An Ongoing Project

Live(s) on the Mississippi 2010

www.univie.ac.at/Anglistik/TransatlanticDialogues/2010/project.html

TAD is supported by a number of individuals and institutions. The collaborators kindly want to express their gratitude to: 

• Saarland University (Competence Center VISU and Tuition Compensation Fees)
• DAAD (German Academic Exchange)
• U.S. Embassy Vienna
• University of Vienna (the Rectorate)
• Bradley University (International Programs)

General objectives:

• To enable students to function as mediators between cultures 

Theory:

Interdisciplinarity: 

• Identity, non-essentialism, contextualism
• Space, place, nation, and region

Method:

Students at Bradley University and the University of Vienna share:

• reading assignments
• e-learning platforms and exchanges
• lectures and team-teaching
• auto-ethnographic writing assignments and classroom presentations