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  1. Anna Stemmann
    University or institution: Universität Leipzig
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Gender Studies/Queer Studies; Ecocriticism; Literature and cultural studies; Children's and young adult literature

  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.08.2024
    „Interferenzen in gegenwartsliterarischen Verfahren der Zeitdarstellung. Postmigration, Posthumanismus und Weird Fiction im Dialog“ (Germanistentag 2025)
    Submitted by: Philipp Ohnesorge

    Philipp Ohnesorge, Eckhard Schumacher, Hannah Willcox (Universität Greifswald) CfP: „Interferenzen in gegenwartsliterarischen Verfahren der Zeitdarstellung. Postmigration, Posthumanismus und Weird Fiction im Dialog“ Panel auf dem 28....

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 7 more
    Created on: 04.07.2024
  3. Category: Lecture series
    Beginning: 15.04.2025
    Ringvorlesung. Das frühneuzeitliche Frauenzimmer (Literatur der Frühen Neuzeit und ihre kulturellen Kontexte. Vierzehnte Folge), Bochum
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Das frühneuzeitliche Frauenzimmer (Literatur der Frühen Neuzeit und ihre kulturellen Kontexte. Vierzehnte Folge), Bochum Ringvorlesung an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum im Sommersemester 2024 Montag 12–14 Uhr, HGB 20 Veranstaltet von...

    Fields of research Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and cultural studies and 4 more
    Created on: 12.04.2024
  4. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 26.04.2024
    Postdoctorant-e : Représentations sexuées et genrées du « féminin » dans les albums de jeunesse/ Sexual and Gendered Representations of the “Feminine” in Picturebooks
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Intitulé du poste : Postdoctorant-e Catégorie : A Affectation et localisation du poste : Clermont-Ferrand – Université Clermont Auvergne – CELIS Poste à...

    Fields of research French literature,  Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 5 more
    Created on: 26.02.2024
  5. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 03.03.2024
    Magical Things, Haunted Objects II: The Clock Strikes Back! Gender and Object-Oriented Ontology in German Women’s Literature up to 1918
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Pre-20th Century Panel, Women in German Conference, Online, October 24-26, 2024 “Nur was uns anschaut sehen wir...”--Franz Hessel, “Spazieren in Berlin” In Annette von Droste Hülshoff’s Die Judenbuche, the eponymous tree stands as a silent...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 4 more
    Created on: 09.02.2024
  6. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 26.01.2024
    Secular Saints: Practices of Awe and Veneration in Hagiography and Pop-Culture
    Submitted by: Juliane Prade-Weiss

    Saints, holy people, and the “Very Special Dead” have been central to religious worship, the rise of Christianity, and the popularity of mystery cults from Antiquity until today. Yet celebrated individuals who epitomise cultural values are not...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and cultural studies and 1 more
    Created on: 18.01.2024
  7. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
    Neue Schöpfung? – Aitiologische Rezeptionen der Genesiserzählung in frühchristlichen Diskursen über Kosmos, Mensch und Geschlecht
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Die als Anfang der Bibel überlieferte Erzählung von der Erschaffung der Welt und des Menschen durch Gott und dem Verlust des Paradieses (Gen 1-3) hat für Judentum und Christen­tum fundamentale Bedeutung. Der Text und die damit fixierte Vorstellung...

    Fields of research Textual criticism, editing, codicology,  Reader-response criticism,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies and 2 more
    Created on: 17.01.2024
  8. Category: Lecture series
    Beginning: 25.01.2024
    Lecture Series: Border Temporalities. Doing Literature in a World of Walls - Vibha Maurya: The Tragedy of Building Walls between Nations, Religions and Genders: Geetanjali Shree's Playful Response in "Tomb of Sand" (2018)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Organised by Susanne Klengel, project Border Temporalities and/in Literature , Research Area 1: "Competing Communities" in cooperation with the Institute of Latin American Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin . This event is part of the...

    Fields of research South Asian literature,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Postcolonial studies and 4 more
    Created on: 08.01.2024
  9. Category: Professorships
    Application deadline: 01.12.2023
    Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position in German at Bowdoin College
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Bowdoin College’s Department of German invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty appointment in German studies at the Assistant Professor level, beginning July 1, 2024. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Ecocriticism and 4 more
    Created on: 24.11.2023
  10. Category: Various (summer schools etc.)
    Beginning: 23.08.2024
    Summer School: New Approaches and Methods for Research in Children’s Media
    Submitted by: Iris Schäfer

    The Summer School: New Approaches and Methods for Research in Children’s Media will be held at the Academy of Sciences and Literature in Mainz (Germany) and aims at students interested in Children’s and YA-media in Germany and abroad. Numerous...

    Fields of research Digital Humanities,  Didactics of Literature,  Literary theory and 10 more
    Created on: 21.11.2023
  11. Category: CfP/CfA publications
    Abstract submission deadline: 30.04.2024
    Gendered Allegories: Origen of Alexandria and the Representation of the Feminine in Patristic Literature (CFP)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    CALL FOR PAPERS for a topical issue of Open Theology GENDERED ALLEGORIES: ORIGEN OF ALEXANDRIA AND THE REPRESENTATION OF THE FEMININE IN PATRISTIC LITERATURE "Open Theology” (https://www.degruyter.com/opth) invites...

    Fields of research Feminist studies,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and theology/study of religions and 2 more
    Created on: 13.11.2023
  12. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.02.2024
    Post/Modern Subversion and Textual Rebellion
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    What happens when literature–and even language–is used for subversion? When authors write in response to political action, literature functions as a tool. When authors represent their times and their worlds, literature functions symbolically. When...

    Fields of research Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and sociology,  Literature and law and 6 more
    Created on: 13.11.2023
  13. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.12.2023
    Activating Margins: Destabilizing the Canon from the Periphery – 16th Ohio State German Graduate Student Conference
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    February 23rd – 24th, 2024 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mari Jarris, Department of German Studies, Cornell University In geology, active margins are where edges of tectonic plates meet and cause friction as well as develop new formations....

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Didactics of Literature,  Deconstruction and 3 more
    Created on: 10.11.2023
  14. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 08.01.2024
    Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur 2024, Leipzig
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    36. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Kinder- und Jugendliteraturforschung (GKJF) e.V. vom 06. bis 08. Juni 2024 in der Universität Leipzig Aufbrüche, Umbrüche, Transformationen in Kinder- und Jugendmedien Ob aufgezwungen, ersehnt,...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Gender Studies/Queer Studies,  Literature and sociology and 2 more
    Created on: 27.10.2023
  15. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.01.2024
    4th International Conference on the Philosophy of Language, Literature, and Linguistics, Manisa, Turkey
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The 4th International Conference on the Philosophy of Language, Literature, and Linguistics, to be held by 9-11 May, 2024 in Manisa, Turkiye, as did its predecessors, aims to bring together academics of language studies in sharing their scholarly...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Literary theory,  Feminist studies and 5 more
    Created on: 23.10.2023