Anthropological Studies in Culture and History University of Hamburg

Courses are held in German (70%) and English (30%).

Participants can choose to write their exams and their Master's theses in either language.

Empirical cultural studies focus on contemporary, “modern” societies and examine how social realities and worlds of experience are culturally constructed and historically developed. With a focus on cultural and social spaces as well as media and technology in everyday life, the courses offered to students are dedicated to central topics of social and cultural analysis.

The excellent supervisory relationship and the close exchange between lecturers and students also characterise the programme beyond the lectures – there are many opportunities for exchange, to orientate oneself professionally and to help shape everyday life at the institute.

The courses offered by the institute provide a basic, general and topic-specific in-depth knowledge of cultural analysis. At the beginning of the study programme, the focus is on methods and perspectives of empirical ethnographic research and cultural theories. Building on this, current fields of research, innovative methods and more complex theories are addressed in courses. Students can also gain insights into other subject areas as part of the interdisciplinary curricular area “Studium Generale” at Universität Hamburg.

There is also the option of acquiring an additional qualification in museum management.

The central element of the Master's degree programme in Anthropological Studies in Culture and History is the practice of methodological approaches and their connection with theoretical perspectives of empirical cultural analysis. Students familiarise themselves with research methods and analysis techniques of ethnographic and historical research approaches and develop different media formats and forms of presentation in which they can present their research results.

You will find further information in the course catalogues: https://www.kulturwissenschaften.uni-hamburg.de/ekw/studium/vorlesungsverzeichnisse.html.

1 May to 15 June for Master's programmes

Overview modules
https://www.kulturwissenschaften.uni-hamburg.de/studium/studiengaenge/ma-studiengang-ab-ws-20-21/materialien/master-moduluebersicht-2021/ma-ekw-moduluebersicht-ab-2021.pdf

Checklist modules
https://www.kulturwissenschaften.uni-hamburg.de/studium/studiengaenge/ma-studiengang-ab-ws-20-21/materialien/ma-checklisten/ekw-checkliste-ma-ab-2021.pdf

• Erasmus semesters
• Erasmus internships
• Internships

No tuition fees

There is a semester fee of approx. 340 EUR per semester. This fee includes a semester ticket covering public transport in the Hamburg metropolitan area.

Without additional costs for further insurances, private vehicles, etc., you ought to expect the following expenses:

• housing: approx. 400 to 700 EUR per month
• living expenses: approx. 500 to 700 EUR per month

https://www.kulturwissenschaften.uni-hamburg.de/studium/studiengaenge/ma-studiengang-ab-ws-20-21/materialien/master-rpo-fsb-ab-2021/rpo-ma-lesefassung-inkl-aenderungen-2024-06-20.pdf

https://www.kulturwissenschaften.uni-hamburg.de/studium/studiengaenge/ma-studiengang-ab-ws-20-21/materialien/master-rpo-fsb-ab-2021/ma-fsb-ekw-20-21.pdf

B2 in German

1 May to 15 June for Master's programmes

You can find more information about funding opportunities here.

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Students from countries outside the EU, the EEA, and Switzerland are subject to special regulations for part-time work when studying. Contact the Counselling Centre for Social & International Affairs for more information.

There are several job opportunities in diverse areas of Universität Hamburg. Many of these jobs are offered exclusively to students enrolled at the university. For job ads of this kind, check out departmental bulletin boards, departmental websites, www.stellenwerk.de (wanted ads for Hamburg’s universities), or ask directly in your department.

• tutors
• student assistants (in the academic area) and student employees (in the administrative area)
• library assistants
• test subjects for studies conducted in the fields of psychology or in the social sciences

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For more information on how to find accommodation and how to plan your first steps in Hamburg, please see: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/piasta/beratung/doc/willkommen.pdf.

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