Graduate School Language & Literature Munich

The Graduate School Language & Literature Munich was founded in 2013 with the goal of enhancing academic conditions for doctoral candidates in linguistics, literature, language education, and cultural studies/cultural history at the Faculty of Languages and Literatures of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. The Graduate School consists of four classes: Class of Language Class of Literature Class of Language Education Class of Culture and History The graduate school offers outstanding young researchers an excellent environment for the advancement of their careers. It offers access to a network of internationally renowned scholars, support for young scholars, and access to local, national, and international resources. Moreover, the programme is embedded in LMU's outstanding institutional and research-driven infrastructure. The Class of Language's programme focuses on linguistic theory, language use, and the interrelation thereof. Doctoral dissertations comprise studies from a general linguistic viewpoint, comparative approaches, and the investigation of a specific language (synchronic or historic). The Class of Literature aims at establishing literary studies as a fundamental discipline in cultural research and in the realm of media research. It is supported by all faculties involved in literary studies. It provides a framework for study in which literature is approached from a wide variety of theoretical and methodological perspectives. The Class of Language Education investigates the processes and results of teaching and learning language, literature, and culture in first, second, and foreign languages, both in school and outside school contexts. Dissertation projects can deal with historical, theoretical, or empirical questions in language, literature, or media didactics, as well as classroom research. The Class of Culture and History offers doctoral students the opportunity to study major issues in the history, culture, media, politics, and society of the United States, Canada, and the Americas, including the Caribbean. The programme aims to frame the Americas beyond their colonial and nation-state boundaries by situating them as a region of global interdependencies. Additional support is offered by the GraduateCenter.