Ethiopian Studies (Äthiopistik)

The Master course in Ethiopian Studies provides critical competences through the study of methodologies for first-hand data collecting and processing. The students develop their own capacity of working autonomously with primary sources by broadening their knowledge of Ethiopian and Eritrean languages, history, literatures, cultures, and religions, and acquire the competences for analysing texts in Ethiopian languages from the linguistic and philological point of view as well as for putting them in their relevant context. The Master course consists of a 2-years course during which either a deeper knowledge of an African language already studied in the BA-course or a basic competence of an additional African language is envisaged. A semester of study abroad is also planned. The Master course in "Ethiopian Studies" is primarily oriented to the study of linguistics, philology, history, and literature. It considers the oral as well as the manuscript traditions of Ethiopia and Eritrea.