Research Institute of History, Culture and Media (HCM)
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Mission
The HCM conducts research and offers research training in the fields of history, culture and media. The HCM research approaches are interdisciplinary in nature, comparative in scope, grounded in historical, social, cultural and economic science theory and methodology, and are geared to contributing to the further development of knowledge, methodology, and theory. In all of its activities special attention is devoted to the societal context and bearing of the HCM research.
The HCM approach entails that HCM researchers participate in joint research programs within the Faculty and are actively involved in interfaculty and interuniversity - often international - research activities. The HCM functions as a platform for scholarly debate and exchange.
Given the great societal relevance of the research conducted, HCM researchers entertain close relations with both public and private institutions and organizations. They are actively engaged in making research findings accessible to various non-university audiences.
The HCM values the fertile interface between research, research training and education. All tenured research staff teaches at BA and/or MA levels. The research master Sociology of Culture, Media and the Arts offers talented students the opportunity to qualify for a career in research.*
