- Selected, contemporary and/or historical topics and issues in human-animal studies, also in connection with music and sound
- Application in case studies from various musical idioms and cultures
- Integration of the topics into interdisciplinary perspectives
- Foundational concepts of the blue humanities
- Intersections and entanglements between human-animal studies and the blue humanities
- Animal music cultures and animal soundscapes in the oceans (and in water-bound environments in general)
- Teacher: Thilo Stute
- Teacher: Martin Ullrich