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MA Kulturen der Aufklärung - Interdisziplinäres Masterstudium at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

Programme overview

The interdisciplinary MA Kulturen der Aufklärung studies the Enlightenment, in which the concepts and cultural patterns of modernity emerged. It is research-oriented but contains a markedly higher practice share than most humanities programmes.

Faculty: Philosophische Fakultät II – Philologien, Kommunikations- und Musikwissenschaften  |  Department: Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für die Erforschung der Europäischen Aufklärung (IZEA)  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught  |  Intake: Wintersemester and Sommersemester  |  Location: Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

What you will study

Modules include "Enlightenment-religion-knowledge" as an interdisciplinary research subject, historical Enlightenment research (empirical fields and approaches of history to the long eighteenth century) and systematic and problem-historical modules.

Career pathways

The programme qualifies both for a subsequent doctorate and for careers in practice.

Official programme page

Application information

Entry requirements

A first professional degree (usually a bachelor) in subjects such as English and American studies, German language and literature, education, ethnology, Protestant theology, Frankoromanistik, history, Hispanistik, Italianistik, IKEAS or Judaic studies, among those listed on the programme page. Subject-specific admission requirements apply. Open admission (no NC).

Intake: Wintersemester and Sommersemester

Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)

Apply through the official page: https://www.uni-halle.de/bewerben

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