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  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 03.11.2022
    The Cultural Memory of Mass Violence: Re-mediation and Pre-mediation
    Submitted by: Juliane Prade-Weiss

    LMU Munich, 03 November 2022 Große Aula: Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1 register for streaming at n.frank@lrz.uni-muenchen.de organized by Juliane Prade-Weiss (LMU Munich) Dominik Markl (Georgetown U, Washington, DC) ...

    Fields of research Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine),  South Eastern European literature (Albania, Balkans, Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Turkey),  Literary theory and 5 more
    Created on: 15.10.2022
  4. Category: CfP/CfA events
    Abstract submission deadline: 31.12.2022
    Flower Power. Florales zwischen Schönheit, Ordnung und Dominanz
    Submitted by: Sophie Emilia Seidler

    Blumen sind weit weniger unschuldig, als Brautsträuße und Muttertagskitsch vermuten lassen. Für Alice Walker symbolisiert der aufwändige Blumenschmuck, mit dem ihre Mutter selbst schäbigste Wohnungen veredeln konnte, nicht nur Trost und Hoffnung...

    Fields of research Literary theory,  Postcolonial studies,  Ecocriticism and 7 more
    Created on: 03.10.2022
  5. 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
  6. Sophie Emilia Seidler
    University or institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
    Fields of research: Literary theory; Poststructuralism; Reader-response criticism; Feminist studies; Gender Studies/Queer Studies; Interdisciplinarity; Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology; Literature and cultural studies; Lyric poetry; Short forms (anecdote, fable, fragment); Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.); Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  7. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 29.03.2022
    Beschwerde führen: Systemkritik zwischen Engagement und Exzess
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Tagung vom 29. bis 30. März 2022 am Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Kooperation mit dem Germanistischen Institut der Ruhr-Universität Bochum. Konzeption...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary theory,  Literature and sociology and 4 more
    Created on: 14.03.2022
  8. Juliane Prade-Weiss
    University or institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
    Fields of research: Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland; Eastern European literature (Baltic States, Russia, Ukraine); Eastern Middle European literature (Poland, Slowakia, Czech Republic, Hungary); Literary theory; Hermeneutics; Structuralism; Poststructuralism; Reader-response criticism; Ecocriticism; Literature and psychoanalysis/psychology; Literature and law; Literature and cultural studies; Literature and theology/study of religions; Literature and philosophy; Elegy; Non-fictional literature; autobiography; Tragedy; Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.); Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century

  9. Category: Conferences, Congresses
    Beginning: 27.01.2022
    „Aufbruch ins Anderswo? Abenteuer und soziale Ordnung" (27./28.01.22) - Jahrestagung der DFG-Forschungsgruppe „Philologie des Abenteuers"
    Submitted by: Carina Breidenbach

    Liebe Kolleg*innen, die DFG-Forschungsgruppe „Philologie des Abenteuers" ( https://www.abenteuer.fak13.uni-muenchen.de/index.html ) lädt Sie herzlich zur Jahrestagung 2022 zum Thema „Aufbruch ins Anderswo? Abenteuer und soziale Ordnung" ein,...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literature from UK and Ireland and 8 more
    Created on: 24.12.2021
  10. Katharina Strika
    University or institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
    Fields of research: Literary theory; Poetics; Epic poetry; Theory of translation; Literature of antiquity (until 5th century A.D.); Literature of the Middle Ages (6th-13th century); Literature of the Early modern period (14th and 15th century)

  11. Category: Professorships
    Application deadline: 23.09.2021
    Professur (W3) für Nordamerikanische Literaturwissenschaft (Lehrstuhl), Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften, LMU München
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Einrichtung: Fakultät für Sprach- und LiteraturwissenschaftenBesetzungsdatum: zum Sommersemester 2022Ende der Bewerbungsfrist: 23.09.2021Besoldungsgruppe: Professur (W3)An der Fakultät für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften ist zum Sommersemester...

    Fields of research Literature from North America,  Literary theory,  Interdisciplinarity
    Created on: 30.08.2021
  12. Category: Projects
    Institutions: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
    Author Fictions: Literary Authorship and Authorpoiesis in Modern English Literature
    Submitted by: Redaktion avldigital.de

    Autorschaftsszenarien sind, so die These dieser Monographie, literarische Schlüsselszenen in der Moderne seit dem 18. Jahrhundert. In ihnen erzählt der Autor fiktional seinen Leser(inne)n von sich selber als Autor des Romans bzw. der Erzählung und...

    Fields of research Literature from UK and Ireland,  Literary historiography,  Literary theory and 6 more
    Created on: 07.06.2021
  13. Category: Lecture series
    Beginning: 10.05.2021
    "Was ist ein Abenteuer?" - Kooperation der DFG-Forschungsgruppe "Philologie des Abenteuers" mit dem Literaturhaus München
    Submitted by: Carina Breidenbach

    Die Forschungsgruppe "Philologie des Abenteuers" und das Literaturhaus München haben vier zeitgenössische Autoren/innen um ein Statement gebeten, welche Rolle Konzepte und Erzählformen des Abenteuers in ihrem Schreiben spielen: An vier Montagabenden...

    Fields of research Literature from Germany, Austria, Switzerland,  Literary historiography,  Literary theory and 5 more
    Created on: 21.04.2021
  14. Category: Workshops, seminars
    Beginning: 21.01.2021
    Online-Workshop "Zwang und Schrift. Zur Poetik Georges Perecs" (21. Januar 2021)
    Submitted by: Katharina Simon

    Im Rahmen der MA-Übung/Atelier pratique "Georges Perec" am romanistischen Institut der LMU München findet am 21. Januar 2021 (16.15‒19.45 Uhr) ein Online-Workshop zur Poetik Georges Perecs statt. Die Veranstaltung mit Vorträgen von Johanna-Charlotte...

    Fields of research French literature,  Literary theory,  Poetics
    Created on: 11.01.2021
  15. Katharina Simon
    University or institution: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
    Fields of research: Literature from North America; Literature from UK and Ireland; French literature; Literary theory; Literature and other forms of art; Literature of the 19th century; Literature of the 20th century; Literature of the 21st century