Author: Stephen Kötzing

Zur Amtseinführung des US-Präsidenten zeigt das Bildungszentrum Nürnberg in Kooperation mit dem Deutsch-Amerikanischen Institut Nürnberg einen Live-Stream der Antrittsrede. Prof. Dr. Heike Paul und Dr. Katharina Gerund kommentieren die Zeremonie und ordnen die Geschehnisse ein.

Das Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik erinnert mit großer Trauer und Dankbarkeit an Helga Gattung, die am 19. Oktober 2024 in Erlangen verstorben ist.

Der Berliner Secession Verlag richtet sich mit der Handlichen Bibliothek der Romantik an eine breit gefächerte Leserschaft vom Neugierigen über den Liebhaber und Kenner bis zum Experten. Die einzelnen Bände widmen sich zum einen spannungsreichen literarischen Motiven, etwa Gespenstern, Tieren, Horro...

Date: November 5, 2024 Time: 6.00 pm Location: Room 3.17, Werner-von-Siemens-Str. 61, Erlangen Language: English Abstract In this talk, I present findings from the Representations of Obesity in the News project – a recent programme of work carried out within the ESRC Centre for Corpus Approac...

Calling all Byron enthusiasts and lovers of Romantic literature! We're hosting a special Watch Party for Lord Byron's rarely performed play Sardanapalus, brought to you by Red Bull Theater in collaboration with the Byron Society of America and the Keats-Shelley Association of America. The event i...

Das Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik der Friedrich-Alexander Universität trauert um Dr. Hubert Gburek, der am 2. Oktober 2024 nach längerer Krankheit verstorben ist. Hubert Gburek kam im Jahr 1972 an die FAU, wurde später zum Akademischen Oberrat befördert und bildete über viele Jahrzehnt...

Where does our chocolate come from? Do we really think about this when we reach for it at the supermarket? And should globalization only be seen as something positive? All these topics are part of Tara Sullivan's novel The Bitter Side of Sweet. The seminar "Cultures of Work: Literature, Photography,...

Alina Aulbur was awarded the President’s Prize at this year’s 30th anniversary Burney Society UK Conference in Greenwich. The Burney Society UK is dedicated to the study and celebration of the entire Burney family and its history, especially the life and works of Frances Burney – styled the “Mother of English Fiction” by Virginia Woolf. The prize was awarded by society president Peter Sabor for her paper on “Frances Burney’s Literary Exploration: Masculine Women, Female Wits”, in which Alina Aulbur examines Burney’s development of the female wit as a character type that enables the author to subversively contribute to critical discourses on eighteenth-century society.

The Chair for English Cultural and Literary Studies is pleased to announce Henk de Berg as this semester’s Researcher in Residence. The Researcher in Residence is a format designed as an opportunity for students and staff alike to form connections with internationally renowned researchers. The idea is to go beyond the usual types of classes and to be able to get up close and personal with the researcher both on the topic(s) of their research but also their experience in academia in their field and their country. Henk de Berg will spend the week of July 8th through July 12th at FAU and host or participate in various teaching and discussion formats...