Conferences supported by the Center for Intercultural Studies from 2015 until now (older one).
Due to the amount of ZIS activities, they are not all available in English. We hope this is not a great inconvenience. Please consult the German version of our website to get a fuller sense of ZIS Activities.
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JProf. Dr. Nico Nassenstein (Ethnology) Dr. Svenja Völkel (Linguistics) |
International Workshop: "Diversity in Language and Culture: Kinship" October 2021 |
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| Dr. Christoph Günther (Ethnology/ Junior Research Group Jihadism online) |
International Conference "Materialities and Notions of Jihad Reconsidered: Rethinking perspectives on religious violence and media” October 6-8, 2021 |
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| Prof. Dr. Alison E. Martin (British Studies, FTSK Germersheim) |
Conference "Translating 18th- and 19th-century Science: Interdisciplinary Perspectives” September 23-25, 2021 |
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| Zentrum für Frankreich- und Frankophoniestudien (ZFF) / Prof. Dr. Gregor Wedekind (Arts) |
International Colloquium "Senghor im 21. Jahrhundert: Rezeptionsdynamiken, kulturelles Erbe und aktuelle Lektüren“ June 17-18, 2021 |
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| Dr. Spencer Hawkins / Prof. Dr. Lavinia Heller (German Studies, FTSK Germersheim) |
April 10, 2021 |
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| AG Inkommensurabilität / Prof. Dr. Annika Schlitte (Cultural Philosophy) |
Workshop „Ohne gemeinsames Maß? Inkommensurabilität in Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaften Teil II“ SoSe 2021 |
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| UeLEX / Dr. Aleksey Tashinskiy, Dr. Julija Boguna, Prof. Dr. dr. h.c. mult. Andreas F. Kelletat (German Studies, FTSK Germersheim) |
UeLIT VII „Exil und Verfolgung 1933–1945: Namen und Orte. Von der Prosopographie zur Geographie“ November 13-15, 2020 |
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GNK-Graduate School „Zeugenschaft“ Prof. Dr. Alexandra Schneider (Film Studies) |
TAGUNG GNK 26.10.2020 in cooperation with Kunsthalle Mainz October 26, 2020 |
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| Dr. Imme Klages, Dr. Cecilia Valenti (Film Studies) |
Workshop „Migration der Medien/Medien der Migration“ / Screening May 2020 |
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| Prof. Dr. Andreas Gipper, Prof. Dr. Silvia Hansen-Schirra, Prof. Dr. Alison Martin, Dr. Simon Varga (FTSK Germersheim) |
Workshop „Spezifische Probleme bei der Maschinellen Übersetzung der wissenschaftlichen Tagebücher von Alexander von Humboldt“ March 2020 |
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| Forschungsgruppe Transnational Periodical Cultures (TPC) / Prof. Dr. Jutta Ernst (American Studies, FTSK Germersheim) |
Konferenz: „Transnational Periodical Cultures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives “ January 29-31, 2020 |
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Dr. Sandra Vlasta/ Marie-Skłodowska-Curie-Fellow (Comparative Literature) |
Konferenz: „European travel writing in context: strategies of negotiating identity in travel writing – a comparative approach“ / Lecture Jochen Schmidt January 23-24, 2020 |
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| Jun.-Prof. Dr. Annika Schlitte (Cultural Philosophy) |
Workshop: "Ohne gemeinsames Maß? Inkommensurabilität in Philosophie und Kulturwissenschaften" October 10/11, 2019 |
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| Dr. Julija Boguna, Dr. Aleksey Tashinskiy, Prof. Dr. Andreas F. Kelletat (Intercultural German Studies) |
Conference: "GIG 2019. Übersetzen - Vermitteln - Repräsentieren" September 25-28, 2019 |
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| Linda Harjus M.Ed., Prof. Dr. Martina Schrader-Kniffki (Translation-, Linguistic- and Cultural Studies (Spanish, Portuguese)) |
Conference: "VII. Romanistisch-Linguistisches Netzwerktreffen" July 11/12, 2019 |
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Dr. Roman Mauer, Prof. Dr. Oksana Bulgakowa (Film Studies) Dipl.-Geogr. Elisabeth Sommerlad, Prof. Dr. Anton Escher (Cultural Geography) |
Conference: "Venice in Medial Imaginations" July 4-5, 2019 |
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| Prof. Dr. Frank Zipfel (Comparative Literature) |
Conference: "Die Lyrik der Welt - die Welt der Lyrik. Lyrik und Lyrikforschung aus komparatistischer Perspektive" July 4/5, 2019 |
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| Jun.-Prof. Sarah Scholl-Schneider (Cultural Anthropology) |
Workshop: "Interkulturalität als Erfahrung und Auftrag" June 22, 2019 |
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| Prof. Dr. Marietta Horster (History) |
Conference: "Impact of Empire: Roman Landscapes" June 12-15, 2019 |
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| Prof. Dr. Alison E. Martin (British Studies, FTSK Germersheim) |
Workshop: "Translation and transnational periodical cultures" June 5, 2019 |
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| Prof. Dr. Gerhard Kruip (Theology - Ethik Forum, JGU) |
Workshop: "Wissenschaftliches Ethos zwischen Systemzwängen und gesellschaftlicher Verantwortung" May 3, 2019 |
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| Dr. Florian Freitag (American Studies), Prof. Dr. Martina Schrader-Kniffki (Translation-, Linguistic- and Cultural Studies (Spanish, Portuguese)) |
Lecture Series: "Transdisziplinäre und interkulturelle Perspektiven auf Tourismus: Reisen in die/der Geschichte" Summer Semester 2019 |
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| Prof. Dr. Heike Drotbohm (Ethnology) |
International Symposium: "Bureaucracies: Blueprints in Practice" February 15, 2019 |
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| Linda Harjus M.A., Prof. Dr. Martina Schrader-Kniffki (Translation-, Linguistic- and Cultural studies (Spanish, Portuguese)) |
Conference: "XV. LIMES Tagung" January 25/26, 2019 |
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| Prof. Dr. Oksana Bulgakowa, Dr. Guido Kirsten, Laura Katharina Mücke M.A. (Film Studies) |
Conference: "Nähe suchen, Distanz wahren: Konfigurationen des filmischen Raums" January 17-19, 2019 |
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| Prof. Dr. Renate Makarska (Translation-, Linguistic- and Cultural studies (Polish)) |
Lecture Series "Literatur und Medienübersetzung. Themen der Forschung, Arbeitsbereiche der Übersetzer“ Winter Semester 2018/19 |
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DFDK / Prof. Dr. Winfried Eckel (Comparative Literature) FIFF / Prof. Dr. Gregor Wedekind (Art History) |
Interdisciplinary Lecture Series: "Grenzgänger. Figuren des deutschfranzösischen Kulturtransfers" Winter Semester 2018/19 |
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| PD Dr. Sascha Seiler (Comparative Literature) |
Conference: "Die 1968er Jahre - Komparatistisch; Rebellion - Provokation - Pop" November 29/30, 2018 |
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| Prof. Dr. Barbara Thums (Intercultural German Studies) |
Workshop: "Fluchten aus dem Alltag. Räume der Sehnsucht zwischen Idylle und Tourismus" November 9/10, 2018 |
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| Prof. Dr. Axel R. Schäfer (Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies / American Studies) |
International Conference: "Global Faith and Worldly Power: Evangelical Encounters with American Empire" October 11-14, 2018 Professor Anthea Butler: "Prosperity, Sex, and Politics: Evangelicals Changing Mission to the World" Professor Melani McAlister: "Apartheid's Lessons: Transnational Networks and US Evangelical Politics in the Cold War" |
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| Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheiding (Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies / American Studies) |
Conference: "Transatlantic Conversations: New and Emerging Approaches to Early American Studies" October 4-6, 2018 |
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| Dr. Christoph Günther (Ethnology) |
International Conference: "Jihadi Audiovisualities: Meanings, Aesthetics, Appropriations“ October 4/5, 2018 |
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| Prof. Dr. Michael Schreiber (Translation-, Linguistic- and Cultural Studies French and Italian) |
International Symposium: "Rechtssprache und Rechtsübersetzung in Geschichte und Gegenwart“ September 20/21, 2018 |
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| Prof. Dr. Matthias Krings (Institute for Ethnology und African Studies) |
International Conference: "Different Shades of White: Interdisciplinary perspectives on Albinotic Body" September 6-8, 2018 |
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| Prof. Dr. Anton Escher (Cultural Geography) Prof. Dr. Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich (Victoria University, Wellington) |
Workshop: "Exploring Migrant Narratives" July 26-28, 2018 |
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| Dr. Anja Oed (Ethnology) |
Lecture Series and Exhibition: „Sichtwechsel: Comic-Helden in und aus Afrika“ June 12 to July 23, "Schule des Sehens" Rupert Bazambanza (Ruanda): „Comics über den Genozid an den Tutsi als Erinnerungsarbeit.“, Lecture in french with german translation, July 5, 2018, 18-20h, P 2 (Philosophicum) Ib Zongo (Elfenbeinküste/Ghana): „Comics als Bildungsmedium in Afrika.“, Lecture in german, July 23, 2018, 18-20h, P 2 (Philosophicum) or Schule des Sehens |
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| Prof. Dr. Markus Verne (Ethnology) |
Triple-Lecture with Prof. Timothy Taylor: "Valuing Music" June 27-30, 2018 |
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| Prof. Dr. Carla Schelle (Educational Studies) |
International Conference: "Innovation und Transformation in Schule, Unterricht und Lehrerbildung im frankophonen Nord- und Westafrika, Frankreich und Deutschland“ June 28-30, 2018 |
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| Aleksey Tashinskiy, M.A., Dr. Julija Boguna, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Andreas F. Kelletat (Intercultural German Studies) |
Sixth Germersheimer Symposium Translation and Liteature "Grenzüberschreibungen. Übersetzer und Übersetzen in der SBZ und der DDR (1945-1990)" June 15-17, 2018 |
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| Dr. Florian Freitag (American Studies), Prof. Dr. Martina Schrader-Kniffki (Translation-, Linguistic- and Cultural Studies (Spanish, Portuguese)) |
Interdisciplinary Lecture Series "Transdisziplinäre und interkulturelle Perspektiven auf Tourismus“ Summer Semester 2018 |
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| Dr. Timothy Attanucci, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Breuer (Intercultural German Studies) |
Conference "Leistungsbeschreibung, literarische Strategien bei Hans Blumenberg" June 14-16, 2018 |
ULRICH BREUER und TIMOTHY ATTANUCCI (Hrsg.): Leistungsbeschreibung, literarische Strategien bei Hans Blumenberg. will be published in 2020, in: Intercultural Studies, Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg |
| Dr. Michael Hölscher (Catholic Theology) |
Conference "Verflucht und zugenäht. Antike Fluchtafeln und das Neue Testament“ April 5-7, 2018 |
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| Prof. Dr. Heike Drotbohm (Ethnology) |
International Conference "Care in Crisis. Ethnographic Perspectives on Humanitarianism" February 22-24, 2018 |
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| Prof. Dr. Oksana Bulgakowa (Film Studies) Dr. Roman Mauer (Film Studies) Dipl.-Geogr. Elisabeth Sommerlad (Cultural Geography) |
International Symposium "New Orleans in Medial Imaginations" Februay 1-3, 2018 |
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| Dr. Marcus Held Prof. Dr. Michael Roth (Systematic Theology and Social Ethics) |
Workshop "Der moderne Mensch im Spiegel des Anderen – Ein Blick auf Empathie und Fundamentalismus als Kulturtechniken der Moderne" December 1/2, 2017 |
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| The Center for Intercultural Studies / ZIS |
Workshop "Augmented Identities" ZIRS/ZIS (Interuniversity collaboration) November 2/3, 2017 |
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| Dr. Nele Sawallisch, Johanna Seibert M.A. Dr. Pia Wiegmink, Dr. Frank Obenland (American Studies) |
Conference "From Abolition to Black Lives Matter: Past and Present Forms of Transnational Black Resistance" October 26-28, 2017 |
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| Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheiding (American Studies) |
Conference "The American Short Story: New Horizons" October 4-7, 2017 |
thematically associated: SCHEIDING, OLIVER und ERIK REDLING (Hrsg.) (2020): The Handbook of the American Short Story. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter (Handbooks of English and American Studies). |
| Dr. Tobias Boos (Cultural Geography) Dr. Bozena Gierek (Centre for Comparative Studies of Civilisations, Jagiellonian University, Kraków) |
Conference "Feast as a Mirror of Social and Cultural Changes" in Kraków, Poland September 28-30, 2017 |
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| Prof. Dr. Anton Escher (Cultural Geography) Prof. Dr. Brigitte Bönisch-Brednich (Victoria University, Wellington) |
Conference "Migrant Narratives – Moving Stories" July 17-19, 2017 |
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| Dr. Marcus Held Prof. Dr. Michael Roth (Systematic Theology and Social Ethics) |
Workshop "Fundamentalismus – ein nervöser und medialer Kommentar der Moderne zu sich selbst?" July 6/7, 2017 |
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| The Center for Intercultural Studies / ZIS |
Symposium with Movie Screening „Crossroads from Norman/Oklahoma to Mainz“ Movie Screening: June 29, 2017 Lectures and Discussion: June 30, 2017 |
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| Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Andreas F. Kelletat Dr. Iris Becker Aleksey Tashinskiy, M.A. (Intercultural German Studies) |
Fifth Germersheimer Symposium "Übersetzen und Literatur (UeLit V) 'Wie ist das übersetzt?' - Analyse und Beschreibung des translatorischen Œuvre" Program, June 16-18, 2017 |
ALEKSEY TASHINSKIY and JULIJA BOGUNA (Eds.) (2019): Das WIE des Übersetzens. Beiträge zur historischen Übersetzerforschung. Berlin: Frank & Timme (TransÜD, Arbeiten zur Theorie und Praxis des Übersetzens und Dolmetschens; Bd.100). |
| Prof. Dr. Ulrich Breuer Dr. Timothy Attanucci (Intercultural German Studies) |
Conference "Leistungsbeschreibung, literarische Strategien bei Hans Blumenberg" June 14-16, 2018 |
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| FIFF / Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gregor Wedekind (Art History) |
Interdisciplinary exhibition "INTER.VIEW - Perspektiven auf aktuelle Fotografie im Senegal und in Mali" May / July 2017 |
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| Prof. Dr. Renata Makarska (Translation-, Linguistic- and Cultural studies (Polish) – FTSK Germersheim) | "Mordor kommt und frisst uns auf oder Krisen der heutigen Welt" Author's meeting with Olga Tokarczuk, Ziemowit Szczerek and Alexander IlitschewskiProgramApril / May / November 2017 |
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| FIFF / Prof. Dr. Gregor Wedekind (Art History) |
Interdisciplinary exhibition "›Die Fotografie vom ethnologischen Blick befreien‹ Werke und Interviews von zeitgenössischen FotografInnen in Bamako und Dakar. Globale Perspektiven aus Ethnologie und Kunstwissenschaft" Summer Semester 2017 |
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| Prof. Dr. Anton Escher (Cultural Geography) Prof. Dr. Oksana Bulgakowa AR Dr. Roman Mauer (Film Studies) Dipl.-Geogr. Elisabeth Sommerlad (Cultural Geography) |
Symposium "Jerusalem in Medial Imaginations" February 2-4, 2017 |
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| FIFF / Univ.-Prof. Dr. Gregor Wedekind (Art History) | Interdisciplinary exhibition "Relation spéciale! 70 Jahre deutsch-französische Wissenschaftsbeziehungen an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz" Program Flyer, November 9 - December 21, 2016 |
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| Theresa Heyer, M.A. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Andreas F. Kelletat (Intercultural German Studies) Dr. Julija Boguna Aleksey Tashinskiy, M.A. (Russian) |
Fifth Germersheimer Symposium "Übersetzen und Literatur (UeLit V) 'Wie ist das übersetzt?' - Analyse und Beschreibung des translatorischen Œuvre" Registration / Call for Papers, June 16-18, 2017 |
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| Transnational American Studies Institute Center for Material Culture Studies - University of Delaware |
Symposium “The Refuge of Objects/Objects of Refuge” Program, December 14-18, 2016 |
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| Prof. Dr. Johannes Pahlitzsch (Byzantine studies) | Workshop "Sacred Time in Judaism, Islam and Christianity the Late Antique and Medieval Middle East” ProgramJuly 2016 |
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| Prof. Dr. Matthias Krings (Ethnology) | Workshop "Die audiovisuelle Kommunikation des Dschihadismus. Radikalislamische Bewegungen im Vergleich“ "Propaganda im Internet - Formen u. Herausforderungen radikal-islamistischer Werbung" "Dschih@d online - Radikal islamistische Propaganda im Internet"June 24/25, 2016 |
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| Dr. Natalia Blum-Barth Dr. Martina Kopf Prof. Dr. Frank Zipfel (Comparative Literature) |
Conference "Fremde Ähnlichkeiten. Die 'große Wanderung' als Herausforderung der Komparatistik" June 23/24, 2016 |
ZIPFEL FRANK (Ed.) (2017): Fremde Ähnlichkeiten. Die "Große Wanderung" als Herausforderung der Komparatistik. Stuttgart: J. B. Metzler (Schriften zur Weltliteratur 4). |
| Prof. Dr. Anton Escher (Cultural Geography) |
Media Geography-Conference "Media´s Mapping Impulse" June 17/18, 2016 |
Chris Lukinbeal, Laura Sharp, Elisabeth Sommerlad and Anton Escher (Eds.) (2019): Media’s Mapping Impulse Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart (Media Geography at Mainz 6) |
| Prof. Dr. Marietta Horster (History) |
June 9-11, 2016 |
HORSTER, MARIETTA, DORIS NICOLAOU and SABINE ROGGE (Eds.) (2018): Church Building in Cyprus (Fourth to Seventh Centuries). A Mirror of Intercultural Contacts in the Eastern Mediterranean. Münster: Waxmann (Schriften des Instituts für Interdisziplinäre Zypern-Studien 12) |
| Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Andreas F. Kelletat Dr. phil. Julija Boguna Theresa Heyer, M.A. (Intercultural German Studies) |
May 26-28, 2016 |
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| Prof. Dr. Martina Schrader-Kniffki / AO Dr. Marcel Vejmelka (Romance Studies) | Conference "Das Spiel zwischen den Räumen – Lokale bis transnationale Dimensionen des europäischen Fußballs" ProgramMay 20, 2016 |
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| The Center for Intercultural Studies / ZIS | "Transnational American Studies" Symposium ad honorem Prof. Dr. Alfred Hornung honorary director of the Center for Intercultural Studies / ZISFebruary 5-6, 2016 |
NADJA GERNALZICK and HEIKE C. SPICKERMANN (Eds.) (2019): Developing Transnational American Studies. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter (Intercultural Studies 8). |
| Prof. Dr. Renata Makarska (Polish) Prof. Dr. Cornelia Sieber (Romance Studies) Jun.-Prof. Dr. Kylie Crane (English and Lingustics) |
Lecture Series "Migrationsräume: postkoloniale, translatorische und poetische Perspektiven" Summer Semester 2016 |
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| Prof. Dr. Martina Schrader-Kniffki (Romance Studies) |
International Conference "Translation und sprachlicher Plurizentrismus in der Romania 'Minor'" January 29/30, 2016 |
Martina SCHRADER-KNIFFKI and ELTON PRIFTI (Eds.): Translation und sprachlicher Plurizentrismus in der Romania minor. Frankfurt a.M.: Peter Lang. (forthcoming) |
| Prof. Dr. Cornelia Sieber Liliana Bizama M.A. (Romance Studies) |
International Conference "Arte es vida! Estéticas de la conmoción y el desacato. Revisiones de los discursos y prácticas artísticas bajo dictadura en Chile y postdictadura en alemania" January 20-22, 2016 |
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| Prof. Dr. Stephan Leopold (Romance Studies) Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheiding (American Studies) |
Interdisciplinary Lecture Series "Ideologie der Form – Ideology of Form" Winter Semester 2015/2016 |
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| Prof. Dr. Gregor Wedekind (Art History) Prof. Dr. Thomas Bierschenk Prof. Dr. Matthias Krings (Ethnology) |
Lecture Series "EuropAfrica: (De)Construction by Art, Music and Literature" Winter Semester 2015/2016 |
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| Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Andreas F. Kelletat (Intercultural German Studies) Dr. Julija Boguna Aleksey Tashinskiy M.A. (Russian) |
Conference "The Germersheim Encyclopedia (Portraits of Literary Translators) – Refugees and Migrants as Translators” | DIZDAR, DILEK/ GIPPER, ANDREAS/ SCHREIBER, MICHAEL (Eds.): Nationenbildung und Übersetzung. Berlin: 2015, 172 P. |
| Jun.-Prof. Dr. Sarah Scholl-Schneider Sara Reith M.A. (Cultural Anthropology) Christina Lokk M.A. (Social Sciences, University of Hildesheim) |
Workshop “Russian Culture – German Culture? National Concepts of Identity in Current Qualitative Analyses of Humanities and Social Sciences" November 2-4, 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr. Marcus Stiglegger (Film-/Cultural Studies) Prof. Dr. Anton Escher (Cultural Geography) Prof. Dr. Oksana Bulgakowa (Film Studies) The Center for Intercultural Studies / ZIS |
Conference "Casablanca and Tangier. Mythic Places in Literature and Film" October 15-16, 2015 |
MARCUS STIGLEGGER and ANTON ESCHER (Eds.) (2019): Mediale Topographien. Beiträge zur Medienkulturgeographie Springer-Verlag, Wiesbaden |
| Dr. Susanne Mersmann (Art History) Dr. Karin Peters Dr. Julia Brühne Dr. Lisa Zeller (Romance Studies) |
Interdisciplinary Autumn School “Distance and/or Close-up: Visuality, Community and Affects in Representations of History” October 5-9, 2015 |
PETERS, KARIN, LISA ZELLER and JULIA BRÜHNE (Eds.) (2017): Distanz und/oder Close-up: Visuality, Community and Affect in Representations of History. PhiN, Beiheft 13/2017. (online) |
| Sinem Derya Kılıç, M.A. (Philosophy) |
Interdisciplinary Conference "Philosophy and Film"/ Ad Honorem Prof. Dr. Josef Rauscher September 25, 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr. Michael Schreiber (Romance Studies) |
Symposium “Translation Policies in Europe (1789-1914). Interdisciplinary Workshop” September 11/12, 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr. Olaf Müller (Comparative Literature) |
Conference “Theater Adaptions. Intercultural Transformations of Modern Plays“ May 7-9, 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr. Martina Schrader-Kniffki (Romance Studies) Dr. Eva Katrin Müller (Spanish) |
May 8, 2015 |
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| Alfred Wittstock (Division of Israel) | Conference “Rapprochement, Change, Perception & Shaping The Future: 50 Years of German-Isreali and Israeli-German Diplomatic Relations" ProgramApril 27-30, 2015 |
WITTSTOCK, ALFRED (Ed.): Rapprochement, Change, Perception and Shaping the Future: 50 Years of German-Israeli and Israeli-German Diplomatic Relations. Berlin: 2016, 278 P. |
| Prof. Dr. Martina Schrader-Kniffki (Romance Studies) Dr. Torsten Dörflinger (MA) (Linguistics) |
Lecture Series “Regional Languages and Varieties in Europe. Between Acknowledgement and Securing the Future” Summer Semester 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr. Renata Makarska (Polish) |
Lectures in the Series “Polish Migration / Culture in Germany” Summer Semester 2015 |
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| Prof. Dr. Anja Müller-Wood (English and Linguistics) Prof. Dr. Anneli Sarhimaa Dr. Christoph Unger (Nothern European and Baltic Languages) |
Conference “Research Agendas in Literary Linguistics” Keynote-Lectures Program April 15-17, 2015 |
