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#PicadorProf of winter 26/27: Annie Wenstrup

A very warm welcome to our new Guest Professor in Leipzig!

UPCOMING EVENTS with Annie:

Leipzig, December 9

What connects us to the memories, histories, and legacies of people we never met?

Could it be a story, a place, an object, or a material trace? And how do we remain connected to histories that reach us only through fragments, stories, and absences?

Rooted in Dena’ina stories and shaped by questions of inheritance, memory, and belonging, Annie’s work explores how we relate to what has been passed down to us, and to what remains only partly accessible.

The event takes place in the presence of Heidi Specker’s exhibition Damenzimmer/Herrenschnitt. A Homage to Aenne Biermann, which is currently displaced at GfZK and engages with collections, family memories, historical research, and material legacies. After the reading and talk, all guests are invited to visit the exhibition, either on their own or with a tour guide.

Hosted by poet, musician, and curator Rike Scheffler

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My time in Leipzig was so enriching and fascinating. The city is warm and welcoming and bursting with life. I loved working with the students at the university, and meeting the many remarkable scholars in the American Studies department.

Daniel Gumbiner, looking back at his semester in Leipzig

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In 2006, Leipzig University, in co-operation with the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and Holtzbrinck Berlin, initiated the Picador Guest Professorship for Literature at the University of Leipzig aiming at conveying and critically reflecting on Anglo-American Literature. Public events are also offered in addition to the authors’ teaching activities as Picador Guest Professors. This takes place in collaboration with the creative arts and culture community of Leipzig.

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