The conference features master students analyzing characters and narratives from various movies and literary works. Delving into the depths of these portrayals, we uncover the complexities of monstrosity in its diverse forms, offering fresh perspectives on classic and contemporary texts. Join us as ...
The seminar "Chinatowns and Little Indias" invites all interested students to an EXPERT LAB with Gisela Ecker.
Based on the short story "Mrs. Sen's" from Jhumpa Lahiri's short story collection "Interpreter of Maladies" (2000), we will ask how things and food produce "locality" in contexts of de- ...
Venedig sei die unwahrscheinlichste der Städte, lesen wir in Thomas Manns berühmter Künstlernovelle Der Tod in Venedig (1912) eine Behauptung, die nach wie vor mit nicht allzu großem Widerspruch zu rechnen hat. Denn in der Tat: Die Serenissima ist eine städtebauliche Kuriosität sondergleichen, ihre Entstehung in den Fluten des adriatischen Meeres präsentiert sich dem gesunden menschlichen Verstand als irritierende Aberration. Vor allem deswegen fasziniert uns die Lagunenstadt, vor allem deswegen ist sie wie wohl kaum eine andere über die Jahrhunderte hinweg bereist, beschrieben, gemalt, fotografiert und auf Film gebannt worden.
The Researcher in Residence is a format designed as an opportunity for students and staff alike to form connections with internationally renowned researchers. The idea is to go beyond the usual types of classes and to be able to get up close and personal with the researcher both on the topic(s) of their research but also their experience in academia in their field and their country. We are excited to launch this project this semester and look forward to many more Researchers in Residence in the future. Kicking us off as our first guest is Kristin Mahoney.
Guest Lecture: Brad Prager (Catherine Paine Middlebush Chair of Humanities, Professor of German and Film Studies, University of Missouri)
Brad Prager will give a guest lecture on the topic The Shoah on Screen, focusing on feature films and their role in the collective memory of the Holocaust. The I...
Guest Lecture: Andrea Schlosser (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, English and American Studies)
Andrea Schlosser will give a guest lecture on the topic Transgenerational Memory in Art Spiegelman’s Maus, discussing the specifics of the graphic novel as a genre for representation of second-generation memory ...
Identität und gesellschaftliche Partizipation werden nach wie vor mit Arbeit und Beruf verknüpft. Darüber hinaus werden Berufe durch soziale Differenzierungen geprägt und modellieren in der praktischen beruflichen Arbeit zugleich gesellschaftliche Differenzsetzungen.
Die interdiszip...
Dennis Henneböhl’s dissertation on nostalgia in Brexit Britain has just been published by Brill | Fink) as part of the series inter/media. The book shows that nostalgia not only played a decisive role in the outcome of the 2016 Brexit referendum – where it was most pointedly expressed in the infamou...
Join us for a very special performance of Shakespeare’s poignant narrative poem, The Rape of Lucrece (1594). Actress Elena Pellone will offer a dramatic performance of the poem at the Experimentiertheater, Bismarckstr. 1, on 7 November 2023. The performance starts at 4 pm and will be followed by a d...
An alle Professor:innen, Mitarbeiter:innen und Student:innen des Instituts für Anglistik und Amerikanistik ergeht herzliche Einladung zur öffentlichen Antrittsvorlesung von Prof. Dr. Claudia Lillge: "Die Rückkehr der Wölfe nach Yellowstone: Zur transnationalen Kulturgeschichte eines Iconic Animal"
