Study group "Comparison and Transfer" (until 2012)

In its first sessions, this study group will discuss texts about the possibilities and the limits of comparison and about cultural transfer. Models from comparative studies and of transfer processes, ranging from Marc Bloch to Histoire croisée, are to be critically discussed.

In a second stage, the study group will examine the methodological instruments as to their value and their limits for the cluster projects involved in the working group. New approaches for the issues around “comparison and transfer” may also be suggested and discussed in the process. Interdisciplinary cooperation is particularly welcome.