Events 2017

The lecture series is the third part of a series of lectures, the first two parts of which took place in the winter semesters 2015/16 and 2016/17 at Saarland University. In this framework, well-known 'classics' of Austrian literature as well as important literary positions are presented in a literary-historical sequence. The aim is to delineate the heterogeneous cultural space of Austria by means of selected literary examples of prominent authors. The individual analyses always focus on a central epic, dramatic or lyrical text. 
In the current Kassel lecture series - starting with literature at the beginning of the 21st century - we will go back chronologically in literary history to the middle of the 19th century. Epic texts, mainly novels, for example by Daniel Kehlmann, Arno Geiger, Elias Canetti, Gustav Meyrink and Adalbert Stifter will be discussed. 

Location: University of Kassel, Holländischer Platz, Campus Center (Lecture Hall 3)
Time: Thurs., 2-4 p.m., WiSe 2017/18 
Organization: Prof. Dr. Stefanie Kreuzer 

The writer Juli Zeh will receive this year's Grimm Guest Professorship at the University of Kassel. In doing so, the university in northern Hesse is paying tribute to an influential author who has received numerous awards for her literary work and has also repeatedly contributed to the socio-political debate. Juli Zeh will give a public lecture and a public reading in Kassel at the end of June.

Public lecture "A Page (of Me)": 
Tuesday, June 20, 6 to 8 p.m. 
Lecture Hall 1 at Campus Center, Moritzstr. 18

Public Reading from her work:
Wednesday, June 21, 8 to 10 p.m. 
Lecture Hall 1 at Campus Center, Moritzstr. 18

The reading will take place on Wednesday, May 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Kassel, Arnold-Bode-Strasse 12, Lecture Hall 4.

On April 27, 2017, a public day of action on the topic of "Flight in Literature, Art and Culture" will take place at the Institute of German Studies. From 9 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., various actors are invited to offer specific perspectives on the topic of flight. The location is Kurt-Wolters-Straße 5. Children's book author Kirsten Boie will give a reading on her bilingual book "Bestimmt wird alles gut" in this context at 2 p.m. in room 0019/0020.