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This lecture and workshop, co-hosted by the American Studies Department, will engage with Prof. Laura Bieger's recent book Reading for Democracy (Metzler, 2024). She explores key issues such as reading as a practice of civic engagement, the role of literature in shaping publics, and the interplay between texts, readers, and institutional contexts.
 

The Graduate School Practices of Literature warmly congratulates Theresa Viefhaus on successfully passing her doctoral defense in Romance Studies. In her dissertation, she examines how contemporary Spanish theatre renegotiates memories of the Civil War and the Franco dictatorship while bringing marginalized perspectives to the fore.

Literatur begegnet uns im Buchhandel, auf der Bühne, im Museum – aber auch auf der Straße, in sozialen Medien oder im Alltag. In ihrem Vortrag geht Dr. Lis Hansen der Frage nach, was heute als Literaturvermittlung gilt und wie sie zwischen ästhetischer Erfahrung und gesellschaftlicher Relevanz wirken kann.

At some point, every researcher faces the question of how to share their work with a wider audience. This workshop invites participants to explore publication options and strategies early on. While the main emphasis will be on turning a dissertation into a publication, other formats of scholarly output will be considered as well.