Virtual International Programme (VIP)

The course will discuss theoretical approaches to development. Afterwards it will focus on the current political changes and turmoils. Based on a critical analysis of contemporary politics, it will then analyse various topics of development studies (Political Economy, Development State, Natural Resources and Development, Sustainable Development and SDGs, Social Development; Peace and Development etc.)

En un contexto global marcado por la crisis climática, las desigualdades estructurales, la desinformación y el resurgimiento de narrativas autoritarias, el curso ofrece a sus estudiantes herramientas conceptuales, pedagógicas y metodológicas que puedan implementar en espacios intencionados a la reflexión y formación de ciudadanías críticas, solidarias y transformadoras.
A partir de un enfoque situado, interdisciplinario y decolonial, se articula la educación histórico-política con la educación para el desarrollo sostenible. El curso invita a reflexionar sobre los vínculos entre memorias silenciadas, revisionismos históricos, conflictos socioambientales y luchas por los derechos humanos. Se propone comprender cómo las narrativas del pasado modelan las disputas del presente y las posibilidades del futuro.
Se explorarán enfoques pedagógicos que integran el arte, los archivos, las pedagogías de la memoria y el trabajo en distintos contextos. El arte, en este marco, se comprende como una fuerza pedagógica y sensible, capaz de movilizar afectos, abrir preguntas y generar modos situados de conocimiento. Se trabajará sobre estrategias para enfrentar el negacionismo, la banalización de la violencia y la instrumentalización política de las memorias.
El curso promueve además una educación que reconozca la dimensión socioemocional del aprendizaje, el rol activo de los cuerpos y la escucha en los procesos educativos, y que ponga en diálogo la justicia social, la sostenibilidad ambiental, los derechos humanos y el cuidado de la vida como pilares de una educación transformadora.
Este curso virtual hace parte del proyecto Horizontes entrelazados: Diálogos sobre educación histórico-política y desarrollo sostenible y será un espacio de encuentro y aprendizaje colaborativo entre estudiantes y docentes de Alemania, Argentina y Colombia.

The aim of this seminar is to analyze the differences and interconnections between individual rights and socio-economic rights from a comparative legal perspective.
During the course, participants will explore how various legal systems recognize, interpret, and enforce both categories of human rights. Particular emphasis will be placed on comparing the legal approaches in selected countries, especially European Union states. Both the common features and the key differences will be discussed, from the perspectives of legal theory and judicial practice.
The seminar seeks to demonstrate that, although civil and political rights have traditionally been regarded as “negative” rights (requiring the state to refrain from interference), and socio-economic rights as “positive” rights (requiring active measures and services by the state), modern legal systems increasingly acknowledge their interdependence and complementarity.
The final objective is to prepare a written paper in the form of a comparative legal analysis, presenting how these rights function in at least two different legal systems, including the legal system of the student’s home country.

Teniendo como marco los Derechos Humanos de las mujeres el curso analiza la reproducción de las desigualdades sociales y de género a través de la interrelación entre las categorías mujer y migración. Se propone brindar a quienes participan en el curso contenidos que sirvan para el análisis teórico de las migraciones a partir de una visión crítica centrada en el enfoque de género feminista. En las últimas clases se profundizará el lugar de las memorias migrantes en la resignificación de identidades colectivas y en el tránsito del duelo migratorio. Este curso se abordará desde un enfoque interdisciplinario, el acercamiento a las temáticas principales del curso se realizará a través de lecturas desde diversos enfoques disciplinarios tales como la sociología, el derecho, la ciencia política, la psicología y la antropología. El curso apuesta por una pedagogía que integre las dimensiones culturales al espacio académico, particularmente los aportes del cine, la música y la literatura a la comprensión de las temáticas abordadas en el curso. La propuesta consiste en clases expositivas aunadas al trabajo autónomo semanal de lecturas obligatorias por parte del estudiantado y la participación de foros al final de clase.

El curso reflexiona de manera amplia sobre las relaciones internacionales desde una perspectiva de género y feminista, incluyendo tanto aspectos teóricos como experiencias prácticas. Se divide en cuatro módulos que desarrollan los siguientes temas: 1. Teorías feministas, género y relaciones internacionales, 2. Política Exterior Feminista (PEF): debates y reflexiones en Europa y América Latina, 3. Resolución 1325 de Naciones Unidas y agenda de Mujeres, paz y Seguridad, y 4. PEF y otras áreas de intervención.

Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

Angebot: Vorlesung und Übung für das Virtual International Programme
Turnus: jedes Semester
Credits: 6 CP
Sprache: Deutsch
Prüfungsform: Klausur
Modulcode: 02-Wiwi:BSc-Or-3

Beschreibung:

Im Anschluss an den Teil Buchführung und der externen Finanzberichterstattung (BWL VII) werden die Grundlagen der Kostenrechnung besprochen. Dabei stehen zunächst Grundbegriffe der Kostenrechnung im Fokus. Anschließend werden die Kostenarten-, Kostenstellen- und Kostenträgerrechnnung vorgestellt. Zum Abschluss werden einige Erweiterungen besprochen.

Competition Policy and Strategy
Structure: Lecture + Tutorial
Credits: 6 CP
Language: English
Required work: Final exam (87%) + Assignments (13%)
Lecturers: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Götz

This course consists of three components:
First, the lectures are available as videos on Youtube. These lectures are pre-recorded and can be accessed on our economics2go channel (https://www.youtube.com/@Economics2Go , Playlist "Competition Policy and Strategy").

Second, there will be weekly assignments. The solutions to these assignments will also be made available on our Youtube channel by the end of each week.

Third, there will be a weekly open office hour (also online, via StudIP (BigBlueButton, to be accessed under the "Meetings" tab). In this, we can discuss any questions regarding the contents of the lectures or assignments.

Your grade for this course will be determined by a written exam at the end of the semester (details will be announced in the coming weeks). You also have the opportunity to earn points towards your final grade during the semester by solving the weekly assignments and submitting your solutions via ILIAS.

Normally, the course Competition Policy and Strategy is a summer semester course. But it will be conducted in an online only format in the winter semester 2024/25. There will be weekly online assignments that are based on a series of pre-recorded lectures. This is complemented by a digital weekly office hour.

Struktur: Vorlesung + Übung
Turnus: Wintersemester
Credits: 6 CP
Modulcode: 02-Wiwi:BSc-Or-5
Sprache: Deutsch
Prüfungsform: Klausur (80-90%), Hausaufgaben (20-10%)
Dozent: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Götz

Die im WS 20/21 auf Youtube gestreamten Vorlesungen finden Sie auf unserem Youtube Kanal Econvomics2Go in der Playlist Mikro 1 sowie einen detaillierten Ablaufplan mit den relevanten Youtube Links hier.

Modulinhalte:
Grundlagen und Praxis der Volkswirtschaftslehre
Ökonomische Methoden und ökonomische Fragen
Optimierung
Nachfrage, Angebot und Gleichgewicht
Konsumenten und Anreize (Das Käuferproblem, Nutzenfunktion, Einkommens- und Substitutionseffekt, Konsumentenrente und Elastizitäten)
Verkäufer und Anreize (Produktionsfunktion und Kosten, Gewinnmaximierung und Angebotsfunktion, Marktein- und -austritt sowie langfristige Industrieangebotsfunktion)
Vollkommener Wettbewerb und die unsichtbare Hand
Internationaler Handel
Externalitäten und öffentliche Güter
Staatseingriffe: Besteuerung und Regulierung
Märkte für Produktionsfaktoren
Monopol
Spieltheorie und strategische Interaktionen
Oligopol und monopolistischer Wettbewerb
The Economics of Information
Auktionen und bilaterale Verhandlungen
Sozialökonomie

Literatur:
"Acemoglu/ Laibson/ List : Microeconomics, 2. Auflage; Pearson 2018".

Die Veranstaltung findet in Präsenz statt.

Structure: Lecture + Tutorial
Rhythm: Winter semester
Credits: 6 CP
Course description: 02-VWL:MSc-V1-2
Language: English
Required work: Final exam (85%) + Assignments (10%) + Participation (5%)
Lecturers: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Götz
Possible Major: Economics, Management

The recordings of the lecture from the past WS 20/21 can be found on the chairs Youtube channel Economics2Go; in the playlist Industrial Organization.

Course description:
This course extends the basic concepts of Industrial Organization and presents advanced methods and topics. The focus is on business strategies such as price discrimination and product differentiation and on strategic interaction in oligopoly. Students will learn about the importance of the research and development activities of firms and how they are influenced by public policy in general and by the patent system in particular. The course models and evaluates business behavior from both a public policy and a managerial perspective.

Literature:
Pepall, Richard, and Norman: Industrial Organization: Contemporary theory and practice, South Western, 3rd edition. 2005 (or Industrial Organization: Contemporary theory and practice, Wiley, 4th edition. 2008).
Pepall/Richards/Norman: Contemporary Industrial Organization: A Quantitative Approach, resp. We recommend that you buy the more advanced "Quantitative Approach" text book.
D.W. Carlton and J.M. Perloff: Modern Industrial Organization, Pearson, 4th edition 2005.
Luis Cabral: Introduction to Industrial Organization, MIT Press, 2000.
Tirole, J., The Theory of Industrial Organization. MIT-Press, 1988.
Industrial Organization - Markets and Strategies by Paul Belleflamme and Martin Peitz, Cambridge University Press 2010.
Helmut Bester: Theorie der Industrieökonomik, third edition, Springer, Berlin 2004.

Structure: Lecture + Tutorial
Rhythm: Winter semester
Credits: 6 CP
Course description: 02-VWL:MSc-V1-2
Language: English
Required work: Final exam (85%) + Assignments (10%) + Participation (5%)
Lecturers: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Georg Götz
Possible Major: Economics, Management

The recordings of the lecture from the past WS 20/21 can be found on the chairs Youtube channel Economics2Go; in the playlist Industrial Organization.

Course description:
This course extends the basic concepts of Industrial Organization and presents advanced methods and topics. The focus is on business strategies such as price discrimination and product differentiation and on strategic interaction in oligopoly. Students will learn about the importance of the research and development activities of firms and how they are influenced by public policy in general and by the patent system in particular. The course models and evaluates business behavior from both a public policy and a managerial perspective.

Literature:
Pepall, Richard, and Norman: Industrial Organization: Contemporary theory and practice, South Western, 3rd edition. 2005 (or Industrial Organization: Contemporary theory and practice, Wiley, 4th edition. 2008).
Pepall/Richards/Norman: Contemporary Industrial Organization: A Quantitative Approach, resp. We recommend that you buy the more advanced "Quantitative Approach" text book.
D.W. Carlton and J.M. Perloff: Modern Industrial Organization, Pearson, 4th edition 2005.
Luis Cabral: Introduction to Industrial Organization, MIT Press, 2000.
Tirole, J., The Theory of Industrial Organization. MIT-Press, 1988.
Industrial Organization - Markets and Strategies by Paul Belleflamme and Martin Peitz, Cambridge University Press 2010.
Helmut Bester: Theorie der Industrieökonomik, third edition, Springer, Berlin 2004.

Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

Artificial intelligence, especially large language models, which can be found in many digital applications, including social media apps, is omnipresent – and usually without us realizing it. Discussions in the political public sphere are now clearly influenced by them, with the visualization of certain political content, but also doxxing, swarming and other forms of discrimination and agitation playing an increasing role. The seminar aims to explore the question of what is meant by a functioning democratic public space, how AI programs can be understood and how technical tendencies influence democratic processes.

The unequal distribution of environmental benefits and harms produced by modern capitalist production remains one of the most pressing societal challenges of our time, giving rise to “environmental justice” as a topic of socio-political mobilization and a theoretical concept in social science for analyzing (re-)distribution, mobilization, representation, and political participation. Environmental justice focuses on the nexus between social discrimination and environmental burdens affecting groups such as poor communities, racial minorities, children, and indigenous peoples, and highlights demands for equal environmental protection.

Today, environmental justice is central to challenges in areas such as food, agriculture, climate change, water, and land use. It is actively adopted by social movements addressing disproportionate environmental harms, mobilizing against threats like polluted environments, and advocating for fair access to environmental goods. Simultaneously, environmental justice has been integrated into governance arrangements at multiple levels. As a theoretical perspective, environmental justice enables reflection on local mobilizations and global connections while contextualizing key questions through frameworks like post-colonial theory, social movement theory, and environmental governance studies.

In the course, following an introduction to the foundations, history, and definitions of environmental justice, several key questions are assessed: How are environmental benefits and harms distributed, and what dependencies, inequalities, and conflicts result? How do environmental conflicts and struggles over resources manifest? What justice claims are mobilized, and how are they expressed? What power dynamics and social structures perpetuate environmental inequality? What mechanisms address or resolve conflicts related to environmental justice?

Students will analyze case studies demonstrating environmental inequalities across various issues, regions, and communities. The results of the group work will be presented, discussed, and commented on during two mandatory block seminar sessions on January 31, 2026 and February 7, 2026.

WICHTIG: Die hybride Teilnahme ist nur für Studierende des EUPeace European Track vorgesehen, nicht für die Studierenden der JLU, die die Vorlesung regulär besuchen.

Diese Vorlesung bietet eine umfassende Einführung in das komplexe Thema der Europäisierung im Vergleich. Zunächst werden die Grundlagen der Europäischen Union (EU) und ihre Kompetenzen beleuchtet. Dabei wird auf die verschiedenen Regierungssysteme innerhalb der EU eingegangen und wie diese die Europäisierung beeinflussen. Die Vorlesung stellt zudem zentrale Theorien der Europäisierung vor, darunter das Mehr-Ebenen-Spiel, die Institutionalistische Perspektive und die Europäische Integrationstheorie. Ein weiterer Schwerpunkt liegt auf den aktuellen Tendenzen der Enteuropäisierung, die durch nationale Rückholungsbestrebungen und den Aufstieg populistischer Bewegungen gekennzeichnet sind. Im zweiten Teil der Vorlesung wird die Europäisierung in verschiedenen Politikfeldern verglichen. Dabei wird die Wettbewerbspolitik der EU analysiert, die darauf abzielt, einen einheitlichen Binnenmarkt zu schaffen. Die Währungspolitik, insbesondere die Einführung und Herausforderungen des Euro, wird ebenfalls diskutiert. Ein zentrales Thema ist die Gemeinsame Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik (GASP) der EU, die die gemeinsamen außenpolitischen Ziele und Strategien der Mitgliedstaaten umfasst. Besonders wird die Verteidigungspolitik beleuchtet, einschließlich der Bemühungen um eine gemeinsame Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik (CSDP) und die Herausforderungen bei der Zusammenarbeit in diesem Bereich. Die Vorlesung behandelt auch die Politikfelder Klima und Energie, Inneres und Justiz, Digitalpolitik sowie Bestrebungen zur Etablierung eines gemeinsamen Parteiensystems. Durch den Vergleich dieser Politikfelder wird aufgezeigt, wie die EU versucht, einheitliche Standards zu setzen und gleichzeitig nationale Eigenheiten zu berücksichtigen.

Die Europäische Union hat ihre internen Grenzen durch den Aufbau des Binnenmarktes, die Einführung einer gemeinsamen Währung und die Schaffung der Schengen-Freizügigkeitszone im physischen Sinne nahezu aufgelöst. Dabei hat sie auch ihre externen Schranken für den globalen Handel maßgeblich reduziert. Doch die sogenannte „Flüchtlingskrise“ hat die Aufmerksamkeit erneut auf die einst als überwunden geglaubten Staatsgrenzen in Europa gelenkt und ihre Auswirkungen sowie Funktionen in den Mittelpunkt der öffentlichen Diskussion gerückt.
Gleichzeitig führt die zunehmende Autokratisierung in Staaten wie Belarus, der Türkei und in nordafrikanischen Ländern wie Libyen zu einem „Rebordering“ an den Außengrenzen der EU. Während die innere Reisefreiheit als grundlegendes Element der europäischen Identität gefeiert wird, geraten die europäischen Werte durch Menschenrechtsverletzungen bei Kontrollen an den und sogar jenseits der Außengrenzen des Kontinents in Bedrängnis. Diese Kontrollmechanismen erstrecken sich oft weit über physische Grenzen hinaus, indem sie in andere Staaten verlagert sowie auf private Unternehmen, nichtmenschliche Akteure und automatisierte Technologien übertragen werden.
Die Veranstaltung „Grenzpolitik im europäischen Vergleich“ bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über das vielschichtige europäische Grenzregime. Sie beinhaltet eine tiefgreifende Einführung in die Grenzforschung und lädt zur kritischen Reflexion ein, was Grenzen heute wirklich bedeuten. Außerdem werden die Rolle der Akteur*innen und Praktiken der EU und ihrer Mitgliedsstaaten vergleichend betrachtet, um ein Verständnis der aktuellen Grenzdynamiken in Europa zu erlangen.

This course helps educators build collaboration and teamwork skills to work effectively with diverse teams. It focuses on integrating technology into teaching to enhance education quality and support lifelong learning. Participants will gain future skills to adapt to the evolving educational landscape and confidently use advanced tools to drive positive change in their institutions, fostering student engagement and improving the learning experience.

Note: The course will be taught in English.

Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

This course aimed to equip students with essential skills for scientific research writing, focusing on core principles such as understanding the nature of science, learning scientific work techniques, conducting topic research, and correctly citing sources. Students will develop the ability to formulate independent research questions and engage in ethical research practices. These insights and skills will not only enhance their academic performance but also develop mindset as educators promoting a culture of critical thinking and integrity in educational institutions. This course will be in English, basic knowledge of English is sufficient.
This course will be offered in English and German; students will receive all resources in both languages and are free to submit assignments in either language.

Dieser Kurs wird auf Englisch und Deutsch angeboten. Die Studierenden erhalten die Materialien in beiden Sprachen und können ihre Aufgaben in jeder der beiden Sprachen einreichen.

The relatedness of societies towards the future cannot be taken for granted. It rather is a characteristic of modernity which conceptualizes the future as open horizon of infinite dynamics, plannings, and designs. This affects economic as much as political agency and individual biographies. Hence, the future has developed into one of the core variables of society and sociation. At the same time, the future remains unknown, is hard or simply not predictable and, thus, invariably remains risky. This class reflects on approaches towards the future from the social sciences and cultural studies.

Das Seminar ist ein Experiment in internationaler Kooperation: Zusammen mit Lodzer Germanistikstudieren und internationalen Studierenden beschäftigen wir uns digital (Zoom-Plattform) mit der jüdischen Erinnerung während und nach der Shoah. Seit den 1940er Jahren entstanden weltweit jüdische Erinnerungsbücher (Yitzkor-Bücher), die die Erinnerung an das Leben in er alten Heimat bewahren sollten.

Ein Schwerpunkt des Seminars liegt auf der Erinnerung an die große jüdische Gemeinschaft in Lodz: 1939 lebten dort 200.000 Juden, nach 1945 verblieben vor Ort einige tausend Juden. Yitzkor-Bücher erschienen in New York (2x), Buenos Aires, Melbourne und Jerusalem. Wir werden im Seminar Teile dieser Yitzkor-Bücher lesen. Die Originale entstanden in jiddischer, hebräischer und englischer Sprache, wir werden vielfach mit Übersetzungen arbeiten, teilweise selbst Übersetzungen erstellen.

Es ist möglich, im Seminar auch eigene Interessen einzubringen (Beschäftigung mit jüdischer Erinnerung, speziellen jüdischen Gemeinden, jüdischen Yitzkor-Büchern). Erwünscht ist Interesse an jüdischer Kultur und die Bereitschaft, sich in interkulturelle Aspekte einzuarbeiten. Angedacht ist es, das Seminar im SoSe 2026 evtl. mit einer Exkursion nach Lodz fortzusetzen.

In this seminar we will aim to reconsider the history and conceptual framework for the study of Soviet dissent, focusing on the lesser-known resistance movements in Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, and other national republics. While the Soviet history of dissent has traditionally been framed through the experiences of Russian intellectuals, in this course we will work with the sources and samizdat texts from the so-called Soviet peripheries. By this, we will attempt to question the dominant narratives and will further explore the diverse peripheral forms of cultural resistance under late Socialism that were often overlooked. By focusing on the transnational dimensions of dissent, we will delve into the interconnectedness of resistance practices across national boundaries, challenging the conventional understanding of "center-periphery" relations. This course will also ask about the persistence of these practices beyond the Cold War era and will address their continued relevance for modern-day resistance movements in Eastern Europe and beyond

ZOOM LINK for the seminar: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89687652258

The Middle Ages were far more interconnected than is often assumed. Warfare, trade, pilgrimage, and diplomacy created dense networks of contact and exchange across Europe, Asia, and Africa. Within these frameworks, the practice of gift-giving – especially among political and religious elites – played a central role in shaping diplomatic, social, and religious relationships in times of peace and war. Far more than acts of generosity, medieval gifts were embedded in systems of reciprocity, obligation, and symbolic communication. Rulers and institutions exchanged valuable and often highly codified gifts to forge alliances, express loyalty, affirm hierarchies, seek favour, or to avoid war. In religious contexts, gift-giving served as an expression of devotion, penance, and memoria. The act of giving was thus never neutral: it was a performative gesture, rich in symbolic meaning and governed by cultural norms and expectations.
This seminar examines the functions, forms, and values of gifts in the medieval world. The concept is broadly defined to include tributes, bride gifts, and other structured exchanges. While our understanding of diplomacy and gift exchange in the Middle Ages relies heavily on written sources, the seminar will focus on the material culture of these transactions – on the surviving “material ambassadors” themselves, their designs, their meanings, and their donors.

Wir werden die Rolle und Funktion von Gesten in verschiedenen Kulturen und Praxisgemeinschaften diskutieren und dabei auf eine Reihe von disziplinären Perspektiven zurückgreifen, darunter Kunst, Geschichte, Rhetorik, Anthropologie, Ethnografie, Psychologie, kognitive Linguistik und Interaktionsforschung. Durch die Auseinandersetzung mit diesen unterschiedlichen Rahmenkonzepten befassen wir uns auch mit den methodischen Herausforderungen, die mit der Zugänglichkeit multimodaler Daten für die Forschung verbunden sind. Besonderes Augenmerk wird auf die innovativen Techniken und Technologien gelegt, die Forschende einsetzen, um Gesten in komplexen Kommunikationsumgebungen zu erfassen, zu analysieren und darzustellen.
Das Seminar wird in Zusammenarbeit mit der Bundesuniversität von Minas Gerais (UFMG) in Brasilien im Rahmen des Probral-Projekts (DAAD-CAPES) durchgeführt und umfasst Online-Erfahrungen mit interkultureller Kommunikation in der Praxis.

The study of the history of the English language offers highly relevant insights into how the language has changed over the course of the centuries and into how the English language is structured and functions all around the world today. Therefore, we will pay particular attention to the different periods in the history of the English language, i.e. Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English and Present-day English, in order to follow the structural changes on the levels of phonology, lexis, syntax and semantics that have led to the English language as we use it today.

Exam/Modulabschlussprüfung (MAP): Will be announced at the beginning of the semester!

This course aims at familiarizing students with approaches to the study of human language in general and to the study of the English language in particular. Attention will be paid to important concepts and terminology from the core areas of theoretical linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics) and to their relevance to the fields of applied linguistics, such as language acquisition, sociolinguistics and cognitive linguistics.

Exam / Modulabschlussprüfung (MAP): To be announced at the beginning of the semester

This course aims at familiarizing students with approaches to the study of human language in general and to English in particular. Attention will be paid to important concepts and terms of core areas of theoretical linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics) and to their relevance to the fields of applied linguistics, such as language acquisition, sociolinguistics and computational linguistics.

Reading: Bernd Kortmann, English Linguistics: Essentials (Berlin: Cornelsen, 2020).
Registration: FlexNow
Graded credit: Regular attendance, active participation, a mini presentation and a pass in the Modulabschlussprüfung at the end of the lecture period.

This course aims at familiarizing students with approaches to the study of human language in general and to English in particular. Attention will be paid to important concepts and terms of core areas of theoretical linguistics (phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics) and to their relevance to the fields of applied linguistics, such as language acquisition, sociolinguistics and computational linguistics.

Reading: Bernd Kortmann, English Linguistics: Essentials (Berlin: Cornelsen, 2020).
Registration: FlexNow
Graded credit: Regular attendance, active participation, a mini presentation and a pass in the Modulabschlussprüfung at the end of the lecture period.

Der Kurs befasst sich mit ausgewählten französischen Novellen und zielt auf eine fundierte literaturwissenschaftliche Analyse der Texte ab. Die Studierenden erproben sowohl das individuelle Verfassen schriftlicher Interpretationen als auch den gemeinsamen Austausch über die unterschiedlichen Interpretationsansätze und Vorgehensweisen.

Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

Die Veranstaltung gibt einen Überblick über die zentralen Themen, Methoden und Theorien der französischen Literaturwissenschaft.

Gleichzeitig werden die theoretischen Inhalte der Einführungsveranstaltung direkt aktiv angewendet – in rezeptiver, aber auch produktiver Form. Diese innovative literaturwissenschaftliche Auseinandersetzung, die in Zusammenarbeit mit der französischen Autorin Nirina Ralantoaritsimba ermöglicht wird, zielt direkt zu Beginn des Studiums auf einen Dialog von Theorie und Praxis ab, der den Studierenden spannende und berufsfeldorientierte Perspektiven vermittelt.

Neben Unterrichten und Fördern zählt Beratung zu den wichtigsten professionellen Handlungskompetenzen von Lehrkräften. Allerdings zeigen aktuelle Studien, dass die meisten Lehrkräfte für das Führen von Beratungsgesprächen zur Förderung von Fremdsprachenkompetenz nicht adäquat geschult sind. Dieser defizitären Lage soll entgegengewirkt werden, indem bereits in der universitären Ausbildungsphase die Beratungskompetenz angehender Lehrkräfte stärker in den Blick genommen und gefördert wird.
Im Mittelpunkt des Seminars sollen theoretische Grundlagen des Sprachlerncoaching diskutiert, eigene Erfahrungen mit Lernberatungen ermöglicht und Ansätze einer wissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung aufgezeigt werden. Erste Schritte einer Ausbildung zum Lernberater/zur Lernberaterin sind vorgesehen.

Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

aufgezeichnete Vorlesung

Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

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Postcolonial economics is an interdisciplinary field that examines the economic consequences and legacies of colonialism, focusing on how colonial histories continue to shape economic structures, development trajectories, global inequalities, and power relations in formerly colonized countries. It merges insights from economics, history, political science, and postcolonial theory. It critically examines how colonial histories and power dynamics continue to shape global economic structures, development policies, and knowledge production in economics today. The reference book for this seminar is Postcolonialism Meets Economics, edited by Zein-Elabdin and Charusheela (2004). The book is recognized and praised as one of the first to systematically engage postcolonial theory with economics, while before its publication, disciplines on both sides, economics and postcolonial studies, were neglecting their links in the modern world. During this seminar, participants learn about the concept and ontology of postcolonialism/postcoloniality, the postcolonial aspects of mainstream economics and its representative institutions (e.g., the International Monetary Fund), the connections between postcolonialism and political economy structures, and readings on economics as a postcolonial hegemony.

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