The Baltic Sea as a Scene for Turning Points, Crises and Possibilities

Thursdays, 18.15–19.45
University of Greifswald
Rubenowstraße 1, lecture hall 1

For online participation, please write to: baltic-peripetiesuni-greifswaldde

Organisation:
 

Prof. Dr. Clemens Räthel, Prof. Dr. Eckhard Schumacher

Joint Programme: Interdisciplinary Centre for Baltic Sea Region Research (IFZO); DFG International Research Training Group Baltic Peripeties – Narratives of Reformations, Revolutions and Catastrophes

Individual dates and events:
 

24 APRIL
Vanishing Points. Perspective on Sailors, the Baltic Seas and the Island of Oie in Judith Schalansky’s novel Blau steht dir nicht
Eckhard Schumacher (Greifswald)
 

8 MAY
The Stranded Sovereign. Democracy at the Beach
Sebastian Haselbeck (Greifswald)

15 MAY
„Wehrt Euch!“ Vom Aufstieg des Bäderantisemitismus an der Ostsee im Wilhelminischen Deutschland
Kristine von Soden (Schwerin)
 

5 JUNE
Uncanny Apparitions in Tomas Tranströmers Östersjöar
Brandon Kaaz (Frankfurt)

19 JUNE
Unter Wasser. Spionage im Kalten Krieg
Annelie Ramsbrock (Greifswald)
 

26 JUNE
The Baltic Sea as Fluid Border in German and Polish Cold-War Narratives
Karolina May-Chu (Milwaukee)

3 JULY
Mapping the Origins of Neoliberalism in Lithuania: Local Actors, Diaspora Intellectuals and Michigan Economists
Jokubas Salyga (Edinburg, TX)

10 JULY | 19:30, Koeppenhaus, Bahnhofstraße 4-5
Public Reading with Shushan Avagyan (Yerevan)