Program Overview

Master's Program in Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies (M.A.)

The Master's program in Interdisciplinary Latin American Studies (M.A.) is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the region, its history, culture, and current developments.

Program Structure

The program is divided into several modules, including:

• Core Area
• Profile Area A: Historical-Cultural Action, Representations, and Interconnections
• Profile Area B: Transformation, Development, and Inequalities
• Profile Area C: Brazil in the Global Context
• Profile Area D: Gender Relations, Forms of Life, and Transformations (Profile Area D: Gender Relations, Forms of Life, and Transformations)
• Supplementary Area

Research Areas

The program focuses on various research areas, including:

• Milestones of the Constitution of Latin America
• Research Approaches to Historical-Cultural Action, Representations, and Interconnections
• Latin America from a Socio-Economic Perspective
• Current Debates in Brazil Research
• Decolonial and Intersectional Gender Perspectives on Latin America

Project Modules

The program includes project modules, where students develop, work on, and present a project over the course of a semester. The project seminars are designed to be practice-oriented and are offered in relation to current and scientifically relevant topics in and about Latin America.

Examples of Project Seminars

Previous project seminars have included:

• Chile 1973/2023: Historical and Current Perspectives in a Global Context
• Investigación sobre derechos reproductivos y sexuales en América Latina (Research on Reproductive and Sexual Rights in Latin America)
• Climate Crisis Research Laboratory: Transregional and Intersectional Interconnections

Career Perspectives

Graduates of the program have gone on to pursue careers in various fields, including:

• Dagmar Deutges, Project Officer at the Federal Foreign Office
• Tim Weichselfelder, DAF Teacher at the Goethe-Institut in Quito
• Katharina Diekmann, Advisor at the GIZ in Malawi
• Esther Stark, Project Coordinator at the Institute for International Cooperation
• Silvia Nebl, Project Representative
• Simon Plentinger, journalist
• Valeska Cordier, Public Relations Representative/Editor -Dr. Jennifer Chan, Postdoctoral Researcher at the Otto Suhr Institute -Dr. Sabina García Peter, Project Coordinator in the Academic Area