Tag: University of Würzburg
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New M.A. Program “Environmental Humanities” (University of Würzburg, Germany)
A new master’s program in “Environmental Humanities” will be starting at the University of Würzburg, Germany, in October 2026. The interdisciplinary program combines concepts, theories, and methods from the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences to investigate the historical, cultural, ethical, and aesthetic dimensions of environmental and ecological issues, such as climate change, mass extinction,…
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Applications for a Junior-Professorship (W1) in Cultural Environmental and Animal Studies
The Faculty of Humanities at the University of Würzburg (Germany) invites applications for a Junior-Professorship (W1) in Cultural Environmental and Animal Studies at the Institute for Modern Philologies at the Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg, starting at the next possible entry date. The holder of the post in question must have an academic background in American Studies and/or…
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The Garden: Ecological Paradigms of Space, History, and Community- 8th Biennial EASLCE Conference
Arguably one of the most alluring environmental images, the garden enjoys a poetic, aesthetic, and mythological presence across many cultures and throughout all ages…
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Cultural and Literary Animal Studies
Journal of Literary Theory Vol. 9, No. 2 (2015) Cultural and Literary Animal Studies Guest Editor: Roland Borgards (University of Würzburg, Germany) In recent years, animal studies have become established as an important interdisciplinary field of research. Cultural and literary studies, too, have dealt in a new way with the discourse on animals and the…
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33 Scholarships – Würzburg Summer School for Cultural and Literary Animal Studies
Call for Applications: 33 Scholarships for the Würzburg Summer School for Cultural and Literary Animal Studies (CLAS) Sep 23-Sep 28, 2013, at the University of Würzburg 1. Würzburg Summer School for Cultural and Literary Animal Studies, Funded by VolkswagenStiftung In the Humanities and in Cultural Studies, animals have increasingly become the focus of interest in recent years. In its interdisciplinary…
