Events 2022

Guest Lectures and Discussions:
GLAM - Guest Lectures in American Studies
April 7th | May 5th | May 19th
Poster

Panel Discussion on Global Citizenship Education
04.05.2022

Sudan: Kampf um politische und soziale Erneuerung
April 6, 2022

Hotspots lecture series 2022/23
Poster

GLAM - Guest Lectures in American Studies
Poster

Noble Ambitions – a lecture about country house culture in Britain in the 1950s and 1960s
November 24, 2022

AUTHOR EVENT: Lucy Ives Reading from Her New Novel 'Life is Everywhere'
December 7, 2022

Project & Poster presentation:
TALK: Chiara Bullen (SFC Saltire Emerging Researcher), "The Moral Responsibilities of Publishers and Authors in the 21st Century,"
25 April 2022

Study India Day 2022
November 22, 2022

Information event:
NTS Open Day - Online information event
19th April 2022

Info Session on Assistant Teacher Programmes
December 19, 2022
Poster

Symposium:
YA Literature Symposium
May 20th, 2022

DBR Symposium
June 10th, 2022

Teacher education:
10. Nachmittag der Fremdsprachen 2022 - Mündlichkeit
02.03.2022, 13:30-18:00 Uhr

Online Spotlight Series on Digitalization for Future English Teachers

Events 2021

Guest Lectures and Lecture Series:
Critical Issues in Linguistics
15 November 2021
Poster

Hotspots in Literary and Cultural Studies, Book Studies, and Linguistics
Oct. 12th 2021 to Feb 1st 2022
Poster

In the Mood for Affect
Nov 4th 2021 to January 27th 2022
Poster

What is Fiction? A Historical Perspective
Prof. Nicholas Paige (UC Berkeley)
April 14th via Zoom
Flyer

Information Event:
MA NTS Information Event
Prof. Mark Stein
May 27, 2020 | 2 pm (CET) | via Zoom

Symposium:
Licensorship for Fiction: Modalities of Epistemic, Ethical, and Aesthetic Authorisation Processes
30 June to 2 July 2021

Fostering and Assessing Oracy in Foreign Language Education: Perspectives from Practice-Oriented and Design-Based Research
June 11th, 2021
Visit the symposium website for more information.

Video Games and Foreign Language Teaching
Organised by Daniel Becker and Prof. Dr. Frauke Matz
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Domsch (University Greifswald)
February 12, 2020 | 9 am - 4 pm | Senatssaal, Schlossplatz 2

Workshop:
Fictions in Law, Literature, and Philosophy
2 to 3 Dec 2021
Poster

Reading Group:
Indigenous Texts and Contexts

Juneteenth Dialogue with Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
June 19th, 6 - 8 pm via Zoom
Flyer

Project & Poster presentation:
Study India Day
23 November 2021

(Re)Covering Rebecca: A Critical Look at the Cover Design History of Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca
Contact:  Laura Schmitz-Justen

Cross-linguistic influence in the acquisition of phonology and phonetics by multilingual children and adults
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gut, Romana Kopečková
February 11, 2020 | 6-8pm | ES 131

Teacher education:
Learning with Nigeria
Organised by Prof. Dr. Frauke Matz and the English Language Education Team
February 4, 2020 | 2-5 pm | English Department

Events 2020

Guest Lecture:
What is Fiction? A Historical Perspective
Prof. Nicholas Paige (UC Berkeley)
April 14th via Zoom
PDF-Flyer [de]

Information Event:
MA NTS Information Event
Prof. Mark Stein
May 27, 2020 | 2 pm (CET) | via Zoom

Symposium:
Video Games and Foreign Language Teaching
Organised by Daniel Becker and Prof. Dr. Frauke Matz
Keynote: Prof. Dr. Sebastian Domsch (University Greifswald)
February 12, 2020 | 9 am - 4 pm | Senatssaal, Schlossplatz 2

Project & Poster presentation:
Cross-linguistic influence in the acquisition of phonology and phonetics by multilingual children and adults
Prof. Dr. Ulrike Gut, Romana Kopečková
February 11, 2020 | 6-8pm | ES 131

Teacher education:
Learning with Nigeria
Organised by Prof. Dr. Frauke Matz and the English Language Education Team
February 4, 2020 | 2-5 pm | English Department

Events 2019

Performance/Play:
The English Drama Group (EDG) presents: "Habeas Corpus" by Alan Bennett
Performed by the EDG
January 11, 12 & 19, 2019 | 8 pm | Studiobühne Münster, Domplatz 23

Guest lecture:
The acquisition of English in the multilingual classroom. Insights from Germany and Norway
Lecturer: Eliane Lorenz (Trondheim, Norway
December 16, 2019 | 10 am - 12 pm | ES 2, English Department

Performance/Play:
The English Drama Group (EDG) presents: "Habeas Corpus" by Alan Bennett
Performed by the EDG
December 13 & 15, 2019 | 8 pm | Studiobühne Münster, Domplatz 23

Guest lecture:
How to study sound learning during conversation: The ventriloquist paradigm
Lecturer: Mirjam Broersma (Radbound University, Nijmegen, Netherlands)
December 2, 2019 | 10 am 12 pm | ES 2, English Department

Guest lecture:
The longitudinal development of clausal and noun-phrasal complexity in written intermediate learner English
Lecturer: Steffen Schaub
November 18, 2019 | 10 am - 12 pm | ES 2, English Department

International conference:
2nd ADiBE parnter meeting
Prof. Dr. Frauke Matz
Official ADiBE website
October 24 - 26 | Senaatssaal, Schlossplatz 2

Guest lecture:
Brexit: What Does it Mean for Britain, Germany and Europe
Lecturer: Sir Peter Tony
More information on the guest lecture
October 24, 2019 | 10 am | Auditorium S10, Schlossplatz 2

Guest lecture:
West African publishing, diasporic connections: A publisher’s perspective
Lecturer: Akoss Ofori-Mensah (Accra, Ghana)
October 15, 2019 | 12 pm | JO1, Johannisstr. 4

Information events for 1st-semester students:
Information event organised by departmental staff (student advisory service)
Organised by Amrei Sander (Tue) and Dr. Silke Stroh (Fri)
October 1, 2019 | 1 - 3 pm | Audimax (English Department)
October 4, 2019 | 10 am - 12 noon) | Audimax (English Department)
Information & meet-and-greet events organised by the department's student representatives
Organised by Fachschaft Anglistik

International Conference:
Intellectuals Across Borders: Writers, Artists, Activists
September 5-6, 2019 | English Department
More information on the international conference

Reading group:
Native American and First Nations Literatures: Indigenous Women Writers
July 9 & July 16, 2019 | 4 - 6 pm | ES 129

Guest lecture:
A.S. Byatt's Possession and the Commodification of Neo-Victorian Fiction
Lecturer: Dr. Marlena Tronicke
July 2, 2019 | 10:15 | AE 11, Aegidiistr. 5

Guest lecture:
A World of Translation
Guest lecturer: Prof. Theo D'haen (KU Leuven)
June 6, 2019 | 6 pm | Festsaal, Schlossplatz 5

Discussion:
Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 shortlist discussion
June 5, 2019 | 2 pm | Book Studies Library

Discussion:
Republican vs. Democrat Discussion
Guest speakers: Ralph C. Freund & Matt LeMieux
June 4, 2019 | 6 pm | JO 1, Johannisstr. 4

General meeting:
Student Journal SATURA
May 28, 2019 | 4-6 pm | Die Brücke, Room 106

Guest lecture:
The Modern Dystopia – a Response to Post-Factualism and other 21st Century Challenges?
Guest lecturer: Karmen Heup
May 23, 2019 | 8 pm | ES 131

Guest lecture:
About the INTER and the INTRA in L2 development: Investigating the age factor from two different perspectives
Guest lecturer: Prof. Dr. Simone Pfenninger, University of Salzburg
May 21, 2019 | 2 - 4 pm | F5 Fürstenberghaus

Guest lecture:
/S/-Retraction in American English. The analysis of social factors in a change in apparent time
Guest lecturer: Wiebke Ahlers, University of Osnabrück
May 21, 2019 | 10 - 12 am | ES 202

Guest lecture:
English in Bangladesh: From colonization to globalization
Guest lecturer: Dr. Laura García Castro, University of Vigo
May 15, 2019 | 2-4 pm | JO 1, Johannisstr. 4

Information Event:
Master of Arts: National & Transnational Studies (MA NTS)
April 17, 2019 | 6 pm | ES 226

Guest lecture:
Thru' Words that Still, Frames that Freeze: A Backward Glance at the Cracked Earth and its Fragmented Worlds
Guest lecturer: Prof. Sridhar Rajeswaran
April 09, 2019 | 12:15| JO 1, Johannisstr. 4

Guest lecture:
The Idea of South Asia and the Construct of South Asian Diasporic Literatures
Guest lecturer: Prof. Nilufer E. Bharucha
April 02, 2019 | 12:15| JO 1, Johannisstr. 4

Guest lecture:
German Influences on the Palaces of London
Guest lecturer: Prof. John R. Davis
March 21, 2019 | 8 pm | ES 131

Conference:
7th TEFL Day
February 12, 2019 | English Department

International conference:
Pluricentricity vs. Pluriareality - Models, Varieties, Approaches
February 8-10, 2019 | English Department

Guest lecture:
Brexit - The Role and Responsibility of Civil Society & What is the scope for Brexit to shape and (re)define the next-generation of British-German relations?
Guest lecturer: Amanda Jane Diel
February 6, 2019 | 8 pm | ES 131

Lecture series:
Hotspots in Literary/Cultural Studies, Book Studies, Linguistics, & TEFL
Guest lecturer: Various

Guest lecture:
Windrush: The second generation
Guest lecturer: Bénédicte Ledent
January 14, 2019| 12:15 | JO 1, Johannisstr.

Guest lecture:
The English Book on the Continent
Lecturer: Dr. Marie-Luise Spieckermann
January 7, 2019 | 2 pm | ES 131