New Theories, Models and Methods in Literary and Cultural Studies - Podcasts

New Theories, Models and Methods in Literary and Cultural Studies

This series of podcasts is intended to give you an impression of the English Department at the University of Giessen. It provides an introduction to the faculty of the Literary and Cultural Studies section as well as to other department members who are working on similar issues from other disciplinary angles. Literary and cultural studies are interdisciplinary ventures. Students at Giessen who major in these fields profit not only from the close collaboration of our faculty with professors in linguistics and didactics but also from the presence of the International Graduate Center for the Study of Culture.

Held in the winter term of 2009-2010, this lecture series was intended to offer Giessen’s students an overview of state-of-the-art methods and models for conducting literary and cultural studies. In this manner, the organizers Professors Ansgar Nünning and Greta Olson hoped that students might move forward in devising their own research models and deciding on the method or methods most appropriate for their own work. The lecture series also addressed the question, “If theory is dead what comes next?” The many answers offered to this question in the form of the lectures recorded here suggest that literary and cultural studies are alive and flourishing as theoretical as well as pragmatic forms of analysis.

Each lecture begins by offering an overview of a new cultural object or an innovative new method for approaching literary and cultural texts. The speakers then move from offering a theoretical overview of their methods into demonstrating how a practical application of this method would be conducted.

Below, please find an overview of the lecture schedule. Note that not all of the lectures could be recorded as podcasts. By clicking on the title of the lecture, you can access the audio recording. By clicking onto the lecturer’s name you can learn more about her or his publications and research interests. All of the lectures listed here will be available shortly in a WVT Handbook: New Theories, Models and Methods in Literary and Cultural Studies, ed. Ansgar Nünning and Greta Olson (in preparation).

Lectures:
The History of Literary Theory: ‘Mouse-Eaten Records’ or an Acid Test? Prof. Dr. Ulrich Horstmann Professor of English and American Literature, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen October 13, 2009			Theory in Turns: Surveying the Development of Literary Theory, 1960-2010 Prof. Dr. em. Herbert Grabes Professor of English and American Literature, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen October 20, 2009
Eco-Criticism: The Landscapes of Modernity in London Urban Poetry Dr. Sonja Altnöder Research Coordinator at IPP – International PhD Programme Literary and Cultural Studies of the University of Giessen October 27, 2009			New Historicism and Cultural Materialism – The Case of Early Modern Studies PD Dr. Ute Berns University of Hamburg November 3, 2009
Gender Studies and Queer Theory: Contemporary Feminist Fiction Dr. des. Nadyne Stritzke Assistant to the Head of the Department of English, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen November 10, 2009			Stage(d) Life: Shakespeare and the Ecology of Media Prof. Dr. Ingo Berensmeyer Professor of English and American Literature, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen November 17, 2009
Literary Studies as a Form of Life-Science: The Knowledge of Literature (part 1\|part 2) Prof. Dr. Ansgar Nünning Professor of English and American Literature and Culture, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen, Founding and Managing Director of the „International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture“ (GCSC) & Dr. Michael Basseler Justus-Liebig-University Giessen November 24, 2009			Reading 9/11 Prof. Dr. Greta Olson Professor of English and American Literature and Cultural Studies, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen December 1, 2009
Intercultural & Postcolonial Approaches: Migration and ‘Black’ British Literature Prof. Dr. Roy Sommer Professor for Literary and Cultural Studies in the Department of English, University of Wuppertal December 8, 2009			Media Scandals and Cultural Transformation Dr. Martin Zierold Executive Board Manager of the GCSC – International Graduate Center for the Study of Culture of the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen December 15, 2009
The Linguistic and Cultural Dynamics of World Englishes: Postcolonial Englishes and Postcolonial Identity-Constructions (part 1\|part 2) Prof. Dr. Joybrato Mukherjee President of the University of Giessen and Professor of English Linguistics, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen & Prof. Dr. Magnus Huber Professor of English Linguistics and the History of the English Language, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen January 19, 2010			Theater and Performance Studies: Contemporary American Theater Dr. des. Anneka Esch-van Kan Research Assistant at IPP – International PhD Programme Literary and Cultural Studies of the University of Giessen January 26, 2010
Literature and Cognition: Literary Theory and Its Implications for the Literary Classroom Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Hallet Professor of Teaching English as a Foreign Language, Member of the Executive Board of the GCSC – International Graduate Center for the Study of Culture of the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen February 2, 2010			The Translational Turn in Literary and Cultural Studies: The Example of Human Rights Dr. Doris Bachmann-Medick Permanent Senior Research Fellow at the GCSC – International Graduate Center for the Study of Culture of the Justus-Liebig-University Giessen February 9, 2010

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New Theories, Models and Methods in Literary and Cultural Studies - Podcasts

The History of Literary Theory: ‘Mouse-Eaten Records’ or an Acid Test?

Theory in Turns: Surveying the Development of Literary Theory, 1960-2010

Eco-Criticism: The Landscapes of
Modernity in London Urban Poetry

New Historicism and Cultural Materialism – The Case of Early Modern Studies

Gender Studies and Queer Theory: Contemporary Feminist Fiction

Stage(d) Life: Shakespeare and the Ecology of Media

Literary Studies as a Form of Life-Science: The Knowledge of Literature (part 1|part 2)

Reading 9/11

Intercultural & Postcolonial Approaches: Migration and ‘Black’ British Literature

Media Scandals and Cultural Transformation

The Linguistic and Cultural Dynamics of World Englishes: Postcolonial Englishes and Postcolonial Identity-Constructions (part 1|part 2)

Theater and Performance Studies: Contemporary American Theater

Literature and Cognition: Literary Theory and Its Implications for the Literary Classroom

The Translational Turn in Literary and Cultural Studies: The Example of Human Rights

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