MA Wissenschaft vom Christlichen Orient (Kombi, 45/75 LP) at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

Wissenschaft vom Christlichen Orient (45/75 LP) is a master combination subject that teaches cultural-studies, regional and linguistic competence for the Christian Orient, including independent work with sources in Christian-Oriental languages.

Faculty: Philosophische Fakultät I – Sozialwissenschaften und Historische Kulturwissenschaften  |  Department: Orientalisches Institut, Seminar für Christlichen Orient und Byzanz  |  Duration: 4 semesters (2 years)  |  Study mode: full-time; German-taught; combination (Kombi) subject  |  Intake: Wintersemester  |  Location: Halle (Saale), Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany

What you will study

Modules include core languages, literatures and cultures of the Christian Orient (for example Classical Georgian), texts and literary traditions and a colloquium on scholarly thinking and writing. Two part-programmes of 45 CP are studied equally at first; the master thesis is written in one of them.

Career pathways

Fields include academia, media (publishers, press, broadcasting, documentary film), and cultural, educational or development policy (libraries, archives, museums).

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