{"id":23811,"date":"2024-04-26T16:13:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/?page_id=23811"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:19:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:19:23","slug":"ehemalige","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/en\/mitglieder\/ehemalige\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former Doctoral Researchers<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapsibles \"><div class=\"accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"jonas-ahmad\" data-href=\"#jonas-ahmad\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"jonas-ahmad-section\" id=\"jonas-ahmad\">Jonas Ahmad<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"jonas-ahmad-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"jonas-ahmad\" role=\"region\" name=\"jonas-ahmad\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jonas Ahmad was associate doctoral researcher until August 2024.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"patrick-graur\" data-href=\"#patrick-graur\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"patrick-graur-section\" id=\"patrick-graur\">Patrick Graur<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"patrick-graur-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"patrick-graur\" role=\"region\" name=\"patrick-graur\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-overlay is-style-medium\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/2-e1770051551840-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Potraitfoto von Patrick Graur\" class=\"wp-image-473 tall-image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/2-e1770051551840-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/2-e1770051551840-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/2-e1770051551840-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/2-e1770051551840-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/2-e1770051551840-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/2-e1770051551840-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/2-e1770051551840-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/2-e1770051551840-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/2-e1770051551840-470x470.png 470w\" \/><button class=\"image-fullscreen-btn\" onclick=\"openImageFullscreen('https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/2-e1770051551840.png')\">\u26f6<\/button><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education &amp; Employment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-1014eb69-5a19-4d10-8888-abbc5693841d\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10\/2022\u2013present: Research Associate in the Research Training Group \u201cLiterature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures\u201d (GRK2806)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2022\u2013present: Editor for reviews of textbooks at the scientific online portal kinderundjugendmedien.de<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10\/2024: Research stay at the Western University of Timisoara (Romania)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03\/2024: Research stay at the Institute for German Culture and History of Southeast Europe (IKGS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02\u201303\/2024: Archive internship at the Institute for German Culture and History of Southeast Europe (IKGS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>09\/2022: Archive internship at the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach (Referat Erschlie\u00dfung)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>07\/2022: M.A. Ethics of Textual Cultures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12\/2021: 1st State examination in the subjects German and History (Teaching Degree Gymnasium)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016\/17: Successful participation in the Lehr:werkstatt as part of the teacher training program at FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Studies of the subjects German and History (Teaching Degree Gymnasium) as well as Ethics of Textual Cultures (Elitenetzwerk Bayern) at FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-127b13a8-f988-4dab-9721-fee048250c6d\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>German-language literature (19<sup>th<\/sup> to 21<sup>st<\/sup> century)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sociology of Literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>German language literature in Romania after 1945<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inter- and transcultural literary studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contemporary German-language literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taboo- and Gender-Discussions in child and youth media<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-741a2d9e-d3e7-4690-9331-2a2165db3499\"><strong>Journal Articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-c8ce3f03-560f-499b-9e4e-35db3238227a\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Avantgarde-Variationen. Die Aktionsgruppe Banat und die junge deutschsprachige Literatur Rum\u00e4niens in den 1970er Jahren, in: Germanica 74 (2024), S. 91-104.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Erste Auftritte. Die \u00c4sthetik t\u00fcrkisch-deutscher Literaturdeb\u00fcts am Beispiel von Emine Sevgi \u00d6zdamars <em>Mutterzunge <\/em>(1990) und Feridun Zaimoglus <em>Kanak Sprak <\/em>(1995), in: Dautel, Katrin\/Hilmes, Carola\/Pohl, Peter C. (Hg.): Deb\u00fcts revisited. Die letzten 100 Jahre (= Publikationen zur Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Germanistik, Neue Folge, Bd. 35). Bern 2024.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-00e9f905-4a63-4172-95db-492ddeb716c8\"><strong>Book Contributions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-8312a02e-bb70-4ff8-b8f6-bcbad94f233f\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Otto Pick (1887\u20131940), in: Lubkoll, Christine\/Neumeyer, Harald (Hg.): Franz Kafkas literarisches Umfeld in Prag. 14 Portraits von Oskar Baum bis Franz Werfel. Berlin\/Heidelberg 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(Er-)Sch\u00f6pfungstendenzen um 1900. Ida Hofmann und der Monte Verit\u00e0 im feministischen Kontext, in: &nbsp;Dumschat-Rehfeldt, Denise et al. (Hg.): Literatur am Ende. Putting *Sch\u00f6pfung* in *Ersch\u00f6pfung*. Marburg 2024.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ambivalenzen der Moderne.&nbsp; Die \u00c4sthetik der Mehrdeutigkeit in Franz Kafkas <em>Der Proce\u00df <\/em>(1915\/25), in: Descher, Stefan et al. (Hg.): Mehrdeutigkeit als literarisches Thema. Strategien und Funktionen von der Romantik bis zur Gegenwart. Bielefeld 2023.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tod und Sterben \u2013 Erinnern und Erz\u00e4hlen. Tendenzen aktueller M\u00e4rchenfilme am Beispiel von <em>Sieben Minuten nach Mitternacht<\/em> und <em>Kubo<\/em>, in: Conrad, Maren (Hg.): Moderne M\u00e4rchen. Popul\u00e4re Variationen in jugendkulturellen Literatur- und Medienformaten der Gegenwart (= Focus: Gegenwart, Bd. 6. Schriftenreihe des interdisziplin\u00e4ren Zentrums Literatur und Kultur der Gegenwart der FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg), W\u00fcrzburg 2020, S. 237-262.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-04b484c1-53d0-4a02-9f13-8578f33d77e3\"><strong>Edited works<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-73967e8d-63e2-4723-9b2e-cd95f531d178\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kurt Wolff. &#8220;Mehr denn je sehnen nach Briefen vom anderen Continent, unserem Continent&#8221;. Briefe an seine Tochter Maria 1941-1946, in: Sinn und Form 76.4 (2024), S. 491-510.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-4bb089fd-8030-45fb-aa62-1803aae0a63d\"><strong>Minor work<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-c1fca9de-e19a-4945-9771-ccd902c50647\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rez. Honold, Alexander: Poetik der Infektion. Zur Stilistik der Ansteckung bei Thomas Mann, in: Germanistik. Internationales Referatenorgan mit bibliographischen Hinweisen 64.3-4 (2024), S. 1035.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tagungsbericht Workshop \u201eKohle als Energiequelle in der Literatur von der Romantik bis zur Gegenwart\u201c (zus. m. Noran Omran), in: Der Anschnitt. Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Montangeschichte 75, 3-4 (2023), S. 153-154.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unseld hei\u00dft Huchel in der Freiheit willkommen. Siegfried Unseld an Peter Huchel, M\u00fcnchen, 26. April 1971, in: Herweg, Nikola (Hg.): \u201eDieser Brief ist ein S.O.S.\u201c Exilbriefe aus dem Deutschen Literaturarchiv (= marbacher magazin 177\u2013179. Marbach a.N.: Deutsche Schillergesellschaft, 2022, S. 235-239.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Auf der Suche nach dem alternativen Leben. Hermann Hesse vor dem Hintergrund des Monte Verit\u00e0, in: Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach Blog (05.12.2022), <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.dla-marbach.de\/2022\/12\/05\/hermann-hesse-vor-dem-hintergrund-des-monte-verita\/\">https:\/\/blog.dla-marbach.de\/2022\/12\/05\/hermann-hesse-vor-dem-hintergrund-des-monte-verita\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Die Umkehrung der Umkehrung, in: schauinsblau. Magazin f\u00fcr Literatur, Kunst und Wissenschaft (2022), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.schauinsblau.de\/die-umkehrung-der-umkehrung\/\">https:\/\/www.schauinsblau.de\/die-umkehrung-der-umkehrung\/<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Projects<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-56df34a7-3208-439a-871f-f4380109283e\">Dissertation: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/en\/forschung\/qualifikationsarbeiten\/#patrick-graur-the-aktionsgruppe-banat-in-the-field-of-tension-between-literature-and-the-public-1965-1984\">The &#8216;Aktionsgruppe Banat&#8217;&nbsp;in the Field of Tension between Literature and the Public (1965-1984)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-5fea6057-1b0f-4e74-bfff-f6b5609f7c20\">This project aims to analyze the conditions under which a literary group emerged in socialist Romania (1), the production and reception of a specific form of Romanian-German literature in the 1960s to 1980s (2), as well as the cultural-historical relevance of the concepts of authorship, identity construction, and the relationship between literature and the public sphere (3) from a literary-sociological and intercultural perspective. Although the &#8216;Aktionsgruppe Banat&#8217; only existed for a short period of time (1972\u20131975) before being disbanded by the Romanian Securitate, authors like Richard Wagner (1952\u20132023), Johann Lippet (*1951) and Anton Sterbling (*1953) played an important role in the public sphere negotiating Romanian-German subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-2e905998-5067-4f5a-b371-cc68f0203cbc\">This work aims to produce a close reading of the literature produced\u2014primarily in the form of poems and short prose\u2014and establish a connection to its performative practices, intermedial experiments and publicity campaigns. In this way, the project broadens the view of this politically controversial phase in Romania\u2019s German literature after 1945.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workshops and Lectures<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-9a7850a1-9e94-4852-aab6-b1d8f781ed5c\"><strong>Lectures<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-dade4d20-6b41-4b1f-bade-6b5f693c531b\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11\/2024: Texte in Zeiten der Unterdr\u00fcckung. Herta M\u00fcller und die deutschsprachige Literatur im sozialistischen Rum\u00e4nien [10. Erlanger ECHO-Kontaktstudium f\u00fcr Deutschlehrinnen und Deutschlehrer, Thema: Demokratie und Propaganda: Sprache \u2013 Literatur \u2013 Kultur]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02\/2024: Die Aktionsgruppe Banat und die deutschsprachige Literatur Rum\u00e4niens (1965-1989) [Ruth-Kl\u00fcger-Forum des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs 2806 \u201eLiteratur und \u00d6ffentlichkeit\u201c]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12\/2023: Die Aktionsgruppe Banat und die deutschsprachige Literatur Rum\u00e4niens (1965-1989) [Forschungskolloquium Germanistik, FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>07\/2023: <em>Von Rundtischgespr\u00e4chen und Versepen. Die Aktionsgruppe Banat und ihr Umfeld <\/em>[Forschungskolloquium des Lehrstuhls f\u00fcr Neuere deutsche Literaturwissenschaft, FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>01\/2023: <em>Projektpr\u00e4sentation \u201eDie Aktionsgruppe Banat im Spannungsfeld von Literatur und \u00d6ffentlichkeit (1965\u20131984) <\/em>[Ruth Kl\u00fcger-Forum des DFG-Graduiertenkollegs 2806 \u201eLiteratur und \u00d6ffentlichkeit\u201c]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11\/2022: <em>Auf der Suche nach dem alternativen Leben. Hermann Hesses In den Felsen (1907) vor dem Hintergrund des Monte Verit\u00e0 <\/em>[Tagung der Deutschen Schillergesellschaft e.V.: (Literarische) Einsamkeitsreflexionen]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11\/2022: <em>(Er-)Sch\u00f6pfungstendenzen um 1900. Die Siedlungsgemeinschaft auf dem Monte Verit\u00e0 als feministisches Projekt? <\/em>[Tagung: Literatur am Ende \u2013 Putting *Sch\u00f6pfung* in *Ersch\u00f6pfung* (Otto-Friedrich-Universit\u00e4t Bamberg)]<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>04\/2022: <em>Das Motiv der Langeweile in Thomas Manns Der Zauberberg (1924) <\/em>[Tagung: Von Zeit zu Zeit \u2013 Polyperspektivische Konzepte von Temporalit\u00e4t (FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg)]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-fc90e310-229b-4e01-b0a5-cb073882a34b\"><strong>Workshops and Conference Organisation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-60761419-f3c2-480b-93f9-b43543faffdc\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>09\/2025 (mit Antonia Villinger): Panel &#8220;Demokratie und Krise 1918-1933. Literarische Dialoge in Zeiten politischer (De-)Stabilisierungen&#8221; (28. Deutscher Germanistentag &#8220;Dialog&#8221;. TU Braunschweig)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03\/2024 (mit Antonia Villinger): Workshop: Zusammen\/Schreiben. Literatursoziologische und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf literarische Gruppen&nbsp;nach 1945 (Literaturarchiv Sulzbach-Rosenberg | Literaturhaus Oberpfalz)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>11\/2023 (mit der Jungen Deutschen Schillergesellschaft): Krieg und Frieden. Verhandlungen in Literatur und anderen Medien (Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>04\/2022 (mit Katharina Muschiol und Stefan Otto Ruiz): Von Zeit zu Zeit \u2013 Polyperspektivische Konzepte von Temporalit\u00e4t (FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Academic Roles<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-cf39503d-19c2-4f9a-a7ad-1c078ed7f067\"><strong>Teaching<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-7a3b3aad-7fa8-4769-a5c0-95d565882637\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wintersemester 24\/25: Literarische Gruppen nach 1945<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summersemester 24: Grundlagen des wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens in der Literaturwissenschaft<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wintersemester 23\/24: Deutschsprachige Literatur in Rum\u00e4nien nach 1945 (von Paul Celan bis Herta M\u00fcller)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-022c16c0-7ef2-4987-8e48-b11bcde99a84\"><strong>Academic self-administration<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-3c56518e-ad5a-48f5-a718-b20ed70cb4fe\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since 10\/2022: PhD Candidate Speaker of the Research Training Group \u201cLiterature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures\u201d (GRK 2806)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020-2022: Speaker for the Master\u2019s Degree Ethik der Textkulturen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>03\/2021: Student Representative for the Appointment Committee for a position as Research Associate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"block-d35b464a-28e0-4510-b794-01b6564bfe4f\"><strong>Awards and Scholarships<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-31992861-3614-4514-9653-1f1391331abf\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2024: Erasmus+-Reisestipendium (Temeswar, Rum\u00e4nien)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: FAU-Pr\u00fcfungsbester im Rahmen der Ersten Staatspr\u00fcfung f\u00fcr das Lehramt Gymnasium an \u00f6ffentlichen Schulen \u2013 Staatsexamensdurchgang Herbst 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020-2022: Stipend from Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"arunima-kundu\" data-href=\"#arunima-kundu\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"arunima-kundu-section\" id=\"arunima-kundu\">Arunima Kundu<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"arunima-kundu-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"arunima-kundu\" role=\"region\" name=\"arunima-kundu\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large has-overlay is-style-medium\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/8-e1770051810770-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Foto von Arunima Kundu\" class=\"wp-image-456 tall-image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/8-e1770051810770-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/8-e1770051810770-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/8-e1770051810770-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/8-e1770051810770-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/8-e1770051810770-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/8-e1770051810770-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/8-e1770051810770-240x240.png 240w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/8-e1770051810770-320x320.png 320w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/8-e1770051810770-470x470.png 470w\" \/><button class=\"image-fullscreen-btn\" onclick=\"openImageFullscreen('https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2022\/11\/8-e1770051810770.png')\">\u26f6<\/button><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">American literary and cultural studies, critical posthumanist theory, Afrofuturism, intercultural studies, postcolonial studies, intellectual history<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Projects<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Current academic project<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>PhD Dissertation: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/en\/forschung\/qualifikationsarbeiten\/#arunima-kundu-mediating-otherness-in-cultural-discourse-the-planetary-posthuman-subject-in-afrofuturist-science-fiction\">\u201cMediating Otherness in Cultural Discourse: the Planetary Posthuman Subject in Afrofuturist Science Fiction\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Previous projects<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MA Thesis (for MA Intercultural Anglophone Studies): <\/strong>\u201cThinking Relationally: the Planetary Posthuman in Contemporary Hollywood Science Fiction\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>M<\/strong><strong>A Thesis (for MA Global History): <\/strong>\u201cEngland as a Transformative Experience: Indian students\u2019 perception of the Self and the Other in late nineteenth century Britain (1878-1894)\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Education &amp; Employment<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since 2022: Doctoral Research Fellow in the DFG research training group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/en\/\">Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures<\/a>, FAU Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>April-June 2024: Internship at the cultural office of the City of Erlangen in the organization team of the 21<sup>st<\/sup> Erlangen International Comic Salon, 30 May to 2 June.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2020 \u2013 2022: Student Assistant in the DFG Project \u201cEconomy and Epistemology of Gossip in 19th- and Early 20th-Century US-American Literature and Culture\u201d at the University of Bayreuth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021: Member of the external commission for the internal re-accreditation of the BA English\/American Studies and MA Intercultural Anglophone Studies courses for the Quality Assurance Office (<em>Stabsstelle Qualit\u00e4tssicherung<\/em>), University of Bayreuth<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2019 \u2013 2022: M.A. Intercultural Anglophone Studies at the University of Bayreuth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2016 \u2013 2017: Editorial Board Member of the <em>Global Histories: A Student Journal<\/em>. Volume 3, Issue 1 &amp; 2 (2017) ISSN: 2366-780X \u2013 at the Free University of Berlin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2017: Member of the organizing committee for the 3rd International Global History Student Conference, May 20-21, 2017, at the Free University of Berlin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2015 \u2013 2018: M.A. Global History, joint degree program at Free University of Berlin and Humboldt University, Berlin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2012 \u2013 2018: B.A. (Honours) in History at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Journal Articles<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2025: <a href=\"https:\/\/copas.uni-regensburg.de\/index.php\/copas\/article\/view\/412\"><strong>Journal editorial<\/strong><\/a>: (with Chiona Hufnagel, Lisa Seuberth, and Ruxandra Teodorescu) \u201c(Re-)Shaping the Public Sphere: Cultural Productions as\/and Interventions: The 2024 Postgraduate Forum\u201d <em>Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies<\/em>, vol.26, no.1 \u2022 Oct 17, 2025. <strong>DOI<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5283\/copas.412\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5283\/copas.412<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2024: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1386\/ejac_00126_1\"><strong>Journal article<\/strong><\/a>: \u201cMediating otherness: The Afrofuturist planetary posthuman in Black Panther\u201d <em>European Journal of American Culture<\/em>, Vol 43, No. 3 \u00b7 <br>Dec 9, 2024. &nbsp;<strong>DOI:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1386\/ejac_00126_\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1386\/ejac_00126_<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2016: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalhistories.com\/index.php\/GHSJ\/article\/view\/110\/58\"><strong>Book Review<\/strong><\/a> of: Willey, Angela. <em>Undoing Monogamy: The Politics of Science and Possibilities of Biology<\/em>. Durham: Duke University Press, 2016. ISBN: 978-0-822-36159-6.<br>Published in<em>: Global Histories: A Student Journal<\/em>. Volume 3, Issue 1 (2017) ISSN: 2366-780X<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workshops, Lectures, and Papers<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Organization of the 34th Annual Conference of the Postgraduate Forum (PGF) of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS\/DGfA) \u201c(Re-)Shaping the Public Sphere: Cultural Productions as\/and Interventions\u201d<strong> <\/strong>with Chiona Hufnagel, Lisa Seuberth, and Ruxandra Teodorescu, Nov 21-23, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conference talk on November 9, 2023: \u201cAffective Worldmaking and Counterpublic(s). Afrofuturism and Planetary Posthuman critique in NK Jemisin\u2019s <em>The City We Became<\/em>\u201d&nbsp;at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Postgraduate Forum (PGF) of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS\/DGfA), PGF 2023 \u2013 \u201cSpaces of Affect in the Americas\u201d, Leibniz University Hannover, November 9-11, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conference talk on May 20, 2023 (part of interdisciplinary panel \u201cLiterature and the Public Sphere\u201d): \u201cMediating Blackness. The Afrofuturist Planetary Posthuman in <em>Black Panther<\/em>\u201d at the SLSAeu Conference 2023, Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg (FAU), May 18-21, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conference talk on May 16, 2023: \u201cMediating Otherness: The Afrofuturist Planetary Posthuman in <em>Black Panther<\/em>\u201d at the 18th International Conference on Contemporary Narratives in English, University of Zaragoza, May 15-17, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As student assistant in organizing team: <em>Speculative Endeavors. Cultures of Knowledge and Capital in the Long Nineteenth Century, digital conference<\/em>, October 21-23, 2021<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As organizer and co-moderator: <em>3rd International Global History Student Conference<\/em>, May 20-21, 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Teaching<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Proseminar:<\/strong> <em>Afrofuturism in Contemporary American Comics<\/em> in Winter Semester 2024-25 (Department of English and American Studies)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miscellaneous<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Member of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS\/DGfA)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uni-erlangen.academia.edu\/ArunimaKundu\">Academia.edu<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"noran-omran\" data-href=\"#noran-omran\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"noran-omran-section\" id=\"noran-omran\">Noran Omran<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"noran-omran-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"noran-omran\" role=\"region\" name=\"noran-omran\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-overlay is-style-medium\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/12\/Silhouette_Frau-e1770642431738.jpg\" alt=\"Portraitfoto_Silhouette\" class=\"wp-image-25573 tall-image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/12\/Silhouette_Frau-e1770642431738.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/12\/Silhouette_Frau-e1770642431738-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/12\/Silhouette_Frau-e1770642431738-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/12\/Silhouette_Frau-e1770642431738-240x240.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/12\/Silhouette_Frau-e1770642431738-320x320.jpg 320w\" \/><button class=\"image-fullscreen-btn\" onclick=\"openImageFullscreen('https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/12\/Silhouette_Frau-e1770642431738.jpg')\">\u26f6<\/button><\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Project<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dissertation:\u00a0<a title=\"Die Medien der deutschsprachigen Underground-Literatur \u2013 Netzwerke transnationaler Gegen\u00f6ffentlichkeiten im 20. Jahrhundert\" href=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/person\/die-medien-der-deutschsprachigen-underground-literatur\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/en\/forschung\/qualifikationsarbeiten\/#noran-omran-the-german-language-beat-literature-constitution-construction-and-consecration\">The German-Language Beat Literature: Constitution, Construction, Consecration.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Interests<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Underground- and (Social) Beat Literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pop Literature<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Materiality and Mediality of Literatures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Journal and Magazine Research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publications<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-small-text wp-block-paragraph\">Graur, Patrick \/ Omran, Noran: Workshop &#8220;Kohle als Energiequelle in der Literatur von der Romantik bis zur Gegenwart&#8221;.&nbsp;Paderborn: Bonifatius GmbH Druck &#8211; Buch &#8211; Verlag, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-small-text wp-block-paragraph\">Omran, Noran: <a href=\"https:\/\/mediarep.org\/entities\/review\/58f0bbff-8198-4273-8f0d-93c63c280550\">Elisabeth K. Paefgen: Film und Literatur der 1970er Jahre: Eine Studie zur Ann\u00e4hrung und Wandel zweier K\u00fcnste.&nbsp;MEDIENwissenschaft: Rezensionen, Reviews,&nbsp;MEDIENwissenschaft: Rezensionen | Reviews, Jg. 35 (2018)(Sonderpublikation), 12-14.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lectures<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 2026: Underground-Journale als Anti-Archive. Zur Gegenwartsfixierung und Gegenwartsgenerierung im <em>Ulcus Molle Info<\/em> (1969-1990)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-small-text wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Tagung: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.literaturarchiv.de\/literaturhaus\/veranstaltungsarchiv\/2026\/gegenwart-literatur-zeitschriften\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.literaturarchiv.de\/literaturhaus\/veranstaltungsarchiv\/2026\/gegenwart-literatur-zeitschriften\">Gegenwart, Literatur, Zeitschriften.<\/a> 23.\/24. April 2026, Literaturarchiv Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Organisation: Daniel Ehrmann (M\u00fcnchen \/ G\u00f6ttingen) \/ Frieder von Ammon (M\u00fcnchen). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">M\u00e4rz 2025: Lumpensammler:innen und ihre Schnipselwelten <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Workshop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/veranstaltungen-und-publikationen\/veranstaltungen\/workshop-unser-leben-ist-der-inhalt-deutschsprachige-fanzines\/\">&#8220;Unser Leben ist der Inhalt&#8221; Deutschsprachige Fanzines&#8221;.<\/a> 13.\/14. M\u00e4rz 2025, Berlin. Organisation: Noran Omran (Erlangen) \/ Erika Thomalla (M\u00fcnchen). <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juni 2024: Podiumsdiskussion: &#8220;I Can Heal You&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><font size=\"1\">Filmauff\u00fchrung: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirs.phil.fau.de\/2024\/05\/15\/i-can-heal-you-eine-produktion-von-lost-film\/\">&#8220;I Can <span>Heal<\/span><\/a><\/font><font size=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dirs.phil.fau.de\/2024\/05\/15\/i-can-heal-you-eine-produktion-von-lost-film\/\"> You&#8221;.<\/a>  Eine Produktion von Lost Film. 26. Juni 2026, Erlangen. Organisation: Imane El Guennouni (Erlangen). <\/font><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mai 2024: New Alman \u00c9criture: Popliterature and Postmigrant Perspectives<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.6667px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.de\/2024\/05\/news\/diversity-day-am-14-mai\/#:~:text=Unsere%20Themenschwerpunkte%20am%2014.,und%20alle%20Mitglieder%20der%20FAU.\">Diversity Day der FAU. 14. Mai 2024<\/a>. In Kollaboration mit Laura Sturtz.<\/span> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 2024: Die Medien der deutschsprachigen Underground-Literatur<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Buchwissenschaftliches Kolloquium Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t<em> <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">M\u00e4rz 2024: Permutative Kollaborationen \u2013 Gemeinschaftliche Textproduktionen<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Workshop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/zusammen-schreiben-literatursoziologische-und-kulturwissenschaftliche-perspektiven-auf-literarische-gruppen-nach-1945\/\">Zusammen\/Schreiben. Literatursoziologische und kulturwissenschaftliche Perspektiven auf literarische Gruppen nach 1945.<\/a> 14.\/15. M\u00e4rz 2024, Sulzbach-Rosenberg. Organisation: Patrick Graur  (Erlangen) \/ Antonia Villinger (Erlangen).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\nFeb. 2024: Hybride in Interzonen: Zur Inszenierung von R\u00e4umlichkeit &amp; Identit\u00e4t in Cut-Ups\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Forschungskolloquium Philipps-Universit\u00e4t Marburg. 01.\/02. Feb. 2024.<\/span> &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Juli 2023: <em>Klacto\/23 International <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Workshop: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transnationalperiodicalcultures.net\/workshop-zeitschriftenforschung-und-humandifferenzierung\/\">Zeitschriftenforschung und Humandifferenzierung.<\/a> 25. Juli 2023, Mainz. Organisation: Dr. Sabina Fazli (Mainz) \/ Prof. Dr. Oliver Scheiding (Mainz)<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\nJuni 2023: \u00dcber ein Paradox: Wenn \u00d6ffentlichkeit nicht \u00f6ffentlich sein will\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Workshop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.de\/termine\/workshop-medienvielfalt-der-bundesdeutschen-literatur-eine-methodologische-erprobung\/\">Medienvielfalt der bundesdeutschen Literatur. Eine methodologische Erprobung.&nbsp;<\/a>20.\/30. Juni 2023, Erlangen. Organisation: Marlene Kirsten (Bonn) \/ Noran Omran (Erlangen).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Okt. 2022: In der BRD wucherts: Ver\u00e4stelungen der Zines <em>Ulcus Molle Info, Gasolin 23<\/em> u.v.m. im Journal-Rhizom <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\">Workshop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-marburg.de\/de\/fb09\/neuere-deutsche-literatur\/aktuelles\/nachrichten\/workshop-literatur-der-fruehen-bundesrepublik-materielle-kulturen-und-mediale-oeffentlichkeiten-am-6-7-10.2022\">Literatur der fr\u00fchen Bundesrepublik: Materielle Kulturen und mediale \u00d6ffentlichkeiten.&nbsp;<\/a>6.\/7. Okt. 2023, Marburg. Organisation: David Brehm (Marburg) \/ Noran Omran (Erlangen).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\nAug. 2022: Die Medien der deutschsprachigen Undergorund-Literatur\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/journalliteratur.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/early-career-researcher-tagung-der-zeitschriften-und-journalliteratur\/\">Early Career Researcher Tagung der Zeitschriften- und Journalforschung.<\/a> 23. Aug. 2023, Marburg. Organisation: Vincent Fr\u00f6hlich (Marburg) \/ Sven Sch\u00f6pf (Bochum).<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activities<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conference Organization<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>March 2025, Organization: Workshop \u201eUnser Leben ist der Inhalt\u201c. German-language Fanzines. March 13\u201314, 2025, Berlin. In collaboration with: Erika Thomalla (Prof. Dr., Munich). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/en\/veranstaltungen-und-publikationen\/events\/workshop-unser-leben-ist-der-inhalt-deutschsprachige-fanzines\/\">Workshop: \u201eUnser Leben ist der Inhalt\u201c- Deutschsprachige Fanzines &#8211; GRK Literatur und \u00d6ffentlichkeit<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>June 2023, Organization: Workshop Medienvielfalt der bundesdeutschen Literatur. A methodological experiment. June 20-30, 2023, Erlangen. Organization: Marlene Kirsten (M.A., Bonn) \/ Noran Omran (M.A., Erlangen). Workshop: Media Diversity in German Literature. A methodological experiment | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fau.de\/termine\/workshop-medienvielfalt-der-bundesdeutschen-literatur-eine-methodologische-erprobung\/\">FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg Workshop: Media diversity in German literature. A methodological test&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oct. 2023, Organization: Workshop Literature of the Early Federal Republic: Material Cultures and Media Public Spheres.Oct. 6\/7, 2023, Marburg. Organization: David Brehm (M.A., Marburg) \/ Noran Omran (M.A., Erlangen). Post\/Doc-Workshop \u201cLiteratur der fr\u00fchen Bundesrepublik: Materielle Kulturen und mediale \u00d6ffentlichkeiten\u201d, 6.\/7.10.2022 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uni-marburg.de\/de\/fb09\/neuere-deutsche-literatur\/aktuelles\/nachrichten\/workshop-literatur-der-fruehen-bundesrepublik-materielle-kulturen-und-mediale-oeffentlichkeiten-am-6-7-10.2022\">News &#8211; Modern German Literature &#8211; Philipps University Marburg (uni-marburg.de)Post\/Doc-Workshop \u201eLiterature of the Early Federal Republic: Material Cultures and Media Public Spheres.\u201c<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">FAU-Commitee Memberships<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since April 2024, co-initiation in cooperation with the Office for Gender and Diversity: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gender-und-diversity.fau.de\/diversity\/antidiskriminierung\/mosaicfau-community-of-poc\/\">FAU Network: Mosaic \u2013 Community of PoC&nbsp;<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From October 2022 to October 2024 doctoral student spokesperson at DFG Research Training Group 2806.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">External Memberships<\/h5>\n\n\n<div class=\"cris\"><div class=\"cris\"><ul class=\"cris-activities\"><li> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cris.fau.de\/activities\/348857219?lang=en_GB\" target=\"blank\" title=\"View details on cris.fau.de in new window\">Mitglied: Buchwissenschaftliches Kolloquium. Zentrum f\u00fcr Buchwissenschaft.<\/a><\/strong><br \/>since 1. April 2024, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\u00e4t (LMU)<br \/>URL: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zfb.uni-muenchen.de\/forschungundnachwuchs\/nachwuchsfoerderung\/index.html\" target=\"blank\" title=\"Open Link in new window.\">https:\/\/www.zfb.uni-muenchen.de\/forschungundnachwuchs\/nachwuchsfoerderung\/index.html<\/a><br \/><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Courses and Lectures<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Summer semester 24: Diversity (in) Literature (FAU, Erlangen\/Nuremberg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winter semester 23\/24: German Underground Literatures (1969-1990) (FAU, Erlangen\/Nuremberg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SoSe 22: Specialized tutorial: Entertainment literature in the 19th century, English (Philipps University, Marburg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Summer semester 21 &#8211; Summer semester 22: Written Rhetoric and Stylistics (Philipps University, Marburg)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Winter semester 22\/23: Christian Kracht&#8217;s novels &#8211; authorship, aesthetic procedures, impact (Philipps University, Marburg)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vita<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since October 2022 research assistant, doctoral candidate in the DFG Research Training Group 2806 Literature and the Public Sphere in Different Contemporary Cultures with a doctoral project on the German-language alternative press in the Federal Republic from 1968 onwards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Since Oct. 2023, concept \/ organization: Editing of the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/2023\/11\/03\/newsletter-1-23\/\"> GRK Newsletter<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>July-Sep. 2024, scientific internship: German Art Archive of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From October 2022 to October 2024 doctoral student spokesperson at DFG Research Training Group 2806.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Until September 2022 PhD student and lecturer at the Philipps University Marburg at the Institute for Contemporary German Literature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Until April 2021 tutor of the introduction to scientific working methods and text analysis at the Philipps University Marburg<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Until March 2021 Studies of German Language and Literature, Political Science and Philosophy at the Philipps University Marburg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"daniel-wellinghausen\" data-href=\"#daniel-wellinghausen\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"daniel-wellinghausen-section\" id=\"daniel-wellinghausen\">Daniel Wellinghausen<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"daniel-wellinghausen-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"daniel-wellinghausen\" role=\"region\" name=\"daniel-wellinghausen\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Daniel Wellinghausen left the Research Training Group in 2023 to take up an editorial position at Beck-Verlag, Munich.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapsibles \"><div class=\"accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"panel_0b95b0ec\" data-href=\"#panel_0b95b0ec\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"panel_0b95b0ec-section\" id=\"panel_0b95b0ec\">Jochen Venus<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"panel_0b95b0ec-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"panel_0b95b0ec\" role=\"region\" name=\"panel_0b95b0ec\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We were very saddened to be informed on April 9<sup>th<\/sup> 2024 of the sudden death of our coordinator Dr. Jochen Venus. The thoughts of the members of the Kolleg are with Jochen\u2019s wife and family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jochen Venus was an important contact person for all the members of our Kolleg. As a media scholar who researched and taught at the University of Siegen for many years, he was the academic coordinator of the RTG \u201cLiterature and the Public Sphere in Different Contemporary Cultures\u201d at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg from October 2022. In this role, he supported the development of the research group. His death leaves an abrupt gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Jochen holds a doctorate in media studies. After pushing degrees in media studies, literary studies, sociology and philosophy at the University of Siegen, he continued to work there for many years as a lecturer and as a project staff member and scientific coordinator in two DFG collaborative research centers on popular media genres and helped shape interdisciplinary research on popularity. Beyond the research training group\u2019s research topic and the exciting individual projects, he is thrilled that his interest in aesthetic theory is given so much material support in Erlangen\u2019s vibrant cultural life.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jochen was coordinator from November 2022 to April 2024.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Former Student Assistants<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapsibles \"><div class=\"accordion\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"philip-cichon\" data-href=\"#philip-cichon\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"philip-cichon-section\" id=\"philip-cichon\">Philip Cichon<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"philip-cichon-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"philip-cichon\" role=\"region\" name=\"philip-cichon\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Student Assistant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"mandy-eisenkolb\" data-href=\"#mandy-eisenkolb\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"mandy-eisenkolb-section\" id=\"mandy-eisenkolb\">Mandy Eisenkolb<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"mandy-eisenkolb-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"mandy-eisenkolb\" role=\"region\" name=\"mandy-eisenkolb\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Student Assistant<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2017 \u2013 2021 Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg: Bachelor of Arts Book Studies\/German Studies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2021 \u2013 2024 Friedrich-Alexander-Universit\u00e4t Erlangen-N\u00fcrnberg: Literary Studies &#8211; intermedial and intercultural<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mandy Eisenkolb was responsible for the RTG newsletter, proofreading and other tasks such as website maintenance and workshop support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"anna-lynn-kreder\" data-href=\"#anna-lynn-kreder\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"anna-lynn-kreder-section\" id=\"anna-lynn-kreder\">Anna Lynn Kreder<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"anna-lynn-kreder-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"anna-lynn-kreder\" role=\"region\" name=\"anna-lynn-kreder\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Student Assistant<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rrze-elements-collapse \"><div class=\"accordion-group \"><h2 class=\"accordion-heading\"><button class=\"accordion-toggle\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" data-name=\"johanna-neumeier\" data-href=\"#johanna-neumeier\" type=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"johanna-neumeier-section\" id=\"johanna-neumeier\">Johanna Neumeier<\/button><\/h2><div id=\"johanna-neumeier-section\" class=\"accordion-body \" aria-labelledby=\"johanna-neumeier\" role=\"region\" name=\"johanna-neumeier\"><div class=\"accordion-inner clearfix\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Johanna Neumeier<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">johanna.neumeier@fau.de<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since her A-Levels in 2019, <strong>Johanna Neumeier<\/strong> has studied at FAU. In 2023, she graduated in Italian and German Studies (B.A.) and currently pursues a Master&#8217;s degree in Literature Studies &#8211; intermedial and intercultural. In the course of her studies, she worked several times as a tutor for Italian linguistics and literature. In addition to her work at the RTG, she was a student assistant for Italian at the FAU Language Center until August 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-large has-overlay\"><div class=\"image-wrapper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/09\/Neumeier-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25087 tall-image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/09\/Neumeier-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/09\/Neumeier-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/09\/Neumeier-120x160.jpg 120w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/09\/Neumeier-240x320.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.literaturundoeffentlichkeit.phil.fau.de\/files\/2024\/09\/Neumeier-83x110.jpg 83w, 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