Workshops

In collaboration with the Research Training Group “Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures”, the Institute for English and American Studies is pleased to announce that Professor Vivian Liska will be visiting us at FAU. The director of Jewish Studies at the University...

Date: Oct. 10, 2024 (9 a.m.-6 p.m.) Location: 00.15 PSG, Kochstraße 6a, 91054 Erlangen When The Myths That Made America came out ten years ago, it had a wide-ranging impact as a new and timely introduction to the field of American Studies. With its systematic analyses of core foundational myths ...

The Chair for English Cultural and Literary Studies is pleased to announce Henk de Berg as this semester’s Researcher in Residence. 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. Henk de Berg will spend the week of July 8th through July 12th at FAU and host or participate in various teaching and discussion formats...

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.

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...

While the topic of work is well established in cultural studies (e.g. Lillge), literary studies has been more resistant to explorations of one of life’s dominant realities. With our workshop, we wish to address this research lacuna and explore the representation of feminised forms of work in contemporary literature.