On Thursday June 6, 6pm CET, Verena Laschinger will be presenting in the series of online Freeman lectures ("An Hour with Mary E. Wilkins Freeman"). The talk is entitled "Unruly Analogy in Mary E. Wilkins` (Freeman) 'Understudies'."
Just out! We are happy to announce the publication of a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary Drama in English on the topic of “Theater & Community”. The special issue has been co-edited by Prof. Ilka Saal (Erfurt) and Prof. Johanna Hartmann…
We are please to announce that this year's meeting of the European Study Group of Nineteenth-Century American Literature will take place at the University of Zagreb, Croatia on 8-9 November 2024. The focus of our discussion will be "The Whole Family"…
The upcoming regional colloquy of American Studies in central Germany (Mitteldeutschland) is scheduled to take place at the University of Erfurt on 12 April 2024. We are looking forward to discussing exciting new research projects and…
Comprehending Canada is an online block seminar on Canada's national image, identity and branding, its political economy, the nation's history in regard to Native issues, Canada's relations with the US, and the varied representations of Canadian…
read Ilka Saal's latest publication “‘As American as Walt Disney:’ The Political Theater of the Federal Theater Project.” Federal Theater Project (1935-39): Context & Issues. Eds. Emeline Jouve and Géraldine Prévot. Sorbonne University Press, 2023.…
Read Verena Laschinger's Response to “Contemplating Women’s Imperial Service: Mabel Bent as Photographer, Travel Writer, and Collector” by Esther Wetzel
read the new article by Saal, Ilka. „Intertextual Inquiry and Interpretive Creation: Pope.L’s Experimental Staging of William Wells Brown’s The Escape.” JCDE: Journal of Contemporary Drama in English 11.2 (2023): 287-97.
"Familienbilder" ist eine neue Ausstellung im Campuscafé Hilge, die bis 5. Januar 2024 zu sehen sein wird. Die Foto-Ausstellung ist ein Gemeinschaftsprojekt der AWO – Integrierte Familienhilfe (Kooperationseinrichtung "Kleeblatt"), der Fotokünstlerin…
