Language and Identity in an Intercultural Perspective

The course topic is “Language and Identity in an Intercultural Perspective”. The course will be offered online (via Zoom) and consists of 24 units, 12 sessions (2h/week) each semester namely: October 2022 – January 2023 and March 2023 – June 2023. It is scheduled for Thursdays, 4-6 pm. The course provides different perspectives on the general topic: 1. Recent developments and perspectives in the phenomenology of language. 2. Different concepts related to identity and belonging in the area of social and political philosophy. 3. Sociological concepts of identity and belonging. 4. Intercultural critique of identity-concepts. 5. Language and Foreignness; multilingualism and identity. Each one of the six lecturers will be responsible for two sessions each semester. Students will be provided relevant literature that they have to prepare for each session. On the basis of the literature different perspectives will be discussed during the sessions. All literature will be provided in English. In addition to lectures and plenary discussions there will be working-phases in small groups of fellow students. Do you think language constitutes identity? If so, what does that mean for our approach to foreign languages and plurilingualism? In this CIVIS course we will look for answers to these questions.

Application Deadline

Virtual Part starting date 2022-10-20

Virtual Part closing date 2023-06-15

Total student workload 160

Specific field of studies Literature, Linguistics, Languages, Philosophy, Anthropology, Sociology, Psychology, Cultural studies sub-thematics related to the HUB 2, Society, Culture, Heritage: Mediterranean Studies: Diachronic and Intercultural Perspectives Heritage and Global Epistemologies Multicultural and Multilingual Communication and Education

Pre-requisite for selection Level of English (According to CEFR) Research Project Outline

Academic pre-requisites for applicants '- Partcipants need to have language proficiency in English at C1-level - The class is interdisciplinary with a focus on philosophy, sociology, anthropology, and psychology; students should come from one of these or related disciplines/ subjects - Participants should pursue their PhD - The dissertation projects of applicants should be related to the topic of the class - Willingness to work and exchange interdisciplinary

Physical Part starting date 2023-07-03

Physical Part Description The workshop runs for five days in July 2023 at Tuebingen university. It combines lectures given by all six professors from six different CIVIS-universities with presentations given by participants. All lecturers attend the entire workshop and provide feedback to all participant’s presentations. In addition, there will be guest lectures by international research fellows of the College of Fellows, Tuebingen University, during evening sessions. In addition to the academic program, the workshop includes some social program: Tuebingen University on-campus tour, dinner, punting trip on river Neckar, guided city-tour, and Biergarten-visit.

Physical Part closing date 2023-07-07

Language level required C1

Field of studies related to the course Social Science and Humanities

Course location Tübingen, Germany

Course language English