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Report: First WiGS Early Career Workshop on Alternative Careers, Oxford 9 September 2016
The first ECR workshop on alternative careers was a great success, thanks to a well-balanced programme, the generosity of the invited speakers in sharing their knowledge and time, the professionalism and friendliness of St Edmund Hall staff, a wonderful group of interested and lively participants, and last but not least the support of the WiGS … Continue reading
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There’s still time to enter the WIGS Postgraduate Essay Prize competition (deadline: 1 October 2016). Submit an entry and you could follow in the footsteps of last year’s winner, Ellen Pilsworth (UCL), and runner-up, Nicola Thomas (Nottingham), whose essays can now be read in German Life and Letters! Details and T&Cs available here.
Don’t miss the 1 October deadline for the WIGS Postgraduate Essay Prize competition! See below for details of how to enter the competition. Women in German Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize Women in German Studies are delighted to announce their prize for postgraduate scholarship. Postgraduate members of WIGS are encouraged to submit essays on any topic within German … Continue reading
You are cordially invited to attend the first WiGS Early Career Workshop in St Edmund Hall, Oxford! For most of us working towards, or having obtained, a PhD the question of what to do with it can be very daunting. Most of us, presumably, would love nothing more than taking off with an academic career … Continue reading
A reminder about the forthcoming deadline (1 September 2016) for the WIGS Book Prize competition. Please see the Terms & Conditions for the competition below. The WIGS committee warmly encourages all eligible ECRs to apply. Women in German Studies Book Prize Women in German Studies are delighted to announce their prize for first books, sponsored by … Continue reading
The prize-winning essay of Ellen Pilsworth (UCL), who won the 2015 Women in German Studies Postgraduate Essay Prize competition, has now been published in the July 2016 issue of German Life and Letters: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/glal.12121/abstract The essay of runner-up in the competition, Nicola Thomas (University of Nottingham), has also been published in the same issue: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/glal.12124/abstract … Continue reading
Please see the CFAs below for the WIGS Book Prize and the WIGS Postgraduate Essay Prize. The Women in German Studies Book Prize (for first books), sponsored by Peter Lang, was established in 2015. Sally-Ann Spencer (Victoria University of Wellington) was the inaugural winner and her monograph, entitled Contemporary German-English Translation: Books Across Borders in … Continue reading
The WiGS committee met in Aberystwyth on Saturday to prepare for this year’s members’ conference, which will take place at Aberystwyth University on 4-5 November 2015. Make sure you keep up to date with news about the programme, registration information, postgraduate workshop, as well as how to submit your entry for the WiGS Postgraduate Essay Prize and the WiGS Book … Continue reading
Don’t miss the CFP deadline for the Women in German Studies 28th Annual Conference! Send your abstracts to Rosemary Sillars at ras15@aber.ac.uk, by 23 April 2016. CALL FOR PAPERS WIGS 28th Annual Conference Saturday 5 November 2016 Aberystwyth University The annual Women in German Studies members’ conference will be held at Aberystwyth University this November. Abstracts (c.150 … Continue reading
German author, Renate Ahrens — whose latest novel Das gerettete Kind, set in Dublin and Hamburg, appeared last month — is in UCD next week. She is addressing two final-year German modules on Wednesday at 13:00 and on Thursday at 10:00. More information at: https://www.ucd.ie/slcl/newsandevents/ Visitors are very welcome to either or both events.
My thesis explores the use of pre-war photographs of the individual in Holocaust museums and exhibitions around the world. I look at the function of such images, asking how they reinstate the individual within the overall narrative of the Holocaust, and what impact they have on visitors to the museum space. My PhD proposal was … Continue reading
CALL FOR PAPERS WIGS 28th Annual Conference Saturday 5 November 2016 Aberystwyth University The annual Women in German Studies members’ conference will be held at Aberystwyth University this November. Abstracts (c.150 words) are invited for papers of about 20 minutes duration, on any topic within German Studies. There will be a workshop for postgraduates … Continue reading
Please use this link for further information: http://www.leobaeck.co.uk/wordpress/wp-content/uploadsaug14onwards/2010/02/Funding-Opportunities-2016-17-MA-in-European-Jewish-History3.pdf
My PhD examines the persistent engagement of postwar German artists with the familial, and the concepts of identity, history and paternity, which are inextricably connected to it. My project initially grew out of my frequent returns to the Gerhard Richter: Panorama retrospective at Tate Modern while I was completing my MA at the Courtauld Institute … Continue reading
In addition to our ‘Thesis of the Month’ series, we would like to draw attention to a new video project that is in development for postgraduate members. We are currently looking for short video submissions from PG members that can provide insights into the diverse range of activities undertaken at postgraduate research level. Similarly to … Continue reading
Earlier this month Wiggies from around the UK and Ireland made their way to Durham for the WIGS 27th Annual Conference. As ever it was an opportunity to listen to some fantastic papers, to catch up with fellow Wiggies and meet new Wiggies in the wonderful environment of Durham’s Van Mildert College. The conference started … Continue reading
WIGS 2015 6-7 November Durham University Van Mildert College Programme Friday 6 November 14:00-14:30 Coffee/Registration 14:30-17:00 Postgraduate Workshop: Working with Visual Culture and Displaying Visual Culture 17:00-17:30 Tea 17:45 Welcome 18:00 Prizegiving: Postgraduate Essay Prize … Continue reading
1 September is the deadline for submitting proposals for the inaugural “Women in German Studies prize for first books”, sponsored by Peter Lang. Get writing for your chance to be presented with the first ever prize (honour & money!) at the conference in Durham in November.
Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly’s project ‘Marrying Cultures: Queens Consort and European Identities 1500-1800‘ made it on the pages of the ‘Glamour’ pages – showing again the versatility of Early Modern Studies! How Kate Middleton Behaves Exactly Like 16th-Century Princesses Did Glamour, 18/07/2015, Danica Lo Article on research by Professor Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly of Oxford University, which has shown … Continue reading
A fully funded DPhil Studentship in Medieval German is available for 2015/16 entry. If you are interested in pursuing doctoral studies on any area of medieval German literature and linguistics and would like to do so in a lively graduate community, drop me an email – happy to discuss text-image-relationship, nuns’ manuscripts, bilingual writing and any other … Continue reading
Update: Susan Reed from @BL_European will join the WiGS PG workshop for a hands-on session on blogging on things German – bring your laptop or tablet along for a Social Mediathon! Image of the ‘Deutschstunde’ from the latest blog on German literature
Accommodation Suggestions or WiGS Conference at Selwyn College, Grange Rd, Cambridge, 7th-8th November 2014 (thanks to Katie Stone for providing this useful document!) Directions to Selwyn College (CB3 9DQ) can be found on the college website. Google maps and the Cambridge journey planner can be used to find exact walking/ public transport routes from the hotels … Continue reading
Now that the conference programme is online, do register for the exciting range of events in Cambridge: Postgraduate Workshop on Publishing and Web Visibility, Keynote Lecture on Women and WW1, our first ever Postgraduate Essay Prize Giving Ceremony – and a plethora of wonderful papers. Go for it!
The 26th conference of Women in German Studies will take place in Selwyn College, Cambridge, on 7-9 November 2014. Continue reading
WiGS’ annual conference in November will bring to an end my period of office as postgraduate representative. At the Cambridge conference on 7-8 November 2014 any postgraduate member of WiGS who would like to stand for office will be able to do so at the AGM. Those considering doing so are very welcome to write … Continue reading
Registration is now open for the ‘What is Women’s Writing?’ International Symposium at Oxford University. For conference website with draft programme click on http://womenwritingoxford.wordpress.com/ or you can link directly to online registration and booking here http://www.oxforduniversitystores.co.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=257&catid=94&prodid=266 See below for brief information: WOMEN WRITING ACROSS CULTURES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE An international symposium at St Hilda’s College, University … Continue reading
Academic systems rely on the existence of a supply of “outsiders” ready to forgo wages and employment security in exchange for the prospect of uncertain security, prestige, freedom and reasonably high salaries that tenured positions entail. Drawing on data from the US, Germany and the UK, Alexandre Afonso looks at how the academic job market is structured in many … Continue reading
With German Studies fighting for its position in the British and Irish university landscape, the situation of its ‘Nachwuchs’ seems more precarious than ever: an increasing number of early-career academics find themselves in a succession of short-term contracts with very limited prospects of permanent employment. WiGS would like to invite members and non-members to share … Continue reading
Women in German Studies are delighted to announce their new prize for postgraduate scholarship. Postgraduate members of WiGS are encouraged to submit essays on any topic within German Studies. The winning essay will be selected by the WiGS committee and announced at the annual WiGS conference. Winners of the essay prize will receive £100 and … Continue reading
CALL FOR PAPERS WIGS 26th Annual Conference Saturday 8 November 2014 Selwyn College, University of Cambridge The annual Women in German Studies members’ conference will be held at the University of Cambridge this November. Abstracts (c.150 words) are invited for papers of about 20 minutes duration, on any topic within German Studies. There will be a … Continue reading
WOMEN WRITING ACROSS CULTURES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE An international symposium at St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford Friday 26 September to Sunday 28 September 2014 The ‘What is Women’s Writing?’ Interdisciplinary Research Group, supported and funded by The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities (TORCH) Follow the link for further details: conference2014CFP
INTERVIEW English version available here: http://www.academia-net.de/alias/Aktuelles/A-Voice-for-Medieval-and-Modern-German/1219528 Der Germanistik in Großbritannien Gehör verschaffen AcademiaNet im Gespräch mit Henrike Lähnemann, Professorin an der Universität Newcastle 24. 1. 2014 | Henrike Lähnemann erforscht die mittelalterlichen Handschriften norddeutscher Nonnen und ist gleichzeitig eine engagierte Anwältin der Germanistik sowie der Germanistinnen in Großbritannien. AcademiaNet: In Ihrer Forschungsarbeit an der Universität … Continue reading
To: all academic and research staff From: Elizabeth Scanlon (Staff Development Unit) on behalf of the conference planning team Re: Women and Change in Higher Education conference For: information and circulation *apologies for cross-posting* Dear member of academic or research staff In April 2014 Newcastle and Durham Universities are jointly hosting a conference entitled ‘Women and change … Continue reading
Dear member of academic or research staff In April 2014 Newcastle and Durham Universities are jointly hosting a conference entitled ‘Women and change in higher education: culture and careers'<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/diversity/about/news/item/women-and-change-in-higher-education-culture-and-careers>. At a time when women in higher education outnumber men, the number of women in leadership positions remains low. Although women hold almost half (47.3%) of … Continue reading
Key-note address at the XXVth conference of Women in German Studies which was founded by Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly in 1988 – thought-provoking and funny insights into the changes of a quarter century re: women in academia, the canonical texts, teaching German literature, visibility of female authors…
Workshop during the XXVth WiGS conference NEW: Powerpoint presentation by Ellie Kennedy: Kennedy para academic careers workshop for humanities postgrads from EllieKennedy Posters which came out of the workshop with Ellie Kennedy (Nottingham Trent), Beyond Lecturing: The many uses for your PhD Skills in Higher Education Careers
In May 1988, Helen Watanabe-O’Kelly, then Lecturer at the University of Reading, sent over one hundred and fifty letters to as many women she could find working or studying in the field of German Studies in the UK. The letters invited them to a special one-day conference in Reading to discuss the situation for women … Continue reading
