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English Literature and British Cultural Studies

Research and teaching at the chair of English Literature and British Cultural Studies (Lehrstuhl für Englische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft) explore the literatures and cultures of the British Isles as well as the history and ongoing repercussions of British influence around the globe. Applying a wide historical angle, ranging from early modernity to the present moment, we are interested in the interplay of literary and non-literary media of world-making. Consequently, there is a strong emphasis on both current theoretical debates and in-depth analysis of literary or cultural documents.

STAFF

Contact

Elke Demant
Raum 5.E.19
Tel.: (0931) 31-88258
Öffnungszeiten: Mo, Di, Do 9-12 Uhr
elke.demant@uni-wuerzburg.de

Student Assistants
Raum 5.E.18
Please contact us with your questions:
hkenglit@uni-wuerzburg.de

COURSES TAUGHT

More information for Freshers about starting your degree at the university of Würzburg can be found on the front page.

Please note the special events hosted by the chair of ethnomusicology (some of which might be particularly interesting for members of our department)

Don't miss out on our (multilingual) blog 'Denksport:ART',
which will take you right into -- and way beyond -- the topics dealt with at the chair ...

CURRENT PROJECTS

Symposium

2020
Globalized
(Neo-)Classicisms?
Uses of Antiquity
in Contemporary
World Literatures
International Online Symposium
10 & 11 December 2020
11.30-16.00 CET / 16.00-20.30 IST
Organized by the UGC - DAAD - IGP programme 'Literature in a Globalized World'.

Conference

2021
Globalization and New Terrains of Consciousness: Phenomenologies of the Global/ Local/ Glocal
MHRD-SPARC Supported International Conference,
9 & 10 February 2021
Department of English, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and
Department of English and American Studies, University of Würzburg, Germany

Conference

2021
Imagining Migration, Knowing Migration: Intermedial Perspectives
Reconfigured as an International, Interdisciplinary Online Conference, 25. & 26. February 2021
PD Dr. Miriam Wallraven (JMU Würzburg),
Dr. Jennifer Leetsch (JMU Würzburg),
JProf Dr Frederike Middelhoff (Goethe University Frankfurt).

Special Teaching Project

2016-2020
Literature in a Globalized World: Creative and Critical Perspectives
Teaching and Research Partnership with JNU, Delhi

Research

2019-2021
New Terrains of Consciousness: Globalization, Sensory Environments and Local Cultures of Knowledge
A new research collaboration of the Chair of English Literature with the Department of English at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

Denksport:ART

Der Kultur- und Wissenschaftsblog am Lehrstuhl für Englische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft

Circe, the first witch in Western literature: Villain or female genius? ...more

Zerstückelung als Experiment: Der Held, Voss, ist nur eine Chiffre innerhalb einer unsortierten Mischung aus Ungewissheit, Ambivalenz, Wut und Mutlosigkeit. Die Erzählung ist ein Begleittext zu einer Ausstellung, die Fakten zum Klimawandel mit den Gedanken von jemanden vermischt, der inmitten der globalen Erwärmung in der Kälte lebt ...more

The West has attributed sound as the Other of vision, making sound act as a possible vector for re-inscribing colonialism. Sound may, however, manage to escape the fetters of an alphabetical monopoly by appearing as the real ...more

Latest Publications

Englische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft

English Literature and British Cultural Studies

COURSES TAUGHT

CURRENT PROJECTS

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