Discussion with Q&A. Join Melissa Frazier and Astrid Franke for a conversation about the current protests on U.S. campuses and the complicated issues that they raise, both specifically with regard to the on-going crisis in Israel and Palestine and more broadly in terms of how universities best foster free intellectual debate.
PhD Melissa Frazier is a professor of Russian Language and Russian and Comparative Literature at Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY. Frazier is a DAAD visiting professor at the Slavic Department in Tübingen during the summer semester 2024.
Prof. Dr. Astrid Franke is a professor of American Studies in Tuebingen. Her research interests include Popular Culture, Cultural History and Theory, Modern and Contemporary Novel, and, as an underlying thread, intersections of literature and sociology.
Moderation: Katharina Luther, director of the German-American Institute
In English
Location: Hörsaal 001, Keplerstr. 2, Universität Tübingen
Admission: free
In collaboration with the University of Tübingen and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
