Interdisciplinary Medieval and Early Modern Studies with a Focus on Digital Humanities

Focus

The supplementary study programme and specialisation programme provide students with scientifically grounded and application-oriented knowledge of interdisciplinary medieval and early modern research while introducing them to the approaches of Digital Humanities. The subject area covers medieval and early modern history, culture, art, literature, and language, along with their enduring influence and fascination up to the present day (be it in the form of art treasures, literary works, thought patterns, historical themes, or architectural monuments like castles). Digital approaches and the handling of data, tools, and best practices from the Digital Humanities are integral parts of these studies. They offer contemporary training that can be applied effectively in university and non-university research, archives, libraries, and museums.

Subject Area, Educational Goals, and Application-Oriented Competencies

The subject area includes the history, culture, religion, philosophy, languages, literatures, and arts of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period. The focus will be on processes of intercultural transfer, interliterary, interlinguistic, and linguistic-historical phenomena (e.g., between Latin and vernacular languages in the development of vernacular literatures), the media and material conditions of medieval and early modern art and culture production (e.g., interactions between text and image, manuscripts as multimedia artifacts, media-historical “revolutions” such as the transition from manuscript to print), the phenomenality, functionality, and semiotics of artworks (from paintings and sculptures to castles or cathedrals), as well as sociopolitical and sociocultural practices and forms of interaction (e.g., rituals, rituality). Methodologically and theoretically, comparative, inter- and transdisciplinary approaches will be emphasized, with a particular focus on approaches from the Digital Humanities.

The foundation for competent, scientifically-oriented engagement is laid in introductory courses on history and culture, Digital Humanities, specific working methods of historical, philological, and art historical disciplines in medieval and early modern research (source studies and source criticism, codicology, iconography), as well as on the languages and language stages in the Middle Ages and the Early Modern period.

The supplementary study programme and specialisation programme equip students with competencies, including current work techniques from the Digital Humanities, which can be applied effectively and sustainably in university and non-university research institutions, the archival, library, and museum sectors, and other areas of cultural mediation (publishing and media).

Structure & Requirements

Basic Module (12 ECTS)

For the Basic Module, the following courses or courses from the following areas must be completed, totaling 12 ECTS points*:

• IZMF Lecture Series (3 ECTS)**
• Courses from the area of Interdisciplinary Medieval and Early Modern Studies (3 ECTS)
• Courses from the area of Digital Humanities (6 ECTS)

Advanced Module (12 ECTS)

For the Advanced Module, courses totaling 12 ECTS points must be completed*:

• Courses from the area of Interdisciplinary Medieval and Early Modern Studies (9 ECTS)
• Courses from the area of Digital Humanities (3 ECTS)

Specialisation Module (12 ECTS)

For the Specialisation Module, additional courses totaling 12 ECTS points must be completed from the Specialisation Module course offerings*.

^{*Courses from your own field of study may only be chosen if they are not part of the mandatory or elective subjects.}

^{** The IZMF lecture series takes place once per academic year. As the IZMF lecture series are different courses that differ from one another in terms of topics and content each academic year, they can also be taken more than once. Students who have already completed the IZMF lecture series for the compulsory or compulsory elective subjects of their degree programme must complete a further IZMF lecture series (on a different topic) for the basic module of the supplementary programme.}

Course Registration

Registration for individual courses is done via PLUSonline.

Note: For courses taken as part of the supplementary study programme, select “Free Registration” in PLUSonline during course registration:

Certificate

After successfully completing the courses listed above, the following certificates can be requested:

• Basic Module “Interdisciplinary Medieval and Early Modern Studies with a Focus on Digital Humanities.” This will be issued after successful completion of the Basic Module totaling 12 ECTS points.
• Supplementary Study Programme “Interdisciplinary Medieval and Early Modern Studies with a Focus on Digital Humanities.” This will be issued after successful completion of the Basic and Advanced Modules, totaling 24 ECTS points.
• Specialisation Programme in “Interdisciplinary Medieval and Early Modern Studies with a Focus on Digital Humanities.” This will be issued after successful completion of the Basic, Advanced, and Specialisation Modules, totaling 36 ECTS points.

IMPORTANT: It is possible to include supplementary study programmes and specialisation programmes in the Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Diploma examination certificate (naming of free electives). Regulations can be found in your curriculum, or you may need to reach an agreement with the chair of your curriculum committee beforehand.

Requesting a Certificate

Once you have completed the required courses, submit the completed exam pass and the corresponding certificates to the Interdisciplinary Center for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (). After verifying the documents, the certificate will be issued by the ZFL – Flexible Learning on behalf of the Vice-Rectorate for Education and Student Experience and will be sent digitally to your university email address.

Issuing the certificate is no longer possible after graduation. Therefore, please make sure to apply for the certificate at least a few weeks before graduation.

If it is not possible to print the academic records from PLUSonline, only submit the completed exam pass.

Download Exam Pass

• Exam Pass Basic Module IZMF (12 ECTS)
• Exam Pass Supplementary Study IZMF (24 ECTS)
• Exam Pass Specialisation IZMF (36 ECTS)

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