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LSC Recommends | "USofA" at Regensburger Internationale Kurzfilmwoche
The wide-ranging programme of the Regensburg Short Film Week includes a series of films on the United States. The showing on 8 March at 14:30 begins with a lecture by Americanist and historian Prof. Dr. Volker Depkat, who is a Principal Investigator at the LSC. On 10 March at 18:00, media scholar Dr. Herbert Schwaab and Americanist Verena Baier will discuss Trump's media representations following the screening.
When it comes to democracy, the USofA has attracted a great deal of attention…
Read moreRecommended Reading | Corals and Concrete: Exploring Non-Human Agents in Memory Studies
Read an interview with the organizers of the 2026 Graduate Conference, Anni-Lotta Hamer, Teona Ivashchenko and Elisa Mucciarelli on the UR ScienceBlog, written by Tanja Wagensohn. The event was organized by the Graduate School with support from the Leibniz ScienceCampus and the UR Vielberth Foundation
Read moreWelcome Olga Zaitseva-Herz | Visiting Fellow from the University of Alberta
We are delighted to welcome Dr. Olga Zaitseva-Herz as a visiting fellow from the University of Alberta throughout the month of February 2026. She will be based at Denkraum Ukraine during this time.
Read moreOnline Lecture Series: New Unit | Irina Garbatzky (Rosario) The Archive of the East: Displacements in the Imaginaries of Contemporary Cuban Literature
New unit in our online lecture series with the VHB. Former LSC visiting professor Irina Garbatzky discusses images and imaginaries of Eastern Europe in contemporary Cuban literature.
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