Antiquity and Modernity in a European Context

In your doctoral research, you explore and analyse relationships of individuals and groups to their social, material and transcendental world in ancient and modern European social systems.

The interdisciplinary doctoral programme Antiquity and Modernity in a European Context explores and analyzes the relationships of individuals and groups to their social, material and transcendental world in ancient and modern European social systems. Doctoral candidates are qualified to deal academically with these sociological, philosophical, political science and theological/religious issues in European cultures and societies and those that are or were closely related to Europe. Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches and working methods are required to analyze these interdisciplinary fields of research and issues. The doctoral training therefore combines theology, philosophy, religious, social, legal, political, linguistic, literary, cultural and ancient studies and interweaves both their methods and theories. Doctoral researchers are thus trained to become multipliers of socially relevant topics such as "tradition", "memory", "modernity", "individualization", "religion" and "culture" with historical depth of focus.

Visit the website of the GEWI faculty for further information on the application procedure.

Before applying for admission: Find a supervisor and a topic for your dissertation project.

You have not yet found a supervisor and/or selected a topic for your dissertation? Then read our tips for preparing for the doctorate here.

Step 1: Fill out the supervision agreement and the application for admission to the doctoral program (IMPORTANT: Please note the necessary annexes in the application for admission!)

Step 2: Complete the online pre-registration of the study department. Students with an active UNIGRAZonline account can submit the application directly via their personal start page in UNIGRAZonline under "My applications".

You can find further details on the admission process for this doctorate at https://gewi.uni-graz.at/de/studienservice/doktoratsstudium/zulassung-doktorat-antike/