Anglophone

Studies

University collections represent a significant resource for research and education, whereby the scientific study of collections requires interdisciplinary questions and methods that provide information about different knowledge practices in the past and present. The development and integration of the OVGU's material and cultural heritage as infrastructure for research is an innovative interdisciplinary research project and includes the processing of the collections of the OVGU. Cooperation with the city's museums, the city archives and the Museum of Technology is of central importance for this. The project, which is funded by the state of Saxony-Anhalt for the period from 2021 to 2024, focuses on the scientific investigation of our material culture and includes questions about social, cultural, historical and epistemological contexts. It not only works on a collection-based research project, but the results achieved are also to be communicated to a broader public. It thus sees itself as a new centre of gravity or even catalyst of Third Mission.

Within the research project, the Chair of Anglophone Cultural and Literary Studies invites applications for two positions. For a limited period of three years, one position of scientific assistant and one position of project assistant each with 50% working time and remuneration according to TV-L 13 and TV-L 12, respectively, are advertised for 1 October 2021. For details on the contents of the respective positions, please see the job advertisements. The application deadline is 31 July 2021. More information on the positions can be found here or in the job advertisements.

Whether the coronavirus, world trade or dealing with refugees, Europe and the European Union are currently the subject of much discussion. The lecture series "Europe - Continent, Society, Dominion" takes an interdisciplinary look at Europe as a world region and historically evolved cultural and social space, as well as at the European Union as a political association and single market. In doing so, the most recent transformations and lines of conflict are addressed as well as the long historical lines of development. The focus is on

1. the pluralisation and politicisation of European coexistence,
2. the Europeanisation and renationalisation of social orders, and
3. the historical and global moments of comparison and paths of development without which a comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon of Europe would not be possible.

The interdisciplinary lecture series of the Faculty of Humanities brings together perspectives from political science, education, sociology, history, culture and economics. The lecturers will examine individual aspects of Europe and Europeanisation with the aim of tracing the discourses, actors, structures and forms of Europe-wide conflicts and European crises and discussing approaches to solutions, potentials and opportunities (programme). PD Dr. phil. habil. Nora Pleßke will contribute a look at a country that has just left the European community for the English Studies department as part of the lecture series on 27 April 2021. In her lecture "BrexLit - Contemporary British Literature and the EU Referendum", she will examine the reception of Britain's exit from the EU, the Brexit, in contemporary literary works. On 25 May 2021, Prof. Dr Hans-Werner Breunig will devote his lecture "Landscape Gardens as Aesthetic Preparation for the European Idea" to the horticultural origins of a united Europe.

The lecture series concludes with an exam on 6 July 2021. Successful participation can be credited with 4, 5 or 6 CP as optional studies in various degree programmes or in special modules.

The British Council offers free webinars to prepare for the IELTS test, which is needed, for example, as proof of language skills for a semester abroad. Sessions dedicated to the different test areas of the IELTS take place every Thursday at 10:30a.m. and 4:00p.m. (German time). You can find more information and register directly on the British Council website.

In order to cushion learning deficits caused by the school closures, the Federal Government provides schools with funds from the DigitalPakt, which can be used for paid tutors. The Editha-Gymnasium Magdeburg is now looking for students from the OVGU for the subjects English, German and Mathematics. Interested students who would like to tutorpupils in grades 5 to 10 are invited to contact the headmistress, Katja von Hagen.

As part of the mini-workshops of the Custody Project, Dr Ariane de Waal (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) is offering a workshop on "Dermatology and/as Literature" on Wednesday 23 June 2021 from 3:15pm to 4:45pm. In addition to the participating students, other interested parties are welcome to attend. The workshop will take place via the video conferencing software Zoom. If you are interested in participating, please contact PD Dr. Nora Pleßke () in advance for dial-in details.