Common ground is essential for successfully coordinating and carrying out any joint activity. CRC 1718 is a multi-disciplinary effort, anchored in linguistics, towards a better understanding, wider applicability and empirical validation of notions of common ground. It is structured around three core areas: Cognition - Grammar - Communication.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Britta Stolterfoht – German Department, German Linguistics

Funding Period: 01 October 2025 - 30 September 2029

The CRC will study the actions and artefacts of premodern, alternative aesthetics and examine art terms, artistic concepts and related actions from eras before the term 'aesthetics' was coined in Germany in the 18th century. It also aims to consolidate current debates surrounding the relevance of aesthetics with a deeper historical perspective and methodology, with a view to gaining a better understanding of current issues in art and society.

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Annette Gerok-Reiter - Institute of German Language and Literature

Funding Period: 1 June 2019 - 30 June 2027

The focus of SFB 1070 is the socio-cultural dynamics deriving from the use of resources. Resources are defined as the tangible and intangible means by which actors create, sustain or alter social relations, units or identities. The joint research is conducted by a close cooperation between archaeologies, philologies, historical sciences, geography as well as Social and Cultural Anthropology.

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Martin Bartelheim - Institute of Prehistory and Medieval Archaeology

Funding Period: 1 October 2013 - 30 June 2025

Participating in this research alliance:

Catholic Theology (Professorship Middle and Modern Church History), Faculty of Protestant Theology (Professorship Church History), Faculty of Law (Professorship for Public Law), Faculty of Medicine (Department for the Ethics of Medicine), Faculty of Humanities (Institute of Asian and Orintal Studies, Institute of German Language and Literatures, Institute of English Language and Literatures, Department of History, Institute of Philology, Institute of Media Studies) and Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences (Institute of Political Science, Ludwig-Uhland Department for Historical and Cultural Anthropology).

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Mischa Meier – Institute of Ancient History

Funding Period: 1 July 2011 - 30 June 2023

This CRC is a joint project including linguists – theoretical linguists, specialists in particular languages and computational linguists – as well as cognitive scientists and literary scholars.

Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Sigrid Beck – Institute of English Languages and Literatures

Funding Period: 1 July 2009 - 30 September 2021