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Dr Thomas Wilks from the Discipline of German at the University of Galway presented on "Thomas Glavinic’s Die Arbeit der Nacht: timeliness and translatability of inner and outer worlds two decades after publication" at the two-day 21st International Conference of the Centre for Irish-German Studies (CIGS) & Annual German Studies Association of Ireland (GSAI) Conference in Limerick on Saturday the 16^th November 2024.

Dr Deirdre Byrnes and Dr Hermann Rasche gave a 5-minute speech at the conference dinner, recognising and thanking Prof Hans-Walter Schmidt- Hannisa for his work as HoD. Prof Jürgen Barkhoff (TCD) and Prof Jean Conacher (UL) were also recognised.

9.45 – 10.35am Session IV – Inner, Outer and Future Worlds

Chair: Prof Hans-Walter Schmidt-Hannisa (University of Galway)

Dr Thomas Wilks (University of Galway) – Thomas Glavinic’s Die Arbeit der Nacht: timeliness and translatability of inner and outer worlds two decades after publication

Prof Anne Fuchs (UCD) – Future Imaginaries of Permacrisis. A transdisciplinary and practice-based research programme

10.35 – 11am Coffee break (Ground floor Glucksman Library)

11.00am – 12.15pm Session V – Cultures in Contact

Chair: Dr Deirdre Byrnes (University of Galway)

Monica Brandis (UL) – Memories and facts: Approaches to researching Operation Shamrock

Dr Joseph Twist (UCD) – Kann der Traum von einem multikulturellen Deutschland […] noch weiter-geträumt werden?: Imagining Turkish-German Futurity after Solingen in Deine Strasse by Güzin Kar

Associate Prof Gillian Pye (UCD) – Affect, emotion & the time of happiness in Jenny Erpenbeck’s Kairos

Here you can access the full CIGS GSAI Conference programme

Here are two websites with more information in relation to the event:

https://networks.h-net.org/group/announcements/20050298/21st-international-conference-centre-irish-german-studies-cigs-annual

https://germaninireland.wordpress.com/