German

The course examines the history of Jewish life in Berlin from its beginnings in the sixteenth century, to the literary salons of Rahel Levin and Henriette Herz in the nineteenth century and the descriptions of the musician Konrad Latte, who survived the persecution of the Jews during National Socialism under false identity. The history of German-Jewish life in Berlin did not come to an end in the horrors of the Holocaust, but came to life again after 1989 and has set new cultural accents in the Berlin of the twenty-first century.

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.

In this class on the B1 level according to CEFR, students learn to understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. They deal with most situations likely to arise while traveling to an area where German is spoken. Students learn to produce simple connected texts on topics that are familiar or of personal interest. They acquire skills to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. The B1 level is split into two courses, the B1.1 course covers the first half of the level and the B1.2 course covers the second half of the level.

Even if Friedrich Nietzsche liked to see himself as a "flame" leaping out of nothing and leaving only "ashes" behind him, his writings are integrated into philological and philosophical traditions. The list of his declared friends and enemies is long, as is the list of books he acquired or borrowed. Nietzsche's work cannot be thought of without antiquity, without Schopenhauer and without the confrontation with contemporary aesthetic and philosophical positions. In this respect, his work has a prehistory, but not only this: it has also experienced a turbulent reception history from turn-of-the-century aesthetics through the world wars and fascism to postmodernism, which often has little to do with Nietzsche's actual texts. In this lecture, selected passages from Nietzsche's work are subjected to a reading and examined for their influences in order to confront them with their history of impact. From the point of view of literary studies and aesthetics, the focus is on the early aesthetic writings around the BIRTH OF TRAGEDY, DIE FRÖHLICHE WISSENSCHAFT, ALSO SPRACH ZARATHUSTRA, as well as Nietzsche's own poetry.

In this class on the B1 level according to CEFR, students learn to understand the main points of clear standard input on familiar matters regularly encountered in work, school, leisure, etc. They deal with most situations likely to arise while travelling to an area where German is spoken. Students learn to produce simple connected texts on topics that are familiar or of personal interest. They acquire skills to describe experiences and events, dreams, hopes and ambitions and briefly give reasons and explanations for opinions and plans. The B1 level is split into two courses, the B1.1 course covers the first half of the level and the B1.2 course covers the second half of the level.