German Philology

German Studies in Trier offers a broad range of classes. In addition to the traditional areas of German linguistics, medieval German philology and modern literary studies (from the early modern period to contemporary literature), there are many other areas open to students. All of our degree programmes aim to give students the ability to work critically and reflectively with language and literature and to carry out independent academic work. Our degree programmes therefore give our students the skills needed to…

German Studies, as the largest language department, plays a central role in cultural studies at Trier University. Key areas in research and projects of our twelve professors and over thirty research associates include gender and post-colonial studies, Weimar Classicism/Romanticism, drama and theatre, contemporary literature, media language, dialectology, phraseology, language and public relations in politics, (regional and European) language history, language change, language criticism, discourse analysis, digital…