Aktuelles
Verleihung des "Preises der Stadt Konstanz zur Förderung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses an der Universität Konstanz"
In diesem Jahr geht die Auszeichnung unter anderem an Dr. phil. Sandra Rudman, Mitglied des Leitungsteams des Masters "Globale Europastudien".
Die Verleihung findet am 06. Juli 2023 um 17 Uhr im Stadtarchiv Konstanz, Vortragsaal 1.OG, Bedediktinerplatz 5a, 78467 Konstanz statt.
Transcultural Dynamics of Canonical Texts and Political Ideas between Europe, Africa and Asia
Workshop am 30. Mai 2023 in der Bischofsvilla
Long regarded as canonical elements of the European artistic and literary tradition, both classical Greek tragedy and the aesthetic and political avant- gardes have in recent decades been increasingly viewed as globalized cultural formations which are constantly re-actualized and rewritten in processes of circulation, adaptation, and exchange. Once we have begun to understand both of these phenomena as products of transcultural co-creation, ‘Europe’ can no longer claim a privileged position in studying the global dynamics which nowadays animate their ‘life’.
This workshop will highlight two contexts of transcultural exchange; the rewriting of the drama of classical antiquity in more recent African literary adoptions and theater productions; and the evolution of the concept of the avant-garde and its artistic and political significance in literary transculturations between the Chinese-Sinophone and Anglo-European worlds during the long twentieth century. Rather than merely decentering established Eurocentric takes on the histories of classical tragedy and the avant-garde movement, our two speakers – Prof. Mark Fleishman (University of Cape Town, South Africa) and Dr. Fangdai Chen (Lingnan University of Hong Kong) – ask how focusing on processes of intercultural adaptation ultimately challenges Eurocentric claims of universality and exemplarity. Both shed light on a transcultural, “post-centric” situation and inquire into the continued existence of aesthetic forms once considered to be ‘canonically European’ in a multipolar world. The workshop also aims at exploring theoretical and methodological means for the conceptualization and analysis of these dynamics, particularly in intertextuality studies and transnational intellectual history.
Podcast mit dem Online-Stadtmagazin karla
Moritz Schneider im Gespräch mit Frida Mühlhoff und Prof. Kirsten Mahlke zum Thema:
"Klimagerechte Stadtentwicklung in Konstanz: Welche Fragen sind entscheidend?"
Artikel im uni'kon
In der Ausgabe vom Mai 2022 des "uni'kon. das Magazin der Universität Konstanz" befindet sich ab Seite 20 ein Artikel mit dem Titel:
"Aus dem Gleichgewicht. Die Debatte um Rohstoffraubbau gegenüber einer nachhaltigen Nutzung von Naturschätzen hat eine lange Tradition. Kulturwissenschaftlerin Prof. Dr. Kirsten Mahlke spürt ihr im kolonialen Lateinamerika nach."