Theorizing American Studies : German Interventions into an Ongoing Debate by Sabine Sielke

“…This essay relates a—necessarily reductive—narrative about how, throughout its history, German American Studies has intervened into and contributed to these debates; and how, with the emergence of parameters and politics of difference, on the one hand, and poststructuralist thought and notions of différance, on the other, the early debate on methods of American Studies transformed into discussions of theories of American literature, culture, history etc. …”
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Roma & Sinti Culture as Modern German Studies by Arushi Nair

“…Seldom is the attention on their culture and their own history. In a shift to focus on the art, poetry and literature of the Roma, I am hoping to empower the voices within the second generation, all those born in an era disconnected from the war. …”
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Roma & Sinti Culture as Modern German Studies by Arushi Nair

“…Seldom is the attention on their culture and their own history. In a shift to focus on the art, poetry and literature of the Roma, I am hoping to empower the voices within the second generation, all those born in an era disconnected from the war. …”
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Rudolf Fuchs: An Underestimated Cultural Intermediary and Social Critic in Times of Conflict by Konstantin Kountouroyanis

“…Rudolf Fuchs (1890–1942) was an influential figure in Prague’s early 20th-century literary scene as well as an intermediary between German and Czech literature at a time of intense social and political transformation. …”
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A Transfer of Language and Culture: German Bread and Pastries and Their Names in Kosovo by Hamiti Vjosa, Jusufi Lumnije

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Between Technological Innovation and Pagan Tradition: The Representation of Lithuania in Contemporary German Travel Literature by Aleksej Burov, Tomas Vytautas Kotovičius

“… This article explores Lithuania’s hetero-image as it is created in contemporary German travel literature. The scope of the research primarily covers three German travelogues which detail the authors’ experience during their travels in Lithuania: Drei Baltische Wege (Lucius von, 2011), Wo die Ostsee Westsee heißt (Bünz, 2018) and Gebrauchsanweisung für das Baltikum (Herre, 2014). …”
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Apes, Great Apes, and Mankind in 19th and early 20th Century German Literature by Tanja Nusser

“…This article analyzes the depiction of apes in German literature in the 19th and early 20th centuries. …”
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The Semantics of the Absurd: On German ‘Hermetic’ Poetry and Political Commitment after 1945 by Marko Pajević

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The Example of Herta Müller, A Nobel Literature Prize Author, in The Relationship of Tourism and Literature by Yüksel Gürsoy

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Christian Felix Weiße’s Poetry in Latvian and Estonian Literature by Ave Mattheus, Pauls Daija

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Approaching a National Film History through Data. Network Analysis in German Film History by Malte Hagener, Theresa Blaschke

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Können frauen genies werden ?La catégorisation genrée des écrivaines dans le champ de la modernité intellectuelle et littéraire germanophone by Alexia Rosso

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A Digital Trail of Rupture. The German Film Exile 1933-1945 in the Data of Günter Peter Straschek by Imme Klages

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Revolution and Literature: Russian Writers Literary Sociology of Revolution: The Specious Paradoxical Relationship between Literature and Revolution by Mehdi Najafzadeh

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Cross-Culturally Adapted Versions of Patient Reported Outcome Measures for the Lower Extremity by Yongni Zhang, Jiayi Ren, Yaning Zang, Wenhao Guo, Ashley Disantis, Robroy L Martin

“…. # Study design Literature Review # Methods PubMed, Embase, Medline, Cochrane, CINAHL, SPORTDisucs and Scopus were searched for cross-culturally adapted translated studies through May 2022. …”
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The Transition from Song to Poetry in Latvian Literature in the Second Half of the 19th Century by Māra Grudule

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Des tranchées au NSDAP. Culture de guerre et politisation des députés nazis by Nicolas Patin

“…What was the main reason for German people to join the Nazi Party? In historical literature, First World War has been often depicted as a major explanation: the conflict is supposed to have created a “war culture” that would have led to the political mobilization of many Nazis. …”
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The Exile Experience Reconsidered: a Comparative Perspective in European Cultural Migration during the Interwar Period by Renato Camurri

“…The first phase of studies into intellectual exile was strongly conditioned by two classic interpretative paradigms: the acculturation paradigm and the paradigm of the impact refugee scholars had on American culture. However, the field of so called “Exile Studies” has widened remarkably in recent years extending to philosophy, literature, sociology and anthropology. …”
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A Critique on the Book The Song of the Nibelungenlied by Hamideh Behjat

“…This book has a special status in German Literature. The valuable work marks the national treasure and cultural heritage of the German language. …”
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Grenzüberschreitungen / Traversées des frontières by Aude Therstappen

“…The journal Recherches germaniques, with its ‘naturally’ comparative positioning, its dual focus on German literature and history of thought, and the place it reserves for Alsace, is thus intimately linked to the collections of the Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg, formerly the Kaiserliche Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek. …”
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