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.

The International Doctorate Program at a glance

DegreePhD
Duration of studyFour Years
Place of studyMunich (LMU), Erlangen / Nuremberg, Würzburg
Admission requirementsMaster's degree in the humanities (in one of the participating disciplines)
LanguageEnglish
Application deadlineCurrently no call for applications
HeadProf. Dr. Beate Kellner
CoordinatorLaura Noll
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Further informationWebsite "Philology"

Philology as a pre-modern practice in comparison

Mit dem vom Eli­te­netzwerk Bay­ern ge­för­der­ten In­ter­nati­ona­len Dok­to­ran­den­kol­leg „Phi­lolo­gie“, das sei­nen Schwer­punkt auf der Vormo­der­ne hat, soll die Ge­schichte phi­lolo­gi­scher Praktiken in ihrer Longue durée über ei­nen Zeit­raum von mehr als vier­tau­send Jah­ren in den Blick ge­no­mmen und mit den Dis­ser­tati­onen der Promo­vie­ren­den exem­pla­risch er­forscht wer­den.


Das In­ter­nati­ona­le Dok­to­ran­den­kol­leg ver­folgt das Ziel, Kon­zepte und Praktiken phi­lo­lo­gi­schen Ar­bei­tens im glo­ba­len Maßstab zu ver­glei­chen, um auf diese Wei­se in­ter­kul­tu­relle Ge­meinsam­kei­ten und Un­ter­schiede zwi­schen ver­schiede­nen vor­mo­der­nen Schrift­kulturen zu er­schließen.

Das In­ter­nati­ona­le Kol­leg „Phi­lolo­gie“ folgt da­bei dem Grundsatz: kei­ne Phi­lo­lo­gie ohne li­te­ra­tur- und kul­tur­wis­sen­schaft­li­che Per­spektive.

Porträtbild: Prof. Dr. Beate Kellner

Mit sei­ner in­ter­nati­ona­len und in­ter­dis­zip­linä­ren Aus­rich­tung bie­ten wir Ta­len­ten die bes­ten Vo­raus­set­zun­gen und Rah­menbe­din­gun­gen für ex­zell­ente For­schung in den Geis­tes­wis­sen­schaf­ten. 
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

  1. The question, relevant to the history of knowledge and science, of pluralistic historical conceptions, model formations, practices and terminologies of philology
  2. The question, from the perspective of cultural studies, of possible global comparative perspectives and novel research insights that can be derived from these perspectives
  3. The question of the development of perspectives for a future philology