The EXC 2020 re-conceptualises global literature, positing that literature's temporal entanglements crucially contribute to its becoming global. The Cluster, which has taken up its work on January 1, 2019, will create a dynamic and flexible platform for collaborative research by way of an extensive fellowship programme, a global network of academic partner institutions and cooperations with Berlin's vibrant literary and artistic scene.
Events
Event Series | Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic, No. 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Materialität von Schriftlichkeit | Monika Schmitz-Emans: Das Buch als Theater
Event Series | Temporal Communities and Digitality – Theatre During the Pandemic, No. 6 South Africa
Conference | Style and Rhetoric: A Precarious Couple and its Histories
Calls for Activities
Calls for Applications
News
Where is everyone? EXC TC touches base with its members around the world
Keith Budner, Fellow in Research Area 1: "Competing Communities", September 2019 – July 2020
"Willis (aka Sears) Tower from UIC campus in Chicago's West Loop" (March 2021)
Omid Mashhadi Abdolrahman, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", January – June 2021
"Every day I contemplate the geometry and sculpturality of this tree and think about the statement of Joseph Beuys: 'The tree is an element of regeneration, which in itself is a concept of time.'" (February 2021)
Thom Sliwowski, Fellow in Research Area 3: "Future Perfect", April – September 2021
"View from my kitchen window, where I do most of my writing." (April 2021)
Katherine Bode, Fellow in Research Area 5: "Building Digital Communities", October – December 2019
A rainy Brisbane morning in the suburbs
(March 2021)
Eugene Ostashevsky, Dorothea Schlegel Artist in Residence, Research Area 1: "Competing Communities", October 2019 – September 2020
A rainy day in Shanghai
(February 2021)
Sergius Kodera, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", October – December 2019
Vienna: Foggy morning in early Spring
(March 2021)
Miguel Rivas Venegas, Fellow in Research Area 1: "Competing Communities", May – December 2019
A rainy day in Bilbao
(March 2021)
Rebecca Hardie, Managing Editor, Living Handbook of Temporal Communities (LHTC)
"Wilmersdorf Berlin in the early hours. When your computer screen wakes up before the sun does."
(February 2021)
Amund Ulvestad, Dorothea Schlegel Artist in Residence, Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", April – March 2021
Oslo, Norway
(February 2021)
Senad Halilbašić, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", February – September 2021
"Working in my home office in Berlin/Mitte, right next to the Berlin Wall memorial, reminding myself everyday that humanity has endured and overcome even the toughest of challenges."
(February 2021)
Katja Heinrich, Managing Director
"Enjoying Neukölln by night."
(February 2021)
Anita Traninger, Cluster Director
"Waiting for spring in Berlin"
(February 2021)
Image Credits
Keith Budner: "“Willis (aka Sears) Tower from UIC campus in Chicago's West Loop (March 2021)"
Image Credit: Keith Budner
"Joseph Beuys: 'The tree is an element of regeneration, which in itself is a concept of time.'" (Omid Mashhadi Abdolrahman, Fellow in Research Area 2, January – June 2021)
Image Credit: Omid Mashhadi Abdolrahman
Thom Sliwowski: "View from my kitchen window, where I do most of my writing."
Image Credit: —
"A rainy Brisbane morning in the suburbs", Katherine Bode (Fellow in Research Area 5, October – December 2019)
Image Credit: Katherine Bode
View from Eugene Ostashevsky's window in Shanghai
Image Credit: Eugene Ostashevsky
"Vienna: Foggy morning in early Spring", Sergius Kodera (Fellow in Research Area 2, October – December 2019)
Image Credit: Sergius Kodera
"A rainy day in Bilbao", Miguel Rivas Venegas (Fellow in Research Area 1, May – December 2019)
Image Credit: Miguel Rivas Venegas
Wilmersdorf Berlin in the early hours. When your computer screen wakes up before the sun does.
Image Credit: Rebecca Hardie
Amund Ulvestad
Image Credit: —
"Working in my home office in Berlin/Mitte, right next to the Berlin Wall memorial, reminding myself everyday that humanity has endured and overcome even the toughest of challenges." (Senad Halilbašić)
Image Credit: Senad Halilbašić
View from Katja Heinrich's window in Berlin
Image Credit: Katja Heinrich
Anita Traninger's desk, Berlin
Image Credit: Anita Traninger
