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  1. 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
  2. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 07.10.2022
    Pandemic Grief (2). “Our” Irresponsible Nature: Affectability and Disappointment in the Pandemic and the Ecological Crisis
    Submitted by: Juliane Prade-Weiss

    Does the zoonotic SARS-CoV-2 pandemic change the outlook onto nature? The dynamics enfolding in pandemic grief is certainly more complex than a mere yes-or-no answer can capture. The sudden and pervasive rupture of global life caused by non-human...

    Fields of research Ecocriticism,  Interdisciplinarity
    Created on: 21.09.2022
  3. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 18.07.2022
    Literary Acts of Agency
    Submitted by: Ivana Perica

    Contemporary society has been shaped and sometimes vexed by the notion of the Rechtsstaat (the state of law, or just/ified state) – a culturally key word in which the state, justice and the law meet. There are inevitable tensions in that meeting....

    Fields of research Literary theory,  World Literature,  Literature and law
    Created on: 08.07.2022