Institute of History and Literary Cultures
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
The Institute of History and Literary Cultures is dedicated to culturally oriented research and instruction in history and literary criticism. The Institute focuses its research particularly on the cultural history and literary phenomena of the 20th and 21st centuries. The Institute is divided into the Departments of History and Literary Cultures.
- 2026
Gangarten des Lesens. Intersektionale Perspektiven auf eine elementare Kulturtechnik
Drews, K. (Speaker) & Gellai, S. (Speaker)
29.01.2026 → 30.01.2026Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- 2025
Lachen am Rand der Zeit. Walter Benjamin und der Humor in der Zwischenkriegszeit
Drews, K. (Speaker) & Gellai, S. (Speaker)
26.11.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
History Becomes Ecology
Stoffel, P. (Speaker)
20.11.2025 → 21.11.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Polylog: Zukünfte des Erinnerns in der Postmigrationsgesellschaft
Drews, K. (Speaker), Kollender, E. (Speaker), Otremba, L. (Speaker) & Schoop, M. E. (Speaker)
12.11.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Silbersalz Science & Media Festival
Wessely, C. (Speaker)
31.10.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › artistic events › Transfer
Das geheime Eigenleben der Urzeitbilder. Ferdinand von Hochstetters Geologische Bilder der Vorwelt und der Jetztwelt (1873)
Stoffel, P. (Speaker)
13.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Lesung aus „Liebesmühe“ auf Einladung der Jahreshauptversammlung der Deutschen Stiftung für Frauengesundheit
Wessely, C. (Speaker)
04.06.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Seamus Heaney: When all the others were away at Mass’
O'Sullivan, E. (Speaker)
29.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Education
Podiumsdiskussion im Rahmen der Veranstaltung: Leere Orte, Inseln: Die Einsamkeit der Mutterschaft, Monom Stifung für Veränderung
Wessely, C. (Speaker)
09.05.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Lesung aus „Liebesmühe“ und anschließende Podiumsdiskussion über Geschichte und Theorie der Mutterliebe
Wessely, C. (Speaker)
30.01.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Podiumsdiskussion auf der Tagung Partikulare Poetiken. Funktionen und Zukünfte der Autofiktion,
Wessely, C. (Speaker)
23.01.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Jurymitglied für Arbeitsstipendien zur Förderung der Gegenwartsliteratur
Drews, K. (Reviewer)
2025Activity: Other expert activities › Other
- 2024
Das tiefe 19. Jahrhundert in Bildern am Beispiel des Naturhistorischen Museum Wiens
Stoffel, P. (Speaker)
17.12.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Gegenwart: Hannah Arendt & Susan Sontag
Costa, M. T. (Speaker) & Kramer, S. (Speaker)
26.11.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
„Bildung eines Volkes. Zu Anna Seghers‘ Crisanta“.
Meyzaud, M. (Speaker)
19.11.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education
Vortrag: Zweierlei Naturgeschichte. Biologie und Kritische Theorie am Mittelmeer.
Wessely, C. (Speaker)
25.10.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
Environmental history: a history to end all history?
Stoffel, P. (Speaker)
21.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Presentations (poster etc.) › Research
Vortrag: Introduction: Critique or Action, History or Activism? Exploring The Role Of Environmental History In The Environmental Crisis
Wessely, C. (Speaker) & Höhler, S. (Speaker)
21.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Introduction: Critique or Action, History or Activism? Exploring The Role Of Environmental History In The Environmental Crisis
Wessely, C. (Speaker) & Wessely, C. (Speaker)
19.08.2024 → 23.08.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Lesung und Diskussion: Ringen mit dem Ich: Zur Universalisierung von Subjektivität in Literatur und Politik
Wessely, C. (Speaker), Séville, A. (Speaker) & Müller, J. (Speaker)
25.06.2024Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer