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Faculty of Humanities
Facultyof Humanities

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Research

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 at 4th place in the 2024 German Research Foundation funding atlas most recently confirmed this.

Researchers in all 8 departments of the Faculty of Humanities are involved, to a great extent in leading positions, in the University’s core research areas, emerging fields, and profile initiatives.

Faculty’s research areas

Manuscript Cultures

Manuscript Cultures involves both small-scale individual projects as well as the following large-scale projects:

  • Cluster of Excellence Understanding Written Artefacts (German Research Foundation, DFG)
  • 4 academy projects
  • 3 ERC grants
  • a long-term project (DFG)
  • an Emmy Noether independent junior research group (DFG)

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The Early Modern World

The University’s emerging field The Early Modern World involves both small-scale individual projects as well as the following large-scale projects:

  • FOR 5138: Spiritual Intermediality in the Early Modern Period (DFG)
  • Research Training Group 2008: Interconfessionalism in the Early Modern Period (DFG)
  • FOR 2311 Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies—Jewish Scepticism (DFG)
  • an Emmy Noether independent junior research group (DFG)
  • 3 long-term projects (DFG)

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Grounds, Norms, Decisions

The University’s emerging field Causes, Grounds, Reasons involves both small-scale individual projects as well as the following large-scale projects:

  • Research Training Group Collective Decision Making (DFG)
  • an Emmy Noether independent junior research group (DFG)

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Thought and Religions

The University’s profile initiative Thought and Religions involves both small-scale individual projects as well as the following large-scale projects:

  • FOR 2311 Maimonides Centre for Advanced Studies—Jewish Scepticism (DFG)
  • FOR 2924: Romanization and Islamication in Late Antiquity—Transcultural Processes on the Iberian Peninsula and in North Africa
  • 2 Emmy Noether independent junior research groups (DFG)
  • a long-term project (DFG)

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Violence and Security

The University’s emerging field Violence and Security involves both small-scale individual projects as well as the following large-scale projects:

  • Hamburgs (post-)koloniales Erbe research center
  • Gewalt-Zeiten research group
  • an Emmy Noether independent junior research group (DFG)

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Literacy in Diversity Settings / Linguistic Diversity

The University’s profile initiative Literacy in Diversity Settings / Linguistic Diversity involves both small-scale individual projects as well as the following large-scale projects:

  • FOR 5317 Practices for referring to persons (DFG)
  • a long-term project (DFG)
  • an ERC grant
  • 2 academy projects

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Modeling Nature

The University’s profile initiative Modeling Nature involves both small-scale individual projects as well as the following large-scale project:

  • Centre for Advanced Studies Imaginaria of Force (DFG)

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Vice Dean for Research

Prof. Dr. Johann Anselm Steiger