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New Website JRG „Fictions of Management: American Naturalism and Managerial Culture, 1875-1925“

The Dahlem International Network Junior Research Group “American Literature and Managerialism, 1875-1925” is proud to announce its new website. Under fictionsofmanagement.com you’ll find information on its members, their projects, as well as past and upcoming events.

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Upcoming Conference on „Data Fiction“ — January 30, 2015

  Download the full PDF Program/Poster here.

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Interdisciplinary Forum at the GSNAS on January 7, 2015 (Birte Wege)

On Wednesday, January 7, 2015, Birte Wege will present her project „Drawing on the Past: Graphic Narrative Documentary„. The workshop takes place from 14:15 to 15:45 in the seminar room of the Graduate School.

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Vortrag von Talja Blokland

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Conference on ‚Forms and Practices of Narrating‘, June 5-7, JFKI

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Lecture cum Seminar with Laurence Rickels

The following seminar announcement just came over „Institutsverteiler“ and may be of interest: . . Friday 15.11 and Saturday 16.11, the first meeting of the new Schlegel Lecture cum Seminar series will take place. For this first meeting, we have invited Laurence Rickels, a psychoanalyst and literary / media theorist known for his work on Nazis, vampires and […]

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Forschungskolloquium der Abteilungen Kultur und Literatur: Heinrich Detering

Es spricht Heinrich Detering (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen) zum Thema: „some purgatory between heaven and hell“: Bob Dylan, ‚Working Man‘s Blues No.2′“ Donnerstag, 11.07.2013 um 18:15 in Raum 201 des John- F. Kennedy-Instituts.

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Forschungskolloquium der Abteilungen Kultur und Literatur

Es spricht Elizabeth Hewitt (Ohio State University) zum Thema: „Epistolary Systems and the Art of Correspondence“ Am Donnerstag, 20.06.2013 um 18:15 in Raum 201 des John- F. Kennedy-Instituts.

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Forschungskolloquium der Abteilungen Kultur und Literatur

Am Donnerstag, 13.06.2013 um 18:15 spricht in Raum 201 des John- F. Kennedy-Instituts Jared Gardner (Ohio State University) zum Thema: „Time and HIstory in Contemporary Graphic Narrative“

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Perspectives on American Literature and Culture: Patricia Hills

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Forschungskolloquiums der Abteilungen Kultur und Literatur: Pat Hills

Es spricht Pat Hills (Boston University) zum Thema: „The Double Consciousness of Masks, Masking, and Minstrelsy in the Works of Jacob Lawrence and Other African American Artists“ Donnerstag, 06.06.2013 um 18:15 in Raum 201 des John- F. Kennedy-Instituts.

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Forschungskolloquium der Abteilungen Kultur und Literatur: Bill Stratton

Am Donnerstag, dem 30.05.2013 um 18:15 spricht Bill Stratton (University of Denver) zum Thema: „Reassessing Captivity in the Age of Perpetual Terror“ Ort: Raum 201 des John- F. Kennedy-Instituts.  

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