https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/modern-languages/ Aktuelles aus der Goethe-Universität | Neues aus Forschung, Lehre, Studium Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:09:14 +0000 de hourly 1 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/cropped-fav_guo-blau-32x32.jpg https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/thema/modern-languages/ 32 32 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/humanity-in-capitalism/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:23:11 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87980 Die Chaincourt Theatre Group stages David Mamet’s “Glengarry Glen Ross” Dimmed lights, candlelight, small tables, and clusters of seats: this is the atmosphere that greets visitors at Chaincourt Theatre, located […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/rana-alsoufi-appointed-to-the-german-ethics-council/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 10:24:28 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87977 The Muslim theologian and Islamic studies scholar Rana Alsoufi has been appointed to the German Ethics Council by Bundestag President Julia Klöckner, effective April 1, 2026. Alsoufi is a professor […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/third-presentation-of-the-klaus-heyne-prize-for-research-into-german-romanticism/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:26:54 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=87869 The 2026 recipients are the philosopher Dr Kirill Chepurin and the art historian Dr Elisabeth Ansel. “Bliss” and “Ossian”: these are the two keywords outlining the thematic areas explored by […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/a-fundamental-imbalance/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:20:54 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=85277 Ladislaus Ludescher on the decline in funding for development work and for combating hunger at a time when military budgets are growing UniReport: Dr. Ludescher, the fact that armaments spending […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/innovative-teaching-in-times-of-ai/ Mon, 23 Jun 2025 10:07:26 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=84540 Goethe University and Frankfurter Sparkasse Foundation’s 1822 University Prize for Excellence in Teaching goes to a medical doctor, a Romance studies scholar, a theologian, and a biochemist Pediatrician Dr. Boris […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/rhythm-as-form-in-motion-and-its-significance-for-poetics/ Thu, 07 Nov 2024 07:06:11 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=81506 “Poetics of Rhythm”: German Research Foundation (DFG) funds Reinhart Koselleck Project by Professor Achim Geisenhanslüke “Poetics of Rhythm” – that is the title of a project currently in the starting […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/multilingual-poetics-lectures-in-german/ Thu, 01 Aug 2024 06:36:49 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=80540 Review of the lectures delivered by writer and translator Aris Fioretos. This was a first at the Frankfurt Poetics Lectures: a writer who does not write his script in German, […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/interview-writer-translator-and-journalist-aris-fioretos-new-poetics-lecturer/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 08:00:31 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=80225 Speaking with UniReport, writer, translator and publicist Aris Fioretos reflects on his linguistic home, describes his fascination with Paul Auster and talks about his latest novel, which focuses on the […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/new-joint-masters-degree-on-international-literatures-and-book-markets/ Thu, 06 Jun 2024 04:42:26 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=79986 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/how-the-live-performing-arts-survived-the-pandemic/ Mon, 15 Apr 2024 12:05:48 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=79667 The British Academy-funded research project „Pandemic Preparedness in the Live Performing Arts: Lessons to learn from Covid-19 across the G7“ ran from April 2023 to January 2024. Its aim: To […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/dfg-approves-two-new-collaborative-research-centers-at-goethe-university-frankfurt/ Wed, 29 Nov 2023 13:22:17 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=77876 How does negation work in language? And how are the relevant linguistic structures connected to perception in the brain? These are the types of questions posed within the framework of […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/honorary-doctorate-bestowed-in-the-presence-of-the-queen-margrethe-ii-of-denmark/ Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:14:47 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=77804 Astrid Erll is a renowned expert in the field of Memory Studies The University of Copenhagen has awarded an honorary doctorate to Astrid Erll, Professor of Anglophone Literatures and Cultures […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/carnival-traditions-around-the-world-between-regional-manifestations-and-global-transformations/ Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:43:02 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=75055 The various manifestations of Fasching, Fastnacht, Karneval [Carnival and Shrovetide] and their interdisciplinary scientific consideration stand at the center of an upcoming conference held from October 5 to 8 in […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/a-new-look-at-the-black-power-movement/ Fri, 30 Jun 2023 07:23:07 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=72306 The conference on “New Directions in the History of the Black Power Movement”, organized by Prof. Simon Wendt, is open to the public. The black fists raised by two African […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/noel-cowards-design-for-living-on-stage-at-the-i-g-farben-haus/ Mon, 19 Jun 2023 06:39:57 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=72331 The inability to make do either with or without each other is a familiar relationship dynamic that gains special momentum in „Design for Living“. Coward’s comedy centers on three lovers: […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/art-historian-miguel-a-gaete-receives-klaus-heyne-award-for-research-in-german-romanticism/ Mon, 12 Jun 2023 12:18:50 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=72219 The Award for Research in German Romanticism – endowed by the pediatrician and Romanticism enthusiast Prof. Dr. Klaus Heyne from the German city of Kiel – will be awarded for […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/the-ghosts-of-this-house-are-still-here-all-remodels-and-renovations-notwithstanding/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 12:09:43 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=68637 Artist Laura J. Padgett, a lecturer in theater, film and media studies, wants to photographically explore the historical complexity of both the IG Farben-Haus and the Westend Campus. The IG […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/digital-edition-of-faust-a-deep-insight-into-how-goethe-worked-on-his-masterpiece/ Wed, 01 Mar 2023 10:38:37 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=68644 In 1772, Johann Wolfgang Goethe began his opus magnum. The material, which would initially go down in literary history as the “Urfaust”, accompanied him until the end of his life. […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/plitschplatsch-is-more-credible-than-simply-wet/ Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:47:43 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=67726 Words like „ratzfatz“, „ruckzuck“ or „pille-palle“ are known as ideophones. Found primarily in spoken language, their role in the language system has scarcely been researched so far. A young linguist […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/formal-inauguration-of-the-john-mccloy-transatlantic-forum-at-the-forschungskolleg-humanwissenschaften/ Tue, 08 Nov 2022 09:42:14 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=65807 On Friday, November 4, 2022, the John McCloy Transatlantic Forum was officially inaugurated before a full auditorium in the lecture hall of the Forschungskolleg Humanwissenschaften. The forum is named after […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/new-science-award-for-romanticism-research/ Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:54:46 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=48987 For the first time in 2021, innovative contributions to the study of Romanticism can be awarded the Goethe University’s Klaus Heyne-Award. The new award, endowed with 15,000 euros, is aimed […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/22-january-zoom-event-a-reading-conversation-with-arundhati-roy/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 12:24:39 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=48240 Arundhati Roy is a world-renowned writer and committed humanist who gained international attention with her award-winning novel The God of Small Things published in 1997. She writes of the connections […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/film-and-media-scholars-dissect-the-new-media-world-of-the-pandemic/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:55:20 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=47096 With the onset of the current pandemic, our lives have become more digital and more mediatized than ever before. But how can we understand this transformation, and how can we […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/german-research-foundation-funds-new-koselleck-project-at-goethe-university-frankfurt/ Mon, 26 Feb 2018 15:51:49 +0000 https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=26032 January 2018 saw the launch at Goethe University Frankfurt of a further Koselleck project funded by the German Research Foundation. The project, headed by professor and linguist Thomas Ede Zimmermann, […]]]> https://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/english/new-research-training-group-at-goethe-university-configurations-of-film/ Fri, 18 Nov 2016 11:07:13 +0000 http://aktuelles.uni-frankfurt.de/?p=12816 The first Research Training Group ever with a focus on film studies will be established in the course of the coming year at Goethe University Frankfurt. This was announced by […]]]>