CRC 806)

2009

Universität zu Köln

Prominence in Language(CRC 1252)

2017

http://sfb1252.unikoeln.de

DresdenTechnische
Universität Dresden

Invectivity. Constellations
and Dynamics ofDisparagement (CRC 1285)

2017

https://tu-dresden.
de/gsw/sfb1285

Saarbrücken

Düsseldorf

Heinrich-HeineUniversität Düsseldorf

The Structure ofRepresentations in
Language, Cognition, andScience (CRC 991)

2011

www.sfb991.uniduesseldorf.deSiegenGoethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Discourses of Weakness andResource Regimes(CRC 1095)

2015

www.sfb1095.net

Freiburg

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Heroes. Heroizations.
Heroism (CRC 948)

2012

www.sfb948.unifreiburg.de

Freiburg

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Otium/Leisure. Borders,Temporal and Spatial
Character, Practices(CRC 1015)

2012

www.sfb1015.unifreiburg.de

Göttingen

Georg-AugustUniversität Göttingen

Education and Religion in
Cultures of theMediterranean and its
Environment from Ancient toMedieval Times and to theClassical Islam (CRC 1136)

2015

Universität Hamburg

Manuscript Cultures in Asia,
Africa and Europe(CRC 950)

2011

www.manuscriptcultures.uni-hamburg.
deRuprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

Material Text Cultures.
Materiality and Presence ofWriting in Non-Typographic
Societies (CRC 933)

2011

www.materialetextkulturen.org

Christian-AlbrechtsUniversität zu Kiel

Scales of Transformation:
Human-Environmental
Interaction in Prehistoric andArchaic Societies(CRC 1266)

2016

www.sfb1266.unikiel.de

Universität Leipzig

Processes of Spatialization
under the Global Condition(CRC 1199)

2016

http://research.unileipzig.de/~sfb1199

CologneCologneFrankfurt/
Main

Hamburg

Heidelberg

Kiel

Leipzig> 10

Funded Since

Contactwww.sfb806.unikoeln.de

Location

Institution

Title

Münster

Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität
Münster

Cultures of Decision-Making(CRC 1150)

2015

www.uni-muenster.
de/SFB1150

Universität Potsdam

Limits of Variability in
Language: Cognitive,
Grammatical, and Social
Aspects (CRC 1287)

2017

www.uni-potsdam.
de/de/sfb1287

Universität desSaarlandes

Information Density and
Linguistic Encoding(CRC 1102)

2014

www.sfb1102.
uni-saarland.de

Universität Siegen

Media of Cooperation(CRC 1187)

2016

www.mediacoop.
uni-siegen.de

Tübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

ResourceCultures.
Sociocultural Dynamics andthe Use of Resources(CRC 1070)

2013

www.sfb1070.unituebingen.de

Tübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

The Construction of
Meaning: The Dynamics andAdaptivity of Linguistic
Structures (CRC 833)

2009

www.sfb833.unituebingen.de

Tübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Threatened Order – Societies
under Stress (CRC 923)

2011

www.sfb923.unituebingen.de

Potsdam

Funded Since

Contact

COLL ABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/TRANSREGIOS
www.sfb1136.unigoettingen.de

GießenMarburg

Justus-LiebigUniversität Gießen
Philipps-Universität
Marburg

Dynamics of Security. Typesof Securitization from a
Historical Perspective(TRR 138)2014

www.sfb138.de

11 <RESEARCH UNITS- funded by dfg Research Units (FOR) often contribute to establishing new research directions. Research
Units are made up of a team of researchers working together on a research project
which is often of an interdisciplinary nature. Research Units consist of several researchersand subprojects. The subprojects of a Research Unit are often located at several
locations throughout Germany. Research Units are generally funded for up to six years.
Research Units are not shown on the map. Only the titles of the thematic focus and the
project websites are listed.

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RESEARCH UNITS
Title

Funded Since

Contact

Local Self-governance in the Context of Weak
Statehood in Antiquity and the Modern Era(FOR 2757)

2018

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/391467173

Patterns of Crisis in the Arts: Institutional Dynamics ofTransformation in the Current Performing Arts
(FOR 2734)

2017

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/387849349

Ambiguity and Differentiation: Historical and Cultural
Dynamics (FOR 2600)2018

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/322729370

Philology of Adventure (FOR 2568)

2018

www.en.abenteuer.fak13.
uni-muenchen.de

Cooperation and Competition in the Sciences(FOR 2553)

2017

www.kooperation-und-konkurrenz.
geschichte.uni-muenchen.deEmerging grammars in language contact situations: A
comparative approach (FOR 2537)

2017

www.uni-potsdam.de/de/dspdg/
projekte/rueg.html

Inductive Metaphysics (FOR 2495)

2017

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/288923097

Resilience. Phases of Societal Upheaval in Dialogue
between Medieval Studies and Sociology (FOR 2539)

2016

https://for2539-resilienz.uni-trier.
dePracticing Evidence – Evidencing Practice in Science,
Medicine, Technology and Society (FOR 2448)

2016

www.evidenzpraktiken-dfg.tum.de

Journal Literature (FOR 2288)

2016

https://journalliteratur.blogs.
ruhr-uni-bochum.de

Questions at the Interfaces (FOR 2111)

2016

https://typo.uni-konstanz.de/questionsInterfaces/

Spoken Morphology: Phonetics and Phonology ofComplex Words (FOR 2373)

2015

www.spoken-morphology.hhu.de

Discursivizations of the New – Tradition andInnovation in Medieval and Early Modern Texts(FOR 2305)

2015

www.for2305.fu-berlin.de

Crossing the Borders: The Interplay of Language,
Cognition, and the Brain in Early Human
Development (FOR 2253)

2015

https://crossing-project.de

STRATA. Stratification-Analyses of Mythic Plots andTexts in Ancient Cultures (FOR 2064)

2015

www.uni-goettingen.de/en/556429.html

The Epistemology of the Large Hadron Collider(FOR 2063)

2015

www.lhc-epistemologie.uniwuppertal.deMedia and Participation. Between Demand andEntitlement (FOR 2252)

2014

https://mediaandparticipation.
com

Personnel Decisions for Pivotal Roles in Society(FOR 1664)

2014

www.geschichte.uni-frankfurt.
de/53149801/FOR_PE_p

The Role of Nature in Conceptualising Political Order:
Ancient – Medieval – Early Modern (FOR 1986)

2013www.for1986.uni-muenchen.de

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Title

Funded Since

Contact

History and Theory of Mimetic Practices (FOR 1867)2013

www.fg-mimesis.deProtestantism in the Ethical Controversies of the West
German Federal Republic 1949-1989 (FOR 1765)

2013

www.for1765.evtheol.
unimuenchen.de

Transalpine Mobility and Cultural Transfer (FOR 1670)

2012

www.en.for1670-transalpine.
uni-muenchen.de

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CENTRES FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN THE
HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES- funded by dfg -CENTRES FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Location

Institution

Title

Funded Since

Contact

BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinBildEvidenz. History andAesthetics (FOR 1627)2011

http://bildevidenz.de

Freie Universität
BerlinCinepoetics – Center for
Advanced Film Studies(FOR 2229)

2015

Centres for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences (FOR) areoutstanding centres of humanities and social sciences research and are headed byexperienced and well-established researchers. The Centres achieve their specific profiles
and attractiveness by deliberately adopting comparatively open-ended approaches or a
decidedly experimental character. No thematic focus is prescribed.

Berlinwww.cinepoetics.
fu-berlin.de

BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinRethinking Oriental
Despotism – Strategies ofGovernance and Modes ofParticipation in the Ancient
Near East (FOR 2615)

2017

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/323052459

Bonn

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
BonnHistory and Society during
the Mamluk Era (12501517) (FOR 1362)

2010

The key characteristics for Centres of Advanced Studies are intensive independent
research made possible, where applicable, through (partial) leaves of absence for the
responsible scholars, a fellow programme for visiting researchers, both national andinternational, and the integration of early career researchers.

www.mamluk.
uni-bonn.de

Universität Erfurt

Religion and Urbanity: Mutual Formations (FOR 2779)

2018

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/392820287

Universität Erfurt

Religious Individualisation in
Historical Perspective(FOR 1013)

2008

www.uni-erfurt.de/va/max-weberkolleg/
forschungsgruppenund-stellen/kfg

Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Justitia Amplificata:
Amplified Justice – Concreteand Global (FOR 1206)

2009

www.justitiaamplificata.de

Universität Hamburg

Imaginariums of Power(FOR 2767)

2018

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/392750726

Universität Hamburg

Jewish Scepticism (HCAS-JS)(FOR 2311)

2014

www.maimonidescentre.uni-hamburg.de

Lüneburg

Leuphana Universität
Lüneburg

Media Cultures of Computer
Simulation (FOR 1927)

2012www.leuphana.de/dfg-programme/
mecs.html

Regensburg

Universität
Regensburg

Beyond the Canon:
Hetertopics of Religious
Authority in Christianity of
Late Antiquity (FOR 2770)

2017

http://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/392798726

Universität Trier

Russian Poetry in Transition(FOR 2603)

2017

https://lyrik-intransition.uni-trier.de

Centres for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and Social Sciences are generally
funded for up to eight years. Visiting researchers are invited for up to two years.

ErfurtErfurtFrankfurt/
Main
Hamburg

Hamburg

Trier

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CENTRES FOR ADVANCED STUDIES IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
Location

Institution

Title

Funded Since

Contact

Tübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Migration and Mobility in
Late Antiquity and Early
Middle Ages (FOR 2496)

2017

www.uni-tuebingen.
de/en/faculties/
faculty-of-humanities/
departments/
geschichtswissenschaft/forschung/migration-and-mobility-in-late-antiquity-andthe-early-middle-ages.
html

Tübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Words, Bones, Genes, Tools.
Tracking Linguistic, Cultural
and Biological Trajectories ofthe Human Past (FOR 2237)

2014

www.
wordsandbones.
uni-tuebingen.de

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PRIORITY PROGRAMMES- funded by dfg Priority Programmes (SPP) have a programmatic focus and have the purpose ofadvancing knowledge in an emerging field of research through collaborative networked
support. They are characterised by their enhanced quality of research through the use of
new methods and forms of collaboration in emerging fields. As a rule, one programme
can consist of up to 30 individual researchers and subprojects located at several
institutions across Germany; it usually has one coordinating person. Priority Programmes
normally receive funding for a period of six years.
Priority Programmes are not shown on the map. Only the titles of the overall themes
and the project website are listed.

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PRIORITY PROGRAMMES
Title

Funded FromContact

Computational Literary Studies (SPP 2207)

2019

https://dfg-spp-cls.github.io

The Iranian Highlands: Resiliencies and Integration in
Pre-modern Societies (SPP 2176)

2019

www.iranhighlands.com

The Digital Image (SPP 2172)

2019

www.uni-marburg.de/de/
fotomarburg/forschung/laufende/
schwerpunktprogramm-das-digitalebild (DE)

Title

Funded Since

Contact

Entangled Africa: Intra-African Connections between
Rainforest and Mediterranean (ca. 6000 to 500 BP)(SPP 2143)

2018

www.entangled-africa.org

Cultures of Translation in Early Modern Times(SPP 2130)

2018

www.tu-braunschweig.de/
germanistik/abt/spr/
forschungme/spp2130/index.html

Transottomanica: Eastern European – Osmanian –Persian Dynamics of Mobility (SPP 1981)2017www.transottomanica.de

Xprag.de: New Pragmatic Theories Based onExperimental Evidence (SPP 1726)

2014

www.xprag.deÄsthetische Eigenzeiten (SPP 1688)2013

www.aesthetische-eigenzeiten.de

Harbours from the Roman Period to the Middle Ages
(SPP 1630)

2012

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Location

Institution

Contact
LEIBNIZ INSTITUTESThe Leibniz Association is an umbrella organisation of 93 research institutes. The annual
budget amounts to 1.93 billion euros. Some 9,800 researchers – approximately 20% ofthem from abroad – work on a widely diverse range of subjects, including the humanities and social sciences, economics, spatial and life sciences, mathematics, natural andengineering sciences and environmental research. www.leibniz-association.eu
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is one of Germany’s largest
independent non-profit research organisations. The Max Planck Society has been
allocated approximately 1.7 billion euros for 2018. A combined total of 15,600
researchers, postdoctoral/junior researchers and visiting researchers at 84 Max Planck
Institutes conduct basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences, social sciences
and humanities. One third of the researchers and more than half of the junior andvisiting researchers come from abroad. www.mpg.de

BerlinLeibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS)

www.zas.gwz-berlin.
deBerlinLeibniz-Centre Modern Orient (ZMO)

www.zmo.de

BochumDeutsches Bergbau-Museum Bochum –German Mining Museum (DBM)

www.bergbaumuseum.
deBremerhaven

German Maritime Museum – Leibniz Institute for German
Marine History (DSM)

www.dsm.museum

Hamburg

German Institute of Global and Area Studies (GIGA)

www.giga-hamburg.de

Leipzig

Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern
Europe (GWZO)

http://research.unileipzig.de/gwzo

Mainz

Leibniz Institute of European History Mainz (IEG)

www.ieg-mainz.de

Mainz

Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum – ArchaeologicalResearch Institute (RGZM)

http://web.rgzm.de

Mannheim

Institute for the German Language (IDS)

www1.ids-mannheim.deMarburg

Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central
Europe (HI)www.herder-institut.de

MunichDeutsches Museum (DM)www.detuschesmuseum.deMunichInstitute of Contemporary History Munich-Berlin (HZ)

www.ifz-muenchen.de

Nuremberg

Germanisches Nationalmuseum (GNK)www.gnm.de

PotsdamCentre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF)

http://zzf-potsdam.deRegensburg

Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies(IOS)

www.ios-regensburg.de

BerlinMax Planck Institute for the History of Sciencewww.mpiwg-berlin.
mpg.deFrankfurt/
Main

Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics

www.aesthetics.mpg.de

Göttingen

Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic
Diversitywww.mmg.mpg.deHalle/Saale

Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology

www.eth.mpg.de

Jena

Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human Historywww.shh.mpg.deLeipzig

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

www.eva.mpg.deLeipzig

Max Planck Weizmann Center for Integrative Archaeology
and Anthropology

www.eva.mpg.de/mpwc

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NON-UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS
Location

Institution

Contact
OTHERS

BerlinGerman Archaeological Institute (DAI)

www.dainst.org

BerlinStaatliche Museen zu Berlinwww.smb.museum/en/
home.html

BerlinZentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung (ZfL)

www.zfl-berlin.org

Point Sud

http://pointsud.org

Mannheim

Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen (REM)

www.rem-mannheim.
deSchleswig

Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology (ZBSA)

www.zbsa.eu

Wilhelmshaven

Lower Saxony Institute for Historical Coastal Research (NIhK)

http://nihk.de

Frankfurt/
Main

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GRADUATE TRAINING- funded by dfg Research Training Groups (RTG) combine an ambitious research programme atuniversities with comprehensive training, tailored supervision and academic freedom toform an ideal environment for a successful doctorate. Research Training Groups can also
have an interdisciplinary approach. They are funded for a period of up to nine years.
International Research Training Groups (IRTG) provide opportunities for joint doctoral
training programmes between German universities and universities abroad. The researchand study programmes are jointly developed and supervised. Doctoral students in the
programme spend six months at the partner institution.
Integrated Research Training Groups (within Collaborative Research Centres/
Transregios) offer ideal research environments for doctoral researchers. The main aim ofthese structured training programmes is to provide young scientists and academics with
opportunities to independently carry out research at an early stage of their career. The
programmes further take care to closely integrate early career researchers into an
academic network. Working in Clusters of Excellence or Collaborative Research Centres
projects, doctoral researchers achieve additional qualifications. As research assistants inthese projects, they contribute to the Research Centre’s success. They are closely involved
with the projects and have access to the entire project infrastructure.

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GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Institution

Title

Funded Since

Contact

BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinGlobal Intellectual History –Transfers, Circulation of
Ideas, Historical Actors(18th-20th Century)(RTG 2248)

2017

www.global-history.
deBerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

Extrospection. External
Acces to Higher Cognitive
Processes (RTG 2386)

2018www.mind-and-brain.
de/rtg-2386

BerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

Philosophy, Science and theSciences: The Dialogue
Among Different Forms andModels of Knowledge in
Ancient Greek, Roman andArabic Thought (RTG 1939)2014https://ancientphilosophy.hu-berlin.
de/en/ancientphilosophy

BerlinHumboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

The Literary and Epistemic
History of Small Forms(RTG 2190)

2017www.kleine-formen.
deBerlinTechnische
Universität Berlin

Identity and Heritage(RTG 2227)

2016

www.identitaet-underbe.org

BerlinUniversität der Künste
BerlinKnowledge in the Arts
(RTG 1759)2012

http://wissenderkuenste.de

BochumRuhr-Universität
BochumDocumentary Practices.
Excess and Privation(RTG 2132)

2016

https://dasdokumentarische.
blogs.ruhr-unibochum.de

BochumRuhr-Universität
BochumSituated Cognition – New
Concepts in InvestigatingCore Mental Phenomena(RTG 2185)

2017

http://situated-cognition.com

Bonn

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
BonnPresent/Literature. History,
Theory and Praxeology of a
Relationship (RTG 2291)

2017

www.grk2291.unibonn.de

Bonn

Rheinische FriedrichWilhelms-Universität
Bonn

Archaeology of Pre-Modern
Economies (RTG 1878)

2013www.wirtschaftsarchaeologie.de

CologneUniversität zu Köln

Braunschweig

Hochschule für
Bildende Künste
Braunschweig

The Photographic Dispositif(RTG 1843)

2013

http://dasfotografischedispositiv.de

RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS

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Location

GRADUATE TRAINING

Institution

Title

Universität zu Köln

Dynamics of Conventionality(400-1550) (RTG 2212)

2017

http://zemak.
phil-fak.uni-koeln.
de/35076.html

Darmstadt

Technische
Universität Darmstadt

Critical Infrastructures: Social
Construction, Function
Failure and Protection in
Urban Spaces (RTG 2222)

2016

www.kritis.tudarmstadt.de

Duisburg

Universtität DuisburgEssen

Precaution, Prevision,
Prediction: Managing
Contingency (RTG 1919)2013

www.uni-due.de/graduiertenkolleg_1919/grako1919-start.php

CologneFrankfurt/
Main
Frankfurt/
Main
Frankfurt/
Main

Frankfurt/
Main

Freiburg

Hamburg

HannoverHeidelberg> 28

Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main
Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Configuration of Film
(RTG 2279)
Nominal Modification(RTG 2016)

Funded Since

2017

2014

Contact

http://gepris.
dfg.de/gepris/projekt/310565625
www.uni-frankfurt.
de/50692667

Theology as an Academic
Discipline. A Historical andSystematical Analysis of theFormation of Reflexivity in
Religious Traditions(RTG 1728)

2012

Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Value and Equivalence – The
Genesis and Transformationof Values from an
Archaeological andAnthropological Perspective(RTG 1576)

2010

Albert LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Factual and Fictional
Narration (RTG 1767)2012www.grk-erzaehlen.
uni-freiburg.de

Universität Hamburg

Interkonfessionalität in derFrühen Neuzeit (RTG 2008)2015

www.gwiss.
uni-hamburg.de/einrichtungen/graduiertenschule/interkonfessionalitaet.
html

Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt am Main

Gottfried Wilhelm
Leibniz Universität
HannoverEthics and Epistemology of
Science (RTG 2073)

Ruprecht-KarlsUniversität
Heidelberg

Authority & Trust in
American Culture, Society,
History, and Politics(RTG 2244)

2015

www.theologie-alswissenschaft.dewww.value-andequivalence.deLocation

Institution

Title

Hildesheim

Stiftung Universität
Hildesheim

Aesthetic Practice(RTG 2477)

2018

http://gepris.dfg.
de/gepris/projekt/394082147

JenaFriedrich-SchillerUniversität Jena

The Romantic Model.
Variation-Scope-Relevance(RTG 2041)

2015

www.modellromantik.
uni-jena.de

Universität Konstanz

The Problem of the Real inModern Culture (RTG 16012010

http://www.unikonstanz.de/reales

Universität Leipzig

Interaction of Grammatical
Building Blocks (RTG 2011)2014

https://igra.philol.
uni-leipzig.de

Lüneburg

Leuphana Universität
Lüneburg

Cultures of Critique(RTG 2114)

2016

www.leuphana.de/en/dfg-programme/
kdk.html

Mainz

Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Byzantium and theEuro-Mediterranean Martial
Cultures, Exchange,
Differentiation and Reception(RTG 2304)

2018

https://grk-byzanzwars.uni-mainz.de

Mainz

Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Early Concepts of Man andNature: Universal, Local,
Borrowed (RTG 1876)2013www.grk-konzeptemensch-natur.unimainz.de

Mainz

Johannes GutenbergUniversität Mainz

Life Sciences, Life Writing:Boundary Experiences of
Human Life between
Biomedical Explanation andLived Experience (RTG 2015)2014www.grk.lifescienceslifewriting.uni-mainz.
deMunich

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München

Globalization and Literature.
Representations,
Transformations,Interventions (RTG 1733)

2012

www.en.grkglobalisierung.
uni-muenchen.deCarl von Ossietzky
Universität
Oldenburg

Self-Making. Practices ofSubjectivation (RTG 1608)

2010

www.uni-oldenburg.
de/graduiertenkollegselbst-bildungen

Universität Potsdam

Minor Cosmopolitanisms(RTG 2130)

2016

www.uni-potsdam.
de/minorcosmopolitanisms

Universität
Regensburg

Pre-Modern Metropolitanism(RTG 2337)

2017

www.metropolitaet.
ur.de

Konstanz

Leipzig

Oldenburg

Potsdamhttps://grk2073.org
Regensburg

2017

Funded Since

Contact

www.hca.uniheidelberg.de/gkat/
index.html

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Location

GRADUATE TRAINING
Title

BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinTemporalities of Future in
Latin America: Dynamics ofAspiration and Anticipation(IRTG 2445)

2018www.lai.fu-berlin.de/en/temporalities-offuture

Transfer of Culture and“Cultural Identity”. GermanRussian Contacts in theEuropean Context(IRTG 1956)

2014

www.igkkulturtransfer.unifreiburg.de

Baltic Borderlands: Shifting
Boundaries of Mind andCulture in the Borderlands of
the Baltic Sea Region(IRGT 1540)

2009

https://phil.
uni-greifswald.
de/institute/einrichtungen/gkbaltic-borderlands

Religious Cultures in the 19thand 20th Century Europe(IRTG 1542)

2009

www.igk-religioesekulturen.unimuenchen.de

Diversity. Mediating
Difference in TransculturalSpaces (IRTG 1864)2013

www.irtg-diversity.
com

Power of Interpretation:
Religion and Belief Systems
in Conflicts of Interpretative
Powers (RTG 1887)

2014

Universität desSaarlandes

European Dream-Cultures(RTG 2021)

2015

www.traumkulturen.
de

Potsdam

Universität Potsdam

Universität Siegen

Locating Media (RTG 1769)

2012

www.locatingmedia.
uni-siegen.de

MexicoCity(Mexico)Universidad
Nacional Autónoma
de MéxicoTübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Ambiguity – Production andPerception (RTG 1808)2013

www.uni-tuebingen.
de/en/research/core-research/
research-traininggroups/rtg-1808ambiguity-productionand-perception.html

Tübingen

Eberhard Karls
Universität Tübingen

Religious Knowledge in
Pre-Modern Europe(800-1800). Transfers andTransformations – Ways toModern Knowledge Society(RTG 1662)

2011

Saarbrücken

SiegenWuppertal

Bergische Universität
Wuppertal

Document – Text – Editing(RTG 2196)

2016

Contact

Institution

Title

Universität Rostock

Rostock

Funded Since

Location

Institutionwww.deutungsmacht.
uni-rostock.de

www.uni-tuebingen.
de/en/research/core-research/
research-traininggroups/gkreligioeses-wissen.
html
www.editionen.uniwuppertal.de

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS
BerlinFreie Universität
BerlinMexicoCity(Mexico)Universidad
Nacional Autónoma
de México
El Colegio de
Mexico (COLMEX)
Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios
Superiores en
Antropología Social(CIESAS)> 30

Between Spaces:
Movements, Actors andRepresentation of Globalism(IRTG 1571)

2009

www.lai.fu-berlin.de/en/entre-espacios/
index.html

Humboldt-Universität
zu Berlin

Funded Since

Contact

El Colegio deMéxico (COLMEX)
Centro deInvestigaciones y
Estudios Superiores
en Antropología
Social (CIESAS)
Freiburg
Moscow(Russia)

Greifswald

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg
Russian State
University for the
Humanities
Ernst-Moritz-ArndtUniversität
Greifswald

Lund(Sweden)Lund University

Tartu(Estonia)

University of Tartu

Munich

Ludwig-MaximiliansUniversität München

Poznan(Poland)Adam Mickiewicz
University

Prague(CzechRepublic)

Charles University in
PragueSaarbrücken

Universität desSaarlandes

Trier

Universität Trier

Montreal(Canada)Université deMontréal
31 <GRADUATE TRAININGGRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Institution

Title

Funded Since

Contact

INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRESCologneDüsseldorf

Universität zu Köln

Heinrich HeineUniversität Düsseldorf

Integrated Research Training
Group “Quaternary Scienceand Geoarchaeology“
within: Our Way to Europe:
Culture-Environment
Interaction and Human
Mobility in the Late
Quaternary (CRC 806)

2009

Integrated Research Training
Group “SToRE“ within: The
Structure of Representationsin Language, Cognition, andScience (CRC 991)

2011

http://sfb806irtg.
uni-koeln.dewww.sfb991.
uni-duesseldorf.
de/store-graduatetraining-program

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Heroes.
Heroizations. Heroism(CRC 948)

2012

Freiburg

Albert-LudwigsUniversität Freiburg

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Otium/
Leisure. Borders, Temporaland Spatial Character,
Practices (CRC 1015)

2012

www.sfb1015.unifreiburg.de/kolleg

Universität Hamburg

Integrated Research Training
Group “Manuscript Cultures”
within: Manuscript Culturesin Asia, Africa and Europe(CRC 950)

2011

www.manuscriptcultures.uni-hamburg.
de/gradschool_e.
html

Christian-AlbrechtsUniversität zu Kiel

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Scales ofTransformation: HumanEnvironmental Interaction in
Prehistoric and Archaic
Societies (CRC 1266)

2016

www.sfb1266.unikiel.de/en/graduateschool

Universität Leipzig

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Processes of
Spatialization under the
Global Condition(CRC 1199)

2016

http://research.
uni-leipzig.
de/~sfb1199/
project/igk

Westfälische
Wilhelms-Universität
Münster

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Cultures ofDecision-Making(CRC 1150)

2015

www.uni-muenster.
de/SFB1150/en/
graduiertenkolleg/
graduiertenkolleg.
html

Kiel

Leipzig

Münster> 32

Potsdam

Saarbrücken

Freiburg

Hamburg

Location

www.sfb948.unifreiburg.de/igk

Institution

Title

Universität Potsdam

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Limits of
Variability in Language:
Cognitive, Grammatical,
and Social Aspects(CRC 1287)

Funded Since
2018

Contactwww.uni-potsdam.
de/sfb1287

Universität desSaarlandes

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Information
Density and Linguistic
Encoding (CRC 1102)

2014

www.sfb1102.unisaarland.de/?page_
id=1275

INTEGRATED RESEARCH TRAINING GROUPS IN COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH CENTRES/
TRANSREGIOS
GießenMarburg

Justus-LiebigUniversität Gießen
Philipps-Universität
Marburg

Integrated Research Training
Group within: Dynamics ofSecurity. Types of
Securitization from a
Historical Perspective (TRR
138)

2014

www.sfb138.
de/index.php/
graduiertenkolleg

33 <GRADUATE TRAINING- at non - university research institutions -GRADUATE TRAINING
Location

Institution
LEIBNIZ GRADUATE SCHOOLS

BochumLeibniz Graduate Schools were established to foster the systematic promotion ofjunior researchers. Young researchers are given the opportunity to do their doctorates
in an excellent, collaborative, cross-disciplinary research environment. To this end,
Leibniz institutions cooperate closely with universities. As every Leibniz institution
focuses on clearly defined, socially-relevant themes, doctoral candidates have a
wealth of networking opportunities in a large, dedicated scientific community. The
particular character of research at the institutions in the Leibniz Association, which
includes fundamental, large-scale and application-oriented research, means doctoralcandidates can conduct research from basic idea right through to application.

Contact

Tübingen

Leibniz Graduate School “Raw Materials, Innovation andTechnology in Ancient Cultures (RITaK)“

www.ritak-leibniz.de

Leibniz Graduate School for Knowledge Media Research

www.iwm-tuebingen.de

INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOLS (IMPRS)Halle (Saale)

IMPRS for the Anthropology, Archaeology and History ofEurasia (IMPRS ANARCHIE)

www.eth.mpg.de/anarchie

Leipzig

IMPRS “The Leipzig School of Human Origins” (IMPRS
LSHO)

www.leipzig-school.
eva.mpg.deInternational Max Planck Research Schools (IMPRS) offer talented German andinternational junior scientists the opportunity to earn a doctorate under excellent
research conditions. The research schools are established by one or several Max
Planck Institutes. These IMPRS work in close cooperation with universities and other– sometimes international – research institutions. This provides an extraordinary
framework for the graduate students to work in, and is a great advantage ininterdisciplinary research projects, or in projects that require special equipment.

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Research in Germany: www.research-in-germany.org/jobs
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Helmholtz Association: www.helmholtz.de/en/jobs_talent
Leibniz Society: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/karriere
Max Planck Society: www.mpg.de/jobboard

www.research-in-germany.org

The “Research in Germany” Portal: Information on research
and funding opportunities, academic and research-related
job portals, as well as advice on preparing a research
stay or initiating a collaboration with German researchorganisations. www.research-in-germany.org
German Project Information System (GEPRIS): Online
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Principal Investigators. http://gepris.dfg.deGerman Research Institutions (GERiT): Information on morethan 25,000 institutes at German universities and nonuniversity research institutions, searchable by geographic
location, subject and other structural criteria. www.gerit.org
Website of the DFG: Further background information about
DFG funding programmes, funding guidelines, and lists ofcurrently DFG-funded activities. www.dfg.de
The German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) Research Map:
The interactive HRK Research Map database provides
information on the research priorities that are of strategic
institutional importance for each university.
www.hrk.de/home (go to Research Map)
The Higher Education Compass: Information on Germany’s
higher education institutions, the range of courses andprogrammes that they offer, their worldwide cooperation,
and who to contact locally.
www.hochschulkompass.de/en/higher-education-compass

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German Research Foundation (DFG)
DFG Head Office Germany
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