2. (Online) Workshop: Dec. 10 &11, 2020

Queer / New Media: Rethinking Knowledge and its Failure Due to the current pandemic, the second workshop of the network will also take place virtually. Those interested are therefore invited to participate in the guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Robert Payne (American University, Paris) via zoom. Prof. Payne will speak on December 10th at 4.00 … Read more

The Failure of Knowledge – Knowledges of Failure

In the research network “The Failure of Knowledge – Knowledges of Failure,” fifteen scholars of American Studies and related disciplines are investigating the nexus of failure and knowledge, addressing such timely concerns as ‘the postfactual,’ climate-science denial, or the digital divide as well as historical questions such as the suppression of Indigenous knowledge systems. This … Read more