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Results from the DFG project "Small Sovereignty" (2022-2025)
The project team led by Prof. Dr. Jan-Henrik Witthaus is pleased to be able to make the results of the DFG project…The DFG project "Small Sovereignty" enters its second round with a focus on plantation literature
The recently approved second part of the project focuses on the literary representation of plantations. Thematically…Conference report Contested history(ies)
Contested history(ies): Kick-off at Uni:Lokal in pictures
We would like to thank everyone who took part in the opening event of the project Umkämpfte Geschichte(n), which took…18.December 2025
New online publication by Jan-Henrik Witthaus "Relecturas antropológicas y ecocríticas de Hombres de Máiz (1949) de Miguel Ángel Asturias" published by Pangeas. Revista Interdisciplinar de Ecocrítica.
"Relecturas antropológicas y ecocríticas de Hombres de Máiz (1949) de Miguel Ángel Asturias" by Jan-Henrik Witthaus at P…Book review by Jan-Henrik Witthaus about 'Liliana's imperishable summer' by Cristina Rivera Garza
Book review by Jan-Henrik Witthaus about 'Liliana's imperishable summer' by Cristina Rivera GarzasPaper Pushers and Ink Suckers: Objectifying the Administrative Subject in Bureaucratic Fiction
Together with Alexandra Irimia, Karolin Schäfer has submitted an office panel for the next conference of the American…Women authors in focus: Literature seminars in winter semester 2025/26
In the winter semester 2025/26, German and Romance literary studies will focus on female voices in literature - from…