News 2016

The publication "Social Turn? Das Soziale in der gegenwärtigen Literatur(-wissenschaft)" based on the Winter School "Social Turn in der Literatur(wissenschaft)?" is now available!

We would like to cordially congratulate our alumni Seth Berk, Till Huber, Japhet Johnstone, Caroline Kögler, Torsten Leine, Katharina Müller, Markus Nehl, Janneke Schoene and Kerstin Wilhelms on the completion of their doctoral degrees in 2016!

The GSPoL was pleased to receive Dr. Kristin Dombek (Princeton University) for a reading from her new book 'The Selfishness of Others' for Münster Lectures 2016. Follow this link for the author's TV-feature in German cultural TV program "Kulturzeit" and further impressions of reading and masterclass.

The GSPoL is pleased to announce Dr. Stefan Tetzlaff's publication 'Heterotopie als Textverfahren. Erzählter Raum in Romantik und Realismus', published by de Gruyter.

The first anthology published at Textpraxis and edited by GSPoL alumnus Innokentij Kreknin and Chantal Marquardt focusses on the question of how digital technologies affect formations of the subject and their daily practices.

Find the special issue here!

The project Zirkus | Wissenschaft is inviting everyone interested to an exclusive visit to the URBANATIX dress rehearsal show.

The GS PoL is pleased to announce Dr. Till Huber 's publication "Blumfeld und die Hamburger Schule. Sekundarität – Intertextualität – Diskurspop", published by V&R unipress.

In cooperation with the DAAD, the Department of Philology at the Westfälische Wilhelms-University in Münster is offering two scholarships for interested and qualified international doctoral candidates in the area of literary studies starting October 1st 2017. The Graduate School 'Practices of Literature' offers the opportunity to complete your doctorate degree within three years and to prepare for an academic career in university or non-university professions.
 

The WWU Graduate Centre cordially invites all doctoral candidates and postdocs to the Day of Junior Scientists in Münster. Its focus will be on the ways and means to support junior scientists in their academic careers.

TEXTPRAXIS is seeking articles for its thirteenth issue. If you wish to contribute, please submit your abstracts (max. 500 words) by September 15, 2016.

TEXTPRAXIS publishes articles in literary and cultural studies within the following areas: “Literature and Society,” “Theories of Literary Study,” and “Literary Studies and Praxis.” Articles from any philological discipline are welcome.

All articles published by TEXTPRAXIS are open access and reviewed.

The GS PoL is pleased to announce Dr. Markus Nehl publication "Transnational Black Dialogues: Re-Imagining Slavery in the Twenty-First Century".

Click here for the photo gallery and the conference report.

The official ending of the research training group Literary Theory as Theory of Society was celebrated on May 3rd. Follow this link to our image gallery:

Textpraxis Issue # 12 was released on May 1st.
In the »Literature and Society« section, Jean Marie Carey (Dunedin) analyzes the polysemic meaning of Franz Marc’s painting in her article »Eyes Be Closed: Franz Marc’s Liegender Hund im Schnee«. In the »Theories of Literary Study« section, Tilmann Köppe and Jan Stühring (Göttingen) expand Genette’s three categories zero focalization, internal and external focalization in their article »Is zero focalization reducible to variable internal and external focalization?«. Köppe and Stühring aim to clearly differentiate those terms. In the »Literary Studies and Praxis« section, Lena Lang (Göttingen) deals with Jelinek’s digital (self-)promotion of ,privacy’ and intimacy as well as publicity and disappearance in her article »Elfriede privat?! Elfriede Jelineks digitale Selbstinszenierung«.

Das Rektorat der WWU lädt Promotionsinteressierte und Promovierende, die am Anfang ihrer Dissertation stehen und sich für eine Förderung durch ein Begabtenförderungswerk interessieren, herzlich zu einer Infoveranstaltung im Schloss ein. Die fächerübergreifenden Fördererinstitutionen werden sowohl durch WWU-interne als auch externe Referentinnen und Referenten vorgestellt. Während eines Infocafés und im Anschluss an die Vorstellungen wird die Gelegenheit zum Austausch und zur Vernetzung geboten.

The GS PoL congratulates Alumna Beatrix van Dam on her dissertation's publication. The book Geschichte erzählen: Repräsentation von Vergangenheit in deutschen und niederländischen Texten der Gegenwart is now available!

The German magazine "Frankfurter Rundschau" interviewed GS PoL doctoral candidate and organizer of the conference Franziska Trapp in their 49th issue. Please find further information on the topic of circus sciences and the interview here.

Within the framework of the Reaserach Training Programme "Literary Form: History and Culture of Aesthetic Modelling"(RTG 1886/1), funded by the German Research Council, the University of Muenster advertises up to 12 doctoral scholarships.

Funding is to commence on 1 October 2016 and lasts at least 30 months. For further information on the application process please click here.

New lectures are available in the online media library LitFlix!
Camilla Damkjaer's lecture in the context of the International Conference "Semiotics of the Circus" in cooperation with Cirque Bouffon and Marjorie Levinson's keynote speach "Lyric: the Idea of This Invention" of the international conference "Literary Form. History and Culture of Aesthetic Modeling" at the WWU are now online at LitFlix, the online media library of the GS PoL and the Research Training Group Literary Form.

The Integrated Graduate School of the Collaborative Research Centre/ SFB 1150 “Cultures of Decision-making”, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) at the University of Muenster since July 1st 2015, is offering four visiting fellowships for postgraduates / doctoral candidates in 2016 for a period of up to six months, starting in April 2016. Please find the announcement here.

Published by two GS PoL members, the publication Crimes of Passion to the corresponding international conference held in Muenster (24 to 26 July 2013) and organised by GS PoL members is now available!