Workshops

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. We are excited to launch this project this semester and look forward to many more Researchers in Residence in the future. Kicking us off as our first guest is Kristin Mahoney.

Join us for a very special performance of Shakespeare’s poignant narrative poem, The Rape of Lucrece (1594). Actress Elena Pellone will offer a dramatic performance of the poem at the Experimentiertheater, Bismarckstr. 1, on 7 November 2023. The performance starts at 4 pm and will be followed by a d...

While the topic of work is well established in cultural studies (e.g. Lillge), literary studies has been more resistant to explorations of one of life’s dominant realities. With our workshop, we wish to address this research lacuna and explore the representation of feminised forms of work in contemporary literature.