Korean Studies
The Koreanistik (in Austria: Korean Studies ) is an area of science whose research subject Korea forms in the broadest sense. Important topics are the Korean language , literature , culture (including art or music ) and history . Together with Sinology and Japanology, it belongs to the field of East Asian Studies . The Benedictine Andre Eckardt , who worked as a missionary in Korea for decades, is considered the founder of German Korean Studies .
Chairs of Korean Studies in Germany
There are chairs in Korean Studies at the following universities in Germany:
- Free University of Berlin ( website )
- Ruhr University Bochum ( website )
- Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University (Bonn, website )
- University of Hamburg ( website )
- Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen ( website )
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main ( website )
Chair of Koreanology in Austria
The study of Koreanology is offered in Austria at the following university: