Academic Programme HGGS Seminars

The interdisciplinary programme of the HGGS offers doctoral candidates in the humanities, law and social sciences a selection of lectures, seminars and workshops and regularly invites them to conferences and schools. Guest lecturers from abroad enrich the academic exchange with doctoral candidates and contribute to the international networking of young academics.

In addition to the basic seminar on the topics of inter- and transdisciplinarity, the HGGS  programme focuses on the examination of concepts from the humanities, law and social sciences. Doctoral candidates are encouraged to reflect on theory and methods by means of interdisciplinary discourse. Within the HGGS, concepts (e.g. ‘identity’, ‘culture’ or ‘mobility’) form the starting point and orientation framework for the joint interdisciplinary work at the annual HGGS Forum. The aim of the HGGS is not to provide further specialist training, but to sensitise participants to the complexity of these concepts and, as a result, to improve the quality of their own dissertation through increased reflexivity.
Each semester, the six faculties involved in the HGGS also make an important contribution to the educational experience of doctoral candidates at Heidelberg University by regularly opening courses to members of the HGGS. The final transcript registers all successfully completed courses.

HGGS Faculty Courses