Our faculty member Prof. Dr. Hans-Martin Zademach was appointed a member of the State Planning Advisory Board at the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy on July 1. The State Planning Advisory Council is the highest advisory body for state and regional planning in Bavaria, it advises on fundamental issues of spatial […]
We are pleased to share that Ulla Stackmann will publish her forthcoming book, Sonic Stagings of U.S. Postwar Audiopoetry, with Brill. It is the second volume of the new book series DQR: Studies in the Lyrical. The book explores the performative and auditory dimensions of postwar American audiopoetry, offering fresh insights into the intersections of […]
From July 25 to 27, the mid-term conference “Contesting Place – Practices of (Un)Doing” took place in Eichstätt, preceded by a guided tour through the city as a pre-conference activity. The conference focused on the conflictuality of place by exploring how places are de-stabilised, dis-located, and de-identified. A central guiding question was: How are places […]
Hello from my temporary, but very sunny desk in Eichstätt! My name is Rumya Putcha. I am an associate professor at the University of Georgia in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. Currently, I am in residence at KU with the Practicing Place research group as a Mercator fellow. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time […]
We are now accepting applications for Associated Fellows as we enter the second funding phase of our Research Training Group (RTG) Practicing Place. We invite doctoral researchers whose work aligns with the themes of our RTG to apply. Your application should clearly articulate how your research contributes to developing the central perspective of Practicing Place. […]
On May 14th, 2025, our RTG had the pleasure of welcoming Prof. Dr. Roberta Maierhofer (Univ. of Graz) to Eichstätt. Known for her work in American (literary) age studies (especially the intersection of age and gender), Roberta Maierhofer gave a talk on Agnès Varda and JR’s 2017 documentary Visages Villages. In “Faces, Places, and Moments […]
It is with deep sadness that we share the news of the passing of our colleague and friend, Michael F. Zimmermann, who died on April 9, 2025. Michael was a founding member of “Practicing Place” and an integral part of our team. He was a wonderful colleague with great enthusiasm for research, always ready to […]
We are thrilled to announce that our book, Practicing and Placing Imaginaries: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Conceptual Ideas, and Case Studies is now available. On transcript’s homepage you can download the PDF or get the printed volume. The contributors to this volume explore the intertwined relationship of imagining and practicing from different fields of study (sociology, philosophy, […]
In this episode, three doctoral candidates of the new cohort, Gabriela Randig, Jakob Bierwagen and Jessie Martin reflect on what it means to practice Eichstätt as their place of research. Bringing very different experiences and relations to Eichstätt into discussion with each other, the three of them delve into the peculiarity of ‘a small Bavarian […]