Philology
The International Doctorate Program "Philology" aims to compare European concepts and practices of philological work with corresponding traditions in Egypt, the Middle and Far East, and the Indian subcontinent, as well as in the Jewish and Arab worlds. In this way, commonalities and differences, continuities and discontinuities between concepts and practices of philological work will be explored on a global scale.
| Degree | PhD |
| Duration of study | Eight Semesters |
| Place of study | Munich, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Würzburg |
| Admission requirements | Master's degree in the humanities (in one of the participating disciplines) |
| Language | English |
| Application deadline | No call for applications planned at present. |
| Head | Prof. Dr. Beate Kellner |
| Coordinator | Laura Noll Contact the coordinator |
| Further information | Website "Philology" |
Philology as a pre-modern practice in comparison
The International Doctorate Program "Philology", which is funded by the Elite Network of Bavaria and focuses on the pre-modern period, aims to examine the history of philological practices in their longue durée over a period of more than four millennia and to explore them exemplarily with the dissertations of the doctoral students.
The aim of the International Doctorate Program is to compare concepts and practices of philological work on a global scale in order to discover intercultural commonalities and differences between various pre-modern written cultures.
The International Doctorate Program "Philology" follows the principle of no philology without a literary and cultural studies.
With its international and interdisciplinary orientation, the Doctorate Program offers young talents the best conditions and framework for excellent research in the humanities.
Prof. Dr. Beate Kellner
In the sense of a future-oriented further development of philology, the new possibilities of technologies in the field of digital humanities will be harnessed to test new research horizons and interests.The International Doctorate Program strives to provide its doctoral students with a research environment that stimulates inventive research and creates a framework for excellence.
Central questions for the International Doctorate Program
- The question, relevant to the history of knowledge and science, of pluralistic historical conceptions, model formations, practices and terminologies of philology
- The question, from the perspective of cultural studies, of possible global comparative perspectives and novel research insights that can be derived from these perspectives
- The question of the development of perspectives for a future philology