The 10th annual conference of the Historical Fictions Research Network will take place at the Kollegienhaus in Erlangen (Universitätsstraße 15) from 19 to 20 February 2026. It is organised by Dr. Dennis Henneböhl, Dr. Isabel Kalous (both FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg), and Dr. des. Alina Aulbur (University...
The Chair of English Cultural and Literary Studies is delighted to welcome Leighton Williams from the University of Otago as a guest researcher and lecturer, who is coming all the way from Dunedin, New Zealand. He will be with us on Monday, 26.01.2026, to teach several classes and meet staff and st...
Animals are central to our lives. They are domesticated and used for clothing and food; incorporated into families as pets; hunted for subsistence and sport; deified in religions; and put on display in zoos and museums. This student conference focuses on iconic animals, i.e., animals with strong sy...
Ort: Alter Senatssaal (Kollegienhaus, Universitätsstraße 15, 91054 Erlangen)
Der Lehrstuhl für Anglistische Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaft lädt in Kooperation mit der Deutsch-Britischen Gesellschaft Nürnberg e.V. herzlich zum Gastvortrag von Elisabeth Bronfen anlässlich des Erscheinens ihres ...
Alina Aulbur will give a guest lecture in Dr. Dennis Henneböhl’s seminar “The Sentimental Mode in the 18th Century”. The topic will be "Frances Burney’s Evelina: Sentimental Subversion", discussing Burney’s engagement with the eighteenth-century literary tradition of sentimentalism in her first nov...
The Chair for English Cultural and Literary Studies is pleased to announce Jack Halberstam 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 internationall...
Datum: Donnerstag, 5. Juni, 18 Uhr (s.t.), Raum: Kaminzimmer (St Paul V, 00.003, Dutzendteichstraße 24, Nürnberg)
Der Lehrstuhl für Anglistische Kultur- und Literaturwissenschaft lädt gemeinsam mit dem Queer Staff Network zu einer Lesung mit anschließender Diskussion ein.
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Date: 29 January 2025, 4-6pm
CHANGE OF PLACE: The lecture now has to take place online via Zoom: (https://fau.zoom-x.de/j/65019734401?pwd=nVjjokoaN85Oj2DWq4G8wSHscvXQ5v.1)
The Chair of English Cultural and Literary Studies is pleased to announce Prof. Dr. Nadia Butt (Goethe-Universität Frankf...
Date: 15 January 2025, 4-6pm
Room: Kollegienhaus, KH 1.016
This semester, the Chair of English Cultural and Literary Studies is organising a lecture series on the topic Confronting Colonial Legacies: Facets of Human Rights Violations. We are pleased to announce that our first speaker is Prof....
In collaboration with the Research Training Group “Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures”, the Institute for English and American Studies is pleased to announce that Professor Vivian Liska will be visiting us at FAU. The director of Jewish Studies at the University...
