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What are the social, political, economic and media conditions under which literature emerges? And what effects does literature have on its immediate environments? These are the issues addressed by the Research Training Group “Literature and the Public Sphere in Differentiated Contemporary Cultures.” It aims to examine contemporary literature since 1945, in different languages and cultural contexts, and with regard to changing and fragmenting public spheres. It is characterized in particular by its praxeological concept of literature, which includes socio-cultural contexts, political frameworks, institutional conditions, the literary world and literary life in its analysis. (spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Antje Kley and Prof. Dr. Dirk Niefanger)
The 10th annual conference of the Historical Fictions Research Network will take place at the Kollegienhaus in Erlangen (Universitätsstraße 15), February 19-20, 2026. Prof. Dr. Heike Paul, spokesperson of our partner research training group RTG 2726: Sentimentality in Literature, Culture, and Polit...
In the latest episode of the Sonic Lit Radio Show, our doctoral researcher Cristian Ortega Singer reports on the Vienna conference “Poetry Off the Page, Around the Globe” .
Our Post-Doctoral Researcher Antonia Villinger and our PI Anastasia Glawion curate RTG 2806's bluesky account now.
Many thanks to our PIs Svenja Hagenhoff and Karin Höpker for their work on the social media team!
In an article on the news platform nordbayern.de, our PI and media ethicist Christian Schicha assesses the distortion of German history in social media.
++ RTG 2806 was delighted to hear that, following a decision by the city council, the Erlangen Poetry Festival 'Poet:innenfest' can take place in 2026. ++
Decision on 'Poet:innenfest' at the Erlangen city council meeting on January 22, 2026:
On January 22, 2026, the Erlangen city council adop...
