Madeleine Schmitz

 The two-day conference New European Trends in Climate Change Fiction and Ageing and Climate Change in German Literatures and Cultures brought together scholars, writers, and researchers from across Europe and beyond to explore emerging directions in climate fiction, ecocriticism, posthumanism, ageing studies, and environmental humanities. The event fostered interdisciplinary dialogue on pressing environmental challenges and […]

Zusammenfassung von Clarisa Novello & Madeleine Schmitz Am 16. April hielt der Autor Ilija Trojanow eine Gastvorlesung zu seinem Roman Eistau. Im Rahmen dieses Vortrags gab er eindrucksvolle Einblicke in die Entstehungsgeschichte des Werkes sowie in die persönlichen Erfahrungen, die sein Schreiben geprägt haben. Trojanow schilderte, dass sein erstes bewusstes Verständnis für die globale Erwärmung

The following blog entry was written by Katie Ritson, assistant professor in the Institute for Scandinavian Studies and affiliated researcher at the Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society at LMU Munich. It was a great pleasure to able to present to the DAAD group online—I’m so grateful for the feedback! It’s especially nice to be

Aesthetic Wonder & Climate Change I should note that Leon is not the only character who is relaxed about the fires. Felix appears similarly relaxed. He is a photographer, a romantic. He photographs the sea and captures portraits of folks looking at the sea. The logistics of this confuse Felix and Leon until Devid offers

Setting the Scene  You constantly hear a fly buzzing around you. A wildfire slowly creeps towards the vacation home you’re staying at. The fire department announces that the wildfires are approaching: please don’t start a campfire, smoke, or otherwise engage in behaviour that is dangerous around wildfires. Your car breaks down and the repair shops