Research Projects

Transdisciplinary symposium and teacher development training: “The Fascination of the Nibelungs – Presence and teaching of a multimedia myth”

The Professorship of Medieval German Literature will be hosting a symposium on the presence of the Nibelung myth in schools, universities, and the general public from 23 to 25 September 2021 in collaboration with the Chair of German Literature and Language Education, placing a special focus on media diversity in the reception of the Nibelungs and the different didactic approaches that can be effective in teaching the “Song of the Nibelungs” at school.

BMBF-project “’Welfare Queens’ and ‘Losers’: a critical race and intersectional perspective on the U.S. American welfare state”

What power structures determine the U.S. welfare state? In the research project "'Welfare Queens' and 'Losers'", a team from the American Studies department at the University of Passau led by Dr. Grit Grigoleit is taking a closer look at racial and gender discrimination.

bidt-project "Vectors of Data Disclosure"

To what extent does our cultural background and the legal environment affect how willing we are to disclose our personal data? Does it for example make a difference if the data is transferred to another country—a common feature of many transactions?

Strategies for Skills Acquisition: Innovative Teaching Concepts in Teacher Training, digitally enhanced (SKILL.de)

Since 2016, in the project 'Strategies for Skills Acquisition: Innovative Teaching and Consultation Concepts in Teacher Training' (SKILL), scientists at the University of Passau have been working to close the gaps between scientific discipline, teaching methodology and educational sciences.

Narrative, expectation, experience: disability in contemporary European theatre and film

More and more often, characters with a disability are cast with individuals who have a genuine impairment. Having said that, the roles played in particular by people with a cognitive impairment in theatre and film is a topic that has hardly been researched much at all so far.

Behaviour guides as political media?

What is the right way to dress for particular occasions? What equipment do I need when travelling? How do I appropriately welcome my counterpart? Answers to these and many other questions can be found in "etiquette books", which were particularly popular in the decades around 1900.

Cuba Excursion - Diversity and Inclusion in Cuba

Student Excursion to the Caribbean Island Nation Becomes an Extraordinary Cultural Experience.

Embracing diversity - in dealing with a foreign culture, as well as in interacting with people with disabilities - was the central challenge of a student excursion to Cuba.

DFG-Conference: Disability from the perspective of cultural studies

"Inclusion, Integration, Differentiation" was the theme of the international congress organized by the Chair of Romanic Literatures and Cultures (Prof. Dr. Susanne Hartwig) in Passau. The focus was on disability as a topic in literature, cinema, and performing arts – a relatively unexplored research area that 18 scholars from six countries thoroughly explored in exchange.

DFG Conference: Disability in Literature, Film and Theatre

How do people with cognitive disabilities express themselves in the theatre? How is a film about visually impaired characters created in which they themselves take part? These and other questions will be addressed at a DFG conference on inclusion, integration and differentiation at the Chair of Romance Literatures and Cultures at the University of Passau.

DFG congress "Diversidad" – Cultural diversity in Spanish-language texts

How does literature deal with the topic of diversity? At the congress "Diversidad cultural – ficcional – ¿moral?", which was held at the University of Passau from 31 January to 3 February 2018, researchers sought to answer this question by analysing Spanish-language texts.