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30SEP 2019
American Studies
Heike Paul Is 2020 Thomas Mann Fellow
, chair of American Studies, has been selected by the Thomas Mann House Advisory Board as one of the twelve fellows for 2020. During her six-month stay at Thomas Mann’s former Los Angeles residence, she will investigate which narratives, practices, and iconographies in European-American cultural and political imaginaries give rise to what she calls “civic […]
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26SEP 2019
Conferences
The Constructionist Challenge – empirical and theoretical aspects. Lectures presented at opening of the FAU Linguistics Lab
The international conference “The Constructionist Challenge” will take place 17-19 October 2019 to mark the opening of the FAU Linguistics Lab. Speakers from Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, the UK and the US will discuss the state of the art in construction grammar after thirty years of reseach. Click here for the conference programme.
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03JUL 2019
Conferences
International Conference: Locating Intersections of Medicine and Mobility in 19th-Century Britain
On 4 and 5 October 2019 the Department of English and American Studies will host the conference “Locating Intersections of Medicine and Mobility in 19th-Century Britain” with many renowned speakers from Austria, Finland, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. At the centre of discussion will be the literary, cultural and historical processes […]
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29MAY 2019
American Studies
Heike Paul Joins Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
, chair of American Studies, has been initiated as a full member into the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften). Founded in 1759, the academy aims at establishing interdisciplinary networks and furthering the dialog between the academia and the general public. New members are chosen on the basis of merit: To […]
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07NOV 2018
American Studies
DFG Grant for “Reeducation Revisited”—2 PhD Positions
The interdisciplinary research project “Reeducation Revisited: Transnational and Comparative Perspectives on the Post-World War II Period in the US, Japan, and Germany” has received funding from the DFG. Headed by (American Studies), (American Studies), and Prof. Dr. Fabian Schäfer (Japanese Studies), the project examines post-World War II US-American reeducation politics in Germany and Japan in a transnational and […]The interdisciplinary research project “Reeducation Revisited: Transnational and Comparative Perspectives on the Post-World War II Period in the US, Japan, and Germany” has received funding from the DFG. Headed by (American Studies), (American Studies), and Prof. Dr. Fabian Schäfer (Japanese Studies), the project examines post-World War II US-American reeducation politics in Germany and Japan in a transnational and […]
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27FEB 2018
American Studies
Heike Paul Receives Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) honors , chair of American Studies, with the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize 2018. The Leibniz Prize is the most significant research prize in Germany. More…
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