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  1. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.10.2023
    REMINDER CFP Conference: Undoing Knowledge. Stories of Knowledge Formation in the Long Nineteenth Century.
    Submitted by: Carolin Loyens

    Two-day Workshop at the Department of Literary Studies KU Leuven, Faculty of Arts December 14-15, 2023 Decades of scholarship on the mechanisms of knowledge formation have generated a wide awareness that the transhistorical...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 17 more
    Created on: 06.10.2023
  2. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 15.10.2023
    Undoing Knowledge. Stories of Knowledge Formation in the Long Nineteenth Century.
    Submitted by: Carolin Loyens

    Decades of scholarship on the mechanisms of knowledge formation have generated a wide awareness that the transhistorical nature of knowledge and authoritative statements of truth need to be approached critically. It has become a truism that...

    Fields of research Literary historiography,  Interdisciplinarity,  Literature and cultural studies and 3 more
    Created on: 19.09.2023
  3. Category: Academic positions
    Application deadline: 13.07.2020
    PhD position - Literary Knowledge (1890-1950): Popular Astronomy, KU Leuven
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    The MDRN research centre houses about 30 experts in the expanding field of modernism studies. It unites scholars from various languages and disciplines. The centre offers an exciting environment that allows young scholars to pursue their individual...

    Fields of research Literature and natural science,  Literature of the 19th century,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 15.06.2020
  4. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 06.03.2020
    Writing a Cosmos: European Literature and Popular Astronomy, 1890-1950
    Submitted by: Christoph Richter-Rodiek

    The symposium Writing a Cosmos: European Literature and Popular Astronomy (February 6, KU Leuven) investigates the relationship between literature and astronomy during the modernist period (1890-1950) in Europe, addressing the vast literary...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  French literature and 2 more
    Created on: 09.01.2020
  5. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) / University of Leuven
    Popular Astronomy
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Popular Astronomy is a subproject of the larger research programme, Literary Knowledge, 1890-1950: Modernisms and the Sciences in Europe , funded by the KU Leuven Research Council. This project aims to arrive at a better understanding of the...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literature and natural science and 2 more
    Created on: 06.09.2019
  6. Category: Priority Programmes
    Institutions: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) / University of Leuven
    Literary Knowledge (1890-1950): Modernisms and the Sciences in Europe
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Literary Knowledge (1890-1950): Modernisms and the Sciences in Europe studies literature’s epistemic status during the modernist period. It homes in on writing from different registers (highbrow, avant-garde, middlebrow and more popular forms of...

    Fields of research Literature and natural science,  Literature of the 19th century,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 06.09.2019
  7. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven) / University of Leuven
    Writing a Cosmos: Modernist Popular Astronomy in British and German Prose Fiction
    Submitted by: Christoph Richter-Rodiek

    Popular Astronomy is a subproject of the larger research programme, Literary Knowledge, 1890-1950: Modernisms and the Sciences in Europe , funded by the KU Leuven Research Council. This project aims to arrive at a better understanding of the...

    Fields of research Narratology,  Literature and natural science,  Literature of the 20th century
    Created on: 16.08.2019