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What are the social, political, economic and media conditions under which literature emerges? And what effects does literature have on its immediate environments? These are the issues addressed by the Research Training Group “Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures.” It aims to examine contemporary literature since 1945, in different languages and cultural contexts, and with regard to changing and fragmenting public spheres. It is characterized in particular by its praxeological concept of literature, which includes socio-cultural contexts, political frameworks, institutional conditions, the literary world and literary life in its analysis. (spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Antje Kley and Prof. Dr. Dirk Niefanger)
From 18 to 20 March 2026, the Centre for Advanced Study “Access to Cultural Goods in Digital Change” will host the conference “Kulturelle Teilhabe im digitalen Wandel – Ethik, Ästhetik und Praxis des Zugangs zu kulturellen Gütern von Menschen mit Behinderungen” (“Cultural Participation in Digital T...
The DFG-funded Network PRANA (Posthuman Research and Narration) hast just published its first essay collection on posthumanist narrative techniques in contemporary literature and culture, featuring a contribution by our doctoral reasearcher Ruxandra Teodorescu.
Her contribution examines the tent...
Our doctoral researchers Cristian Ortega Singer and Luise Prager have received early career travel grants for the Digital Humanities Conference 2026 from the Consortium for Research Data on Material and Immaterial Cultural Heritage (NFDI4Culture). Congratulations!
Max von der Grün (1926-2005) is an author primarily associated with literature about the working world and the Ruhr region in academic and public perceptions. He published over 30 books covering a wide range of genres and topics. Many of his novels have been adapted into films. In addition to ‘Irrl...
The 10th annual conference of the Historical Fictions Research Network will take place at the Kollegienhaus in Erlangen (Universitätsstraße 15), February 19-20, 2026. Prof. Dr. Heike Paul, spokesperson of our partner research training group RTG 2726: Sentimentality in Literature, Culture, and Polit...
