Refugees, Migrants, and Exiles in German and Comparative Literature
Week 1 (14/02/2023) Introduction (all professors) Grundlagen zur europäischen Migrationsliteratur, Aglaia Blioumi (NKUA) (16/02/2023) Social Event – CIVIS Social Lab Week 2 (21/02/2023) Flucht und Krieg in den Essays von Dževad Karahasan und Tanja Maljartschuk, Helga Mitterbauer (ULB) Week 3 (28/02/2023) Kultursemiotik: Grenzen, Eingrenzen, Ausgrenzen, Katerina Karakassi (NKUA) Week 4 (07/03.2023) Migration und Gender: E.S. Özdamar, Jossfinn Bohn (ULB) Week 5 (14/03/2023) Mehrsprachigkeit der Literatur gestern und heute, Markus Huss (SU) Week 6 (21/03/2023) Zwischen Deutschland und Afrika: Marseille als Exilort, Nicole Colin (AMU) Week 7 (28/03/2023) Exil in der Lyrik Paul Celans, Camilla Miglio (Sapienza) Week 8 (11/04/2023) Die Bundesrepublik als Ort des Exils: DDR-Autoren nach ihrer Übersiedlung, Catherine Teissier (AMU) Week 9 (18/04/2023) Sprache und Schreiben im Exil seit 1933, Caroline Merkel (SU) und Dorothee Kimmich (Tübingen) Week 10 (02/05/2023) Afrika- und Mittelmeerraumdiskurse in den Werken kanonischer deutschsprachiger Autor_innen aus dem 19. Jh. (aus postkolonialer Sicht), Raluca Rădulescu (UB) Explore how refugees, migrants and exiles have been represented today and in the past!
Application Deadline
Virtual Part starting date
2023-02-14
Virtual Part closing date
2023-05-02
Total student workload
165
Specific field of studies
German and Comparative Literature
Pre-requisite for selection
CV
Motivation Letter
Academic pre-requisites for applicants
German skills: B2; knowledge in text analysis
Physical Part starting date
2023-05-08
Physical Part Description
The workshop of the course will take place in Athens from May 8-12, 2023
Programme in detail:
Monday, May 8, 2023:
9-9:15: Reception
9:15-11:00: Introduction into the programme, presentation of participants
(KARAKASSI/ BLIOUMI/MERKEL/ HUSS/COLIN/TEISSIER/
MITTERBAUER/RADULESCU/KIMMICH)
11:00-12:30: Presentation and discussion of projects (COLIN/KIMMICH)
12:30-13:30: Lunch break
13:30-15:15: Presentation and discussion of projects (MITTERBAUER)
15:30-17:30: Presentation and discussion of projects (HUSS/TEISSIER)
17:30-19:00: Keynote by Maria Oikonomou, moderation: MITTERBAUER
Tuesday, May 9, 2023:
9:00-9:15: Exchange of ideas
9:15-12:30: Worldcafé with local stakeholders: Project “Social Kitchen” by the NGO “O allos anthropos”, Discussion and Moderation: KARAKASSI/ BLIOUMI/MERKEL/ HUSS/COLIN/TEISSIER/MITTERBAUER/RADULESCU/
KIMMICH
12:30-13:30: Lunch break
13:30-19:00: Excursion to the islands of Layrio und Makronisos, Responsible: KARAKASSI/ BLIOUMI/MERKEL/ HUSS/COLIN/TEISSIER/MITTERBAUER/ KIMMICH/RADULESCU
Wednesday, May 10, 2023:
9:00-9:15: Exchange of ideas
9:15-10:45: Presentation and discussion of projects (KIMMICH)
10:45-12:30: Presentation and discussion of projects (MERKEL/COLIN)
12:30-13:30: Lunch break
13:30-19:00: Afternoon for free explorations
19:00-22:00: Social event of all participants with local stakeholders (KARAKASSI/ BLIOUMI/MERKEL/ HUSS/COLIN/TEISSIER/MITTERBAUER/
KIMMICH)
Thursday, May 11, 2023:
9:00-9:15: Exchange of ideas
9:15-12:30: Open Space with the NGOs “Apostoli” and “Arsis”, Discussion and Moderation: KARAKASSI/ BLIOUMI/MERKEL/ HUSS/COLIN/TEISSIER/
MITTERBAUER/RADULESCU/KIMMICH
12:30-13:30: Lunch break
13:30-17:30: Study-visits of the exhibition “The Land of Attica welcomes Refugees of ’22” at the Benaki Museum or the Jewish Museum of Greece
(KARAKASSI/ BLIOUMI/MERKEL/ HUSS/COLIN/TEISSIER/MITTERBAUER/
KIMMICH)
17:30-19:00: Lecture by a migrant writer and discussion, moderation: KARAKASSI/ BLIOUMI
Friday, May 12, 2023:
9:00-9:15: Exchange of ideas
9:15-10:45: Presentation and discussion of projects (BLIOUMI)
10:45-12:30: Worshop Crative Writing (BLIOUMI/TEISSIER/HUSS/MERKEL)
12:30-13:30: Lunch break
13:30-15:00: Conclusion and discussion (KARAKASSI/ BLIOUMI/MERKEL/ HUSS/COLIN/TEISSIER/MITTERBAUER/KIMMICH/RADULESCU)
Physical Part closing date
2023-05-12
Language level required
B2
Field of studies related to the course
Social Science and Humanities
Course location
Athens, Greece
Course language
German