MA Global East Asia (MAGEA) • Department of History and Cultural Studies

MAGEA in a Nutshell

What is MAGEA?

The MA Global East Asia (MAGEA) is a two-year consecutive, research-oriented, English taught master’s program.

What makes MAGEA special?

MAGEA’s classes provide a multi-layered and interdisciplinary perspective on the cultures, history, politics and societies of Korea, Japan and China. They are multi-layered, because they attend to the local, national, regional and global interconnections in and of East Asia. They are interdisciplinary, because they bring together Korean Studies, Japanese Studies, Chinese Studies, Political Science, Economics and Historical Studies.

Is MAGEA right for you?

If you have studied Japan, Korea, China or East Asian Studies in your BA program and want to broaden your focus towards the regional level and its global embeddedness, you are right at MAGEA. If you have studied East Asia in your BA and want to focus your expertise on one or more of the region's countries, then you are also right at MAGEA. As a consecutive program, MAGEA brings together students with expertise in one single East Asian country or with regional expertise on East Asia.

Our Program

The MA Global East Asia’s program teaches you both discipline-specific and multidisciplinary theoretical and methodological competencies that enable you not only to address complex interdisciplinary issues but also to productively engage with the field of study of ‘global East Asia’ in its historical and contemporary development and to reflect on it from a comparative perspective.

In the course of the MAGEA program, you will acquire the necessary methodological, interdisciplinary and linguistic competencies for consciously dealing with your chosen focus country (China, Japan, Korea) and the entire region of East Asia and its global entanglements. By engaging with manifold source material on historical, political, economic, social, cultural and linguistic developments, you will strengthen both your intercultural competencies and your creative, independent and responsible action as well as your openness to issues of gender and diversity research.

The successful completion of the MAGEA’s program qualifies you to take up doctoral studies and pursue an academic career as well as giving you access to other career pathways related to East Asia. The international orientation of the master's program provides you with excellent prospects on the international job market.

Admission to the MAGEA program always starts in the winter semester. In general, the application period runs from April 15 - Mai 31 of the year in which the studies are to be taken up.

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Some more reasons to study here

Connect across institutions

MAGEA students benefit from numerous partnerships and collaborations, in Berlin and in the East Asia region. The program cooperates with renowned universities and research institutes in Germany and abroad. Places for short- and long-term stays at most prestigious universities in China, Japan and Korea are regularly available to our students, some of which are equipped with scholarships.

Go beyond disciplinary borders

The program has a genuine area studies profile: A unique breadth of subjects related to East Asia comes together under the roof of the Department of History and Cultural Studies. As a student in this program, you gain access to an extensive academic and professional network, connect with fellow students from related master's programs, and network with internationally acclaimed scholars from the three participating disciplines.

Department of History and Cultural Studies

Tailor your program

The program not only provides you with a solid methodological basis for interdisciplinary work, it distinguishes itself through its flexibility and a broad range of electives in all areas of study. This allows you to tailor your curriculum to your personal interests and career aspirations within an interdisciplinary context.

Our program's curricular structure

Become part of an international network

In the past years, the Freie Universität has expanded its excellent international network of teaching and research, e.g., through its liaison office in Beijing and by establishing strategic partnerships.

Explore Berlin, academic and otherwise

Berlin as a location offers a unique network of scholarly and cultural institutions. Due to numerous research centers, political institutions, think tanks, start-ups, consulting agencies, museums, media companies and other company branches, there are many opportunities for internships and initial professional experiences for young MAGEA scholars.

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Contact

For questions, or if you want to set up an appointment, please contact us by email at global-east-asia@geschkult.fu-berlin.de

Our program coordinator:

Susanne Ebermann

Freie Universität Berlin

Department of History and Cultural Studies

Hittorfstr. 18

14195 Berlin

Room 0.13

Tel. +49 30 838 75034