We are delighted to share that our postdoc, Sarah Earnshaw, has published her first monograph. „Human Rights and Sovereign Standards in US Security: Freedom Will Be Defended“ is now available from Routledge as part of the Advances in American History series. The age of human rights ushered in by the establishment of the post-WWII liberal international […]
We are thrilled to share the news that our research training group has been approved for a second funding period by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Practicing Place was established in 2021 and will be extended until the 31st of March 2030. There are many thanks owed to everyone who helped us through the review […]
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, […]
We are excited to share the call for papers for the mid-term conference ‚Contesting Place: Practices of (Un)Doing‘ which will be held in Eichstätt on June 26-27, 2025. You can read the call below or click here for the pdf. Please submit your abstract (max. 300 words) with a short bio by March 10th to: conference_pp@ku.de We […]
On June 25, 2024, we had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Henrike Kohpeiß to Eichstätt where she held a guest lecture and then led a workshop with our fellows the following day. Henrike is a philosopher and postdoctoral researcher at the SFB 1171 “Affective Societies” at the Free University of Berlin. During her lecture, „Respect […]
Recordings from our final conference “Practices of Imagination – Placings of Imaginaries” are now available on our YouTube channel. The conference was held February 7-10, 2024 in Eichstätt. Click here to find a recording of the keynote lecture by Prof. Dr. Hannes Krämer titled “The Borders of Tomorrow: Imagining the Futures of Europe’s Margins,” our […]