
Here you can find the News & Events of the GS PoL of the past years



Guest lecture: Multiplicities of Silence with Prof. William Watkin (Brunel University)
11 January 2023 | 6-8PM | Lecture Hall JO1 (Johannisstr. 4)


Public Lecture: Introduction to Public Writing with Irina Dumitrescu
17 November 2022 | 4-6PM | S1 (Schloss)


GSPoL Alumnus Publishes His Debut Novel


Network Conference 2022
23 May 2022


Lecture Series "Activism & Academia"
Monday 6-8PM, starting on May 9, 2022


Summer School 2022 Tacet Ad Libitum! The Poetics and Politics of Silence


Information Event
29 October 2021 | 10am (sharp) | Zoom


Digital Networking Event 2021
June 25, 2021 | 10.30 am


The Role of Media in Making Lives Matter
Evening Lecture | Dr. Anna Poletti | Feb. 8, 2021 | 8pm (sharp)


CfP - Vögel aus Federn: Verschriftlichungen des Vogels seit 1800 (Deadline: January 29, 2021)
May 7-8, 2021 | WWU Münster | Organized by members of the GSPoL and FB 09 Philology (German only)


Literaturpreise. Geschichte, Theorie und Praxis.
Publication | Dennis Borghardt, Sarah Maaß & Alexandra Pontzen


At the Abyss - Today and Tomorrow
Lecture | Prof. Dr. em. Jean-Luc Nancy | January 13, 2021 | 18 h


Lektüren des zeitgenössischen Zirkus. Ein Modell zur text-kontext-orientierten Aufführungsanalyse
Publication | Dr. Franziska Trapp


Lecture Performance: Artistic Research (KV Leipzig)
Martina Kigle & Agnes Meyer-Brandis, 14. August 2020


Benjamin and Derrida: Some Reflections on a Problematic Relation
Guest Lecture by Peter Fenves, June 25, 2020, 18:00 Uhr (c.t.)


Writing Retreat


Writing Retreat


Workshop in Frankfurt
20th of November 2019


Lecture series "Travelling Concepts"
Mondays 6-8 pm, JO 101, from Oct 07 onwards
Reading Group Theory of Literature
To Resume in the Upcoming Winter Term
For the upcoming winter semester, some of our GSPoL graduate students again offer project groups, one of which is "Lesegruppe Literaturtheorie" (Reading Group Theory of Literature). All those interested (especially bachelor students) are cordially invited to attend!


"Media and Ideology in the Modern Constitution"
Guest lecture by Dr. Samuel Heidepriem on July 11


Ceremony on the occasion of the new cooperation between WWU and Northwestern University
Wednesday June 19, 2019 | 18h | Festsaal (Ceremonial Hall)


Considering a PhD in Literary Studies?
Monday, June 24, 2019 | 16h | BB 301


"A World of Translation"
Lecture by Theo D'haen on 6 June


Textpraxis #16 published!
Textpraxis. Digitales Journal for Philology. The Open Access publication of the GSPoL & the WWU's philologies


Why Literary Studies Matter Now: Academic Practices in an Anti-Intellectual Climate
Lecture Series 2018/19 | Mondays | starting October 15, 2018 | 6pm | Lecture Hall S 9 (Schloss)


PhD Scholarship: Call for Applications for International Students
Application deadline: May 31, 2019


Undocumented Migrants in the United States: Life Narratives and Self-representations
Publication | Dr Ina Batzke


Critical Branding: Postcolonial Studies and the Market
Publication | Dr Caroline Kögler


Open-Access Workshop with GSPoL Alumna Christina Riesenweber
Publishing in open access || Publishing Options at the WWU Münster


Anniversary Conference - 10 years of GSPoL
Recap and Impressions


Evening Lecture - Models and Practices of Literary Innovation
Dr. Jan Behrs (Northwestern University) | July 3, 2018 | 18:15 | Schloss S9


Evening Lecture - Memory Projects: How the Past Haunts the Present in the Age of Trump
Prof. Patrick Miller (Northwestern Illinois University) | 20.06.2018 | 18:15 | JO 1 (Johannisstr. 4)


Anniversary Conference - GS PoL Turns 10!
June 19, 2018 | Starting at 10 a.m.| Aula at Vom-Stein-Haus (Schlossplatz 34)


CANCELLED - On the forms of self-presentation of authors in digital contexts
Evening Lecture| PD Dr. Christoph Jürgensen (Wuppertal)| June 5, 2018 | 18:15 | VSH 17 (Schlossplatz 34)


Science Communication Today: More Content, More Colour - More Importance?
Lecture/Discussion | 7.5.2018 | 18:15 | Aula im Schloss


Textpraxis #15 published!
Textpraxis. Digitales Journal for Philology. The Open Access publication of the GSPoL & the WWU's philologies


Beuys’ Hat. Performance und autofictional subjectivity
Publication | Dr Janneke Schoene


Impressions: Münster Lectures 2018 | Theory and Practice in Feminism* Today?
Jan. 12, 2018 I 7pm I Lecture Hall JO1 (Johannisstr. 4)


Student Conference "Pop Hero and Action Princess - Negotiating Gender in Popular Culture
January 12 - 13, 2018 | English Department WWU Münster


Textpraxis #14 published!
Textpraxis. Digitales Journal for Philology. The Open Access publication media of the GSPoL


Cine Club Film Series I Winter 2017-2018
Every Tuesday | 8pm I German Department, VSH 11


Members Meet & Greet: Winter Term Kick-Off
Get-Together at Münster's Skulpturprojekte


Strategic Planning Session: "Women* | Circus | Work | Gender"
Report from Zirkus|Wissenschaft 's conference "UpSideDown - Circus and Space"


Filmscreening of the CineClub
Every Wednesday | German Department VSH18 | 20:00


Textpraxis #13 published!
Textpraxis. Digitales Journal for Philology. The Open Access publication media of the GSPoL


Zirkus|Wissenschaft: Best Practice at the GSPoL
Make your own project come to life!


You and We Narratives: Homocommunication - Prof. Dr. Monika Fludernik (Freiburg University)
Evening Lecture | Fr, 12.05.17 | 17:00 s.t. | Senatssaal im Schloss Münster


Literary Worlds and Deleuze. Expression as Mimesis and Event
Publication: Dr. Zornitsa Dimitrova


Drama of the Author - Elfriede Jelineks Essays on Theatre
Public Lecture with Prof. Dr. Anne Fleig | 04.05.2017 | 18:30 | Festsaal WWU (Schlossplatz 5)


Social Turn? Das Soziale in der gegenwärtigen Literatur(-wissenschaft)
Publication: Haimo Stiemer, Dominic Büker und Esteban Sanchino Martinez


Im Zeichen der Hermannsschlacht. Texte des Nationalen im 18. Jahrhundert.
Publication: Dr. Caren Heuer


Call for Abstracts - TEXTPRAXIS. Digitales Journal für Philologie - Issue 14
Articles must be submitted by April 1st, 2017


The Ethics of Satirical Writing
Publication: Dr. Maximilian Häusler


Filmscreening of the CineClub: "Inside Llewyn Davis"
Mon February 20th, 2017| 8 p.m. | VSH 116


Die Ordnungen der Literaturwissenschaft. Selbstbeschreibungen einer Disziplin 1990–2010.
Publication: Dr. Christina Riesenweber


Public Lecture & Masterclass: "Mediterranianism"
with Dr. Tomislav Zelic | 08.02.2017 | 18:00 c.t. | Festsaal | Schlossplatz 5
Considering a PhD in Literary Studies?
Wednesday 8th February 2017 | 12.00 s.t. | IDN 3.06


Public Lecture "'Realitätswütig' - on contemporary varieties of aesthetic intervention"
Prof. Dr. Lars Koch | 18.01.2017 | 6 p.m. | Festsaal, Schlossplatz 5


Successful PhD completions
New Alumni in 2016

Invitation: Screening "Birdman"
Monday 12th of December| 6 p.m. | VSH


Now online: TV-Feature with Dr. Kristin Dombek and Impressions of the Reading 'The Selfishness of Others'
Münster Lectures 2016: Impressions


Heterotopie als Textverfahren. Erzählter Raum in Romantik und Realismus
Publication: Dr. Stefan Tetzlaff


"Das digitalisierte Subjekt. Grenzbereiche zwischen Fiktion und Alltagswirklichkeit"
Textpraxis Special Issue #1 published!


Münster Lectures: Reading with Dr. Kristin Dombek - "The Selfishness of Others – Die Selbstsucht der Anderen"
3.11.2016 I 7 p.m. I SpecOps Münster


Zirkus | Wissenschaft:Dress Rehearsal URBANATIX-Show
10.11.2016 | 19:00 | Jahrhunderthalle Bochum


Blumfeld und die Hamburger Schule. Sekundarität – Intertextualität – Diskurspop
Publication: Dr. Till Huber


PhD Scholarships: Call for Applications for International Students
Application deadline: 30th of November 2016

Symposium on The Cambridge History of Black and Asian British Writing
September 28-30th 2016


THE FANTASTIC NOW: RESEARCH IN THE FANTASTIC IN THE 21st CENTURY
Seventh annual conference of the Association for Research in the Fantastic


Day of Junior Scientists 2016
September 13 2016 I 14:00 - 21:00 I Schloss Münster


Call for Articles - TEXTPRAXIS. Digital Journal for Philology - 13th Issue
Articles must be submitted by September 15, 2016


Transnational Black Dialogues: Re-Imagining Slavery in the Twenty-First Century
Publication: Dr. Markus Nehl


Masterclass "Objects and Exhibits - Practices of Exhibiting in Literature and Philology" with Dr. Pál Kelemen
July 14 2016 I Room 106 I Die Brücke I Wilmergasse 2


Workshop "Plunder – Müll – Makulatur: Die Grenzen der Dinge. Literatur und materielle Randständigkeit seit dem 19. Jahrhundert"
Fri July 15 2016, 10 - 17 I Institut für deutsche Literatur, HU Berlin I Unter den Linden 6, Room 2070a

Europe as a space of science
Invitation to the 7th Networking Day at the WWU!


Second General Assembly of all PHD Students of the WWU
June 22nd 2016 I 6 p.m. I seminar room of the Graduate Centre (Schlossplatz 6)


Optimal Publication of a Dissertation
June 13th 2016 I Festsaal der WWU I Schlossplatz 5


Affektkulturen. Kulturtheorie von Scham und Schuld und die Tragödie um 1800
Lecture with Prof. Dr. Claudia Benthien (University of Hamburg)


Lecture with Prof. Dr. Markus Kuhn (Syddansk Universitet, Denmark): "Between immediacy and posteriority: On the unreliability of scenic narration's time"
Thu, 28th of April 2016, Festsaal (Schlossplatz 5), 18:00 c.t.


Geschichte erzählen: Repräsentation von Vergangenheit in deutschen und niederländischen Texten der Gegenwart
Publication: Dr. Beatrix van Dam


German magazine "Frankfurter Rundschau" interviews conference organizer Franziska Trapp
International Conference 'Semiotics of the Circus'


Call for applications 2016 - apply until 29th of April!
Reaserach Training Programme "Literary Form: History and Culture of Aesthetic Modelling"


Four visiting fellowships for postgraduates / doctoral candidates from the SFB 1150 “Cultures of Decision-making”
Submit applications no later than March 20th


Publication "Crimes of Passion" now available!
Representation of sexual pathology in the early 20th century


Lecture and masterclass with Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinrich Detering (University of Göttingen) "Serve Somebody" - Dylan's conversions
Tuesday, 2 February 2016, 18.00 – 20.00 | Fürstenberghaus, Hörsaal F2


Lecture and Masterclass with Prof. Dr. Isabella Peters: Science 2.0. - Traditional science systems and reputation processes
28.01.2016, Festsaal (Schlossplatz 5), 18:00 - 20:00


Lecture with Prof. Dr. Clemens Ruthner (Trinity College Dublin)
"Thresholds & Transitions. Liminality as heuristic concept in literary and cultural studies"


Successful PhD completions
New Alumni in 2015


2015 - The Year in Review


Scholarships for international PhD-Students


Masterclass on "Parallelpoesie"


Undergraduate assistant wanted


5-7 October 2015: Literary Form. History and Culture of Aesthetic Modeling
International Conference


Successful PhD completions
New Alumni in 2014
Current Positions Available at the Graduate School 'Practices of Literature'
GSPoL has been admitted into the Graduate School Scholarship Programm of the DAAD
Scholarships for international PhD-Students


Why Literary Studies Matter Now: Academic Practices in an Anti-Intellectual Climate
Lecture Series 2018/19 | Mondays | starting October 15, 2018 | 6pm | Lecture Hall S 9 (Schloss)


Open-Access Workshop with GSPoL alumna Christina Riesenweber
18.06.2018 | 14 - 17 p.m.| English Department (Johannisstr. 12-20, Room ES 129)