ESPOL Study Visit "Cultural Encounters" 2024
Summer School "Wartime Experiences" 2023
EVZ Borderland Stories 2022
Live(s) on the Mississippi 2010
ESPOL Study Visit
Students from ESPOL visit Saarland U
ESPOL Study Visit “Cultural Encounters”
The TAD Study Visit “Cultural Encounters/Encuentros culturales” is a collaboration between the Chair of North American Literary and Cultural Studies at Saarland University and the Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral (Guayaquil, Ecuador). 15 students from ESPOL came to visit the Department of English and American Studies at Saarland University and met with Saarland U students.
The ESPOL Study Visit is supported by a number of individuals and institutions. The collaborators kindly want to express their gratitude to:
- German Academic Exchange Service DAAD
- North American Literature and Culture at Saarland U
- Saarland U Internationalization Fund
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Summer School 2023: Wartime Experiences
The 2023 TAD Summer School “Wartime Experiences” is a collaboration between the Chair of North American Literary and Cultural Studies at Saarland University, the UniGR-Center for Border Studies (Master in Border Studies), West Chester University (USA), Petro Mohyla Black Sea National University (Mykolaiv, Ukraine), and the Ukrainian Catholic University (Lviv, Ukraine).
TAD “Wartime Experiences” is supported by a number of individuals and institutions. The collaborators kindly want to express their gratitude to:
- North American Literature and Culture at Saarland U
- West Chester U
- UniGR-Center for Border Studies
- Saarland U Internationalization Fund
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