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Berlin, December 13: «Through mothers’ eyes»
Hannah Michell and Lin Hierse in conversation at FROHES FESTIVAL BERLIN
How do our mothers’ political beliefs shape us, and how do their lives continue within us? How does it shape the way we tell stories? Do we find comfort or limitation in traditions? In this conversation, Hannah Michell, current Picador Guest Professor, and Lin Hierse come together to explore questions of self-determination, tradition, and transformation in Korea, China, and beyond. At the heart of the discussion are stories where belonging and new beginnings, feminist movements and family ties are closely intertwined.
When: December 13, 6.30 PM
Where: silent green, as part of FROHES FESTIVAL
Get your ticket now and enjoy a whole festival about political literature.
Presented by Uni Leipzig, American Studies Leipzig, DAAD Artists Program, Holtzbrinck Berlin, in cooperation with EDIT Magazine.
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
Guest Professor of Winter 2024/25
The vibrant arts community in Leipzig, and my wondrous students, and brilliant colleagues, were an endless source of energy and inspiration to me while I served as the Picador Guest Professor. It was deeply meaningful to get to work alongside some of Germany’s foremost American literature scholars in a place with such immense publishing, music, and design history.
Rita Bullwinkel about the Picador Guestprofessorship
Guest Professor of Summer 2024
I was a Picador Guest Professor in Literature in Leipzig (2010/2011). The position was very fulfilling and my creative writing students were dynamic, imaginative, and full of heart. Leipzig is wondrous.
Nathalie Handal in an interview with thebartleby.com
Guest Professor of Winter 2010/2011
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