Student Conferences of the MA English and American Studies

“Encounters and Interactions” invites reflection on the relational dimensions of our disciplines in the broadest sense— the ways in which meaning is produced through contact, translation and exchange across regions, media and disciplinary boundaries. We are also interested in encounters and interactions within our core disciplines, for example intercultural encounters, language contact and varieties of English, inter-generational and gendered interactions, adaptations and re-writings, and class conflicts, to name but a few examples. 

The conference starts on 10 July at 9am with a keynote from Prof. Dr. Katrin Röder (Dortmund) with the topic “Between Clinic and Cosmos: Mental Distress in Contemporary Indian Anglophone Autobiography”.

Click here for the Call for Papers!(74.9 KB, 1 page)

“Diversity: Linguistic, Cultural and Literary Perspectives” (2024)

After having had to delay the first installment of our student and alumni conference series for the MAEAS (regular track) in 2020, the overarching topic “Building Bridges, Bridging Gaps” brought together a diverse range of scholars from all subject areas of English and American Studies in June 2024. The conference's topic, diversity, was a continuation of our Online Lecture Series (in winter semester 2023/24) and the student and alumni conference for the Joint Programme in English and American Studies in April 2024. Rounding off the academic year with this third event, this conference provided a forum for an inter- and transdisciplinary exchange about diversity in all its facets.

Click here for the conference's program and book of abstracts.(151.3 KB)