Currently, the areas of active research in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies are:
Germanic:
- Austrian literature
- Bilingualism
- Classical German literature
- Comparative literature
- Computer-assisted language learning
- Discourse analysis/conversation analysis
- German film
- Intercultural Learning
- Literary and cultural theories
- Literature and culture of the Weimar Republic
- Post-1945 German literature
- Second language acquisition theories
- Theatre