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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...

In the latest episode of the Sonic Lit Radio Show, our doctoral researcher Cristian Ortega Singer reports on the Vienna conference “Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe” .

Our Post-Doctoral Researcher Antonia Villinger and our PI Anastasia Glawion curate RTG 2806's bluesky account now. Many thanks to our PIs Svenja Hagenhoff and Karin Höpker for their work on the social media team!

In an article on the news platform nordbayern.de, our PI and media ethicist Christian Schicha assesses the distortion of German history in social media.

++ RTG 2806 was delighted to hear that, following a decision by the city council, the Erlangen Poetry Festival 'Poet:innenfest' can take place in 2026. ++ Decision on 'Poet:innenfest' at the Erlangen city council meeting on January 22, 2026: On January 22, 2026, the Erlangen city council adop...

++ Due to the current weather conditions, the event has to be postponed -- a new date has yet to be set. ++ On January 28, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., our PI Christian Schicha will discuss his monograph „Kommunikationsethik: Grundlagen – Debatten – Lösungsansätze“ (DOI: 10.36198/9783838564692)  wit...

The Media Ethics Network, represented by our PI Christian Schicha, among others, hosts the conference “Digitale Teilhabe: Medien als Bedingung von Partizipation und Freiheit?” on February 5 and 6, 2026, in collaboration with the DGPuK specialist groups for Communication and Media Ethics and Media E...