Guest lecture, September 26:
Thomas Wortmann: “Kreiselnde Philologie. Die Germanistik, ihr Gegenstand und der material turn.”

September 26, 2014, 16:00
“Kreiselnde Philologie. Die Germanistik, ihr Gegenstand und der material turn.”
Thomas Wortmann (Universität Mannheim).
German Department, Odette Hall, Room 323

Thomas Wortmann is Juniorprofessor for German Literature and Media Aesthetics at the German Department of the University of Mannheim. He studied in Bonn, St. Louis and Cologne and worked as a lecturer at the universities of Cologne and Tübingen. His research focuses on German Literature from the 19th century to the present, contemporary drama and theatre, gender and popular film. Among his publications are: Literatur als Prozess. Drostes „Geistliches Jahr“ als Schreibzyklus (2014), Redigierte Tradition. Literarhistorische Positionierungen Annette von Droste-Hülshoffs (Ed. 2010); Männersachen. Verhandlungen von Männlichkeit in den Texten von Heinrich und Thomas Mann (Ed. 2014).

If you have any accommodation needs, please e-mail german@chass.utoronto.ca five business days prior to the event, and we will do our best to assist you.

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