Anglophone

Studies

On 2 July 2021, the Chair of English Cultural and Literary Studies welcomes the renowned founder of the Medical Humanities in Germany, Prof. Dr. Heinz-Peter Schmiedebach (Charité Berlin) for a block seminar on this topic as part of the student custody project. The aim of the seminar is to introduce the concept of Medical Humanities and explain it using concrete examples. The cultural imprint of medicine through the respective historical, technical and social circumstances will thus become apparent. In addition, the complementary function of medical humanities with regard to a supplementation of the technological and scientific basis of medicine will be clarified, which is expressed in particular in a medical practice oriented towards the subjective experiences and feelings of patients. The seminar also aims to make the scope of this concept tangible by means of some small exercises for individual areas of narrative-based medicine. Further information on the programme can be found in the seminar announcement (in German).

In 2023, the annual conference of the Inklings Society for Literature and Aesthetics (Inklings-Gesellschaft für Literatur und Ästhetik e.V.) will take place from 29 April to 1 May at Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. The conference, organised by Carsten Kullmann and Dr. Maria Fleischhack (University of Leipzig), will be dedicated to the theme "Defying Death: Immortality and Rebirth in Fantasy" on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of J.R.R. Tolkien and the 60th anniversary of the death of C.S. Lewis, two formative Inklings, as well as the 40th founding year of the Society. The Call for Papers can be found here.

The Otto-von-Guericke-University is organising Study Information Days from 7 to 10 February 2022, as in the past two years in a digital format due to the pandemic situation. For four days, from 4 to 7 p.m., students can take a look at the University of Magdeburg and its diverse range of degree programmes in digital consultation hours and impulse lectures by study advisors from the nine faculties, and get answers to personal questions about specific degree programmes. The Cultural Engineering programme, which is administrated by the Chair of Anglophone Cultural and Literary Studies, will also be represented by student advisor PD Dr. Nora Pleßke, who will introduce the programme on Monday, 7 February, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., together with other programmes from the fields of society, culture and language. You can find all information about the Digital Study Info Days at the OVGU as well as the possibility to register here. You can also find out more about Cultural Engineering in advance on the programme's website, especially in the study structure section and in the FAQs.

On 18 and 19 November 2021, the German Society for the Study of British Cultures (BritCult) e.V. will hold its annual conference. The conference on "Investigating the Super-Rich: Representations of Great Wealth in British Cultures" will be hosted by the Department of English Studies at the University of Leipzig, but the conference will be held in an online-only format due to ongoing restrictions caused by the Corona pandemic. Part of the conference programme is a discussion forum "Analysing Wealth" on 19 November 2021, to which PD Dr. Nora Pleßke (Magdeburg), Prof. Dr. Ellen Grünkemeier (Bielefeld) und Prof. Dr. Joanna Rostek will contribute the paper "The Super-Rich through the Lens of Economic Criticism". This contribution grows out of the DFG-funded research network "Methodologies of Economic Criticism". Due to the online format, registration for the conference is free of charge, also for students, and can be done via the conferenz website.

The Call for Papers for the 2023 annual conference of the Inklings Society for Literature and Aesthetics (Inklings-Gesellschaft für Literatur und Ästhetik e.V.) is now published.The conference will take place from 29 April to 1 May at Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, be organised by Carsten Kullmann and Dr. Maria Fleischhack (University of Leipzig), and dedicated to the theme "Defying Death: Immortality and Rebirth in Fantasy" on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the death of J.R.R. Tolkien and the 60th anniversary of the death of C.S. Lewis, two formative Inklings, as well as the 40th founding year of the Society. Abstracts of 300-500 words can be sent to either of the organisers until 31 January 2023.