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04JUN 2020
Funding
FAU Sandbox
You have a business idea but do not have the funds and/or are scared to take the first step? Or you are currently working on your business idea but need some more support? Then FAU Sandbox might be just the thing for you. The program provides funding to ‘kick-start’ student-initiated business ideas. The Sandbox will […]
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10MAY 2020
American Studies
Out Now: Heike Paul’s Podcast on Corona in the U.S.
In her new German-language podcast “Corona in den USA: Eine Betrachtung der Krise aus transatlantischer Perspektive” for the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, talks about the coronavirus crisis in the U.S., the roles of state governors and the president, as well as societal and political fault lines made visible by the crisis. Listen to […]
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03APR 2020
American Studies
55 Voices for Democracy: Heike Paul
In March 2020, contributed to the Thomas Mann House series “55 Voices for Democracy.” The video is available on YouTube; more information on the series can be found here.
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17MAR 2020
Department
Coronavirus Consequences
In the last couple of days, several measures have been adopted at FAU in response to the coronavirus threat. This post consolidates the most important aspects and specifies them further for the English and American Studies Department: Home Office All department employees have been asked to work from home. Because of this, office hours and […]
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17FEB 2020
Conferences
Conference: “Restoration Epistolarity”
Conference on “Restoration Epistolarity” Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Erlangen, 27-28 March 2020 The changing media environment of the English Restoration brought forth a sizeable increase in various forms of literary culture, including the birth of large-scale periodical publishing and the ready availability of the letter. Contrary to the widely held consensus that the letter promoted reliability, recent […]Conference on “Restoration Epistolarity” Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg Erlangen, 27-28 March 2020 The changing media environment of the English Restoration brought forth a sizeable increase in various forms of literary culture, including the birth of large-scale periodical publishing and the ready availability of the letter. Contrary to the widely held consensus that the letter promoted reliability, recent […]
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03FEB 2020
American Studies
Two Accolades at Awards Ceremony
At this year’s dissertation awards ceremony of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, two English and American Studies alumni were honored for their excellent theses. Felix Geißler took home the Fritz und Maria Hofmann-Preis for his Zulassungsarbeit (teaching degree thesis) entitled “Holocaust Remembrance: Aspects of Memory in Anne Michaels’ Fugitive Pieces, Rachel Seiffert’s […]At this year’s dissertation awards ceremony of the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology, two English and American Studies alumni were honored for their excellent theses. Felix Geißler took home the Fritz und Maria Hofmann-Preis for his Zulassungsarbeit (teaching degree thesis) entitled “Holocaust Remembrance: Aspects of Memory in Anne Michaels’ Fugitive Pieces, Rachel Seiffert’s […]
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