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Creating links, building bridges to Germanic culture with rigor and passion: this was the major objective of the "Founding Fathers", Professors Martien J.G. de Jong, Michel Hanot and Léo Somers, who created the Germanic section in September 1961. A lot has changed since then, in academia as in the world at large, but no matter where our lives take us, we always retain this part of our Namur and German identity: "I'm from Namur", "Were you at the Facs too?", "Ah, we miss the 5th floor!"On this webpage, we'd like to share with our alumni a few tributes to our founding fathers and their successors. We also offer a look back at our 50th anniversary celebrated in 2011, and some photos of our more recent activities. Please don't hesitate to contact us if you'd like to add your contact details so we can get in touch with you about activities, and/or if you'd like to help us organize activities in the future! Read an Alumni testimonial 50 years of Germa Join my alumni association Find out more about the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Home See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } The units See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Research See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Activities See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Mobility See content SVG .cls-1 { fill: #323232; stroke-width: 0px; } Contact See content

Set out to discover the privileged subjects of the archaeologist and art historian, and discover the works of art and material witnesses of the past and present! Training in art history and archaeology teaches you to identify all artistic and technical achievements, from their origins to the present day, to place them in context, to study the evolution of forms and their socio-cultural, political, economic, religious and aesthetic significance.

You're still under the spell of the book you've just finished. Such talent makes you dream. It gives you, once again, the desire to learn more about this beautiful French language, to discover its literature and authors, and to develop your analytical, critical and writing skills. Studying French and Romance languages and literature will give you the opportunity to develop all these skills and turn your passion into a powerful tool for professional integration.

"If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart." - Nelson Mandela Studying Germanic languages and literature offers you much more than mastering communication in Dutch, English or German. It also offers you a "journey" through the linguistic, literary, cultural, socio-political and media landscapes of Dutch-, English- or German-speaking countries, and enables you to acquire intercultural skills in high demand on the Belgian and international job markets.

Training rooted in the history of philosophy to serve an understanding of major contemporary issues: ecology, the commons, digital and technology, cinema, non-European thought...

Teachers and researchers at the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters contribute to developing the cultural dynamism of the Cité. Through cultural activities, publications and training courses, but also through interventions on request, their work is regularly embedded in the economic and social context of civil society.

Discover how the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters works: its organization, departments, administration and much more.

History explores the human past in all its complexity: societies, economies, political systems, religions, ideologies, the arts… It draws on the social sciences for the questions and methods that enable us to identify correlations, trace origins, and, in short, understand the human experience. History also looks to the future! To prepare for the future, you act today based on your knowledge of the past! 

Succeeding in a year of study at university involves many challenges.To help you meet them, UNamur accompanies you in the development of your disciplinary, methodological, human skills... with the support of many professionals.

Preparatory courses Discover university education and life at UNamur while revising the subjects essential for your future training.To get your first year of study off to a good start, at the end of August the Faculty of Philosophy and Humanities is offering sample courses and exercises that will enable you to: check your command of the French language, your ability to take notes and report on an oral presentation or a text;approach activities specific to philosophy; discover the demands of university life and the student profession; introduce you to the methodological principles of your discipline; confront your choices of disciplinary orientation. Discover the preparatory course program Do you have what it takes? Test your knowledge and skills with "Passeports pour le bac".At the start of your first year, "Passeports pour le bac" allow you to compare what you've learned with what your teachers expect.Following these tests, the Faculty offers you sessions and workshops to reinforce your:reading strategy;analysis of questions and construction of appropriate answers.You thus fill in any gaps and promote your success. Are your methods appropriate? To succeed in your first year, you need effective strategies.Working methods sessions are organized to familiarize you with university learning techniques:taking clear and comprehensive notes;summarizing and synthesizing material;understanding material in depth;memorizing large amounts of information;managing your time during class and blockade periods;organizing your work;anticipating teachers' requirements.In addition to these methodological sessions, your Faculty's Cellule d'Appui Pédagogique organizes individual assessment interviews after your tests and exams. If you request it, you can also benefit from personalized follow-up throughout the year.If you're experiencing difficulties with your study method in general, the Cellule Interfacultaire d'Appui pédagogique also offers individual follow-up. An advisor is on hand to review your study methods and techniques and help you improve them.Finally, on the eve of the first blockade, you can take part in an exchange and advice session with 2nd or 3rd year students under the supervision of the Cellule d'Appui Pédagogique. How can you consolidate your reading and writing skills? Learn to express yourself correctly in writing and deepen your understanding of texts.The Cellule d'Appui Pédagogique enables you to strengthen your skills in various areas:writing assignments and exam answersby language tests at the beginning of the year assessing spelling, vocabulary, syntax;by reinforcement sessions in workshops and through online exercises;by supervision of some of your written work: commented, individual and group corrections ;by organizing mock exams (November tests) ;by individual follow-up (by e-mail and face-to-face).reading and comprehension of university-level textsby a reading test at the beginning of the year;by reinforcement sessions on reading strategies.Special follow-up is provided for students whose mother tongue is not French. What resources are available to you? Central and department libraries, computer space and e-learning platform: valuable resources.At the central library ("BUMP" for Bibliothèque Universitaire Moretus Plantin), you can consult: catalogs, dictionaries, encyclopedias, bibliographies, literary works, CD-ROMs, databases... Rarer or specialized journals or books can be obtained on request.At the departmental library, located on the floor of your section, you have free access to most of the working tools you need: journals, special grammars and dictionaries, summary collections, scholarly studies, exemplary monographs, collections of published or manuscript sources and even sometimes microfilm reading devices. You'll also benefit from practical advice from more senior staff, and even from the professors occupying the adjoining offices.For writing up your assignments, familiarizing yourself with the various programs specific to your discipline and carrying out your research on the Internet, the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters puts a computer area at your disposal.And that's not all! Thanks to the WebCampus e-learning platform, you can download the documents that teachers make available to you, access discussion forums with other students, and ask your questions live...The WebCampus e-learning platform allows you to download the documents that teachers make available to you. Practice Check and clarify your understanding of the subject.Most specialty courses take the form of a dialogue with the teachers. In this way, you can check your understanding of the subject as you go along, and clarify it. Repetitions and quizzes are offered regularly.For all courses, lectures are enriched by the commented reading of articles or extracts from philosophical works. Thanks to your personal assignments, you directly confront the study of precisephilosophical questions, become familiar with research and are introduced to the philosophical dissertation. How can you prepare for the exams? Study regularly, acquire good methods, but also get to know the teachers' requirements and their way of questioning.In the first year, formative assessments are organized in early November on at least one of the most voluminous subjects. Teachers correct your papers, comment on them and organize group correction sessions. Following these assessments, the Cellule d'Appui Pédagogique organizes individual assessment interviews and offers more personalized follow-up, particularly in French.These tests do not play a part in the grades awarded at the end of the year. They are merely a training tool to help youaccount for the teachers' level of demand and judge the effectiveness of your work.Beyond the first year, you adapt your effort more effectively to the nature and importance of each subject in the program. As a result, you no longer benefit from regular quizzes, other than as part of tutorials. Exam organization January, June and, if necessary, August... three sessions to prove your mastery of the subjects.In January, you sit the exams on the 1st term courses. If you fail, you can retake the relevant exam in June and/or August. Three chances to succeed, but only in the first year. From the second year onwards, any exam failed in the January or June session is automatically carried over to the August session.According to the choice of the teachers, exams may be assessed either in writing or orally. Assessment procedures are specified during the first course and are detailed on the university website.Verification of knowledge gained from technical courses is almost continuous; it relies above all on your personal work completed during the year.You conclude your training by demonstrating, through your end-of-cycle work, the acquisition of personal reflection. Image Les études en Faculté de philosophie et lettres See content Image Etudier à l'UNamur See content Image Vie du campus See content