At bachelor's level, the department provides the disciplinary foundations, core methods and fundamental analytical or creative competencies of Ancient History.
Faculty of History, Art and Culture · 2.4.0
Institute of History
The institute researches historical developments from antiquity to the present in regional, European, military-historical and global contexts.
Institute Profile
The institute researches historical developments from antiquity to the present in regional, European, military-historical and global contexts.
7 DepartmentsResearch · Teaching · Degree Programmes
Department of Ancient History
Academic Description
The department investigates political orders, societies, economies, religions and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and neighbouring regions through written, material and visual sources.
Teaching and Research Areas
- Greek and Roman history
- Political institutions and power
- Economic and social history of antiquity
- Ancient religions and cultures of knowledge
Academic Focus Areas
- Source criticism of ancient evidence
- Empires and cultural entanglements
- Ancient lifeworlds
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Collaboration
Within Yushin-Ryu Private University, the department collaborates on an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary basis particularly with the fields of Religious Studies, Culture and Ethnology, Ethics and Philosophy. Joint teaching, research and knowledge-transfer formats connect discipline-specific methods with broader academic and societal questions.
Integration into Degree Programmes
At master's level, the department advances theoretically grounded, methodologically demanding and research-oriented questions in Ancient History.
Within doctoral programmes, the department supervises independent research projects that make an original scholarly contribution to Ancient History.
Department of Medieval History
Academic Description
The department researches power, society, religion, economy and culture in Europe and its interconnected regions from the early to the late Middle Ages.
Teaching and Research Areas
- History of power and constitutional orders
- Church, religion and devotion
- Urban, rural and economic structures
- Manuscript and transmission cultures
Academic Focus Areas
- Power and communication
- Mobility and exchange
- Material and written evidence
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Collaboration
Within Yushin-Ryu Private University, the department collaborates on an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary basis particularly with the fields of Religious Studies, Linguistics, Culture and Ethnology. Joint teaching, research and knowledge-transfer formats connect discipline-specific methods with broader academic and societal questions.
Integration into Degree Programmes
At bachelor's level, the department provides the disciplinary foundations, core methods and fundamental analytical or creative competencies of Medieval History.
At master's level, the department advances theoretically grounded, methodologically demanding and research-oriented questions in Medieval History.
Within doctoral programmes, the department supervises independent research projects that make an original scholarly contribution to Medieval History.
Department of Early Modern and Modern History
Academic Description
The department examines social, political, economic and cultural transformations from the beginning of the early modern period to the threshold of contemporary history.
Teaching and Research Areas
- Early modernity and confessionalisation
- Revolutions and state formation
- Industrialisation and social transformation
- Imperialism and global entanglement
Academic Focus Areas
- Modernisation and its ambivalences
- Ideas, institutions and the public sphere
- Transnational history
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Collaboration
Within Yushin-Ryu Private University, the department collaborates on an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary basis particularly with the fields of Political Sciences, Business and Economics, Ethics and Philosophy. Joint teaching, research and knowledge-transfer formats connect discipline-specific methods with broader academic and societal questions.
Integration into Degree Programmes
At bachelor's level, the department provides the disciplinary foundations, core methods and fundamental analytical or creative competencies of Early Modern and Modern History.
At master's level, the department advances theoretically grounded, methodologically demanding and research-oriented questions in Early Modern and Modern History.
Within doctoral programmes, the department supervises independent research projects that make an original scholarly contribution to Early Modern and Modern History.
Department of Contemporary History
Academic Description
The department researches the recent past in its political, social, economic and cultural dimensions, drawing on expanding bodies of sources and public memory.
Teaching and Research Areas
- History of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
- Dictatorships, democracies and human rights
- War, violence and post-war orders
- Media, everyday-life and memory history
Academic Focus Areas
- Oral history and testimony
- Archives of the present
- Politics of history
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Collaboration
Within Yushin-Ryu Private University, the department collaborates on an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary basis particularly with the fields of Political Sciences, Communication Sciences, Law. Joint teaching, research and knowledge-transfer formats connect discipline-specific methods with broader academic and societal questions.
Integration into Degree Programmes
At bachelor's level, the department provides the disciplinary foundations, core methods and fundamental analytical or creative competencies of Contemporary History.
At master's level, the department advances theoretically grounded, methodologically demanding and research-oriented questions in Contemporary History.
Within doctoral programmes, the department supervises independent research projects that make an original scholarly contribution to Contemporary History.
Department of Regional History
Academic Description
The department investigates historically formed spaces, local societies and regional identities in relation to national, cross-border and global developments.
Teaching and Research Areas
- Territorial, local and microhistory
- Regional economic and social history
- Borderlands and mobility
- Regional archives and collections
Academic Focus Areas
- Microhistorical methodology
- Space, landscape and belonging
- Participatory regional research
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Collaboration
Within Yushin-Ryu Private University, the department collaborates on an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary basis particularly with the fields of Environmental Sciences, Culture and Ethnology, Business and Economics. Joint teaching, research and knowledge-transfer formats connect discipline-specific methods with broader academic and societal questions.
Integration into Degree Programmes
At bachelor's level, the department provides the disciplinary foundations, core methods and fundamental analytical or creative competencies of Regional History.
At master's level, the department advances theoretically grounded, methodologically demanding and research-oriented questions in Regional History.
Within doctoral programmes, the department supervises independent research projects that make an original scholarly contribution to Regional History.
Department of Military History
Academic Description
The department examines armed forces, warfare and security orders within their political, social, technological, cultural and ethical contexts.
Teaching and Research Areas
- Institutional and organisational military history
- History of operations, strategy and technology
- Societies at war and civilian populations
- Memory, veterans and legacies
Academic Focus Areas
- Military and society
- History of violence and international humanitarian law
- Technological change
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Collaboration
Within Yushin-Ryu Private University, the department collaborates on an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary basis particularly with the fields of Political Sciences, Law, Ethics and Philosophy. Joint teaching, research and knowledge-transfer formats connect discipline-specific methods with broader academic and societal questions.
Integration into Degree Programmes
At bachelor's level, the department provides the disciplinary foundations, core methods and fundamental analytical or creative competencies of Military History.
At master's level, the department advances theoretically grounded, methodologically demanding and research-oriented questions in Military History.
Within doctoral programmes, the department supervises independent research projects that make an original scholarly contribution to Military History.
Department of Global History
Academic Description
The department analyses cross-border entanglements, circulations and power relations that connect historical developments across different world regions.
Teaching and Research Areas
- Empires, colonialism and decolonisation
- Migration, trade and circulation of knowledge
- Global environmental and economic history
- Comparative research on world regions
Academic Focus Areas
- Entangled and transfer history
- Global inequalities
- Multi-scalar historical analysis
Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Collaboration
Within Yushin-Ryu Private University, the department collaborates on an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary basis particularly with the fields of Business and Economics, Environmental Sciences, Culture and Ethnology. Joint teaching, research and knowledge-transfer formats connect discipline-specific methods with broader academic and societal questions.
Integration into Degree Programmes
At bachelor's level, the department provides the disciplinary foundations, core methods and fundamental analytical or creative competencies of Global History.
At master's level, the department advances theoretically grounded, methodologically demanding and research-oriented questions in Global History.
Within doctoral programmes, the department supervises independent research projects that make an original scholarly contribution to Global History.