Eastern European Cultural Studies

The two-year Master's programme in Eastern European Cultural Studies trains students to become experts in the history and culture of Central and Eastern Europe. The programme is interdisciplinary and combines Slavic literature, culture and media studies with Central and Eastern European history and politics as well as Jewish cultural studies. Our unique profile conveys a transcultural perspective of Central and Eastern Europe. Students gain specialised knowledge about the entangled Russian, Polish, German, Ukrainian, Belarusian and Jewish regional culture and history. The programme aims also at the acquisition of methodical competences in regional cultural studies. By dealing with theoretical approaches to cultural phenomena (oriented towards text, image, media, space and performance studies as well as history and political science) students obtain competences that enable them to analyse cultural and societal processes of the past and the present in Central and Eastern Europe. One main feature of the programme is the double degree option with our international partner: University of Warsaw: Students who choose this track will study one mandatory semester in Warsaw where they focus on culture, media and society of Poland, Ukraine and Belarus. Additionally, language courses in Polish, Ukrainian and Belarusian are offered. The students can also choose a home track at the University of Potsdam with a single degree. This track sets a focus on intercultural studies including Jewish studies of Central and Eastern Europe. The advantages of studying Eastern European Cultural Studies: the interdisciplinary course of study allows for a broad specialisation, creating a solid foundation for a career path in many professional fields optional double degree no tuition fees interesting options for a semester abroad: In addition to the double degree track, we cooperate with many universities in Central and Eastern Europe as well as with the University of Haifa in Israel. We support our students in finding a scholarship for a voluntary semester abroad. Students learn how to put their skills and acquired knowledge into practice by conducting an independent research project during the course of studies. Students acquire and consolidate their language skills in German, Russian, Polish, Yiddish, Ukrainian and/or Belarusian. a vibrant student life at our splendid and lively campus at Park Sanssouci in Potsdam near Berlin Students receive a semester ticket that enables them to use public transportation free of charge all over Germany.