Transmitted and mediated through Buddhist narrative texts, motifs spread throughout the Near East and medieval Europe. The oldest versions of Buddhist reincarnation legends have not survived in their original Indian languages but in Chinese translation. The project aims to translate this text into English for the first time. The themes and motifs will be indexed and compared with elements of non-Indian narratives. The editing of these previously buried themes and motifs will have manifold reverberations in the field of international folk narrative research.
Visual perception plays an important role in the selection of an adequate verbal greeting.
A second objective of the study is thus to determine the factors relevant for perception and to highlight possible differences between visual perceptions of Germans and Japanese. The research results are to be applied to teaching German as a Second Language and Japanese as a Second Language. Campus-TV Mainz is a joint initiative of Mainz University's Film Studies and Journalism Departments, the Art Department's Film Class, the University Press Office and the Studium generale. The program is produced by advanced journalism or film students assisted by interested students from all departments of the university. Campus-TV produced several broadcasts addressing issues of interculturality.