African Studies

Bachelor’s programme in African Studies (697 [3] - Version 2018)

Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

EAS Basics of African Studies - Linguistics (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Sprachwissenschaft
• 140002 VO+UE 5 ECTS ( OV STEOP ) Introduction into African Linguistics
  Ziegelmeyer, Tu 13:00-15:00 (8×)

EAL Basics of African Studies - Literatures (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Literaturwissenschaft
• 140123 VO+UE 5 ECTS ( OV STEOP ) Introduction into African Literature
  Adeaga, We 15:00-17:00 (9×)

EAG Basics of African Studies - History (5 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Geschichtswissenschaft
• 140133 VO+UE 5 ECTS ( OV STEOP ) Introduction into African History
  Zach, We 11:00-13:00 (8×)

Emphasis Phase (15 ECTS)

WG/VAS/VAL/VAG Emphasis Module (15 ECTS)

Linguistics Alternative 1: Basis and Perfection of one African Language (44 ECTS)

SB1A Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 140207 VU 7 ECTS Hausa: Grammar 1 / Hausa: Nahawu 1
  Ziegelmeyer, Mo 11:00-13:00 (14×), We 17:00-19:00 (14×)
• 140278 VU 4 ECTS Hausa: Tutorial 1 / Hausa: Ayyukan motsa k’wak‘walwa 1
  Ziegelmeyer, Tu 15:00-17:00 (14×)

SB1B Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 140208 SK 4 ECTS Hausa: Grammar 3 / Hausa: Nahawu 3
  Ziegelmeyer, Mo 13:00-15:00 (14×)
• 140146 SK 4 ECTS [ en ] Hausa: Texts 1
  Bodomo, Th 13:00-15:00 (13×)
• 140177 SK 3 ECTS [ en ] Hausa: Conversation 1
  Bodomo, Th 11:00-13:00 (13×)

SB2A Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 140205 VU 7 ECTS Swahili: Grammar 1
  Waldburger, Mo 09:00-11:00 (14×), We 09:00-11:00 (14×)
• 140204 VU 4 ECTS Swahili: Tutorial 1
  Waldburger, Tu 15:00-17:00 (14×)

SB2B Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 140212 SK 4 ECTS Swahili: Grammar 3 / Kiswahili Sarufi 3
  Waldburger, Mo 13:00-15:00 (14×)
• 140206 SK 4 ECTS Swahili: Texts 1
  Waldburger, We 11:00-13:00 (14×)
• 140279 SK 3 ECTS Swahili: Conversation 1 / Kiswahili cha mazungumzo 1
  Burton, We 17:30-19:00 (14×)

Linguistics Alternative 2: Basis of two African Languages (44 ECTS)

SB1A Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 140207 VU 7 ECTS Hausa: Grammar 1 / Hausa: Nahawu 1
  Ziegelmeyer, Mo 11:00-13:00 (14×), We 17:00-19:00 (14×)
• 140278 VU 4 ECTS Hausa: Tutorial 1 / Hausa: Ayyukan motsa k’wak‘walwa 1
  Ziegelmeyer, Tu 15:00-17:00 (14×)

SB2A Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 140205 VU 7 ECTS Swahili: Grammar 1
  Waldburger, Mo 09:00-11:00 (14×), We 09:00-11:00 (14×)
• 140204 VU 4 ECTS Swahili: Tutorial 1
  Waldburger, Tu 15:00-17:00 (14×)

SB3A Bambara (22 ECTS)

• 140209 VU 7 ECTS Bambara: Grammar 1
  Ebermann, We 09:00-11:00 (14×), Th 13:00-14:30 (13×)
• 140114 VU 4 ECTS Bambara: Tutorial 1
  Ebermann, Fr 11:30-13:00 (12×)

Specialisation African Linguistics (46 ECTS)

AWL/ÜAS/PAS Overview 1 (14 ECTS)

• 140014 VO 3 ECTS Introduction to the Phonology of African Languages
  Ziegelmeyer, Tu 11:00-13:00 (12×)
• 140117 PS 4 ECTS Language and Society in Urban Africa
  Ziegelmeyer, Mo 15:00-17:00 (14×)

ÜAS/PAS Overview 2 (10 ECTS)

• 140014 VO 3 ECTS Introduction to the Phonology of African Languages
  Ziegelmeyer, Tu 11:00-13:00 (12×)
• 140117 PS 4 ECTS Language and Society in Urban Africa
  Ziegelmeyer, Mo 15:00-17:00 (14×)

SAS Focus Module (6 ECTS)

• 140067 VO 4 ECTS Introduction to a Cushitic Language I: Somali
  Prischnegg, We 12:45-14:15 (14×)
• 140198 VO 3 ECTS Ritual patterns in verbal and nonverbal expressions: the self-conception of communication
  Gajdos, Th 11:00-13:00 (13×)
• 140242 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
  Bodomo, Tu 13:00-15:00 (14×)

BAS Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)

• 140202 SE 8 ECTS Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature
  Ziegelmeyer, We 15:00-17:00 (14×)

Specialisation African Literatures (46 ECTS)

AWL/ÜAL/PAL Overview 1 (14 ECTS)

• 140015 VO 3 ECTS Power relations and inequality in African Studies: Perspectives on African literatures - Perspektiven auf afrikanische Literaturen
  Krenceyová, Th 11:30-13:00 (12×)
• 140137 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
  Bodomo, Th 13:00-15:00 (11×), Mo 10.12. 18:00-22:00
• 140147 PS 4 ECTS Marginality, Power, countervailing Power and Powerlessness: Strategies of Survival in Africa
  Bitouh, We 18:30-20:00 (14×)

ÜAL/PAL Overview 2 (10 ECTS)

• 140015 VO 3 ECTS Power relations and inequality in African Studies: Perspectives on African literatures - Perspektiven auf afrikanische Literaturen
  Krenceyová, Th 11:30-13:00 (12×)
• 140137 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
  Bodomo, Th 13:00-15:00 (11×), Mo 10.12. 18:00-22:00

SAL Focus Module (6 ECTS)

• 140248 VO 3 ECTS From Praise to Protest: Reflections of Social Change in Southern African Performance Poetry - Performance Poetry als Spiegel gesellschaftlichen Wandels im südlichen Afrika
  de Haas, Th 15:00-19:00 (6×)

BAL Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)

• 140202 SE 8 ECTS Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature
  Ziegelmeyer, We 15:00-17:00 (14×)

Specialisation African History (46 ECTS)

AWL/ÜAG/PAG Overview 1 (14 ECTS)

• 140178 VO 3 ECTS African Societies until the 16th Century
  Zach, Mo 11:00-13:00 (14×)
• 140224 PS 4 ECTS Introductory Seminar: Methodological Approaches and Current Debates
  Fritsch, Tu 15:00-17:00 (12×), Tu 22.01. 15:00-19:00

ÜAG/PAG Overview 2 (10 ECTS)

• 140117 PS 4 ECTS Language and Society in Urban Africa
  Ziegelmeyer, Mo 15:00-17:00 (14×)
• 140219 PS 4 ECTS "Freedom is coming tomorrow!" Music and Liberation. Vignettes from Ghana and South Africa
  Rüther, Tu 13:00-15:00 (14×)

SAG Focus Module (6 ECTS)

• 140132 VO 3 ECTS History of North Africa 1
  Zach, Tu 10:00-11:30 (14×)
• 140218 VO 3 ECTS History of Southern Africa 1
  Rüther, Th 13:00-14:45 (8×), Tu 15.01. 17:00-19:00

BAG Bachelor’s Module (16 ECTS)

• 140148 SE 8 ECTS Bachelor Seminar: African History
  Zach, Mo 13:00-15:00 (14×)

Bachelor African Studies (697 [2] - Version 2011) - discontinued

Introductory and Orientation Period (15 ECTS)

Basics of African Studies (15 ECTS)

• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Geschichtswissenschaft
• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Sprachwissenschaft
• EXAM STEOP: Modulprüfung Einführung in die afrikanische Literaturwissenschaft
• 140002 VO+UE 5 ECTS ( OV STEOP ) Introduction into African Linguistics
  Ziegelmeyer, Tu 13:00-15:00 (8×)
• 140123 VO+UE 5 ECTS ( OV STEOP ) Introduction into African Literature
  Adeaga, We 15:00-17:00 (9×)
• 140133 VO+UE 5 ECTS ( OV STEOP ) Introduction into African History
  Zach, We 11:00-13:00 (8×)

Advanced Module (15 ECTS)

Advanced African Studies (15 ECTS)

Basic Level African Language - Alternative Compulsory Modules (22 ECTS)

Alternative Compulsory Module Bambara (22 ECTS)

Alternative Compulsory Module Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 140207 VU 7 ECTS Hausa: Grammar 1 / Hausa: Nahawu 1
  Ziegelmeyer, Mo 11:00-13:00 (14×), We 17:00-19:00 (14×)
• 140278 VU 4 ECTS Hausa: Tutorial 1 / Hausa: Ayyukan motsa k’wak‘walwa 1
  Ziegelmeyer, Tu 15:00-17:00 (14×)

Alternative Compulsory Module Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 140204 VU 4 ECTS Swahili: Tutorial 1
  Waldburger, Tu 15:00-17:00 (14×)
• 140205 VU 7 ECTS Swahili: Grammar 1
  Waldburger, Mo 09:00-11:00 (14×), We 09:00-11:00 (14×)

Advanced Level African Language - Alternative Compulsory Modules (22 ECTS)

Alternative Compusory Module Perfection Bambara (22 ECTS)

• 140108 SK 3 ECTS Bambara: Conversation 1
  Stahl-Diakite, We 13:00-15:00 (14×)
• 140210 SK 4 ECTS Bambara: Texts 1
  Slezak, We 11:00-13:00 (14×)
• 140216 SK 4 ECTS Bambara: Grammar 3
  Ebermann, Th 14:45-16:15 (13×)

Alternative Compulsory Module Perfection Hausa (22 ECTS)

• 140146 SK 4 ECTS [ en ] Hausa: Texts 1
  Bodomo, Th 13:00-15:00 (13×)
• 140177 SK 3 ECTS [ en ] Hausa: Conversation 1
  Bodomo, Th 11:00-13:00 (13×)
• 140208 SK 4 ECTS Hausa: Grammar 3 / Hausa: Nahawu 3
  Ziegelmeyer, Mo 13:00-15:00 (14×)

Alternative Compulsory Module Perfection Swahili (22 ECTS)

• 140206 SK 4 ECTS Swahili: Texts 1
  Waldburger, We 11:00-13:00 (14×)
• 140212 SK 4 ECTS Swahili: Grammar 3 / Kiswahili Sarufi 3
  Waldburger, Mo 13:00-15:00 (14×)
• 140279 SK 3 ECTS Swahili: Conversation 1 / Kiswahili cha mazungumzo 1
  Burton, We 17:30-19:00 (14×)

Specialisation - Alternative Groups of Compulsory Modules (46 ECTS)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules African Linguistics (46 ECTS)

• 140014 VO 3 ECTS Introduction to the Phonology of African Languages
  Ziegelmeyer, Tu 11:00-13:00 (12×)
• 140067 VO 4 ECTS Introduction to a Cushitic Language I: Somali
  Prischnegg, We 12:45-14:15 (14×)
• 140117 PS 4 ECTS Language and Society in Urban Africa
  Ziegelmeyer, Mo 15:00-17:00 (14×)
• 140198 VO 3 ECTS Ritual patterns in verbal and nonverbal expressions: the self-conception of communication
  Gajdos, Th 11:00-13:00 (13×)
• 140202 SE 8 ECTS Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature
  Ziegelmeyer, We 15:00-17:00 (14×)
• 140242 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
  Bodomo, Tu 13:00-15:00 (14×)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules African Literature (46 ECTS)

• 140015 VO 3 ECTS Power relations and inequality in African Studies: Perspectives on African literatures - Perspektiven auf afrikanische Literaturen
  Krenceyová, Th 11:30-13:00 (12×)
• 140137 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
  Bodomo, Th 13:00-15:00 (11×), Mo 10.12. 18:00-22:00
• 140147 PS 4 ECTS Marginality, Power, countervailing Power and Powerlessness: Strategies of Survival in Africa
  Bitouh, We 18:30-20:00 (14×)
• 140202 SE 8 ECTS Bachelor Seminar: African Linguistics and Literature
  Ziegelmeyer, We 15:00-17:00 (14×)
• 140248 VO 3 ECTS From Praise to Protest: Reflections of Social Change in Southern African Performance Poetry - Performance Poetry als Spiegel gesellschaftlichen Wandels im südlichen Afrika
  de Haas, Th 15:00-19:00 (6×)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules African History (46 ECTS)

• 140117 PS 4 ECTS Language and Society in Urban Africa
  Ziegelmeyer, Mo 15:00-17:00 (14×)
• 140132 VO 3 ECTS History of North Africa 1
  Zach, Tu 10:00-11:30 (14×)
• 140148 SE 8 ECTS Bachelor Seminar: African History
  Zach, Mo 13:00-15:00 (14×)
• 140178 VO 3 ECTS African Societies until the 16th Century
  Zach, Mo 11:00-13:00 (14×)
• 140218 VO 3 ECTS History of Southern Africa 1
  Rüther, Th 13:00-14:45 (8×), Tu 15.01. 17:00-19:00
• 140219 PS 4 ECTS "Freedom is coming tomorrow!" Music and Liberation. Vignettes from Ghana and South Africa
  Rüther, Tu 13:00-15:00 (14×)
• 140224 PS 4 ECTS Introductory Seminar: Methodological Approaches and Current Debates
  Fritsch, Tu 15:00-17:00 (12×), Tu 22.01. 15:00-19:00

Master African Studies (897 [2] - Version 2016)

Basic Module (28 ECTS)

GM Basic Module (28 ECTS)

• 140179 KU 7 ECTS [ de en ] Methodological Foundations
  Bodomo, Tu 15:00-17:00 (14×)
• 140227 KU 7 ECTS Scientific Texts: Writing and Editing
  Spitzl, Th 16:30-19:45 (9×)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Specialisation: African Studies (58 ECTS)

SAS A Intermediate Module: Topics and Approaches (30 ECTS)

• 140027 VO 4 ECTS Language and History in Africa III: Bantu Languages and Sudan Languages
  Boehm, Mo 16:00-17:30 (14×)
• 140184 KU 6 ECTS Structure of a L 2/1 (Fulfulde)
  Gajdos, Th 09:00-11:00 (13×)
• 140232 VO 4 ECTS Amharic II
  Prischnegg, We 14:30-16:00 (14×)
• 140247 VO 4 ECTS Early Historic Languages and Populations in North Africa
  Boehm, Th 16:00-18:00 (13×)
• 140255 KU 6 ECTS [ en ] Dagaare and the Mabia Languages
  Bodomo, Tu 09:00-11:00 (14×)
• 140317 VO 4 ECTS [ en ] Interrogative Structures and Implicational Universals across African Languages
  Che, Tu 11:00-13:00 (14×)

SAS B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)

• 140018 SE 10 ECTS Master Coaching Seminar
  Sonderegger, We 13:00-15:00 (14×)
• 140027 VO 4 ECTS Language and History in Africa III: Bantu Languages and Sudan Languages
  Boehm, Mo 16:00-17:30 (14×)
• 140086 KU 6 ECTS [ en ] Guided Reading: Advances in African Linguistic and Literary Theory
  Bodomo, Th 09:00-11:00 (13×)
• 140232 VO 4 ECTS Amharic II
  Prischnegg, We 14:30-16:00 (14×)
• 140247 VO 4 ECTS Early Historic Languages and Populations in North Africa
  Boehm, Th 16:00-18:00 (13×)
• 140317 VO 4 ECTS [ en ] Interrogative Structures and Implicational Universals across African Languages
  Che, Tu 11:00-13:00 (14×)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Specialisation: African Literatures (58 ECTS)

SAL A Intermediate Module: Topics and Approaches (30 ECTS)

• 140239 VO 4 ECTS Reading Toni Morrison in the context of African Studies
  Krenceyová, We 17:00-18:30 (14×)
• 140058 KU 6 ECTS Feminisms and Masculinities in African Literary Texts
  Adeaga, Tu 09:00-11:00 (14×)
• 140359 SE 8 ECTS Mobility, Mediality and Imagination in Contemporary African Literatures
  de Haas, Fr 19.10. 15:00-17:00, Sa 10:00-18:00 (2×)
• 140356 KU 6 ECTS Oral African Literature: Forms, Content and stylistic-rhetorical Aspects
  Bitouh, We 15:00-17:00 (14×)
• 240040 SE 6 ECTS Individual Focus Modul - Zwischen Wahrheit und Imagination: Autobiographie und Gender in der zeitgenössischen afrikanischen und afrikanisch-diasporischen Literatur und Kunst
  de Haas

SAL B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)

• 140018 SE 10 ECTS Master Coaching Seminar
  Sonderegger, We 13:00-15:00 (14×)
• 140086 KU 6 ECTS [ en ] Guided Reading: Advances in African Linguistic and Literary Theory
  Bodomo, Th 09:00-11:00 (13×)
• 140239 VO 4 ECTS Reading Toni Morrison in the context of African Studies
  Krenceyová, We 17:00-18:30 (14×)
• 140359 SE 8 ECTS Mobility, Mediality and Imagination in Contemporary African Literatures
  de Haas, Fr 19.10. 15:00-17:00, Sa 10:00-18:00 (2×)

Alternative Group of Compulsory Modules Specialisation: African History and Societies (58 ECTS)

SAG A Intermediate Module: Topics and Approaches (30 ECTS)

• 140038 VO 4 ECTS History of Panafricanism
  Sonderegger, Mo 09:00-11:00 (14×)
• 140076 SE 8 ECTS Aspects of Nationalism: Africa in Global Comparison
  Sonderegger, Fr 09:00-11:00 (11×)
• 140119 VO 4 ECTS The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: Gods and Temples of the Meroites
  Zach, Tu 11:30-13:00 (14×)
• 140169 KU 6 ECTS "I am a broken bridge between two worlds!" - Selected Examples of Life Writing
  Rüther, Th 15:00-17:00 (9×), Fr 18.01. 09:00-18:00
• 140213 KU 6 ECTS African History in Documentary Film
  Sonderegger, Fr 11:00-13:00 (11×)
• 140239 VO 4 ECTS Reading Toni Morrison in the context of African Studies
  Krenceyová, We 17:00-18:30 (14×)
• 140254 SE 8 ECTS Mobilities to/within/from Africa
  Englert, Th 11:00-13:00 (13×)
• 240087 VO+UE 4 ECTS ( SGU ) VM5 / VM6 - Bridgehead Okinawa - A periphery`s centrality in past and present times
  Sonderegger, We 09:00-11:00 (14×)

SAB B Advanced Module: In-Depth Study and Research (28 ECTS)

• 140018 SE 10 ECTS Master Coaching Seminar
  Sonderegger, We 13:00-15:00 (14×)
• 140038 VO 4 ECTS History of Panafricanism
  Sonderegger, Mo 09:00-11:00 (14×)
• 140076 SE 8 ECTS Aspects of Nationalism: Africa in Global Comparison
  Sonderegger, Fr 09:00-11:00 (11×)
• 140077 KU 6 ECTS Guided Reading: "Black Star - A View of the Life and Times of Kwame Nkrumah"
  Sonderegger, Mo 11:00-13:00 (14×)
• 140119 VO 4 ECTS The Empire of the Black Pharaohs: Gods and Temples of the Meroites
  Zach, Tu 11:30-13:00 (14×)
• 140239 VO 4 ECTS Reading Toni Morrison in the context of African Studies
  Krenceyová, We 17:00-18:30 (14×)
• 140254 SE 8 ECTS Mobilities to/within/from Africa
  Englert, Th 11:00-13:00 (13×)

Extension Curriculum African Languages and Literatures (...)

African Languages and Literatures (15 ECTS)

• 140014 VO 3 ECTS Introduction to the Phonology of African Languages
  Ziegelmeyer, Tu 11:00-13:00 (12×)
• 140015 VO 3 ECTS Power relations and inequality in African Studies: Perspectives on African literatures - Perspektiven auf afrikanische Literaturen
  Krenceyová, Th 11:30-13:00 (12×)
• 140067 VO 4 ECTS Introduction to a Cushitic Language I: Somali
  Prischnegg, We 12:45-14:15 (14×)
• 140137 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
  Bodomo, Th 13:00-15:00 (11×), Mo 10.12. 18:00-22:00
• 140198 VO 3 ECTS Ritual patterns in verbal and nonverbal expressions: the self-conception of communication
  Gajdos, Th 11:00-13:00 (13×)
• 140242 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] The Chinese Diaspora in Africa: Topics in Sociocultural Linguistics and Beyond
  Bodomo, Tu 13:00-15:00 (14×)
• 140248 VO 3 ECTS From Praise to Protest: Reflections of Social Change in Southern African Performance Poetry - Performance Poetry als Spiegel gesellschaftlichen Wandels im südlichen Afrika
  de Haas, Th 15:00-19:00 (6×)

Extension Curriculum Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa (148)

Colonial and Post-Colonial Africa (15 ECTS)

• 140015 VO 3 ECTS Power relations and inequality in African Studies: Perspectives on African literatures - Perspektiven auf afrikanische Literaturen
  Krenceyová, Th 11:30-13:00 (12×)
• 140132 VO 3 ECTS History of North Africa 1
  Zach, Tu 10:00-11:30 (14×)
• 140137 VO 3 ECTS [ en ] Language and Literature in their Social Contexts
  Bodomo, Th 13:00-15:00 (11×), Mo 10.12. 18:00-22:00
• 140178 VO 3 ECTS African Societies until the 16th Century
  Zach, Mo 11:00-13:00 (14×)
• 140218 VO 3 ECTS History of Southern Africa 1
  Rüther, Th 13:00-14:45 (8×), Tu 15.01. 17:00-19:00
• 140248 VO 3 ECTS From Praise to Protest: Reflections of Social Change in Southern African Performance Poetry - Performance Poetry als Spiegel gesellschaftlichen Wandels im südlichen Afrika
  de Haas, Th 15:00-19:00 (6×)