Teaching
Overview of the courses
Information on the courses
Please note: Enrollment for the classes is exclusively available through Moodle (registrations via mail will not be accepted). A password is not required.
Registration for the courses in the winter semester opens from 01-31 October, for the summer from 01-30 April.
Prof. Dr. Cornelia Müller
- Room: AM 132
- +49 (0) 335 5534-2730
- cmueller@europa-uni.de
Summer semester 2026
Müller, C.
Performing Power: Gestures in Politics
6/9 ECTS
Seminar (on-site), room: AM 103
MA SMG: Multimodalität, Diskurs, Medien
Start: 15.04.2026, Wed, 11 a.m. - 01 p.m.
Language: English
Müller, C.
Interaktion und Verkörperung: Klassische und aktuelle Ansätze der Interaktionsforschung
6/9 ECTS
Seminar (on-site), room: AM 103
MA SMG: Zentralmodul
Start: 16.04.2026, Thu, 14-16 p.m.
Language: German
Müller, C.
Authentizität und/oder Inszenierung? Körpergesten im internationalen Fußball
3/6/9 ECTS
Seminar (on-site), room: AM 103
MA SMG: Intercultural Communication
MA SMG: Multimodalität, Diskurs, Medien
Start: 16.04.2026, Thu, 16-18 p.m.
Language: German
Müller, C.
Forschungsseminar "Sprachgebrauch und Multimodale Kommunikation"
3/6/9 ECTS
Seminr (on-site), room: AM 103
MA SMG: Forschungsmodul
Start: 15.04.2026, Wed, 16-18 p.m.
Language: German
Papadopoulou, K.
Courtroom trials: How we judge through metaphors
6/9 ECTS
Seminar (on-site), room: AM 205
BA KuWi: Kulturwissenschaften: Vertiefung
BA KuWi: Linguistik: Vertiefung
BA CUSO: Media – Image, Text and Language
BA RePo: Migration, Öffentlichkeit und Medien
BA RePo: Recht und Politik im transnationalen Kontext: Vertiefung
Start: 22.04.2026, Wed, 11 a.m. - 01 p.m.
Language: English (and German)
Papadopoulou, K.
Analysing Social Media Clips - A Crash Course
6/9 ECTS
Block Seminar, room: AM 105
BA KuWi: Kulturwissenschaften: Vertiefung
BA KuWi: Linguistik: Vertiefung
BA CUSO: Media – Image, Text and Language
Start: 24.04.2026, Fri. 11:30 a.m. -01:00 p.m. (online introduction)
Block 1: 08.05.26, Fri. 09 a.m. - 05 p.m.
Block 2: 29.05.26, Fri. 09 a.m. - 05 p.m.
Block 3: 12.06.26, Fri. 09 a.m. - 05 p.m.
Block 4: 26.06.26, Fri. 09 a.m. - 05 p.m.
Language: English (and German)
Junge, J.
Medientheorie
6/9 ECTS
Seminar (on-site), room: AM 205
BA KUWI: Kulturwissenschaften: Einführung
BA CUSO: Media – Image, Text and Language
Start: 16.04.2026, Thu. 02 p.m. - 04 p.m.
Language: German
Junge, J.
Academic Reading and Knowledge Organization
1,5 ECTS
Block Seminar, room: AM 02, AM 205
KUWI, CUSO, REPO, CMT, SMG, LIT, SOZ, KGMOE: Praxisrelevante Fertigkeiten/Practical Skills
Block 1: 04.05.2026, Mo, 10-18 p.m.
Block 2: 08.05.2026, Fr, 10-18 p.m.
Language: English
Schön, S.
"Runter von der Autobahn": Text-Bild-Kompositionen in öffentlichen Diskursen über das Lebensende
6/9 ECTS
Seminar (on-site), room: AM 205
BA KUWI: Linguistik: Einführung
BA CUSO: Media – Image, Text and Language
Start: 14.04.2026, Tue. 14-16 a.m.
Language: German
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Past courses
Papadopoulou, K.
Depp v. Heard - Courtroom Trials in the Media
6/9 ECTS
Seminar (on-site), room: AM 105
BA KuWi: Linguistik: Vertiefung
BA CuSo: Media – Image, Text and Language
Start: 15.10.2025, Wed. 11-01 a.m.
Language: English (and German)
Papadopoulou, K.
Analysing Social Media Clips - A Crash Course
6/9 ECTS
Block Seminar, room: AM 105
BA KuWi: Linguistik: Vertiefung
BA CuSo: Media – Image, Text and Language
Start: 17.10.2025, Fri. 11:30-01:00 a.m. (online introduction)
Block 1: 07.11.25, Fri. 09 a.m. - 05 p.m.
Block 2: 21.11.25, Fri. 09 a.m. - 05 p.m.
Block 3: 05.12.25, Fri. 09 a.m. - 05 p.m.
Block 4: 12.12.25, Fri. 09 a.m. - 05 p.m.
Language: English (and German)
Junge, J.
Klassiker der Medienwissenschaften
6 ECTS
Seminar (on-site), room: AM 204
BA KUWI: Kulturwissenschaften: Einführung
BA CUSO: Media – Image, Text and Language
Start: 16.10.2025, Thu. 11-01 a.m.
Language: German
Schön, S.
Die Verhandlung von Tod, Sterben und schwerer Krankheit auf Social Media - Analyse multimodaler Kommunikation auf Instagram
6/9 ECTS
Seminar (on-site), room: AM 104
BA KUWI: Kulturwissenschaften: Einführung
BA CUSO: Media – Image, Text and Language
Start: 14.10.2025, Tue. 09-11 a.m.
Language: German
Müller, Cornelia
Einführung in die Kulturwissenschaften
BA Kuwi: Kulturwissenschaften: Einführung, 6 ETCS
Clara Kindler-Mathôt and Katerina Papadopoulou
Tutorium: Einführung in die Kulturwissenschaften (Teil A)
BA Kuwi: Kulturwissenschaften: Einführung, 1,5 ECTS
Clara Kindler-Mathôt and Katerina Papadopoulou
Tutorium: Einführung in die Kulturwissenschaften (Teil B)
BA Kuwi: Kulturwissenschaften: Einführung, 1,5 ECTS
Cornelia Müller
Affektfalle Social Media
MA SMG: Wahlpflichtmodul: Sprache und Medien in Transformation, 3/6/9 ETCS
Cornelia Müller
Protestgesten
MA SMG: Wahlpflichtmodul: Multimodalität, Diskurs und Medien, 3/6/9 ETCS
Cornelia Müller
Research Seminar "Gesture and Multimodality Studies"
MA SMG: Forschungsmodul, 3/6/9 ETCS
Clara Kindler-Mathôt and Katerina Papadopoulou
Analysing Social Media Clips - A Crash Course
BA Kuwi: Linguistik: Vertiefung, 6/9 ECTS
BA CuSo: Media - Image, Text and Language 6 ECTS
| Lecturer | Seminar | Time and Place |
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Cornelia Müller, |
Introduction to Media Studies |
Thu. 2-4 p.m. |
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Cornelia Müller |
Research Seminar "Gesture and Multimodality Studies" |
Wed. 4-6 p.m. |
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Cornelia Müller |
Diskursanalyse multimodal |
Wed 11-14 p.m. (Block) |
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Cornelia Müller |
Sprache und Verkörperung |
Thu. 4-6 p.m. |
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Clara Kindler-Mathôt |
Politikergesten - politische Gesten - Gesten in der Politik |
Wed. 9-11 a.m. |
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Jana Katharina Junge |
Sprache und Denken |
Thu. 2-4 p.m. |
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Katerina Papadopoulou |
'Recht haben, Schuld geben' - Wir wir in Metaphern denken und sprechen |
Wed. 11a.m. - 1p.m. |
| Lecturer | Seminar | Time and Place |
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Cornelia Müller |
Ethnographies of Gestures |
Wed. 9-11 a.m. |
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Cornelia Müller |
International Research Seminar "Multimodality of Speaking & Audiovisual Multimodality" |
Tue. 4-6 p.m. |
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Cornelia Müller |
Gestures and Speech - Ecologies, Practices, Interaction |
Tue 2-4 p.m. |
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Cornelia Müller |
Mediale Ökologien des Sprechens |
Wed. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
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Clara Kindler-Mathôt |
Audiovisuelle Politische Kommunikation |
Wed. 9-11 a.m. |
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Jana Katharina Junge |
Gefühle und Politik |
Mon. 2-6 p.m. |
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Katerina Papadopoulou |
Sprachliche Multimodalität - Verständigung durch Körpereinsatz? |
Tue. 2-4 p.m. |
| Lecturer | Seminar | Time and Place |
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Cornelia Müller |
Metaphors and gestures we live by |
Thu. 4-6 p.m. |
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Cornelia Müller |
Diskursanalyse multimodal |
Wed. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
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Cornelia Müller |
Metaphern: Denken - Fühlen - Verstehen Seminar cancelled! |
Thu 2-4 p.m. |
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Cornelia Müller |
International Research Seminar "Mulitmodality - Discourse - Media" |
Wed. 4-6 p.m. |
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Teresa Weigand |
Gender und Sprache |
Mon. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
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Jana Katharina Junge |
Sprache und Medien |
Mon. 2-6 p.m. |
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Jana Katharina Junge |
Finanzspritze, Rettungsschirm und soziale Leiter - Metaphern in der Politik |
Thu. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
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Jeanette-Christine Bauer |
Rhetorische Perspektive auf Sprache, Gesten und Performance Seminar cancelled! |
Wed. 9-11 a.m. |
| Lecturer | Seminar | Time and Place |
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Cornelia Müller |
(Körper-)sprachliche Identitätskonstruktionen als kommunikative Praktiken |
Thu. 2-4 p.m. |
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Cornelia Müller |
Gestures - Their Origins and Distribution Across Cultures |
Thu. 4-6 p.m. |
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Cornelia Müller |
Diskursanalyse multimodal |
Wed. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
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Cornelia Müller |
International Research Seminar "Mulitmodality - Discourse - Media" |
Wed. 6-8 p.m. |
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Jana Katharina Junge |
'Gefühle' ausdrücken und verstehen - Ausdruck von Sprachen, Gesichtern, Gesten und Filmen |
Tue. 4-6 p.m. |
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Clara Kindler-Mathôt |
Wir sprechen ja nicht alleine. Klassiker der Gesprächsanalyse |
Thu. 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
For students
Guidelines for writing seminar papers (Chair of Language Use and Multiodal Communication)
Handreichung zum Schreiben einer Hausarbeit (deutsch)
Guidelines for style and citation in academic papers (Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences)
Declaration of Academic Integrity (Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences)
Eigenständigkeitserklärung (deutsch)
Regulations on the Use of AI Tools (Faculty of Social and Cultural Sciences)
Cover Page (Template for term papers)
Deckblatt Seminararbeit (deutsch)