This lecture is part of the seminar “Introduction to Autobiography/Life Writing”.
January 29, 2016; 10am – 12 noon (c.t.)
SBII 02-432
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Download the poster here.
The Atlantic Academy and the Transnational American Studies Institute at Mainz University jointly invite you to this event.
December 15, 2015; 4-6 pm
Senatssaal NatFak-Gebäude
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
For indigenous communities in the U.S. and around the globe, the question of rights has been a central one. In recent debates, this question has been closely connected to issues of land and water rights, as well as to concepts of indigenous sovereignty.
Margaret Stephenson (University of Queensland, Australia), a renowned expert in comparative indigenous law, will compare current debates on indigenous rights in Australia and North America, looking both at the specificity of national histories and at the possibility of a comparative, transnational perspective on indigenous rights.
For more information, download the poster here.
CALL FOR PAPERS
The American Short Story: An Expansion of the Genre
A Symposium of the American Literature Association organized by
The Society for the Study of the American Short Story (SSASS)
October 20-22, 2016
Hyatt Hotel, Savannah, GA
The Society for the Study of the American Short Story (SSASS) requests proposals for papers and presentations at an international symposium on the short story to be held in Savannah, October 20-22, 2016, at the Hyatt Hotel.
Proposals need be only a single page with one paragraph that describes the subject of the paper and another that gives the credentials of the speaker. In addition to traditional panels, the symposium will also hold discussion forums, seminar conversations, and roundtable sessions. Creative writers are also invited to present work in progress. All papers will also be considered for publication in the first volume of the new Society journal scheduled to appear in 2018.
A central focus of the symposium will be the expansion of the genre through the discovery of new writers from all racial and ethnic groups, the development of innovative types of stories (flash fiction, micro-fiction, and other forms), the recovery of fiction published in languages other than English, and the reconsideration of the contributions of other writers to the expansion of the genre. Close readings of stories by any American author are appropriate as are broad discussions of historical periods and movements. Examinations of the contributions of minority authors are especially welcome as are explorations of stories originally written in languages other than English.
The Savannah symposium will be followed a year later by an international conference in Germany, October 26-29, 2017, directed by Professor Oliver Scheiding, University of Mainz. More details about this event will be posted on the society website late in 2016.Please send all proposals and program suggestions for the Savannah symposium to the president of the society, Jim Nagel, at jnagel@uga.edu.
Deadline for proposals: July 1, 2016
Dowload the full CfP here.
+++ UPDATE +++
You can now download the speeches given by PD Dr. Gessner and Prof. Achilles in honor of Prof. Herget and
Prof. Lubbers:
Laudatio Professor Herget and Slides
Laudatio Professor Lubbers
Also, Prof. Kelleter kindly sent a video message with greetings (in German) which you can watch here.
11/26/2015
10:15am-3:45pm, Philosophicum, Hörsaal P5
The faculty and staff of the Transnational American Studies Institute are pleased to invite to this year’s Karl Dietz Memorial Lecture on Thursday, 26 November 2015. It is a great pleasure to combine this annual event with a symposium in honor of two eminent members of Mainz American Studies, Professor Winfried Herget and Professor Klaus Lubbers, to celebrate their 80th birthday. We have selected Thanksgiving for this special occasion to recognize the important achievements of these American Studies scholars.
Lectures:
Prof. David Hall (Harvard University): “New Life in Old Bones? The State of ‛Puritan Studies’ in America and Britain“ (10:15am-11:45pm)
Prof. Julie Rak (University of Alberta): “Mountaineering and First Nations People: Min Aodla Freeman“ (2:15-3:45pm)
For more information, please see the flyer.
(the founder of Narrative Medicine)
December 2, 2015; 6.30 pm
Hörsaal 19, Anatomie
Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
From the twentieth century to the twenty-first century, the interpretative models and spaces of action in medicine have shifted from observing and influencing biological processes towards the biological and technological shaping of health and disease. Examples are manifold: assisted reproduction, prenatal diagnostics, organ transplantation, longevity and dying – in all of these boundary experiences, the role of medicine has changed fundamentally and has influenced the ways in which we conceptualize and deal with human life.
These developments have also resulted in new approaches to explaining and understanding human life and life narratives in social and cultural studies (life writing). As a result, the field of the humanities with its expertise in narratives and interpretation has increasingly been incorporated in biomedical research and health care. The inter-disciplinary graduate program is dedicated to investigate the complexities of narrativity and narratability between the life sciences and life writing.
Greg Robinson is Professor of History at the Université du Québec À Montréal, Canada and Obama Fellow. He is visiting the University of Mainz in May and will give several lectures dealing with a variety of topics.
A preliminary program can be downloaded here.