In addition to its involvement in research associations (Cluster of Excellence, Research Training Group, DFG Research Unit), the Department of Literature currently works on the following externally funded projects:
- “Der homo sacer auf der Bühne” (homo sacer on stage)
- “‘Der ewige Jude’ in der deutschen Literatur des 19. Jahrhunderts” (the “eternal Jew” in 19th-century German literature)
DFG Module Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators, project leader: Dr Julia Boll, 01.04.2016 - 31.03.2019
“Erzählökonomie und Identitätskrise. Der russische ethnographische Roman 1860-1890 (narrative economy and identity crisis - the ethnographic novel in Russia 1860-1890)
DFG Module Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators, project leader: Dr Konstantin Kaminskij, 01.10.2016 - 30.09.2019
DFG Module Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators, project leader: Dr Florian Schneider, 01.05.2016 - 30.04.2019
“Dorfgeschichte der sozialistischen Moderne” (village history of socialist modernism)
funded by the Volkswagen Foundation in the context of the interdisciplinary project “Experimentierfeld Dorf” (the village as a field of experimentation), project leader: Dr Marcus Twellmann, 01.07.2015 - 30.06.2018
“Death Notification with Responsibility”
ERC Proof of Concept, project leader: Professor Kirsten Mahlke