Ulla Stackmann’s dissertation on ” Sonic Stagings of U.S. Postwar Audiopoetry” is published with Brill

Former coordinator of the RTG “Practicing Place” Ulla Stackmann published her thesis on “Sonic Stagings of U.S. Postwar Audiopoetry. Practices, Configurations, and Contexts of Poetry on Sound Carriers (c. 1950s—1980s)” in the Brill series “DQR Studies in Literature”. We are pleased to share that Ulla Stackmann will publish her forthcoming book, Sonic Stagings of U.S. […]

Jessica Balling, RTG fellow, defended sucessfully her thesis in October

Congratulations to Jessica Balling on the successful defense of her doctoral dissertation on „Placing Nations. Praktiken, Orte und die sozial-räumliche Aushandlung von Nationen durch Nationalparks in Slowenien und Argentinien“. Jessica Balling was fellow in the first cohort of the RTG Practicing Place, and member of the Economic Geography research group. Her supervisor was Prof. Hans-Martin […]

Our faculty member Jens Temmen officially welcomed at KU

have look here: https://www.ku.de/die-ku/kontakt/presse/presseinformationen-detail/jens-temmen-uebernimmt-professur-fuer-amerikanistik-an-der-ku Prof. Dr. Jens Temmen has held the Chair of American Studies at KU since the summer semester of 2025.The cultural and literary scholar brings with him extensive research experience in Germany and abroad…..