Guest Speakers
Raúl Krauthausen
Activist, Author
Guest Lecture, 4 April 2022
(ZOOM)
"Dis/Ability als Teil von Diversity"
(ZOOM)
"Dis/Ability als Teil von Diversity"
Prof. Diana Roig-Sanz
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Guest Lecture, 31 January 2022
(ZOOM)
"Key Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Challenges for a Global and Digital Approach to Film, Literary and Translation History"
(ZOOM)
"Key Theoretical Concepts and Methodological Challenges for a Global and Digital Approach to Film, Literary and Translation History"
Prof. Birte Nienaber
University of Luxemburg
Guest Lecture, 27 January 2022
(ZOOM)
"Third-Country National Labour Worker‘s Mobility to and inside Europe during the COVID-19 Pandemic"
(ZOOM)
"Third-Country National Labour Worker‘s Mobility to and inside Europe during the COVID-19 Pandemic"
Leonie John
a.r.t.e.s. Kolleg Köln / University of Duisburg-Essen
Guest Lecture, 5 January 2022 (MS Teams)
"Pacific Memories and Entaglement in Maori Literature"
"Pacific Memories and Entaglement in Maori Literature"
Sakiru Adebayo
University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, Canada
Guest Lecture, 15 December 2021
(MS Teams)
"Reflections on Postcolonial Memory"
(MS Teams)
"Reflections on Postcolonial Memory"
Dr. Katharina Motyl
Universität Mannheim, Germany
Guest Lecture, 8 December 2021
(MS Teams)
"Traumatic Memory in Arab American Literature on the Global 'War on Terror'"
(MS Teams)
"Traumatic Memory in Arab American Literature on the Global 'War on Terror'"
Dr. Hanna Teichler
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Guest Lecture, 1 December 2021
(MS Teams)
"Transoceanic Entanglements: Remembering forced labor migration in M.G. Vassanji’s The In-Between World of Vikram Lall and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s Dust"
(MS Teams)
"Transoceanic Entanglements: Remembering forced labor migration in M.G. Vassanji’s The In-Between World of Vikram Lall and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s Dust"
Prof. Lynn Itagaki
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Guest Lecture, 24 November 2021
(MS Teams)
"Relocation, Internment, Concentration Camps: Multidirectional Memories of Japanese Americans during WWII"
(MS Teams)
"Relocation, Internment, Concentration Camps: Multidirectional Memories of Japanese Americans during WWII"
Prof. Johan Schimanski
University of Oslo, Norway
Guest Lecture, 3 November 2021
(ZOOM)
"Border Traumas, Aesthetics and Memory"
(ZOOM)
"Border Traumas, Aesthetics and Memory"
Sophie Deraspe
Filmmaker
Discussion, 13 July 2021
(ZOOM)
"Discussing the representation of cultural diversity in Antigone (2019) with Sophie Deraspe"
(ZOOM)
"Discussing the representation of cultural diversity in Antigone (2019) with Sophie Deraspe"
Dr. E. Lee Francis
Poet, Scholar (Albuquerque, NM, USA)
Guest Talk, 17 May 2021
(ZOOM)
"Indians In Space!: Native Americans and Indigenous Representations in Sci-Fi and Pop Culture"
(ZOOM)
"Indians In Space!: Native Americans and Indigenous Representations in Sci-Fi and Pop Culture"
Benjamin Hoy
University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Guest Lecture, 14 May 2021
(ZOOM)
"Reaching into the Heavens: Creating the Canada-US Border"
(ZOOM)
"Reaching into the Heavens: Creating the Canada-US Border"
Prof. Pierrot Ross-Tremblay
University of Ottawa, Canada
Guest Lecture, 19 February 2021 (ZOOM)
"Memories of Diversity – Diversity of Memory / Mémoires de la Diversité – Diversité de la mémoire"
"Memories of Diversity – Diversity of Memory / Mémoires de la Diversité – Diversité de la mémoire"
Dr. Hanna Teichler
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Guest Lecture, 7 December 2020 (ZOOM)
"Canada’s Culture of Redress: Reading Reconciliation beyond the Victim Paradigm"
"Canada’s Culture of Redress: Reading Reconciliation beyond the Victim Paradigm"
Nadia Butt
Universität Gießen, Germany
Spring Lecture Series, 22 June 2020 (ZOOM)
"Travel and Transformations: Investigating Transcultural Memory in Anglophone Literatures"
"Travel and Transformations: Investigating Transcultural Memory in Anglophone Literatures"
Michela Baldo
University of Hull, GB
Spring Lecture Series, 8 June 2020 (ZOOM)
"Queering Food, Home and Memory in Italian-Canadian Women’s Writing"
"Queering Food, Home and Memory in Italian-Canadian Women’s Writing"
Jonathan Boyarin
Cornell University, USA
Spring Lecture Series, 11 May 2020 (ZOOM)
"Jewish Memory: Some Reminiscences"
"Jewish Memory: Some Reminiscences"
Daniel Poitras
Université de Montréal, Canada
Spring Lecture Series, 4 May 2020 (ZOOM)
"Les trous de mémoire du mouvement étudiant au Québec. L'invisibilisation et l'exclusion des femmes et des étudiants étrangers (1950-1969)"
"Les trous de mémoire du mouvement étudiant au Québec. L'invisibilisation et l'exclusion des femmes et des étudiants étrangers (1950-1969)"
Ofer Ashkenazi
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel
Guest Lecture, 7 February 2020 (Centre canadien d'études allemandes et européennes)
"Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany"
"Still Lives: Jewish Photography in Nazi Germany"
Prof. Elahe Haschemi Yekani
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Guest Lecture, 7 February 2020 (Universität Trier)
"Modes of Being vs. Categories – Queering the Tools of Intersectionality"
"Modes of Being vs. Categories – Queering the Tools of Intersectionality"
Ewa Macura-Nnamdi
University of Silesia, Poland
Guest Lecture, 4 February 2020 (Universität des Saarlands)
"Fictions of Water: Refugees and the Sea"
"Fictions of Water: Refugees and the Sea"
Prof. Paul Morris
Université St. Boniface, Canada
Public Lecture, 9 December 2019 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Literature and the Return of the Nation: The Case of Canada"
"Literature and the Return of the Nation: The Case of Canada"
Gabriele Pisarz-Ramirez
Universität Leipzig, Germany
Conference, 9 October 2019 (Centre canadien d'études allemandes et européennes)
"An Archipelagic Contact Zone: Racialized (Im)Mobilities in the Florida of James W. Johnson and Evelio Grillo"
"An Archipelagic Contact Zone: Racialized (Im)Mobilities in the Florida of James W. Johnson and Evelio Grillo"
Dunja Mohr
Universität Erfurt, Germany
Workshop, 16 September 2019 (Centre canadien d'études allemandes et européennes)
"Literary Landscapes and Materialities"
"Literary Landscapes and Materialities"
Prof. Paul Morris
Université St. Boniface, Canada
Guest Lecture, 4 July 2019 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Canadian Multiculturalism"
"Canadian Multiculturalism"
Kyle Conway
University of Ottawa, Canada
Guest Lecture, 4 July 2019 (Universität Trier)
"Translational Invention, Inventive Translation, or, What Can Aristotle Teach Us about Russian Performance Act?"
Guest Lecture, 3 July 2019 (Universität Trier)
"George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four as a Translation Manual"
"Translational Invention, Inventive Translation, or, What Can Aristotle Teach Us about Russian Performance Act?"
Guest Lecture, 3 July 2019 (Universität Trier)
"George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-four as a Translation Manual"
Dr. Tetyana Ostapchuk
Petro Mohyla Black Sea State University, Ukraine
Guest Lecture, 25 June 2019 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Displacement Experiences and Changes of Identity in Irene Zabytko’s When Luba Leaves Home"
"Displacement Experiences and Changes of Identity in Irene Zabytko’s When Luba Leaves Home"
Prof. Lynn Mie Itagaki
University of Missouri, USA
Guest Lecture, 6 June 2019 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Fleeing Bodies and Fleeting Performances: Race, Memory, and Migration at US and EU Borders"
"Fleeing Bodies and Fleeting Performances: Race, Memory, and Migration at US and EU Borders"
Prof. Dr. Souleymane Bachir Diagne
Columbia University, New York, USA/Institut d'Études Avancées, Nantes, France
Public Lecture, 29 May 2019 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Philosophie africaine, traduction et heterolinguisme"
"Philosophie africaine, traduction et heterolinguisme"
Dr. E. Lee Francis
Poet, Scholar (Albuquerque, NM, USA)
Guest Talk, 23 May 2019 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Native Americans In Popular Culture and the Rise of the Indigenerd!"
"Native Americans In Popular Culture and the Rise of the Indigenerd!"
Lawrence Hill
Author, Professor of creative writing (University of Guelph, Ontario)
Guest Lecture, 11 February 2019 (Stadtbibliothek Trier)
"Faction: The Merging of History and Fiction in Dramatizing the Experiences of African-Canadians"
"Faction: The Merging of History and Fiction in Dramatizing the Experiences of African-Canadians"
Prof. Emma Anderson
Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa
Guest Lecture, 10 July 2018 (Universität Trier)
"Enlightened before the Enlightenment: Native Peoples, the Jesuit Relations, and the Indigenization of European Society"
"Enlightened before the Enlightenment: Native Peoples, the Jesuit Relations, and the Indigenization of European Society"
Mag. Dr. Maria Katharina Wiedlack
Gender Research Office / Department of English and American Studies, Universität Wien
Presentation, 3 July 2018 (Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken)
"United in Pop Culture: The USA, Russia, Solidarity, and Queer and Feminist Resistance" (Exhibition: In the Cut: Der Männliche Körper in der Feministischen Kunst)
"United in Pop Culture: The USA, Russia, Solidarity, and Queer and Feminist Resistance" (Exhibition: In the Cut: Der Männliche Körper in der Feministischen Kunst)
Prof. Eleanor Ty
English and Film Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo
Guest Lecture / Book Presentation, 05 June 2018 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Asianfail: Narratives of Disenchantment and the Model Minority"
"Asianfail: Narratives of Disenchantment and the Model Minority"
Prof. Marciana Popescu
GSSS, Fordham University
Guest Lecture, 20 March 2018 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"The Global Compact on Refugees: Implications for Local Migration Policies"
"The Global Compact on Refugees: Implications for Local Migration Policies"
Prof. Mary Jane McCallum
Department of History, University of Winnipeg
Presentation, 17 February 2018 (IRTG at GKS Grainau)
"Mandatory Histories: Reflections on Teaching Indigenous History as Required Learning at a Candian University" (39th Annual Conference of the GKS: GeschichteN - HiStories - HistoireS)
"Mandatory Histories: Reflections on Teaching Indigenous History as Required Learning at a Candian University" (39th Annual Conference of the GKS: GeschichteN - HiStories - HistoireS)
Prof. Gillian Lane-Mercier
Département de langue et littérature françaises, McGill University, Montréal
Guest Lecture, 05 December 2017 (Université de Montréal)
"Contextualizing Diversity. The Blind Spots in Canda´s Official Discourses on language and Culture 2007-2017" (Addendum Spring Lecture Series)
"Contextualizing Diversity. The Blind Spots in Canda´s Official Discourses on language and Culture 2007-2017" (Addendum Spring Lecture Series)
Guo Xiaolu
Writer, Film-Maker (London)
Guest Lecture, 21 June 2017 (Universität Trier)
“Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up (International Conference „Empowering Contemporary Fiction“)
“Once Upon a Time in the East: A Story of Growing Up (International Conference „Empowering Contemporary Fiction“)
Dr. B.J. Epstein
School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing, University of East Anglia
Guest Lecture, 19 June 2017 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Translating Queer Children’s Literature" (Spring Lecture Series VII)
"Translating Queer Children’s Literature" (Spring Lecture Series VII)
Prof. Jean Friesen
Faculty of Arts - History, University of Manitoba
Guest Lecture, 29 May 2017 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Strangers in Translation: Indigenous-Settler Dialogue in 19th and 20th Century Canada" (Spring Lecture Series VI)
"Strangers in Translation: Indigenous-Settler Dialogue in 19th and 20th Century Canada" (Spring Lecture Series VI)
Prof. Ute Heidmann
Centre de recherche en langues et littératures européennes comparées, Université de Lausanne
Guest Lecture, 15 May 2017 (Universität des Saarlandes
"Difference, Differentiation, Dialogue and 'Diversality'. Concepts for Comparative Analysis and "Translating/Mediating Diversity" (Spring Lecture Series V)
"Difference, Differentiation, Dialogue and 'Diversality'. Concepts for Comparative Analysis and "Translating/Mediating Diversity" (Spring Lecture Series V)
Prof. Margaret Kovach
College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
Guest Lecture, 7 May 2017 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Translating Diversity and/or Transforming Public Spaces? The Paradox and Potentiality of Indigenous Knowledges in Post-Secondary Landscapes" (Spring Lecture Series IV)
"Translating Diversity and/or Transforming Public Spaces? The Paradox and Potentiality of Indigenous Knowledges in Post-Secondary Landscapes" (Spring Lecture Series IV)
Daniel Canty
Writer, Film Director (Montréal)
Guest Lecture, 24 April 2017 (Université de Montréal)
"La mise en livre: Cinq questions de traduction" (Spring Lecture Series III)
"La mise en livre: Cinq questions de traduction" (Spring Lecture Series III)
Prof. Rainier Grutman
School of Translation and Interpretation, University of Ottawa
Guest Lecture, 10 April 2017 (Université de Montréal)
"'Vivre près des frontières': le Montréal imaginaire dans Self de Yann Martel" (Spring Lecture Series II)
"'Vivre près des frontières': le Montréal imaginaire dans Self de Yann Martel" (Spring Lecture Series II)
Prof. Sherry Simon
Department of French Studies, Concordia University, Montréal
Guest Lecture, 3 April 2017 (Université de Montréal)
"Hotels, Bridges, and Other Sites of Translation" (Spring Lecture Series I)
"Hotels, Bridges, and Other Sites of Translation" (Spring Lecture Series I)
Prof. Yves Frenette
Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg
Guest Lectures, 7 February 2017 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Francophonies nord-américaines hors Québec: L'Ouest canadien";
"Le Québec, histoire d‘une société francophone et d‘une culture nationale distincte"
Guest Lectures, 31 January 2017 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Confluences et influences: deux siècles de syndicalisme canadien";
"Le multiculturalisme au Canada/Québec – évolution, structures, défis"
"Francophonies nord-américaines hors Québec: L'Ouest canadien";
"Le Québec, histoire d‘une société francophone et d‘une culture nationale distincte"
Guest Lectures, 31 January 2017 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Confluences et influences: deux siècles de syndicalisme canadien";
"Le multiculturalisme au Canada/Québec – évolution, structures, défis"
Prof. Anne Trépanier
School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, Carlton University, Ottawa
Guest Lecture, 17 January 2017 (Universität des Saarlandes)
"Ottawa et Québec: regards croisés sur deux capitales nationales"
"Ottawa et Québec: regards croisés sur deux capitales nationales"
Prof. Danic Parenteau
Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean, Montréal
Presentations, 6 December 2016 (Universität des Saarlandes):
"La question nationale québécoise : l'état des lieux" / "Nationalisme et idée républicaine au Québec"
"La question nationale québécoise : l'état des lieux" / "Nationalisme et idée républicaine au Québec"
Ulrike Rausch
Deutsch-Kanadische Gesellschaft, Director Marketing and Communications
Presentation, 24 November 2016 (Universität Trier):
"Die Deutsch-Kanadische Gesellschaft.
Work & Travel in Canada"
"Die Deutsch-Kanadische Gesellschaft.
Work & Travel in Canada"
Prof. em. Bernhard Metz
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Presentation, 24 November 2016 (Universität Trier):
"Tourismus in Kanadas Norden - Erschließung mit Risiken"
"Tourismus in Kanadas Norden - Erschließung mit Risiken"
Frank Weigand
Translator, Journalist (Berlin)
Translation workshop, 19 October 2016 (École nationale de théâtre du Canada, Montréal):
"Traduire / Translating « Homo Empathicus » de Rebekka Kricheldorf"
"Traduire / Translating « Homo Empathicus » de Rebekka Kricheldorf"
Prof. Andreas Wirsching
Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin
Presentation (Round Table), 3 October 2016 (Université de Montréal):
"Malaise dans la démocratie: L’Illiberalisme et la faiblesse de ses adversaires dans l’Europe d’aujourd’hui"
"Malaise dans la démocratie: L’Illiberalisme et la faiblesse de ses adversaires dans l’Europe d’aujourd’hui"
Prof. Robert Schwartzwald
Université de Montréal, Département de littératures et de langues du monde
Presentation, 18 July 2016 (Universität des Saarlandes):
“'My Father Became My Father Again': National Allegory and Family Romance in Jean-Marc Vallée's C.R.A.Z.Y.
“'My Father Became My Father Again': National Allegory and Family Romance in Jean-Marc Vallée's C.R.A.Z.Y.
Prof. Chris Andersen
University of Alberta, Faculty of Native Studies
Presentation, 6 July 2016 (Universität Trier):
“’Intimate archives’ of Indigenous modernity: Complicating Canada’s national life history through photographs”
“’Intimate archives’ of Indigenous modernity: Complicating Canada’s national life history through photographs”
Prof. Paul Morris
Université de Saint-Boniface
Presentation, 22 June 2016 (Universität des Saarlandes):
“All the King’s Men and the Politics of Dirt”
“All the King’s Men and the Politics of Dirt”
Prof. James Fergusson
University of Manitoba, Department of Political Studies
Presentation, 15 June 2016 (Universität Trier):
“Diversity and the Canadian Armed Forces”
“Diversity and the Canadian Armed Forces”
Prof. David Staines
University of Ottawa, Department of English
Presentation, 13 May 2016 (Universität Trier):
"Tales from Firozsha Baag: The Trauma of the Immigrant”
"Tales from Firozsha Baag: The Trauma of the Immigrant”
Katherine E. Walton
University of Ottawa
Presentation, 13 May 2016 (Universität Trier):
“The Trauma of the After Space: Ethical Meaning and Affective Absences in Anselm Kiefer”
“The Trauma of the After Space: Ethical Meaning and Affective Absences in Anselm Kiefer”
Prof. em. Laurie Ricou
University of British Columbia
Presentation, 12 May 2016 (Universität Trier):
“Stammer and Song”
“Stammer and Song”
Prof. Gilles Dupuis
Université de Montréal, Département des littératures de langue française
Presentation, 11 May 2016 (Universität Trier):
“Transgressing invisible borders: Hutchison Street”
“Transgressing invisible borders: Hutchison Street”
Prof. Sharon Carson
University of North Dakota, Department of English
Presentation, 10 May 2016 (Universität Trier):
“Mediated Memory-scapes: Sites, Sounds, Transnational Refractions"
“Mediated Memory-scapes: Sites, Sounds, Transnational Refractions"
Dr. Raphaële Mouren
The Warburg Institute, University of London
Presentation, 4 May 2016 (Université de Montréal):
“Bibliothèques de recherche et fonds patrimoniaux aujourd’hui et demain, après la numérisation: la bibliothèque Warburg et autres exemples”
“Bibliothèques de recherche et fonds patrimoniaux aujourd’hui et demain, après la numérisation: la bibliothèque Warburg et autres exemples”
Nathanaël and Suzanne Jacob
Authors
Presentation, 22 April 2016 (Université de Montréal):
“Lettres d’Autriche. Deux écrivaines en dialogue avec Ingeborg Bachmann”
“Lettres d’Autriche. Deux écrivaines en dialogue avec Ingeborg Bachmann”
Érik Bordeleau, PhD
Université du Québec à Montréal
Presentation, 18 February 2016 (Concordia University):
“Who you are is but a Manner of War”
“Who you are is but a Manner of War”
Dr. Sjoerd van Tuinen
Erasmus University Rotterdam, Faculty of Philosophy
Presentation, 18 February 2016 (Concordia University):
“The Spontaneity and Fluidity of Manners”
“The Spontaneity and Fluidity of Manners”
Vincent Duclos, PhD
McGill University, Montréal, Department of Social Studies of Medicine
Presentation, 18 February 2016 (Concordia University):
“At Home in the Outer World? On the Viability of Life in the Media”
“At Home in the Outer World? On the Viability of Life in the Media”
Emilie Dionne, PhD
University of California Santa Cruz
Presentation, 18 February 2016 (Concordia University):
“Desiring Ambiguity, Engaging with Agential Matter: Toward an Ethical Project of Pluri-Personhood”
“Desiring Ambiguity, Engaging with Agential Matter: Toward an Ethical Project of Pluri-Personhood”
Prof. Lianne Moyes
Université de Montréal, Département de littératures et de langues du monde
Presentation, 17 February 2016 (Universität des Saarlandes):
“Between Old World Circus and New World Carnival: Reading Rawi Hage”
“Between Old World Circus and New World Carnival: Reading Rawi Hage”
Prof. Eleanor Ty
Wilfrid Laurier University, Kitchener/Waterloo, ON, Departement of English and Film Studies
Presentation, 13 February 2016 (IRTG at GKS Grainau):
“Social Issues in Three 21st Century Texts about Growing Up Canadian"
“Social Issues in Three 21st Century Texts about Growing Up Canadian"
Richard Cassidy, PhD
SeoWon University, South Korea, Department of English Education
Presentation, 2 February 2016 (Université de Montréal):
"Hooked on learning (still) in Gail Scott’s Heroine"
"Hooked on learning (still) in Gail Scott’s Heroine"
Prof. Jean-Jacques Nattiez (with Julius Grey, lawyer)
Université de Montréal, Faculté de Musique
Presentation, 4 December 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“Sur Wagner Antisémite”
“Sur Wagner Antisémite”
Prof. Sabine Gölz
University of Iowa, Department of German
Presentation, 2 December 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“Apostrophe as Wartime Strategy”
“Apostrophe as Wartime Strategy”
Prof. Marc Abélès
EHESS/CNRS, Paris
Presentation, 23 November 2015 (Université de Montréal):
"Dissonance ou Barbarie? Mann, Adorno, Schönberg et la critique du primitivisme"
"Dissonance ou Barbarie? Mann, Adorno, Schönberg et la critique du primitivisme"
Prof. Giulia Sissa
University of California, Department of Classics
Presentation, 2 November 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“‘Eh oui, je suis jaloux!‘ L’amour à l’opéra“
“‘Eh oui, je suis jaloux!‘ L’amour à l’opéra“
Prof. Carlotta Sorba
Università degli Studi di Padova, Dipartimento di Scienze Storiche Geografiche e dell'Antichità
Presentation, 5 October 2015 (Université de Montréal):
"De Ernani aux Masnadieri: brigands, chevaliers et patriotes dans lopéra de Verdi et l’Italie du Risogimento"
"De Ernani aux Masnadieri: brigands, chevaliers et patriotes dans lopéra de Verdi et l’Italie du Risogimento"
Prof. Alessandro Duranti
University of California, Department of Anthropology
Presentation, 28 September 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“What is Jazz? Contre-culture, musique d’élite ou ‘elevator music’?”
“What is Jazz? Contre-culture, musique d’élite ou ‘elevator music’?”
Dr. Bernie Hogan
University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute
Presentation, 24 September 2015 (Universität Trier):
“Networks of Me: The Insights and Challenges of Presenting Online Egocentric Data”
“Networks of Me: The Insights and Challenges of Presenting Online Egocentric Data”
Guido Furci (with Gail Scott, author)
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3, Département: Littérature Générale et Comparée
Presentation, 22 September 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“Our own (private?) Paris”
Presentation, 18 September 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“Les voix des lieux : Aharon Appelfeld entre langue et langage”
“Our own (private?) Paris”
Presentation, 18 September 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“Les voix des lieux : Aharon Appelfeld entre langue et langage”
Marie Chouinard
Choreographer/Dancer
Presentation, 21 September 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“Respirer: Une Subversion et une Stratégie“
“Respirer: Une Subversion et une Stratégie“
Rémy Besson, PhD
CRILCQ/CRIalt
Presentation, 18 September 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“Appelfeld sous le regard d’Amos Gitai”
“Appelfeld sous le regard d’Amos Gitai”
Prof. Sherry Simon
Concordia University, Faculty of Arts and Science
Presentation, 18 September 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“Czernowitz as a city in Translation”
“Czernowitz as a city in Translation”
Prof. Amy Colin
University of Pittsburgh, Department of German
Presentation, 18 September 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“Czernowitz: A Testing Ground for Plurality”
“Czernowitz: A Testing Ground for Plurality”
Prof. Dieter Gosewinkel
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of History and Cultural Studies
Freie Universität Berlin, Department of History and Cultural Studies
Presentation, 10 September 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“Histoire et function de la propriété foncière en Europe depuis l’époque moderne“
“Histoire et function de la propriété foncière en Europe depuis l’époque moderne“
Prof. Mary Pat Brady
Cornell University
Presentation, 6 August 2015 (Universität Trier):
“The Border as Sex Worker”
“The Border as Sex Worker”
Prof. Christoph Schäfer
Universität Trier, Department of Ancient History
Presentation, 12 June 2015 (Universität Trier):
“Borders and Borderlands in the Roman Empire: Real and Liminal Spaces in Ancient Times”
“Borders and Borderlands in the Roman Empire: Real and Liminal Spaces in Ancient Times”
François Girard
Director/Screenwriter
Presentation, 22 May 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“François Girard raconte son Parsifal”
“François Girard raconte son Parsifal”
Thomas Voigt
Author/Journalist
Presentation, 23 March 2015 (Université de Montréal):
“Tauber, Lehar and the Talkies – Rise and Fall of the Berlin Dream Factory”
“Tauber, Lehar and the Talkies – Rise and Fall of the Berlin Dream Factory”
Dr. Elisabeth Venohr
Department of German as a Foreign Language, Saarland University
Presentation, 5 December 2014:
"Wissenschaftliches Schreiben im interkulturellen Kontext"
"Wissenschaftliches Schreiben im interkulturellen Kontext"
Prof. Marc Abélès
EHESS/CNRS, Paris
Presentation, 1 December 2014 (Université de Montréal):
“L’État… et après?”
“L’État… et après?”
Prof. Winfried Fluck
Freie Universität Berlin, John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies
Presentation, 26 November 2014 (Universität Trier):
“Reisen als Statusbedrohung”
“Reisen als Statusbedrohung”
Prof. Winfried Fluck
Freie Universität Berlin, John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies
Presentation, 6 November 2014 (Universität Trier):
"Probleme mit der Anerkennung"
"Probleme mit der Anerkennung"
Prof. Didier Fassin
Institute of Advanced Study Princeton/EHESS
Presentation, 31 October 2014 (Université de Montréal):
“Le diable dans les détails – Ethnographie de la violence en prison”
“Le diable dans les détails – Ethnographie de la violence en prison”
Prof. Brigitte Le Normand
University of British Columbia
Presentation, 24 October 2014 (Université de Montréal):
“Designing Tito's Capital: Urban Planning, Modernism, and Socialism in Belgrade”
“Designing Tito's Capital: Urban Planning, Modernism, and Socialism in Belgrade”
Eric Dupont, PhD
McGill University, Montréal
Presentation, 20 October 2014 (Universität des Saarlandes):
“Dans les coulisses de La Fiancée américaine”
“Dans les coulisses de La Fiancée américaine”
Dr. habil. Nikola Tietze
Hamburg Institute for Social Research
Presentation, 14 September 2014 (IRTG International Conference Montréal):
"La mobilisation des différences minoritaires en France et en Allemagne: des pratiques conflictuelles au-delà de l’ethnicité"
"La mobilisation des différences minoritaires en France et en Allemagne: des pratiques conflictuelles au-delà de l’ethnicité"
Chowra Makaremi, PhD
EHESS Paris
Presentation, 14 September 2014 (IRTG International Conference Montréal):
"Régimes d'exclusion sous haute juridiction"
"Régimes d'exclusion sous haute juridiction"
Prof. Pawel Karolewski
Department of Political Studies,
University of Wroclaw
University of Wroclaw
Presentation, 14 September 2014 (IRTG International Conference Montréal):
"Citizenship, Belonging and Diversity in the European Union"
"Citizenship, Belonging and Diversity in the European Union"
Prof. Peter A. Kraus
Universität Augsburg
Presentation, 13 September 2014 (IRTG International Conference Montréal):
"Minefield and Pacifier: The Political Trouble with Diversity in Europe"
"Minefield and Pacifier: The Political Trouble with Diversity in Europe"
Prof. Carolyn Podruchny
Department of History,
York University, Toronto
York University, Toronto
Presentation, 13 September 2014 (IRTG International Conference Montréal):
"A Geography of Blood: Uncovering the Hidden Histories of Metis People in Canada"
(with Jesse Thistle)
"A Geography of Blood: Uncovering the Hidden Histories of Metis People in Canada"
(with Jesse Thistle)
Prof. Luin Goldring
Department of Sociology,
York University, Toronto
York University, Toronto
Presentation, 13 September 2014 (IRTG International Conference Montréal):
"Track Work and Boundary Work: Navigating Precarious Pathways of Settlement and Employment in Toronto"
"Track Work and Boundary Work: Navigating Precarious Pathways of Settlement and Employment in Toronto"
Jesse Thistle
Department of History,
York University, Toronto
York University, Toronto
Presentation: 13 September 2014 (IRTG International Conference Montréal):
"A Geography of Blood: Uncovering the Hidden Histories of Metis People in Canada"
(with Carolyn Podruchny)
"A Geography of Blood: Uncovering the Hidden Histories of Metis People in Canada"
(with Carolyn Podruchny)
Prof. Eric Méchoulan
Department des littératures en langue française,
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
Presentation, 13 September 2014 (IRTG International Conference Montréal):
"Diversité des rythmes mémoriels et politiques de l'événement"
"Diversité des rythmes mémoriels et politiques de l'événement"
Prof. Heike Härting
Département d'études anglaises,
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
Presentation, 13 September 2014 (IRTG International Conference Montréal):
"Situated Cosmopolitanisms in Contemporary Indigenous Art Productions in Canada"
"Situated Cosmopolitanisms in Contemporary Indigenous Art Productions in Canada"
Prof. Werner Schiffauer
Faculty of Cultural Studies,
EUV Franfurt (Oder)
EUV Franfurt (Oder)
Presentation, 14 July 2014 (Universität des Saarlandes):
"Islamism"
"Islamism"
Guillermo Verdecchia, MA
Playwright, Actor, Director, Translator from Toronto, Canada
Presentation, 10 July 2014, Universität Trier // 11 July 2014, Universität des Saarlandes:
"Canadian Diversity and Its Discontents"
"Canadian Diversity and Its Discontents"
Prof. Pap Ndiaye
CHSP, Paris
Presentation, 7 July 2014 (Universität Trier):
"The Minority Paradox: Blackness in France."
"The Minority Paradox: Blackness in France."
Prof. Régine Robin
Université du Québec à Montréal
Presentation, 23 June 2014:
"Une mémoire interculturelle est-elle possible?"
"Une mémoire interculturelle est-elle possible?"
Prof. Anssi Paasi
Department of Geography
University of Oulu, Finland
University of Oulu, Finland
Presentation, 29 May 2014 (Universität des Saarlandes):
"Borders, Identities and Practice: Moving beyond the Territorial-Relational Divide"
"Borders, Identities and Practice: Moving beyond the Territorial-Relational Divide"
Prof. Ludger Pries
Department of Sociology,
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Presentation, 19 May 2014 (Universität Trier):
"Strategies and Examples For Studying Transnational Social Spaces: the Micro, Meso and Macro Level"
"Strategies and Examples For Studying Transnational Social Spaces: the Micro, Meso and Macro Level"
Prof. Sirma Bilge
Department of Sociology,
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
Presentation, 12 May 2014 (Université de Montréal):
"Incorporation néoliberale des savoirs contestaires: le cas de l'intersectionnalité"
"Incorporation néoliberale des savoirs contestaires: le cas de l'intersectionnalité"
Prof. Gilles Bibeau
Department of Anthropology,
Université de Montréal
Université de Montréal
Presentation, 5 May 2014 (Université de Montréal):
"Le plaisir de la différence"
"Le plaisir de la différence"
Philip Rousseau, PhD
Department of Anthropology,
University of California Irvine
University of California Irvine
Presentation, 28 April 2014 (Université de Montréal):
"Culture Puffs: A Preliminary Note on Culture(s) and Advertising"
"Culture Puffs: A Preliminary Note on Culture(s) and Advertising"
Dr. Richard Atleo, Umeek
University of Manitoba
Presentation, 13 February 2014:
"Principles of Tsawalk: Creation of Diverse Unity"
"Principles of Tsawalk: Creation of Diverse Unity"
Dr. habil. Katalin Kürtösi
Department of Comparative Literature
University of Szeged
University of Szeged
Presentation, 29 January 2014 (Universität Trier):
"Stage Representations of Native People in Canada"
"Stage Representations of Native People in Canada"
Prof. Margrit Pernau
Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin
Presentation, 28 January 2014 (Universität Trier):
"Emotionsgeschichte und Historische Semantik"
"Emotionsgeschichte und Historische Semantik"
Prof. Eckart Conze
Department of History
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Presentation,10 December 2013 (Universität Trier):
"Dynamiken der Sicherheit: Das Konzept der Versicherheitlichung in zeithistorischer Perspektive"
"Dynamiken der Sicherheit: Das Konzept der Versicherheitlichung in zeithistorischer Perspektive"
Prof. Andrew Irving
Granada Centre of Visual Anthropology
The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester
Presentation, 24 October 2013 (Universität Trier):
"The Art of Turning Right and Left: Everyday (Ad)ventures in Contigency and Necessity"
"The Art of Turning Right and Left: Everyday (Ad)ventures in Contigency and Necessity"
Dr. Ibrahima Diagne
Département de Langues et Civilisations Germaniques, Faculté des Lettres & Sciences Humaines, Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) Dakar
Presentation, 5 October 2013 (Summer School Otzenhausen):
"Migration and Hybridity: Expressing Cultural Identity and Congruity in Autobiographical Narratives of African Migrants in Germany"
"Migration and Hybridity: Expressing Cultural Identity and Congruity in Autobiographical Narratives of African Migrants in Germany"
Prof. Paul Morris
Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg
Presentation, 10 July 2013 (Universität des Saarlandes):
"Canada at the Border: The Literary Image of Canada within American Literature"
"Canada at the Border: The Literary Image of Canada within American Literature"
Kristyn Harman, PhD
Aboriginal Studies, School of Humanities, University of Tasmania
Presentation, 5 July 2013 (Universität Trier):
"Disciplining Aboriginal Populations through Transportation within the British Empire"
"Disciplining Aboriginal Populations through Transportation within the British Empire"
Prof. Graeme Wynn
Historical Geography, Department of Geography, University of British Columbia
Presentation, 5 July 2013 (Universität Trier):
"Understanding Canada as a Transnational Space"
"Understanding Canada as a Transnational Space"
Dr. Yvonne Völkl
Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz
Presentation, 4 July 2013 (Universität Trier):
“Glimpses of Canada: Quebec”
“Glimpses of Canada: Quebec”
Prof. Paul Morris
Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg
Presentation, 4 July 2013 (Universität Trier)
"Canadian Paradigms for Mediating Difference: An Historical Overview"
"Canadian Paradigms for Mediating Difference: An Historical Overview"
Prof. Sharon Carson
University of North Dakota
Presentation, 4 July 2013 (Universität Trier):
"Glimpses of Canada: The US-Canadian Border"
"Glimpses of Canada: The US-Canadian Border"
Prof. Paul Morris
Université de Saint-Boniface, Winnipeg
Presentation, 15 June 2013 (Universität Trier):
"After Multiculturalism? Canadian Nations and the Future of Diversity"
"After Multiculturalism? Canadian Nations and the Future of Diversity"
Prof. Dan Diner
Simon-Dubnow-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur, Universität Leipzig
Presentation, 3 May 2013 (Universität Trier):
"Beyond Territoriality – In View of Jewish History in Modernity"
"Beyond Territoriality – In View of Jewish History in Modernity"