The Turkish Language Reform, following the Alphabet Reform, in the 1930s created a new - more purified - variant of Turkish. As a result, present-day readers of Turkish are confronted ...read more
The aim of this project is to develop principled analyses of the four syntactic or pragmatic issues listed below in (i-iv), and investigate their relevance for the general question to ...read more
The project aims to study the literary works, published in the Russian emigration between 1917 and 1940, in which the October Revolution and the Civil War take up a central ...read more
During the first decades of the 20th century, a renewed sensibility for different religious traditions distinguished German(-language) Expressionism, and especially Expressionist drama. It has long been accepted that Expressionism is ...read more
It is the project's aim to underscore the fundamental and sometimes problematic role of news discourse in political conflicts, where it shapes perceptions, creates identities and influences attitudes. In particular, ...read more
On the crossroads between philosophy of history and theatre studies, I look at ways in which performances reflect on and experiment with historicist notions of time and history. The starting ...read more
In this research project I investigate the ways in which innovative movements in early 20thcentury German(-language) theatre anchored practices of, and thinking on, mass performances in ancient Greek drama.
Before the International Copyright Act of 1891 was passed, the American literary marketplace was saturated with unauthorized reprints of British texts. Neither British nor American authors had any legal claim ...read more