International Office

The course is held in German. Prior knowledge in German is not required. Grammar may be explained in English where necessary. We will work with a lot with pictures, audios, a German book and useful exercises. Everyday situations will be practiced. This course is designed for students interested in learning basic German, in communicating in everyday situations, and in preparing for the Goethe-Institut Certificate Start Deutsch A2. The certificate is not part of the course, but can be taken after the successful completion of the German course at the Goethe-Institut Berlin. 

In this course we will explore the world of art and artists in Berlin, and learn how to use basic journalistic skills to interview and profile them. 

The seminar reflects on perspectives of curating and making exhibitions in Berlin. The course involves visiting Berlin’s museums, galleries, and project spaces. The colloquium provides conversations with Berlin based-curators and artists. It allows students to explore and understand the contemporary curatorial practice of the city by visiting and analyzing different institutions, reading theoretical texts, and developing a practical case study. The topics focus on urban culture, contemporary arts, and queer studies. The course is ideal for future researchers and cultural workers that want to explore the work of curatorial research and exhibition-making. The work performed by the student includes readings, group discussions, and curatorial writing strategies, and it concludes with a conceptualization of making an exhibition proposal as a final project.

“Artists from Abroad in Berlin: A Journalistic Exploration” is a hands-on course that
invites students to discover and engage with artists who have come to Berlin from
abroad. Berlin’s thriving and dynamic arts scene has long drawn theater-makers,
writers, actors, poets, musicians and visual artists from all over the world. In this
course, we want to critically examine the experience of displacement and dislocation,
the challenges of mobility and the demands of integration, but also the positive aspects
of finding oneself in a new place and making it one‘s own, establishing a life and finding
a community here. In addition to this theory-driven component, students will also learn
and apply basic journalistic skills as part of a hands-on exploration of the worlds
created by these artists from abroad, in Berlin. Finally, students will have a chance to
meet and speak with artist guest speakers from a range of fields, in addition to doing a
deep dive on the life and work of one artist from abroad, who they will profile for their
final project.

COIL steht für Collaborative Online International Learning und ist ein Ansatz, bei dem Studierende aus verschiedenen Ländern und Kulturen in gemischten Gruppen zusammenarbeiten, um eine Aufgabe gemeinsam zu bearbeiten.

Die gemeinsame BeCOIL-Initiative von neun Berliner Hochschulen hat zum Ziel, die Internationalisierung der Curricula voranzutreiben und globale Kompetenzen durch kollaborative Projekte für alle Studierenden und Lehrenden zugänglich zu machen. Es ermöglicht den Erwerb interkultureller Kompetenzen, ohne Berlin verlassen zu müssen.

Sammlung von Auslands-Erfahrungsberichten von  Studierenden. Die Berichte umfassen die Regionen Afrika, Asien, Australien, Nord- und Lateinamerika.

Das International Office sowie die Stabsstelle Internationalisierung sollen zu einer einheitlichen Abteilung zusammengeführt werden, der Abteilung "Humboldt International" zusammengeführt werden. Die dafür notwendige Umstrukturierung wird in einem ersten Schritt in diversen Arbeitsgruppen besprochen und vorbereitet. Dieser Moodle-Kurs dient der Unterstützung der Arbeitsgruppen, indem er die Möglichkeit bietet, die in den Sitzungen besprochenen Inhalte hier zu hinterlegen, thematische Schwerpunkte zu vertiefen, neue inhaltliche Fragen über das Diskussionsforum einzubringen und bereits eingestellte Inhalte jederzeit erneut abzurufen. In einem zweiten Schritt erfolgt die Etablierung der neuen Abteilung auf Grundlage der bereits erfolgten Arbeitsgruppensitzungen.

The course focuses on mapping and listening to acoustic territories in Berlin. It allows academic research for exploring and understanding the city by sensing aural environments. Structured in theory and practice, the central questions of the course are: which sonic elements can we encounter in navigating historical and contemporary maps? Which methods of research and practices exist in the act of mapping with sound? How can we generate sound maps? The course reflects the city's cultural, social, and political dimensions from a transdisciplinary approach through analyzing and creating maps by listening. It allows students to explore auditory territories, gain strength, and develop knowledge and individual perspectives on cultural and urban studies. The mapping methods are practice-based on field recordings, soundwalk, and sound diagramming exercises. The academic readings and discussions will introduce the student to the field of sound studies.