Master of Arts InterAmerican Studies / Estudios InterAmericanos

The interdisciplinary MA InterAmerican Studies / Estudios InterAmericanos focuses on social, cultural, historical, and political developments in the Americas both in their specifically national characteristics and in regard to processes of transnational integration. The programme is characterised by a broad interdisciplinary approach to Hemispheric area studies and includes the disciplines of literary, cultural, and media studies, linguistics, sociology, political science, and transnational history. The larger context of current research questions of transnationality, of interculturality, of globalisation, and of the world society is of central interest. The InterAmerican Studies / Estudios InterAmericanos Master's programme is structured according to basic and optional complementary modules. There are four basic modules which should be completed during the first two semesters, together with the individual electives module. The basic modules cover seminars on North and South American culture, literature, history and language. During the second year of the programme, students are to complete two optional complementary modules, choosing their major and specialising in literature and culture and/or linguistic and/or history and politics and/or social studies of the American continent. An additional graduation module consisting of the Master's thesis and a research colloquium is to be completed during the last semester of the programme. Basic modules: 1. Interdisciplinary Introductory Module 2. History of the Americas 3. North American Literature and the Processes of Culture 4. Latin-American Literature and Culture 5. Individual elective courses with optional internship Optional complementary modules: 6. History of the Americas 7. Language and the Processes of Culture 8. Media and the Processes of Culture 9. Literatures and Cultures of the Americas 10. Language Typology and Language Comparison 12. The Politics of Global Citizenship 13. Graduation Module