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25 Sep 2026
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Launch of the project “Stumbling Stones of Remembrance—Music and Literature Against Forgetting”

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25 Sep 2026
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New episode of “Bücher im Gespräch”: Johannes Becker and Stefan Willer discuss the relation between fiction and preventive action

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28 Aug 2026
faculty position

W3-S-Professor for “Literary and Cultural Research” / Director (m/f/d) of the Leibniz Center for Literary and Cultural Research (ZfL)

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03 Aug 2026
Open Access

Out now in open access: Johannes Becker on fantasies of prevention and narratives of securing the future in contemporary literature

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30 Jul 2026
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Third edition of the series “Literarische Heimat Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf”

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27 Jul 2026
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Neue Episode von »Bücher im Gespräch«: Sophie-C. Hartisch und Eva Geulen sprechen über Sternenbegeisterung um 1900

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22 Jul 2026
Out now

Out now: Anthology on the ontological turn

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16 Jul 2026
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New in the audio collection: Sigrid Brinkmann discusses the struggle of French authors to reclaim their book rights on Deutschlandfunk

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10 Jul 2026
Open Access

Out now in open access: E-Journal FIB 15.1, main topic: Communication, Censorship

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02 Jul 2026
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New research project: Narratives of Diasporic Identities in Popular Culture: Belarus after 2020

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01 Jul 2026

New on the ZfL BLOG: Sigrid Weigel pays tribute to the late historian Carlo Ginzburg

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25 Jun 2026
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New in the media center: Pictures of the ZfL Annual Conference 2026: Farewell to Artificiality

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