Upcoming Conferences in the Break!

Two interesting conferences are coming up in the semester break, one on Everyday Heroism in the U.S., Germany and Britain and one Military Heroism in the U.S., organized by Dr. Simon Wendt. These conferences can be used for your Academic Training module! The first one will be held on March 6-7 2015 and here is the program

The second conference is on Marxch 20-21 2015 and here is the program.

You can attend single lectures or the entire conference for credit points or just out of interest :) This might also help decide on a BA or MA thesis topic, so be inspired!

New Conference: "site|specific - hans poelzig: film|architekur"

In order to celebrate the 100th anniversity of the GU, Prof. Dr. Bernd Herzogenrath from our institute is planning a conference called "site|specific - hans poelzig: film|architekur".

The conference takes place on 4th and 5th July and one of its highlight is the film screening of  DER GOLEM, WIE ER IN DIE WELT including free beer and pretzels for everyone! ;)

 

You are all welcome to come and can even bring your friends and family along since this conference is held in German! However, a registration for both, conference and film screening, is required.

 

For more information and registration, please visit: http://sitespecific2014.blogspot.de/

You can also register under Herzogenrath@em.uni-frankfurt.de

 

Deadline for registration is 20th June!!!  

 

Credit points for the academic training are possible! 

 

Another current lecture series

The Institut für Jugendbuchforschung (Institute for research on children's books) has another lecture series this semester "Der Erste Weltkrieg. Kindheit, Jugend, Literarische Erinnerungskultur". It is concerned with WW I and literary exaples from and about the war. This week's lecture is held by our institute's own Frank Schulze-Engler. The lectures are on tuesdays, 6 - 8 p.m. in room IG 411.

Here's the program as a PDF.

Lecture Series "Das europäische Judentum und der Erste Weltkrieg"

I stumbled over an announcement poster for a lecture series today and thought I'd share it with you. Apparently, not all lectures are in English. If some of you are interested in WW I, there will be a couple of lectures to honor the centennial this year. This series is one of many.

All lectures will be held at Hörsaalzentrum HZ 8 and start at 6 p.m. Check the posters or the website for details! Lectures start this week. Here's the program for you.

23. April: Prof. Dr. David Rechter (University of Oxford)
Trauma on the Eastern Front: European Jews and the Great War (Auftakt des Internationalen Workshops)

24. April, 9 bis 14 Uhr, Campus Westend, Casino, 1.801: Internationaler Workshop „European Jewry and the Great War: Comparative Perspectives“

Prof. Dr. Pierre Birnbaum (Université de Paris): Between Nationalism and Patriotism: French Jews and the First World War

Dr. Semion Goldin (Hebrew University Jerusalem): The Great War, Russian Jewish Elite and Russian State – The Problem and the Challenge of Loyalty

Dr. Tim Grady (University of Chester): German Jews, the Great War and the Necessity of Commemoration

Prof. Dr. Tony Kushner (University of Southampton): Remembering (and Forgetting) the Jews of Britain in the „Great War“

Sarah Panter (Institut für Europäische Geschichte Mainz): „We must maintain absolute neutrality“ – The Dilemma of American Jews at the Outbreak of the First World War

30. April: Prof. Dr. Shulamit Volkov (Tel Aviv University): Walther Rathenau im Krieg: Hellsichtigkeit und Verwirrung

7. Mai: Prof. Dr. Derek Penslar (University of Toronto/University of Oxford): Every War A Civil War?Jewish Soldiers and Veterans in Europe, 1914-1939

14. Mai: Prof. Dr. Christian Wiese (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main): Martin Buber, der Prager Kreis und die Folgen des Ersten Weltkriegs

21. Mai: Prof. Dr. Michael Löwy (Centre national de la recherche scientifique Paris): Walter Benjamins verspätete Überlegungen zum Ersten Weltkrieg

28. Mai: Prof. Dr. Glenda Abramson (University of Oxford): Life and Writing in Palestine During the First World War

4. Juni: Prof. Dr. Barbara Hahn (Vanderbilt University): „Die Schuld unseres unpolitischen Lebens“. Margarete Susmans Antwort auf die Zäsur des Ersten Weltkriegs

11. Juni: Dr. Ilse Lazaroms (Hebrew University Jerusalem): Between Lamentation and Loyalty: The Hungarian Jewish Predicament in the Wake of the Great War

18. Juni: Prof. Dr. Micha Brumlik (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main): Franz Rosenzweig, Mitteleuropa und der Erste Weltkrieg

25. Juni: Prof. Dr. Dan Laor (Tel Aviv University): The Twice Told Tale: S. Y. Agnon and the Great War

2. Juli: Prof. Dr. Vivian Liska (Universiteit Antwerpen): „Ein Reigen des Volkes.“ Ein Motiv in Kafkas Kurzprosa 1914-1918

9. Juli: Prof. Dr. Steven Aschheim (Hebrew University Jerusalem): The Great War and the Radical Weimar Jewish Revival

16. Juli: Prof. Dr. Shlomo Avineri (Hebrew University Jerusalem): European Jewry and the Great War

Concerning Guest Lectures

To get credit points for your Optionalmodul or Academic Training module, you can visit guest lectures and write a (very) short summary about the attended lecture. Four lectures add up to one credit point. It's helpful if these lectures are connected to English- and American Studies, but related fields, like film studies, media studies, history and politics, also work.

The best way to find out about Guest Lectures is by walking through the university and looking for posters and announcements. All guest lectures will be announced by posters in the hallways and on office doors. However, there are a few lecture series which are offered every semester and can be accessed through university websites. You have to visit four guest lectures to get one credit point for your Optionalmodul or Academic Training Module. Here are a few that might be interesting for you:

Exellenzcluster Normative Orders - offers a "Ringvorlesung Gesetzt und Gewalt im Kino" that is offered every semester and combines lectures from various fields discussing different movies.

Kracauer Lectures - offered by the TFM institute, these lectures are concerned with film theory

Rechtswissenschaft Ringvorlesung - lectures about the development and future of (international) law

ZIAF - Center for interdiscipllinary African Studies. They offer a few lectures per semester, nothing current right now

Cornelia Goethe Zentrum - for women's and gender studies

IZO - international center for eastasian studies - offering lectures and workshops

FZHG - Forschungszentrum historische Geisteswissenschaften offers "lunch papers" and various guest lectures

We will also post guest lectures and conferences on this blog as they occur, so make sure you check back here.