Dec 18 – Slavery Reconsidered: Colson Whitehead’s _The Underground Railroad_ and Other Recent Representations 🗓
Jutta Zimmermann (Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel) Dec 18, 2018, 9.40-11.10 a.m., Room 328 (Campus Germersheim, FB 06) In recent years, slavery has been the topic of a whole number of popular literary texts and films. Compared to earlier representations,...
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Dec 13 – Leaving the Land Before Time: The Planetary Presence of Indigenous World Literatures 🗓
Vanessa Evans (York University, Canada) December 13, 2018, 12-1 p.m., 02.102 (Philo II) Too often, the pull of the policy audience has resulted in decolonization being enlisted as a hollow metaphor that seeks to reconcile settler complicity and secure settler...
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CANCELED // Nov 28 – Whitman’s Sexual Politics 🗓
Russ Castronovo (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Nov 28, 2018, 4-6 p.m., P 103 (Philosophicum) Russ Castronovo is Tom Paine Professor of English and Dorothy Draheim Professor of American Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA, where he is also...
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Nov 22-23 – Interdisciplinary Symposium: Aging Cultures/Cultures of Aging 🗓
Aging Cultures – Cultures of Aging Interdisciplinary Symposium Nov 22, 2018, 6-8 p.m. Nov 23, 2018, 10.30 a.m.-4.30 p.m. Philosophicum II, room 00.212 Keynotes by Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Kunow (Potsdam) and Dr. Scott King (Winchester, VA, USA) Everybody welcome! Download...
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Nov 22 – Annual Obama Lecture & Award Ceremony 🗓
Gabriele Rippl (University of Bern, Switzerland) “Picture This! Transcultural American Literature in the Digital Age” Nov 22, 2018, 12 noon-2 p.m. Senatssaal (7th floor, Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät) On Nov 22, Prof. Dr. Gabriele Rippl will give the annual Obama...
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Nov 21 – Unternehmen und Akteure (Workshop) 🗓
Research Group "Transnational Periodical Cultures" Unternehmen und Akteure (Workshop II) Nov 21, 2018, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Campus Germersheim (Raum 117, Sitzungsraum) The research group "Transnational Periodical Cultures" (Jutta Ernst, Dagmar von Hoff, Bjørn von...
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Nov 12 – The 2018 Elections in the United States: Causes and Consequences 🗓
Sean Theriault (University of Texas, Austin) Nov 12, 2018, 12 noon-2 p.m., P 102 (Philosophicum) You can download the poster for the event here. The event is organized...
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Workshop for PhD Students (Transnational Periodical Cultures) 🗓
Transnational Periodical Cultures Workshop for PhD Students Jan 23, 2019, 10-16 Philosophicum II (Ground Floor, Conference Room) On January 23, 2019, the research group Transnational Periodical Cultures will hold a workshop for PhD students where the participants'...
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Studying Abroad – Info Sessions 🗓
On Oct 24, Nov 6, and Nov 27 the Department and the Obama Institute will hold info sessions on their various exchange programs. Please find more details regarding each session on this flyer here....
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Oct 23/24 – Four Lectures by Dr. Justyna Fruzinska (U of Lodz) 🗓
The ERASMUS Exchange Lecturer Dr. Justyna Fruzinska (University of Lodz, Poland) will give four lectures in various seminars on Oct 23 and 24. Everyone is welcome! You can find the list of talks below and on this poster here. Identity and Masculinity in Ernest...
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Oct 17 – Markets, Standardization and Adaptation (Workshop) 🗓
Research Group "Transnational Periodical Cultures" Markets, Standardization and Adaptation (Workshop I) Oct 17, 2018, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Senatssaal (NatFak, 07-232) The research group "Transnational Periodical Cultures" (Jutta Ernst, Dagmar von Hoff, Bjørn von Rimscha,...
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Oct 16 – The Self-Written Epitaph: Chinese Autobiographical Writing 🗓
Wang Ying (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing) Oct 16, 2018, 4-6 p.m., P 7 (Philosophicum) Dr. Ying WANG is a Research Fellow, Associate Professor and Master’s Supervisor at the Institute of Literature at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Her main...
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