German History / Studies

The 2023 Journal of Austrian Studies Graduate Student Essay Prize seeks to highlight exceptional scholarship from students and early career scholars that presents new perspectives on the history, literature and culture of Austria, Austro-Hungary, and the former Habsburg territories.
Submissions may be informed by a wide range of thematic and theoretical approaches including (but not limited to): History, Literary studies, Biography, Disability Studies, Environmental Studies, Ethnicity and Nationality Studies, Film and Media Studies, Gender, Queer, and Trans

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BAUSTELLE Brecht V: “Therefore, everyone, stand where you are and sing the hymn of the poorest of the poor” – Practices of Placement in Brecht, Benjamin, and Co.

Director of the Leo Baeck Institute London/Lecturer, Birkbeck, University of London

Starting salary from £48,376, depending on experience. (University of London salary scale Grade 8)

Start date: As soon as possible

The Leo Baeck Institute London is seeking a new director to lead the institute in its next exciting phase of development. The post will be held in conjunction with a part-time (30 percent) secondment as Lecturer in the School of Historical Studies, Birkbeck, University of London.

The Baker-Burton Award was created in 2005 and is named for two distinguished scholars, Professor Vaughan Baker Simpson of the University of Louisiana Lafayette, and University of Akron Professor Emerita June K. Burton.

GERMAN WOMEN WRITERS

2023 Midwest Modern Language Association Annual Conference
Cincinnati, Ohio
November 2-5, 2023

Convention Theme Description: https://www.luc.edu/mmla/convention/callforpapers/

Topic: OPEN

We encourage submissions addressing the literary texts and lives of German-language women writers from any period and in any genre. Papers that engage with the Convention theme of “Going Public: What the MMLA Owes Democracy” are especially welcome.

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Environments in German and Dutch Studies (abstracts due June 1st, 2023)

Date: September 29-30, 2023

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Seth Howes, University of Missouri

Workshop Speakers: Dr. Julia Goetze, Dr. Diego Roman, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Dear Colleagues: