GRK 619:  Contact Area Mare Balticum: Foreignness and Integration in the Baltic Region

• Subject Area: Art History, Music, Theatre and Media Studies
• Term: from 2000 to 2009
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273063

The goal of the research training group "Contact Area Mare Balticum: Foreignness and Integration in the Baltic Region" is to enhance students¿ enthusiasm for the subject, while training them for productive scholarship. The programme is designed for Ph.D. students in Philosophy, Psychology, Scandinavian Languages and Literatures, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Baltic Languages and Literatures, Art History, History and Law, and treats foreignness as an intellectual, cultural and social phenomenon. Key questions are: foreignness in (Baltic) thought and factors of integration, perception of foreigners/foreignness and cultural transformation, perception of foreigners/foreignness and integration in historical perspective.

• DFG Programme: Research Training Groups
• Applicant Institution: Universität Greifswald
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Michael North
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr. Manfred Bornewasser; Professor Dr. Erk Volkmar Heyen; Professorin Dr. Ulrike Jekutsch; Professor Dr. Christer Lindqvist; Professor Dr. Christian Lübke; Professor Dr. Jens E. Olesen; Professor Dr. Jochen Dieter Range; Professor Dr. Jürgen Schiewe; Professor Dr. Karl-Heinz Spieß; Professor Dr. Werner Stegmaier; Professor Dr. Walter Werbeck; Professor Dr. Horst Wernicke; Professor Dr. Reinhard Wolf