Focus Areas
Focus areas are organizational units that focus on a specific subject area or a particular field of research.
Efficiently utilizing and pooling academic expertise and Faculty resources
There are currently four focus areas within the Faculty. A focus area can have various tasks and functions, including:
- Research: Conducting research projects and studies in a specific subject area
- Teaching: Offering courses, seminars, and workshops for students
- Consulting: Supporting and advising students and researchers in specific subject areas
- Administration: Organizing and coordinating projects, events, and other activities within the focus area
Focus areas help to efficiently utilize and pool the academic expertise and resources of the Faculty. They promote interdisciplinary collaboration and enable the provision of specialized research and teaching.
Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
- Advice on developing projects and funding applications
- Support with digital modeling of research questions
- Evaluation and selection, and where necessary adaptation and redevelopment, of digital tools and methods for project-specific applications
- Use and adaptation of virtual research environments
- Targeted development of skills in methodological and technical issues relating to digital humanities through training courses and workshops
- Advice on research data management issues
Focus Area Philosophy and Theory of Religions (PTR)
Within the Faculty of Arts, the focus area Philosophy and Theory of Religions sees itself as an interface between philosophical, religious-philosophical, religious-scientific, and theological reflection. The focus area is closely linked to the Center for Religion and Society (ZERG).
Slavery and Dependency Research Unit
Slavery on the American continent or in antiquity have shaped the discourse of slavery research to date.
Reconciliation Research Unit
Reconciliation research is an interdisciplinary field of research that deals with the processes and mechanisms of reconciliation after conflicts, wars, violence, and other forms of social injustice.
Institutions
All Faculty institutions — Dean's Office, our departments, and contact persons.