Project Information
Australian Studies Online is a collaborative project funded by the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North-Rhine Westphalia that seeks to establish an inter-and transdisciplinary master’s programme within the humanities.
In collaboration with the Universities of Duisburg-Essen, Düsseldorf and Münster, we at the University of Cologne are currently developing, implementing, and evaluating innovative digital teaching formats and materials.
The online Australian Studies master’s programme, which will be offered starting in winter term 2024, addresses historical developments, contemporary challenges, and future visions in the context of Australia.
Digital Pilot Courses Offered at the German Partner Universities in Summer 2023:
Prof. Dr. Dany Adone
Lecture: Language Documentation and Beyond
Seminar: Linguistic and Cultural Heritage
Leonie John
Seminar: Postcolonial Migrant Literature (Literary Arrivals, Departures and Encounters)
David Kern
Seminar: Contemporary Children’s Literature
Friederike Zahn
Seminar: English(es?) in the Southern Hemisphere
Prof. Dr. Patricia Plummer
Seminar: Antipodean Modernism: Katherine Mansfield
Seminar: Decolonising the Museum
Seminar: Postcolonial Short Stories
Bettina Burger
Seminar: Terror Australis – Ecocritical Approaches to Australian Gothic and Horror Fiction
Yashka Chavan:
Seminar: Migration, Mobility, and Movement in Australian Texts
Seminar: Migrant and Diasporic Masculinities in Australian Texts
Archive:
Prof. Dr. Dany Adone
Lecture: Environmental Justice and Linguistics (Winter 22/23)
Seminar: Language and Environment (Winter 22/23)
Dr. Victoria Herche
Seminar: Introduction to Australian Cinema (Winter 22/23)
Leonie John
Seminar: (Anti)Nuclear Literature (Winter 22/23)
David Kern
Seminar: Indigenous Climate Fiction (Winter 22/23)
Friederike Zahn
Seminar: Heritage Languages (Winter 22/23)
Bianca Schüller
Seminar: New Developments in Aboriginal Fiction (Winter 22/23)
Prof. Dr. Patricia Plummer
Lecture: Australian Literature (Winter 22/23)
Seminar: Exploring Australia (Winter 22/23)
Seminar: Decolonising the Museum (Winter 22/23)
Bettina Burger
Seminar: Migration in Visual Narratives
Prof. Dr. Mark Stein
Seminar: Writing Australia: Indigenous, migrant, and post/colonial short stories (Winter 22/23)
Dr. Felipe Espinoza Garrido
Übung: Australian Cinema (Winter 22/23)
Current Events and Milestones
Meet the Teams:
University of Cologne
The Team at the University of Cologne
Core Project Team:
Prof. Dr. Dany Adone
Prof. Dr. Beate Neumeier
Leonie John
Friederike Zahn
Sophie Fritzen
Extended Team:
Dr. Victoria Herche
Dr. Kathrin Brandt
David Kern
Anna Kevorkov
Mareike Plenk
Sandra Ringsmut
University of Duisburg-Essen
The Team at the University of Duisburg-Essen
Core Project Team:
Prof. Dr. Patricia Plummer
Lena Busch
Extended Team:
Dr. Kathrin Althans
Syed Kazim Ali Kazmi
HHU Düsseldorf
The Team at HHU Düsseldorf
Core Project Team:
Prof. Dr. Birgit Neumann
Tina Burger
Extended Team:
Lucas Mattila
Theodora Charalambous
WWU Münster
The Team at WWU Münster
Core Project Team:
Prof. Dr. Mark Stein
Yashka Chavan
Extended Team:
Dr. Felipe Espinoza Garrido
Rita Maricocchi
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