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MA Comparative Literature and Culture (Komparatistik – Vergleichende Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft) at Justus Liebig University Giessen

Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

Programme overview

Examines interdisciplinary cultural-studies and media-oriented questions, with a focus on the international Anglophone, Francophone and Hispanophone world outside Europe and special attention to cultural transfer, intermediality and transmediality.

Faculty: Fachbereich 05 - Language, Literature, Culture  |  Department: Institute of Comparative Literature  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Winter semester and summer semester  |  Location: Gießen, Hessen, Germany

What you will study

Research-oriented training in the first two semesters, a semester abroad or an internship (for example in museums, publishers or cultural management) in the third, and a thesis semester.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Entry requires a relevant Bachelor's degree (or recognised equivalent) containing 20 CP in literary studies; teaching degrees are also recognised. English at CEFR B2 must be proven.

Intake: Winter semester and summer semester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years), 120 CP

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-giessen.de/de/studium/bewerbung

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