8 PhD programmes in Area & Cultural Studies in Germany
Practices of Pre-modern Cultures, Global Perspectives and Future Concepts
The International Doctoral Program in Practices of Pre-modern Cultures, Global Perspectives and Future Concepts offered at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich 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 candidates.
Southeast Asian Studies
This Southeast Asian Studies degree is offered at the University of Passau. Join us and study in our great programme!
The Leipzig School of Human Origins
The Leipzig School of Human Origins is a unique PhD program at Leipzig University that combines different disciplines to study the evolutionary history and origins of humans and other primates.
Culture and History
The Class of Culture and History, integrated into the Graduate School Language & Literature Munich at Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich, offers graduate students the opportunity to study major issues in the history, culture, media, politics, and society of the United States, Canada and the Americas, including the Caribbean.
East Asian Studies
The research program of East Asian Studies at Freie Universität Berlin is based on the study of contemporary or modern East Asia (Japan, China, Korea) in its wider global context.
Transcultural Studies
The Graduate Programme for Transcultural Studies (GPTS) from The Heidelberg University is a three-year, structured doctoral programme that is taught in English. Each doctoral student will be assigned two mentors/advisors. Half of the scholarships are reserved for students from Asia.
Global and Area Studies
Global and Area Studies at Leipzig University is a collaborative research centre that examines modern history up to the present day, with a focus on the role of new spatializations in shaping social interactions and social change.
Muslim Cultures and Societies
The Graduate School at Freie Universität Berlin offers a research-oriented, structured Muslim Cultures and Societies curriculum that aims to achieve a balance between specialisation in a given field of study and in-depth multidisciplinary training (“disciplne- based multidisciplinarity”).