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  1. Category: Workshops, seminars
    Beginning: 06.06.2024
    European Centers and Peripheries in the Political Novel
    Submitted by: Georgia Lummert

    When analyzing asymmetries between centers, semi-peripheries, and peripheries, literary scholars draw on various theoretical and methodological traditions, such as post- and decolonial approaches or, as for example the Warwick Research Collective,...

    Fields of research Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 15 more
    Created on: 22.05.2024
  2. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 27.09.2023
    What is the Political Novel: Defining the Genre
    Submitted by: Georgia Lummert

    The first annual conference of the project The Cartography of the Political Novel in Europe (CAPONEU) discusses a variety of understandings of the political novel as a genre. It probes genre-theoretically and genre-historically informed...

    Fields of research Literature from the Benelux Countries,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 14 more
    Created on: 07.09.2023
  3. Category: Lecture series
    Beginning: 02.06.2023
    Lecture Series Kick-Off: Empire and Violence
    Submitted by: Juliane Prade-Weiss

    Auftaktveranstaltung der Lecture Series Empire and Violence am Freitag, den 02. Juni, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, A 120: ▫ 16-18 José Casanova (Georgetown U), „The Sacralization of Canonicity as the Legitimation of Violence“ ...

    Fields of research Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine),  Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary),  Interdisciplinarity and 2 more
    Created on: 19.05.2023
  4. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 11.05.2023
    Flower Power - Blossoms and Petals Between Beauty, Classification, and Dominance
    Submitted by: Sophie Emilia Seidler

    Following the vegetal turn in the humanities, our conference aims to explore the literary, cultural, and philosophical implications of flowers. Flowers are far less innocent than bridal bouquets and Mother’s Day kitsch might suggest. For Alice...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 9 more
    Created on: 26.04.2023
  5. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 03.02.2023
    Opferdramaturgie und Viktimologie der Geschlechter in Prosa und Film (19. Jh. bis zur Gegenwart) Berlin, 3./4. Februar 2023
    Submitted by: Anna Maria Spener

    Opferdramaturgie und Viktimologie der Geschlechter in Prosa und Film (19. Jh. bis zur Gegenwart) Berlin, 3./4. Februar 2023 Exposé Augenscheinlich vermehren sich gegenwärtig wieder die Diskurse ums Opfer. Das ist freilich keine...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  French literature,  Italian literature and 9 more
    Created on: 16.01.2023
  6. Category: Various (summer schools etc.)
    Beginning: 10.11.2022
    Übersetzerduett
    Submitted by: Frances Jackson

    Ein Text – zwei Übersetzerinnen – unzählige Möglichkeiten… Mit konkreten Beispielen aus der aktuellen tschechischen Lyrik sowie auch aus den Werken von Jan Skácel zeigen die angesehenen Übersetzerinnen und Bohemistinnen Lena Dorn und Kristina...

    Fields of research Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary),  Lyric poetry,  Translation and 3 more
    Created on: 04.11.2022
  7. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 26.10.2022
    Latin America and East-Central Europe: Comparisons, Bridges, Entanglements
    Submitted by: Patricia Gwozdz

    The literary entanglements between Latin America and East Central Europe from the 20th century to the present are politically, culturally, and literarily diverse, but never random: Critical examinations of terms such as »post-imperial«, »marginal«,...

    Fields of research Ibero-American literature (incl. Caribbean),  Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary)
    Created on: 01.10.2022
  8. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 07.07.2022
    Walter Benjamin in the East – Networks, Conflicts, and Reception
    Submitted by: Georgia Lummert

    In late and post-Socialist contexts in Eastern Europe, the works of Walter Benjamin—a historical materialist thinker who travelled to the young Soviet Union in the 1920s—have incited various theoretical transfers, artistic engagements, and political...

    Fields of research Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine),  Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary),  South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey) and 5 more
    Created on: 23.06.2022
  9. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 19.05.2022
    Deutsche und polnische Frauenkrimis im Vergleich (Collegium Polonicum in Słubice)
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Im Rahmen des von der Deutsch-Polnischen Wissenschaftsstiftung (DPWS) mitfinanzierten Projektes „Deutsche und polnische Frauenkrimis im Vergleich“ / „Niemieckie i polskie kryminały kobiece – porównanie“ (Universität Zielona Góra und...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary),  Feminist studies and 1 more
    Created on: 09.05.2022
  10. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 01.06.2022
    The Red Globe. Writing the World in Eastern European Travel Literature of the Cold War
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Ort: Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Schützenstr. 18, 10117 Berlin, Aufgang B, 3. Et. Organisiert von Susanne Frank (EXC 2020/HU Berlin), Clemens Günther (FU Berlin),...

    Fields of research Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine),  Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary),  South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey) and 2 more
    Created on: 02.05.2022
  11. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 21.04.2022
    Figuren der Endlichkeit in der europäischen Romantik
    Submitted by: Sebastian Schönbeck

    Die Konferenz untersucht Figuren der Endlichkeit in der europäischen Romantik. Ausgangspunkt ist die Beobachtung, dass Figuren des Letzten – letzte Menschen (J.-B. Grainville: Le dernier homm e (1805); M. Shelley: The Last Man (1826)), letzte...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  French literature,  Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine) and 7 more
    Created on: 06.04.2022
  12. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 27.06.2022
    “What is on Trial Here is the Yiddish Language”: The Making and Unmaking of Soviet Yiddish Literature
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Annual conference of the “The Short Life of Soviet Yiddish Literature” 27 Jun 2022 – 29 Jun 2022 Venue: Leibniz-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur – Simon Dubnow, Goldschmidtstraße 28, 04103 Leipzig Organized by ...

    Fields of research Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine),  Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary),  Literary historiography and 1 more
    Created on: 31.01.2022
  13. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 11.11.2022
    Internationale Tagung: Kulturen der Kritik und das Projekt der Moderne in Ostmitteleuropa, Düsseldorf
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Einleitung Die internationale Tagung Kulturen der Kritik und das Projekt der Moderne in Ostmitteleuropa wurde vom Max-Herrmann-Neiße-Institut, einem An-Institut der Philosophischen Fakultät der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, von...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary),  Literary historiography and 5 more
    Created on: 28.01.2022
  14. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 09.12.2021
    The Soviet Project of World Literature and its Legacies, Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung Berlin
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Ort: Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung, Schützenstr. 18, 10117 Berlin, Aufgang B, 3. Etage, Trajekteraum Organisiert von Zaal Andronikashvili (ZfL), Susanne Frank (HU Berlin/EXC 2020), Eugene Ostashevsky (NYU/EXC...

    Fields of research Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine),  Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary),  South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey) and 3 more
    Created on: 15.11.2021
  15. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 01.07.2021
    "Real Adventure? Abenteuererzählungen zwischen Fiktion und Tatsachenbericht" (Jahrestagung der DFG-Forschungsgruppe "Philologie des Abenteuers")
    Submitted by: Carina Breidenbach

    Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen, wir laden Sie herzlich zur Jahrestagung "Real Adventure? Abenteuererzählungen zwischen Fiktion und Tatsachenbericht" der DFG-Forschungsgruppe "Philologie des Abenteuers" ( lmu.de/philologie-des-abenteuers )...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Northern European literature (Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland),  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland and 3 more
    Created on: 12.06.2021