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The launch of “Precarious Life and Determined Letters: Philology as Ethos in the Web of Life”, a special issue of German Life and Letters edited by Dr. Tina-Karen Pusse from our School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures and Prof. Caitríona Ní Dhúill from Universität Salzburg (Austria) and Dr. Hanna Bingel-Jones from University College Cork  took place on the 13th of November 2025 at 4.15 pm in the Hardiman Building at the University of Galway. The articles collected in this volume set out to explore new understandings of philology in the context of the multiple socio-ecological crises and predicaments of our time. What does it mean to continue with the work of philology in times like these? Why might this work matter, both as it has always mattered and in new ways? How could it help us?

The open access articles can be found here https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14680483/2025/78/3