Category: General
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Transatlantic Uneasiness: Perks and Pitfalls of Crossing the Pond
Jan Behrs examines the academic career of the German-born Harvard professor Kuno Francke (1855–1930).
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Francis Daniel Pastorius: German-American Literature in the Early Transatlantic
Using F. D. Pastorius as an example, Hartmut Hombrecher explains why transatlantic research should always focus on the reciprocal nature of cultural transfer.
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Black Transatlantic Literary Studies and the Case of James Baldwin
Gianna Zocco on the role of imagology, intertextuality, and literary archives within Black transatlantic literary studies.
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Blickwechsel: On Transatlantic German Studies, from a Brazilian Perspective
Wiebke Röben de Alencar Xavier discusses the potentials and challenges of a transatlantic approach to German Studies — not only in Brazil.
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Transatlantic Archives and Transatlantic Literary Studies
Tim Sommer describes the appeals and challenges of dealing with the diasporic dispersal of literary papers.
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The Renewal of an Old Alliance
Nikolai Blaumer assesses the current changes in relations between Germany and the United States.
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Locating Books as Transatlantic Commodities
Corinna Norrick-Rühl underlines the potential of Book Studies to offer insights into the research area.
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Carried by the Sea
David D. Kim on why transatlantic literary studies should be part of a global literary history that takes cultural, linguistic, religious, and international diversities into account.