Nachrichten-/Veranstaltungsarchiv 2025

STAATSEXAMEN - Linguistik (mündlich)

STAATSEXAMEN - Linguistik (mündlich)

Info-Veranstaltung

25. Januar 2025, 16 Uhr

Referentin: Frau Dr. Julia Landmann
Digitale Informationsveranstaltung (via Zoom) zu Fragen rund um die im Sommer anstehende mündliche Staatsexamensprüfung (Linguistik).

STAATSEXAMEN - Fachdidaktik Englisch

STAATSEXAMEN - Fachdidaktik Englisch

Info-Veranstaltung

Referentinnen: Dr. Kuty und Prof. Dr. Gardemann

--> Informationsmaterial zur Veranstaltung vom 24.01.2025  

FEMINISTS KNOW THEY ARE LYING

FEMINISTS KNOW THEY ARE LYING

DIGITAL ANTI-FEMINISM AS THE ALT-RIGHT’S MEDIAL AND IDEOLOGICAL VANGUARD

Guest Lecture by
Dr. Katharina Motyl (Mannheim)

Tuesday, January 21, 2:15 pm
ELP 3, Room 1.29 (No registration necessary)

This talk draws on the rhetorical and visual analysis of written posts and multimodal memes published in anti-feminist online forums such as reddit to argue that digital anti-feminism constitutes a space in which some users collectively radicalize to embrace alt-right ideologies at large (or are purposefully enticed to radicalize by alt-right activists, for instance, by redpilling).

After briefly characterizing the groups constituting the manosphere, Dr. Motyl shares three observations regarding the interconnections between digital media ecologies, anti-feminism, and the alt-right: First, the anonymity and the networked harassment that web 2.0 afford have greatly radicalized anti-feminist and anti-gender discourses. Second, anti-feminism and anti-genderism function as the ideological glue that binds the various groups constituting the alt-right together. Third, since the late aughts, anti-feminism and anti-gender politics have moved from the margins of the internet to the center of Western societies and polities – this ‘migration’ has moved the boundaries of what is sayable in parliaments and other ‘offline’ spaces of political discourse. The talk’s third part considers the rhetorical strategies, aesthetics, and affective appeals that select anti-feminist social-media posts deploy to conjure masculine and heterosexual domination and to entice individual, socially isolated users to experience empowerment by joining a (virtual, yet real) collective. The antifeminist vanguard of the alt-right, in short, succeeds in convincing users that their feelings of marginalization constitute subversive knowledge regarding the true power dynamics in Western societies, which not only oppress men, but which also privilege ethnic and racial minorities over white people, who will soon be ‘replaced’ unless they start resisting.

Call for Applications: Erasmus+ Studying Abroad 2025-2026

Call for Applications: Erasmus+ Studying Abroad 2025-2026

In the academic year 2025-2026, the Department of British and North American Studies provides the following Erasmus+ Studying Abroad opportunities: 

List of exchange places.

For questions regarding the Erasmus+ program in general, please attend the online consultation offered by the International Office or contact the Departmental Exchange Coordinator, Mr. Li (yunong.liuni-greifswaldde).

Interested applicants should send the following application documents in one PDF file named after “LASTNAME_ERASMUS_2526” to Mr. Li (yunong.liuni-greifswaldde).

Application deadline: End of day on 05.01.2025

Application documents:

  • Finished application form
  • Letter of motivation in English, transcripts of Records at the University of Greifswald
  • Proof of language competence
  • Curriculum vitae
  • Other related documents (e.g. on extracurricular commitments, volunteering, etc.)