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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...

Our fellows Arunima Kundu, Lisa Seuberth, Ruxandra Teodorescu and our associate Chiona Hufnagel have edited the latest conference proceedings in the series Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies: “(Re-)Shaping the Public Sphere: Cultural Productions as/and Interventions: The 2024 Postg...

On November 27 and 28, 2025, the conference “Schwarzer Markt für rote Bücher. Zur Raubdruckbewegung der 1960er bis 1980er Jahre in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland”, organized by our PI Annette Gilbert, will take place at the German National Library in Leipzig. For more information please visit the ...

What do everyday images tell us about future energies? What subtle messages do photographs of wind turbines, solar panels, or dark cities imply? What creative ideas can be found in literature for dealing with the climate and energy crisis? These and other questions will be explored artistically in ...

“Library of Artistic Print on Demand. Post-Digital Publishing in Times of Platform Capitalism,” written by our PI Annette Gilbert and Andreas Bülhoff, has just been published. Following its launch at the New York Art Book Fair, further presentations take place on October 30, 2025 (Hochschule für Kü...

On November 11, 2025, RTG 2806 and RTG 2726 (The Sentimental in Literature, Culture, and Politics) hold their ceremonial semester opening in the Orangerie Erlangen (Wassersaal). Guest of honor is the American poet, essayist, and playwright Claudia Rankine, who will join us by Zoom.