Trans-cultural investigation on concepts of conflicts, reconciliation and its equivalents
How are conflicts resolved in different cultures? The Graduate School 'Versöhnung und ihre Äquivalente im transkulturellen Vergleich' ('Reconciliation and its Equivalents in a Transcultural Comparison', led by Prof. Dr. Christine Gisela Krüger) aims to systematically investigate the concepts, strategies, and practices of reconciliation. The research will focus on European and non-European cultures alike. The hypothesis is that reconciliation and related concepts provide a range of responses and strategies that can be used to defuse and, ideally, overcome conflict situations. To achieve this, various factors influencing reconciliation will be examined in the cross-cultural comparison, such as social negotiation processes, conflict resolution methods, and systems of values and norms.
Academic excellence with societal relevance
Issues of reconciliation, conflict resolution and social cohesion are currently at the heart of social debates worldwide, ranging from political polarisation and the process of coming to terms with the past, to the consequences of war, violence and migration. The new DFG Graduate School addresses these challenges by combining perspectives from the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences to create a transdisciplinary research programme of high academic and societal relevance. In doing so, the research group makes an innovative contribution to an understanding of social processes from historical and global perspectives.
For the Faculty of Arts, establishing the Graduate School is also a significant strategic success, as it strengthens cross-faculty collaboration, promotes the international visibility of research, and creates attractive conditions for training a new generation of researchers.
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