This course offers the methodological basics so that archaeological results and papers can be critically analysed and assessed for the study of African societies. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course explores critical issues of the Anthropocene through a regionally focused lens. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course teaches advanced Bulgarian by a thorough study of the most important text types in the language. Type: virtual course Course dates: Feb 8, 2026 – July 3, 2027 Apply by: 18 January 2026

This is an advanced course on the grammar of the Bantu languages of Africa. The course provides students with knowledge of key grammatical aspects of Bantu languages, which are situated in a comparative and typological perspective through comparison with other languages from within and outside Africa. Type: virtual course Course dates: Feb 8, 2026 – July 3, 2027 Apply by: 18 January 2026

This introductory course provides an overview of the main language phyla in Africa, their defining features and the methods used for their classification. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course aims at conveying deep, interdisciplinary and long-term insights into the cultural, ecological, ideological, linguistic, political, religious, and social processes underlying dynamic, language-based identities and identity formation in Africa, with particular emphasis on Bantu-speaking Central and East Africa. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course zooms in on an issue which has induced many heated discussions in Russia in the past and which continues to (co)determine Russia’s (cultural) politics until today: is Russia a Western, Eastern or a self-contained culture / civilization? Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

This is an advanced literature course on Miguel de Cervantes’ masterpiece, Don Quixote. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026

This course unit studies the Mediterranean region during the first millennium A.D. Type: virtual course Course dates: Feb 8, 2026 – July 3, 2027 Apply by: 18 January 2026

This course aims at the acquisition of advanced, theory-based scientific insights in literary translation. Type: virtual course Course dates: Sep 21, 2026 - Jan 30, 2027 Apply by: August 17, 2026