Key Skills in Literary and Cultural Studies

This seminar will focus on some key skills that you develop and employ during your studies and beyond. We will ask how the central approaches to literary and cultural studies can be made productive outside of academia. Meeting professionals from fields such as film programming, curating, and publishing, you will get the opportunity to learn about different career paths. Building on these conversations, you will develop a plan for a creative/academic project that relates to your skills and interests. At the end of the semester, all students will present their project and show how diverse the career opportunities are for humanities graduates. Please note that we will visit Filmmuseum Potsdam, attend a screening of Potsdam’s Jewish Film Festival (6-11 May), and make a trip to the annual fair “Kleine Verlage am Großen Wannsee” at Literarisches Colloquium Berlin on Saturday, July 5th.