Research

Dr. Bowers Gives Digital Humanities Talk at Stanford Literary Lab

Dr. Bowers Gives Digital Humanities Talk at Stanford Literary Lab

On Thursday, February 18, Dr. Katherine Bowers gave a talk at the Stanford Literary Lab alongside other members of the Data-Sitters Club, a feminist digital humanities collective.

Dr. Gramling Publishes Translation in Queer Literature Anthology

Dr. Gramling Publishes Translation in Queer Literature Anthology

Dr. David Gramling published the first English translation of Murathan Mungan’s 1983 short love story Rapunzel and the Drifter, about a taxi driver and his passenger in Ankara, Turkey.

PhD Candidate Publishes Second Article in Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture

PhD Candidate Publishes Second Article in Crossings: Journal of Migration & Culture

PhD candidate Sabine Zimmermann published an article titled “Cultural artefacts and the ‘migration crisis’: Disruptive materialities in works by Navid Kermani and Maxi Obexer.”

CENES Professors Attend Virtual MLA Convention

CENES Professors Attend Virtual MLA Convention

This past weekend (January 7-10, 2021) several CENES professors participated in the annual MLA convention, which was held virtually this year.

Dr. Malakaj Publishes Co-Authored Article on Collegiate Language Textbooks

Dr. Malakaj Publishes Co-Authored Article on Collegiate Language Textbooks

Dr. Ervin Malakaj published an article in the journal Linguistics & Education , which he co-authored with Baburhan Uzum (Sam Houston State University), Bedrettin Yazan (University of Texas, San Antonio), Samar Zahrawi (Sam Houston State University), and Siham Bouamer (Sam Houston State University).

Dr. Malakaj Publishes Chapter on Strategies to Foster Visible Inclusivity for Small German Programs

Dr. Malakaj Publishes Chapter on Strategies to Foster Visible Inclusivity for Small German Programs

Dr. Ervin Malakaj published his research project “Diversity Programming, Student Outreach and the Politics of Visible Inclusivity for Small German Programs.”

Dr. Nijdam Co-edits “The Social Justice Work of German Comics and Graphic Literature”

Dr. Nijdam Co-edits “The Social Justice Work of German Comics and Graphic Literature”

Dr. Biz Nijdam and Dr. Charlotte Schallié of the University of Victoria edited a special double issue of  Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies.

Dr. Bowers Gives Talk at School of Slavonic and East European Studies of University College London

Dr. Bowers Gives Talk at School of Slavonic and East European Studies of University College London

On December 14, Dr. Katherine Bowers gave a talk in the Russian Studies seminar series at UCL-SSEES on “A Russian Jane Eyre: Gothic Subjectivity and the Woman Question in Tur and Turgenev.”

Dr. Malakaj Publishes Chapter on Alfred Rosenthal and the Politics of Jewish Visibility

Dr. Malakaj Publishes Chapter on Alfred Rosenthal and the Politics of Jewish Visibility

Dr. Ervin Malakaj published his research project “Alfred Rosenthal’s Rhetoric of Collaboration, the Politics of Jewish Visibility, and Jewish Weimar Film Print Culture.”

Dr. Bowers Virtually Visits University of Toronto Slavic Department

Dr. Bowers Virtually Visits University of Toronto Slavic Department

On November 24-25, 2020, the University of Toronto Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures hosted Dr. Katherine Bowers on a virtual visit.