Research
The Faculty of Humanities takes part in collaborative projects in multiple coordinated programs run by the German Research Foundation and can be considered one of the strongest research-oriented institutions of its kind throughout Germany. Our ranking in the top 10 in the 2021 German Research Foundation funding atlas most recently confirmed this.
All 8 departments in the faculty take part in the University’s core research areas, emerging areas, and profile initiatives. For example, the Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts is part of the University core research area Manuscript Cultures. The Interconfessionalism in the Early Modern Period research training group, alongside the Jewish Scepticism research group and the Emmy Noether independent junior research group Relevance form the core of the University’s emerging areas The Early Modern World and Ground, Causes, and Reasons respectively. Then there are the University profile initiatives Linguistic Diversity, Modeling Nature, Thought and Religions, and Violence and Security. Contemporary Cultures of Memory is the faculty’s own emerging field.