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Keynote speakers and programme

Invited keynote speakers and possible foci of their lectures

Mary C. Fuller
(Head of the Literature Section, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT)
Early modern European and North American literature and culture, history of early modern voyages, exploration and colonization, cultural encounters, cartographies

Monica Juneja
(HCTS Professor “Global Art History”, Universität Heidelberg)
Global art history, transcultural visuality, cultural translation, transcending boundaries

Sandro Mezzadra
(Associate Professor, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Università di Bologna)
Political philosophy, colonial and postcolonial studies, frontiers of citizenship, border struggles, inclusion and exclusion, global governance, transit labour

Bernhard Siegert
(Gerd-Brucerius-Professor für Geschichte und Theorie der Kulturtechniken, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar)
Media philosophy, comparative visual and cultural theory, medial and cultural triages (grids, filters, doors, passages)

Programme

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Sun

Arrival (or afternoon)

Arrival / Welcome

Introduction / Poster Exhibition

Mon

Lecture, response, discussion: Monica Juneja

Parallel workshops: project-based

Tue

Lecture, response, discussion: Sandro Mezzadra

Parallel workshops: text-based

Film

Wed

Excursion

Excursion

Special dinner

Thu

Lecture, response, discussion: Bernhard Siegert

Parallel workshops: problem-based

Fri

Lecture, response, discussion: Mary C. Fuller

Reports and lessons learned

Departure (or Sat)

Detailed programme will be sent via email.

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