Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC)

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The Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) at the University of Giessen is ranked among the very few German “centres of excellence”^[1] funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).^[2] The GCSC developed a holistic approach to graduate education to provide optimum conditions for PhD candidates in the humanities and social sciences.^[3] The Board of Directors consists of: Prof. Dr. Ansgar Nünning (Founding Director of the GCSC, English and American Literary and Cultural Studies, Prof. Dr. Horst Carl (Graduate Studies Executive, Early Modern History), Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hallet (Head of the Teaching Centre/Teaching English as a Foreign Language), Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kurz (German Literature and Literary Theory), Prof. Dr. Claus Leggewie (Political Science, Centre for Media and Interactivity), Prof. Dr. Dietmar Rösler (Teaching German as a Foreign Language), Prof. Dr. Hartmut Stenzel (Romance Studies, French and Spanish Literature) and Prof. Dr. Monika Wingender (Slavic Philology and Linguistics, Director of the Giessen Centre for Eastern European Studies)

Contents 1 Research Profile 2 The PhD programme 3 Teaching Centre 4 References 5 See also 6 External Links

[edit] Research Profile

At the GCSC, junior and senior researchers work together to develop theories, methods and models which examine texts, social structures and human actions as cultural phenomena. Built on a pluralistic understanding of the study of culture, the GCSC research profile encompasses some of the most fertile topics in the field.

1. Memory Cultures 2. Culture and Narration 3. Culture and Performativity 4. Visual Culture 5. Culture, Language and the New Media 6. Culture and Identities 7. Political and Transnational Cultures 8. Cultures of Knowledge, Research and Education

[edit] The PhD programme

The GCSC offers a clearly structured postgraduate curriculum to support you in writing a dissertation. GCSC courses provide assistance in all matters relating to the organisation, structure and content of the dissertation and its defence. The GCSC opens up opportunities to gain conference, publishing and teaching experience. Moreover, the GCSC Career Services offer guidance and advice on exploring the academic job market as well as on entering non-academic employment.

[edit] Teaching Centre

Teaching skills and proof of teaching experience are not only an important precondition for an academic career but are also valuable key skills for almost all areas of work and life. Led by Prof. Wolfgang Hallet, professor of Teaching English Language and Literature at JLU, and in collaboration with other experienced teachers and teaching experts, the Teaching Centre is responsible for the education and training of PhD candidates at the GCSC as future university teachers.

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• University of Giessen (University of Giessen)

[edit] External Links

• Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC)
• University of Giessen (University of Giessen)