Fundamental aspects of the FSGS membership are regulated by the Graduate School’s regulations.

Who is a member of the Graduate School?

• Faculty responsible for the Graduate School’s application
• Faculty conducting the doctoral studies program full-time as teachers and dissertation supervisors
• Doctoral candidates admitted to the doctoral studies program for Literary Studies without any fixed term limitation

Who can become a member of the Graduate School?

• Faculty members of Freie Universität Berlin or Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin who are qualified to give exams can be nominated by colleagues at any time via the school’s Executive Board.
• Doctoral candidates who are not funded through the Graduate School as long as they fulfill the admission requirements according to §§ 3, 4 in the doctoral studies regulations.

What are the members’ rights and obligations?

• General meeting: The general meeting takes place once a year and offers recommendations concerning Graduate School matters. The board develops suggestions based on the decisions taken during the general meeting.
• Election of the board and the director: Every four years, members of the Graduate School elect a director as well as two to four board members from our full-time faculty. Each year, doctoral candidates select a voting member from the doctoral candidates to the board.
• All members are entitled to submit requests to the board.

Other services for members:

FSGS members (faculty staff, scholars, alumni or guests) are actively involved in the school and have access to the following FSGS opportunities:

Support for organizing events

FSGS members receive financial and administrative support to organize events, provided their integration into the FSGS framework has been sufficiently clarified. More information can be found here.

Use of the FSGS Seminar Room (JK 33/121) for courses and workshops

FSGS members can use seminar room JK 33/121, which is equipped with a video conferencing (VC) system, for their own events and workshops. Reservations are made through the administrative office.

Advice and support from the administrative office

The FSGS office provides advice to members on promoting early-career researchers, conflict resolution, and protection against discrimination. Please contact the Managing Director regarding these or any other questions.

Support for inviting visiting scholars

The FSGS has workspaces available that can be assigned to visiting scholars invited by FSGS members for the duration of their stay, depending on availability. Please direct any such requests to the administrative office.

Hosting PostDoc projects

There is the possibility of hosting externally funded PostDoc projects at the FSGS. Project members will be provided with workspaces and receive administrative support from the office. For further information, please contact the Managing Director.