The US author and current Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the Institute of American Studies Leipzig, Rajesh Parameswaran, reads from his short story collection “I am an Executioner: Love Stories”. Rajesh Parameswaran was born in Chennai, India and moved to the United States as an infant. His works have appeared in Granta, McSweeney’s, and Zoetrope: All-Story […]
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The 6th American Studies Leipzig Grad Conference is less than a week away – on April 28/29, contributions from emerging scholars in the field of American Studies investigate diverse representations and conceptions of dissent: – Literature as (a Form of) Dissent – Challenging the Limits of Legal Resistance – Representations of National Identity in Acts […]
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Weltweit stellt Behinderung seit Jahrhunderten einen wichtigen Forschungsgegenstand in der Wissenschaft, insbesondere der Medizin und Pädagogik, dar. Dabei bleiben behinderte Menschen und ihre eigenen Sichtweisen auf Behinderung jedoch oftmals ungehört. Mit den Disability Studies gibt es seit den 1980er Jahren eine neue wissenschaftliche Richtung, die versucht diese vorherrschenden Strukturen kritisch zu hinterfragen. Sie spricht sich […]
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The network ‘Weiter Sehen’ has officially moved to outer space and the realm of utopia: The upcoming, sixth workshop-conference of the group of researchers from cultural, literary, and social studies will be (mainly) focusing on the TV series Star Trek. In interrogating this and other science-fiction series from an interdisciplinary perspective, the conference inquires into the potentially […]
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Mobbing, Verunglimpfung, Hatespeech — Herabsetzung scheint ein Phänomen unserer Zeit zu sein. Tatsächlich zieht sie sich jedoch durch die Jahrhunderte und kulturellen Kontexte hindurch. Dabei zeigt sich immer wieder, dass Herabsetzung weit mehr als eine zufällige Entgleisung ist und offenbar sehr viel damit zu tun hat, wie Gesellschaften funktionieren. Das neue, von der […]
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We are happy to announce the recent publication of the COPAS special issue “Dis-eased: Critical Approaches to Disability and Illness in American Studies,” which is guest edited by Gesine Wegner (Dresden) and Tanja Reiffenrath (Göttingen). The issue critically and productively engages with the sense of dis-ease – the frictions, anxieties, and discomfort – which illness and […]
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Please note that Prof. Giloy’s guest lecture on January 25 (see last post) is taking place at BZW A/538. Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow!
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On January 25, Associate Professor Eva Giloi from Rutgers University-Newark is giving a guest lecture titled “Mapping Shame: Invectives and Urban Renewal in the Great Society.” When: January 25, 14:30-16:00 p.m. Where: BZW/A 538 Prof. Giloi’s lecture focuses on how the invective of shame was used by power holders in 1960’s Newark to advance urban renewal. […]
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The Summer Course in Narrative Study (SINS) is a six days intensive program that brings together PhD-students, doctoral students, faculty members and internationally leading scholars in a multi-disciplinary, international discussion of existing and emerging concepts and approaches in the broad field of narrative study. In a combination of lectures by the invited key notes, project […]
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Notions of progress have remained pivotal to North American identities and academia. Discussions range from how “progress” may be evaluated empirically to whether the concept is a useful theoretical tool at all. Particularly in North America, competing perceptions of progress remain a driving force behind public and political discourses. The 11th Graduate Conference hosted by […]
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