Organisation: Prof. Dr. Astrid ErllDepartment of English &
American StudiesGoethe University FrankfurtGrüneburgplatz 160323
Frankfurt
Memory StudiesMemory StudiesMasterMaster ClassesClasses
The Frankfurt Memory Studies Platform:The Frankfurt Memory
Studies
Platform:www.memorystudies-frankfurt.comwww.memorystudies-frankfurt.com
Tuesday 03 June 2014 | 2-4 pm | IG 1.414
Chiara de Cesari: “Transnational Memories”Chiara de Cesari:
“Transnational Memories”
In this Master Class, participants will discuss with professor
de Cesari key texts on the theory of 'transnational memory',
including the introduction to the new collection Transnational
Memory (eds. de Cesari/Rigney, 2014).
Two young researchers will have the opportunity to present and
discuss their Master theses or PhD projects.
Chiara de Cesari is a cultural anthropologist and Assistant
Professor in European Studies and Cultural Studies at the
University of Amsterdam. Her research focuses on heritage, memory
and broader cultural politics and the ways in which these change
under conditions of globalization.
registration: via e-mail to [email protected] by May
28
Tuesday 10 June 2014 | 2-4 pm | IG 1.414
Stef Craps: “Postcolonial Witnessing – The Example ofStef Craps:
“Postcolonial Witnessing – The Example ofAnita Desai’s Anita
Desai’s Baumgartner’s BombayBaumgartner’s Bombay””
In this Master Class, participants will discuss with professor
Craps chapters from his new book Postcolonial Witnessing: Trauma
Out of Bounds (2013).
Two young researchers will have the opportunity to present and
discuss their Master theses or PhD projects.
Stef Craps is Research Professor of English Literatures at Ghent
University, Belgium, where he directs the Centre for Literature and
Trauma (LITRA).
registration: via e-mail to [email protected] by May
28
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