Humboldt University Berlin

This course introduces students to a variety of scholarly contributions and concepts used for the analysis of American culture. It focuses on different media and forms of cultural representation including film and TV. Addressed are theories on representation and signs, discourse and power, memory and time, race and privilege, gender and queer studies, and class and popular culture. Students reflect critically on the ways these theories are engaged in the production of knowledge about symbolic and material practices.

This lecture offers a theoretical background to macroeconomic, psychological, and microeconomic aspects of entrepreneurship. Among macroeconomic aspects it presents the role of the entrepreneur in the national economy, economic growth, and the value of entrepreneurship. Psychological aspects include the personality of the entrepreneur and a typology of entrepreneurs. Microeconomic aspects treat problems at firm level such as incentives in entrepreneurial teams and financing problems. This course has two components, a lecture and exercise.

This seminar looks at political engagements of Southeast Asian diasporas as a lens to interrogate colonialism, postcolonial violence, power, contemporary politics, transnational processes, neoliberalism, as well as globalization. Southeast Asian diasporas have been shaped by diverse historical, cultural, and political economic contexts, flows, obstructions, and entanglements. And indeed the term "diaspora" itself should be carefully considered in non-essentialist and non-homogenizing ways. Nonetheless, various Southeast Asian diasporas share certain similarities. Beyond reductionist and essentialist portrayals of victimhood, this seminar looks instead at the formation of diasporas and delves into diasporic experiences and politics of survival, solidarity, and resistance as well as dwelling and world-making as individuals and communities carve lives amid the challenges and multiple and multi-directional attachments of living outside the "homeland" while remaining connected to it.

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 course introduces students to various philosophical and sociological perspectives for analyzing and comparing welfare states. After defining the basic varieties of welfare states, the course explores how individuals interact with the welfare state and the role that politics, family, and the market have on the funding and distribution of welfare programs. To this end, students examine in depth several case studies from different countries. The course also incorporates philosophical justifications for each type of welfare state as well as any social justice implications.

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 A1 level according to CEFR, students are introduced to basic grammar points and learn basic vocabulary. All four skills are developed and applied to everyday situations and some study-related situations. The A1 level is split into two courses, the A1.1 course covers the first half of the level and the A1.2 course covers the second half of the level.