Sa, 23.05. –
So, 24.05.2009
Exploratory Workshop
WestRe@dsEast. Independent Hermeneutics of European and Middle Eastern Literatures
ZfL, Schützenstr. 18, 10117 Berlin, 3. Et.
Kontakt:
Stephan Guth
ZfL-Projekt(e):
Topographie pluraler Kulturen Europas, in Rücksicht auf die ›Verschiebung Europas nach Osten‹
Programm
Thanks to the kind support of the European Science Foundation (ESF), the
Berlin Zentrum für Literatur‑ und Kulturforschung (ZfL) and the Dept.
of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (IKOS) at the University of
Oslo, it will be possible to bring together 25-30 colleagues in a
workshop in order to explore new research fields emerging from making
the European perspective(s) on Middle Eastern literatures (MEL) the
starting-point for a reflexion about the interdependence and reciprocity
of cultural self-assurance and the production of collective identity.
The workshop is meant to lay the foundations, and help to sketch a
detailed application, for a larger 3-5 years (ESF funded) Research
Networking Programme (RNP) that will allow scholars dealing with Middle
Eastern Literatures to carry out innovative research in related branches
and follow tracks of own research. The purpose of the Workshop is to
bring together all-European expertise that is needed in order to
identify research lacunas, propose innovative research tracks and
activities and draft an application for an ESF funded Research
Networking Programme.
“Research Networking Programmes (RNPs) lay
the foundation for nationally funded research groups to address major
scientific and research infrastructure issues, in order to advance the
frontiers of existing science. These long-term programmes, subject to
selection through an open call and an international peer review process,
must deal with high-quality science and demonstrate the added value of
being carried out at the European level.”