Research profile Field of Focus III
Cultural Dynamics in Globalised Worlds
Field of Focus 3 brings together the research activities of the three humanities faculties at Heidelberg University. The humanities investigate the cultural world with regard to language, history and religion, but also fictional worlds of imagination in literature and art as well as belief systems, norms and val-ues. The Field of Focus “Cultural Dynamics in Globalized Worlds” is characterized by Heidelberg's spe-cial approach to regional studies and the unusual diversity of so-called “small subjects”.
The research focus areas of cultural heritage, knowledge research, transformation processes and lin-guistic interaction bring together a large number of institutions, disciplines, projects and people. Build-ing on the research focus areas, the three priority areas “Humans and Machines”, “Humans and the Environment” and “Humans and Humans” have been established as hubs for ideas and interdiscipli-nary collaboration since 2025.
The Heidelberg Center for Digital Humanities (HCDH), the Area Studies Centers and collection research play a particularly important role in shaping the profile of research in FoF 3 across the focus areas and priority areas.
The Research Council coordinates the research activities and the further development of the priority areas in Field of Focus 3.
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Institutions
Three faculties, numerous institutes and central research institutions, a DFG Collaborative Research Centre and extra-university cooperation partners work together in Field of Focus 3. In particular, the research pillars transcultural studies, area studies and cultural heritage studies form the basis for cooperation across institutional boundaries.
Research Council FoF 3
The Research Council coordinates the academic development of the FoF by identifying new research questions, bringing together complementary expertise and promoting innovative projects through start-up funding. It also actively supports young researchers and advises the Rectorate in all research matters.
