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GSC 1094:  a.r.t.e.s. - Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne (AGSHC)

Subject Area History
Ancient Cultures
Geography
Art History, Music, Theatre and Media Studies
Literary Studies
Philosophy
Social and Cultural Anthropology, Non-European Cultures, Jewish Studies and Religious Studies
Linguistics
Term from 2012 to 2019
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 194678306
 
Final Report Year 2020

Final Report Abstract

The a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School for the Humanities Cologne (a.r.t.e.s.) is the faculty-wide graduate school of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FACULTY) of the University of Cologne (UoC) and covers all qualification levels of academic training in the Humanities from Master to postdoc. A hallmark of the a.r.t.e.s. is its interdisciplinary orientation, emphasising dialogue among young scholars beyond the boundaries of their disciplines. a.r.t.e.s. is guided by an understanding of the Humanities that transcends the fragmentation of academia into the liberal arts, social sciences and natural sciences to focus on the complexity of cultural contexts involving language, history, culture, mediality, anthropology, and ethics. Built upon the experiences and structures of the a.r.t.e.s. Research School (2008–2012), the a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School was established between 2012 and 2019 under the Excellence Initiative. a.r.t.e.s. has created a productive environment fostering top-level research in the Humanities that is closely connected with the FACULTY’s research centres and fields of excellence, thereby bringing together the existing expertise of all departments and disciplines. As a faculty-wide and integrated graduate school, a.r.t.e.s. accordingly provides a common structure for all doctoral students of the FACULTY: Not only does it offer the classic standard model of doctoral studies (Regular Track), but it also successfully introduced a structured, interdisciplinary model (Integrated Track), which includes various funding options. The doctoral programme is complemented by a Research Master programme for research-oriented Master students and a Research Lab for postdoctoral researchers that provides an attractive environment for interdisciplinary and international research. With this comprehensive structure, which also serves as a sustained platform for internationalisation and the implementation of contemporary equality standards, a.r.t.e.s. is able to meet the specific challenges facing graduate education in the Humanities. The success of this concept is reflected in a number of prestigious additional grants (DAAD, European Union, Mercator foundation), which made it possible to even expand the concept of a.r.t.e.s. beyond the original project design. In close cooperation with the UoC’s Albertus Magnus Center for Early Career Researchers, a.r.t.e.s. was successfully established as a permanent institution for graduate education of the FACULTY and now successfully provides a structure for all areas of graduate education since it allows for the affiliation of various third-party funded graduate and research programmes (e.g. DFG Collaborative Research Centres and Research Training Groups) due to its thematically open bottom-up approach. The a.r.t.e.s. Graduate School is therefore able to compete with the best national and international graduate schools to attract both German and international doctoral candidates and young researchers in the Humanities.

Link to the final report

https://doi.org/10.2314/KXP:1700455702

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