Lehre an der Professur für Vergleichende Kultur- und Sozialanthropologie

BA-Seminar, englischsprachig, dienstags, 16:15–17:45 Uhr, Veranstaltungsbeginn: 14.04.2026

Raum: HG 201b

Module:
KUL|MAS|SOZ|-FM-Forschungsmodul
KUL|MAS|SOZ|-WPM-MEE-Wahlpflichtmodul: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus

While the field of migration studies has placed a strong emphasis in recent years on the forced migration and displacement of disadvanted populations, and of those rendered poor by adverse events such as military conflict, natural disasters etc., this seminar will focus on the cross-border mobility of those who are in a much more beneficial position to move abroad. As states around the world seek to attract foreign financial investment and skilled labour, they facilitate the movement of ‘the rich’ (be it financially or skills-related) through ‘golden visa’ schemes, fast-track citizenship, tax breaks and the like. In this course, we will engage with literature that focuses on states’ border management strategies in relation to these advantaged groups, and examine some of the consequences for local populations, especially as they relate to transnational gentrification. Students will develop small case studies as research projects and present them towards the end of the semester.

Literatur: Bauböck, R. (2014). Should Citizenship be for Sale?. European University Institute (EUI), Robert Schuman Centre of Advanced Studies (RSCAS). Advani, A., Burgherr, D., & Summers, A. (2025). Taxation and migration by the super-rich. Kosnick, K. (2024). Temporary Lives: Border Temporalities and Retirement Mobilities in a Turkish Tourism Hot Spot. Borders in Globalization Review, 6 (1), 109-119.

Hinweise zur Veranstaltung: You can speak English in class and write your course paper in English.

Leistungsnachweise: Regular active attendance is a basic requirement for all participants. For 6 ECTS: formulating an informed question regarding the mandatory readings for it to be discussed in class, plus engaging in research for a small case study and presenting its results towards the end of the semester. For 9 ECTS: additionally writing a 20-25 page paper based on the respective case study.

 

BA-Seminar, englischsprachig, dienstags, 14:15–15:45 Uhr, Veranstaltungsbeginn: 14.04.2026

Raum: HG 217

Module:
KUL|BAC|CSS|2020|-WM3- Difference – Migration, Gender and Diversity
KUL|REPO|-MÖM-Migration, Öffentlichkeit und Medien
KUL|REPO|-MGIII.4.: Modul III.4.: Recht und Politik im transnationalen Kontext (Vertiefung)
KUL|BAC|KUWI|-SOWI-V-Vergleichende Sozialwissenschaften: Vertiefung

In this seminar we will investigate the links between the cross-border movement of people and global inequalities as they are shaped by national and regional border regimes, by legacies and continuities of colonial history, and by the contemporary dynamics of neoliberal capitalism. We will thus situate migration in the context of global inequalities that have emerged and exist both between and within colonial empires and contemporary nation states.

Literatur: Walia, H. (2021). Border and rule: Global migration, capitalism, and the rise of racist nationalism. Haymarket Books. Jones, R. (2016) Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move. London: Verso Books.

Leistungsnachweise: Active participation and regular attendance are mandatory. For 6 ECTS credits you will have to pass at least three out of six unannounced short written assignments (pen and paper) that will be graded. Students aiming for 9 ECTS credits will take an additional short oral exam in the final session of the semester. For further and more specific information please refer to moodle.

BA/MA-Seminar, englischsprachig

Blockveranstaltungen:

17.04.2026 | 11:15 – 17:45
08.05.2026 | 11:15 – 17:45
29.05.2026 | 11:15 – 17:45
19.06.2026 | 11:15 – 17:45
10.07.2026 | 11:15 – 17:45

Raum: HG 201b

Module:

KUL|BAC|CSS|2020|-M6-Methods, Academic Writing and Research Skills
KUL|MAS|SOZ|-FM-Forschungsmodul

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen: Students should be ready to start planning their BA or MA thesis project, and have a concrete idea of the topic they might want to focus on. They should ideally have taken a prior course that relates to that topic, or have read some scientific literature that is relevant to it.

Zielgruppe: BA and/or MA students ready to embark on their final thesis in the near future

In this research colloquium we will collectively support students in the development of research questions and the planning of actual research for their final thesis projects. Students will present their topics and continuously work on them to eventually develop a project proposal that will be a solid foundation for their final thesis. In diesem Kolloquium werden wir anfangs die Entwicklung einer geeigneten Fragestellung sowie den Aufbau eines Exposés adressieren, bevor wir auch abhängig von den Bedürfnissen der Studierenden und Stand der jeweiligen Projekte über ethische und Methodenfragen sprechen.

Literatur: will be decided collectively depending on student needs

Leistungsnachweise: All students will present their ongoing efforts to develop their final thesis ideas in class, and MA students will submit a research proposal (Exposé) at the end of it. The length will depend on the number of ECTS credits they are aiming for.

MA-Seminar, englischsprachig, dienstags, 11:15–12:45 Uhr, Veranstaltungsbeginn: 14.04.2026

Raum: GD 205

Module:
KUL|MAS|MES|-110-WPM 3: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus
KUL|MAS|SOZ|-WPM-MEE-Wahlpflichtmodul: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen: I'm looking forward to active participation and lively and reflected discussions about the literature and materials.

The Black Atlantic constituted through the violence of the Transatlantic slave trade, its racialised and colonial aftermaths as well as the diasporic connections and communities that were built throughout it and carried on beyond it, still shape the globe’s racialised present. Recent and all too often deadly paths and politics of migration across the Mediterranean have been recognised as connected to that long history of racialisation and colonisation by speaking of a ‘Black Mediterranean’. Drawing the parallel can enrich our understanding of the perpetuation, reproduction, and renewal of (anti-Black) racism as well as of forms of resistance against racial colonial capitalism. Race and in particular Blackness as we know it and live it today has been significantly shaped by the history of Transatlantic enslavement. This history and the Black radical traditions that arose from it can therefore still teach us a lot on racism and its role for capitalism and on anti-racism and the reconstitution of subjectivity and collectivity. The aim is not to equate nor to compare vastly different contexts of suffering and survival, but rather to recognize continuities, connections, and contrasts between violent systems of oppression and communities and traditions of resistance. This course seeks to enable us to consider the contiguity and contested transformations of race-based violence and vulnerability by practicing a grounded, relational and reflexive contextualisation. For this purpose, we will also discuss which forms of migration, enslavement, and racialisation have existed before, during and after the Transatlantic slave trade and continue to shape societies across the Mediterranean and North Africa. Moreover, we will ask in how far the forging of the Black Atlantic has durably impacted relations within Africa and in globalised anti-colonial and diasporic communities and what future we can envision for the ‘Black Mediterranean’ on that basis.

Leistungsnachweise: For 3 ECTS credits: Short presentation (around 5 minutes) on a piece of art related to the topic of the course. For 6 ECTS credits: Short presentation (as for 3 ECTS) plus essay of 10 pages. For 9 ECTS credits: Short presentation (as for 3 ECTS) plus essay of 15 pages. For further and more specific information please refer to moodle.

 

BA-Seminar, englischsprachig, donnertags, 14:15–15:45 Uhr, Veranstaltungsbeginn: 16.04.2026

Raum: GD 203

Module:
KUL|BAC|KUWI|-SOWI-V-Vergleichende Sozialwissenschaften: Vertiefung
KUL|REPO|-MGIII.4.-Modul III.4.: Recht und Politik im transnationalen Kontext (Vertiefung)
KUL|REPO|-MÖM-Migration, Öffentlichkeit und Medien
KUL|BAC|CSS|2020|-WM3-Difference – Migration, Gender and Diversity

Teilnahmevoraussetzungen: Participants in the course should be willing to read one academic article per week and engage with the literature in a critical and reflexive way.

The course will introduce the externalisation of European borders notably to North and West Africa and West Asia which has been pursued since decades and is becoming ever more critical for a European border regime aimed at deterrence, containment, and control. The concept of externalisation is examined critically as it relates to forced migration and other social phenomena and relations which characterize Europe’s role within its surrounding and in the world. We will discuss how migration policies, security and development cooperation, and international agreements reshape notions of sovereignty and territoriality and extend Europe’s influence as well as dependence, notably on prior colonies. Examples and actors of externalisation both within Europe and beyond Europe are examined based on empirical cases and ethnographic studies. The diverse legal, social, political-economic, ethical and cultural contexts and effects of externalisation will be discussed considering its impact both on forced migrants and host societies in transit areas.

Leistungsnachweise: For 6 ECTS credits: write three reading diaries (2 pages) and present a short comment of 5 min for the class. For 9 ECTS credits: write three reading diaries (2 pages) and a reflection on the literature in the form of a 8-page essay. For further and more specific information please refer to moodle.

 

Dr. Darja Klingenberg

"Ambivalenz der Scham - ein feministisches Forschungsprojekt"
Seminar

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Dr. Darja Klingenberg

"Diversität erforschen. Methodische und forschungsethische Herausforderungen ungleichheitssensibler Sozialforschung"
Seminar

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Dr. Darja Klingenberg

"Symbolic Borders in Germany’s Migration Society"
Seminar

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Dr. Mouna Maaroufi

"Anfänge und Aktualität von Theorien zum rassifizierten Kapitalismus"
Seminar

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Dr. Mouna Maaroufi

"Introduction to the European Border Regime"
Seminar

 

Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick

Forschungskolloquium "Auf dem Weg zur Abschlussarbeit.
Themenfelder: Migration, Ethnizität, Rassismus, Gender, Queer Studies

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Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick

Migration in the Context of Global Inequalities
Seminar 

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Dr. Darja Klingenberg

Humor und Rassismus
Seminar

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 Dr. Darja Klingenberg

Rassismus und Sexualität in ostwesteuropäischer Migration
Seminar

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Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick
Migration in the Context of Global Inequalities

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Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick
Forschungskolloquium "Auf dem Weg zur Abschlussarbeit. Themenfelder: Migration, Ethnizität, Rassismus, Gender, Queer Studies"

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Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick
Racial Capitalism

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Dr. Özlem Savaş
Feminist and Queer Approaches to Challenging Times

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Dr. Özlem Savaş
Feminist and Queer Repertoires of Resistance

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Dr. Luis Manuel Hernández Aguilar
Antisemitism and Islamophobia

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Dr. Luis Manuel Hernández Aguilar
Postcolonial and Decolonial Theory

 

 

 

Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick, Dr. Rita Vallentin

Digital Manospheres – Intersectional Perspectives on Discourses, Practices and Hierarchies

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MASS: Forschungsmodul // MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Gender Studies und Queer Theory // SMG: Forschungsmodul // SMG: Wahlpflichtmodul: Multimodalität, Diskurs und Medien

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Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick

Forschungskolloquium "Auf dem Weg zur Abschlussarbeit. Themenfelder: Migration, Ethnizität, Rassismus, Gender, Queer Studies"

Kolloquium (Präsenzveranstaltung): MASS: Forschungsmodul

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Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick

Introduction to Queer Studies (Summer School)

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): Kulturwissenschaften: Einführung // Vergleichende Sozialwissenschaften: Einführung

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Dr. Luis M. Hernández Aguilar

A brief history of feminist thought

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Gender Studies und Queer Theory

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Dr. Luis M. Hernández Aguilar

ConspiRacism: Conspiracy Theories and their entanglement with racism, antisemitism and Islamophobia

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus

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Dr. Özlem Savaş

Creative Imaginaries of Migration

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Kulturelle Praktiken, Wissensordnungen, ästhetische Formationen

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Dr. Özlem Savaş

Collective Emotions, Public Feelings and Political Affect

Seminar (Präsenzveranstaltung): Kulturwissenschaften: Vertiefung // Vergleichende Sozialwissenschaften: Vertiefung

 

 

Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick
Migration in the Context of Global Inequalities

BA-Seminar Vertiefung: Difference – Migration, Gender and Diversity

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Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick
Kolloquium zur Vorbereitung der Abschlussarbeit

Kolloquium: Methods, Academic Writing and Research Skills

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Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick
Grenzen, Frontiers und Zeit-Raum Kompression

MA-Seminar: MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus

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Dr. Luis Hernández Aguilar
Introduction to qualitative research and methods (Wahlobligatorik)

BA-Seminar: Vergleichende Sozialwissenschaften: Einführung

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Dr. Luis Hernández Aguilar
The instrumentalization of Gender and Sexuality in the far-right: Femonationalism, antigenderism, and racism

MA-Seminar: MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Gender Studies und Queer Theory

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Dr. Özlem Savaş
Cultures of Migration

BA-Seminar: Vergleichende Sozialwissenschaften: Vertiefung

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Dr. Özlem Savaş
Feminist and Queer Repertoires of Resistance

MA-Seminar: SMG: Wahlpflichtmodul: Multimodalität, Diskurs und Medien // MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Kulturelle Praktiken, Wissensordnungen, ästhetische Formationen // MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Gender Studies und Queer Theory

Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick
Kolloquium für Abschlussarbeiten

Kolloquium: MASS: Forschungsmodul

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Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick
Introduction to Queer Studies

BA-Seminar: Vergleichende Sozialwissenschaften: Vertiefung

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Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick
Sexualität und Rassismus

MA-Seminar, MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Gender Studies und Queer Theory

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Dr. Özlem Savaş
Affect/Emotion in Culture and Politics

MA-Seminar: SMG: Wahlpflichtmodul: Multimodalität, Diskurs und Medien // MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Kulturelle Praktiken, Wissensordnungen, ästhetische Formationen // MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Gender Studies und Queer Theory

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Dr. Luis Manuel Hernández Aguilar
Antisemitism and Islamophobia: Shared histories and divergent articulations

BA-Seminar: Vergleichende Sozialwissenschaften – Vertiefung

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Dr. Luis Manuel Hernández Aguilar
Race and racism: historical trajectories, conceptual approaches, and recent developments

MA-Seminar: MASS: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus

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Dr. Darja Klingenberg
Erinnerungspolitik in der Migrationsgesellschaft

BA-Seminar: Kulturwissenschaften - Vertiefung // Vergleichende Sozialwissenschaften - Vertiefung

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Dr. Darja Klingenberg/Dr. Stephan Lanz
Spurensuche: Jüdische und andere Berliner*innen in der Spandauer Vorstadt.
Teil 1: Migrationswissenschaftliche Perspektiven und Teil 2: Urban Studies Perspektiven

MA-Seminar: MASS: Forschungsmodul // MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Migration, Ethnizität, Ethnozentrismus // MASS: Wahlpflichtmodul: Urban Studies

 

Hier finden Sie die formalen Anforderungen für die schriftlichen Abgaben an der Professur von Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick.

Die Eigenständigkeitserklärung bitte unbedingt jeder schriftlichen Arbeit beifügen!

Hier finden Sie Empfehlungen und formale Richtlinien für die Abgaben an der Professur von Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick.

Die großen Fragen zu Abschlussarbeiten an der Professur von Prof. Dr. Kira Kosnick.

Hier erhalten Sie einen Leitfaden für ein Exposé für Abschlussarbeiten (empirische qualitative Forschung, Beispiel aus der Kulturanthropologie Goethe Uni Frankfurt).