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Past lectures and conferences
Exhibition: "Germany at sea". Naval literature of the German Empire from the holdings of Oldenburg University Library
BIS Foyer, 17 July - 11 October 2024
In the last quarter of the 19th century, German literature discovered the sea: from the 1880s onwards, a popular 'naval literature' accompanied the building of a German navy and contributed significantly to popularising the rearmament of Wilhelmine Germany as a great maritime power. At the same time, the narratives developed by the texts legitimised imperialist and colonialist ambitions that were closely linked to the building of the fleet. The popularity of this literature can also be explained by the fact that very different text types and media were used: In addition to fictional adventure tales, which were preferably aimed at young males, there are informative non-fiction books; periodical media such as magazines, yearbooks and 'penny dreadfuls' also served as multipliers.
The exhibition, curated by students from the University of Oldenburg, presents and contextualises 'naval literature' from the holdings of the Oldenburg University Library, supplemented by materials from the State Library and from private collections.
Curated by students of German Studies
Academic Director: PD Dr Christian Schmitt (Institute for German Studies)
Cooperation partner: BIS Oldenburg / Dr Oliver Schoenbeck
Funding: forschen@studium
Low German in public spaces
Exhibition of the Low German & Sater Frisian focus as part of the university anniversary
(Monday, 27 May, 5.00 to 6.00 pm, Haarenstr. 39)
More information here.
Guest lecture on Wolfram von Eschenbach's 'Parzival'
Prof Dr Caroline Emmelius talks about "Sigune in 'Parzival': Discursive and medial contours of a figure".
The lecture will take place on Mon, 06 May 2024 at 10:15 am in room A01-0-010a .
All interested parties are cordially invited.
Invitation - Low German goes to school
Kick-off event for the start of the Low German degree programmes at
University of Oldenburg
24 March 2023
Further information
Mon. 14.02.2022, 19:30 - 21:00, online lecture:
Telling Easter. Presentation of the Medinger manuscripts from the Bodleian Library
Prof Dr Henrike Lähnemann, University of Oxford; Dr Andrew Dunning, Bodleian Library, Oxford
How can stories from the Bible be told in a way that makes them relevant to the here and now? Biblical poetry is one answer to this question. The nuns in the North German nunneries developed a creative solution: a multimedia presentation of the biblical events in murals, songs, acts of worship, bibliodrama and devotional texts.
During the lecture, the nuns' Latin and Low German texts on the Easter events will be presented in original and translation and there will be the opportunity to join in the nuns' Easter hymns via Zoom - a "singing together, apart" model that transfers the nuns' written exam experience to lockdown conditions.
Please register by email to: (subject: "lecture"). You will then receive the link for participation shortly before the lecture date.
Presentation of the Teaching Award
to PD Dr Christian Schmitt
on 25 November 2021 as part of the Day of Teaching and Learning (TdLL)
regional - marginal - digital:
Literature and language in peripheral areas
International online conference on 29 October 2021, 9 am - 6 pm
Germanistische Institute Oldenburg and Olomouc
More information can be found here!
Lecture by Prof Dr Daniel Scherf
(PH Heidelberg)
Tue, 21 January 2020, 6 pm
Teachers' beliefs in literature lessons - comments on a popular subject of didactic research
Lecture by Prof Dr Carolin Führer
(University of Tübingen)
Tue, 14.01.2020, 6 pm
Comics as a multimodal reception challenge. Empirical and practical teaching perspectives
Lecture Stefanie Harjes
Wed, 11 Dec 2019, 10 a.m.
Poetry lecture on children's and young adult literature:
Illustrating the classics: On dealing with one's own standards "Never settle for less than the very best!" (Betty Protest)