Humboldt University Berlin

Students discuss the relationship between far right politics and liberal democracy. Focusing on Europe, students examine questions such as: How do far right mobilizations reflect wider structural forms of marginalization in society? Are mainstream political actors complicit in the normalization of exclusionary populist discourse? Does structural racism and other forms of discrimination/domination provide opportunities to far right actors? At the end of the seminar, students work in groups on ideas for counter-measures and present these as a project.

By studying vocabulary and grammar intensively, as well as practicing speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills, students revise and develop what was learned at level A1, improving communicative competencies. This makes students better prepared for studying and daily life in Germany and enables them to proceed to level B1. The A2 level is split into two courses, the A2.1 course covers the first half of the level and the A2.2 course covers the second half of the level.

This course for foreign students is designed to improve students’ language skills and vocabulary. Areas of focus include grammar, conversation, writing exercises, and listening and reading exercises. In addition, excursions are planned to introduce students to German culture. Students work with cultural and historical topics in everyday situations and broaden their intercultural knowledge. They are introduced to independent learning methods and familiarize themselves with typical learning situations at German universities. In this class at the B1 level according to CEFR, students consolidate and systematically build further basic grammar points and vocabulary. They expand their proficiency in all four skills. The B1 level is split into two consecutive courses, the B1.1 course covers the first half of the level and the B1.2 course covers the second half of the level.

This seminar provides a critical introduction to how knowledge is produced in and about (post)conflict zones. It focuses on the intricacies of the production of statistical and qualitative data, on institutions engaged in conflict reporting and their policies (like Human Rights Watch and the International Crisis Group), on ethnographies of spaces of aid and peacebuilding, on the construction of expertise, on fieldwork industries and their share in coproducing data, on the politics of evidence, and on how knowledge about conflict in turn shapes conflict itself. How do think tanks, academics, and politicians gather evidence about conflicts that are often almost impossible to study directly? How is access to conflict knowledge mediated? How are facts established? And what role do institutions, political narratives, and networks play in the production of knowledge about post conflict situations? Why are some conflicts studied and receive attention, while others tend to be ignored or forgotten? This seminar provides an introduction to this comparatively novel topic in peace and conflict studies.