Previous Meetings
To see what the previous meetings of the ESG were all about just click on the dates below.
- 19 Jan, 2011
- 15 Dec, 2010
- 1st Dec, 2010
- 23 June, 2010
- 5 May, 2010
- 27 Jan, 2010
Research presentation:
Annette Becker (Englisches Seminar, RUB)
'Questioning Strategies in British and German Election Night Interviews'
Annette Becker, whose research interest lies in pragmatics, critical discourse analysis, and theories such as Politeness and Appraisal Theory, will be giving a research paper, followed by questions and discussion.
Book discussion:
'New Horizons in Narratology? Rick Altman's A Theory of Narrative (Columbia University Press, 2008)'
Chair: Eva von Contzen (Englisches Seminar, RUB)
'Can English Studies Save the World?'
Perhaps more so than ever in the current climate of economic uncertainty, scholars and students of English (and the
humanities in general) are under pressure to justify why they do what they do. In this session we will read and
discuss a selection of short recent philosophical, ethical and political reflections on the value of English Studies
from German and Anglo-American perspectives.
Chair: Katie Walter (Englisches Seminar, RUB)
Research presentation:
Verena Minow (Englisches Seminar, RUB)
'Intensification of Predicative Adjectives in Black South African English'
All those working or studying in the English Department from MA level upwards are warmly invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served!
We will, as usual, head to Le Clochard afterwards...
Research presentation:
Victoria Mears (Englisches Seminar, RUB)
'Educating the Reader: Authenticity and Moral Didacticism in Social Problem Novels'
Victoria Mears will be presenting research from her current PhD project; we will be reading a chapter from Elizabeth
Gaskell's novel Mary Barton ahead of the meeting.
Book discussion:
Jennifer Summit, Lost Property: the Woman Writer and English Literary History, 1380-1589 (University of
Chicago Press, 2000).
Chair: Katie Walter
Coming Up
The programme for the summer semster 2012 has been put together. Please contact Katie Walter if you would like to present or have suggestions for a reading session.