The articles in this collection relate to the field of Intercultural Communication. Three separate aspects are covered: the first aspect concerns the theoretical justification, nature, content and methodology of this new discipline. The Munich University Program in Intercultural Communication, founded in 1996, serves as an example of the problems and risks, but also the chances of such an undertaking. The second aspect is research and is dedicated to the possibilities for expanding and modernizing – in the sense of global changes – European ethnology with theoretical elements and empirical approaches from Intercultural Communication. The third aspect is broadly profiled and includes works that concern specific contexts of intercultural communication.