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, is 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.
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Where is everyone? EXC TC members checking in from around the world: a gallery
Sona Mnatsakanyan, Doctoral Candidate and Research Associate in Research Area 1: "Competing Communities"
"Sunday walk in Saryan park: a park named after painter Martiros Saryan, which is located in the center of Yerevan. Every day, but especially on weekends, there is a vernissage in the park, around the statue of Martiros Saryan." (March 2023)
Luca Lil Wirth, Doctoral Candidate and Research Associate in Research Area 1: Competing Communities
"Emblematic of the first day at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice: very impressive, somewhat overwhelming, simply beautiful!" (March 2023)
Bart Soethaert, Academic Coordinator, Research Area 5: "Building Digital Communities"
"Participating in the Digital Humanities Winter School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem - organised jointly with the Freie Universität Berlin on behalf of the German U15 and the German Israeli Foundation." (February 2023)
Carla Dalbeck, Research Area 4: "Literary Currencies"
"Daily view on the Palestinian quarter ‘Wadi al-Joz’ while learning DH-methods at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem." (February 2023)
Winter Get-Together at the Cluster
Sometimes everyone is in the house. After the Cluster's jour fixe, the members enjoy a cozy winter get-together. (December 2022)
Stefan Keppler-Tasaki, Member, International Partners Network Steering Committee
"Enjoying a walk at Santa Monica Beach." (November 2022)
Anita Traninger, Cluster Director & Nina Tolksdorf, Associated Researcher in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters"
"Taking a quick break from library work at the Fondazione Cini in Venice" (October 2022)
Bart Soethaert, Academic Coordinator in Research Area 5: "Building Digital Communities"
"Paris: Checking first editions of French translations and tracing special editions of Nikos Kazantzakis in a specialised antiquarian bookshop" (October 2022)
Anita Traninger, EXC TC Co-Director and currently Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford
"Hanging out in All Souls' Great Quad with the lovely Sepid Birashk" (June 2022)
Kai Padberg, Doctoral Candidate and Research Associate in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters"
"The view from the study room of 'Drama for Life', which is in the 21st and highest floor of a university tower. The interdisciplinary centre 'Drama for Life' is based at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa." (April 2022)
Sepid Birashk, Doctoral Candidate and Research Associate in Research Area 3: "Future Perfect"
"A dazzling Radcliffe Camera, an old majestic tree, and a modern rainbow of LGBT+ pride flag form the view of my usual corner at the Duke Humphrey library, the old Bodleian: Enough materialized time to feel part of a temporal community while sitting in solitary with wandering words." Bodleian Libraries, Oxford, UK (April 2022)
Jasmin Wrobel, Academic Coordinator in Research Area 4: "Literary Currencies"
"Hunting down research material at the independent comic festival GRAF Barcelona“ (April 2022)
Lukas Regeler, Research Area 4: "Literary Currencies"
"Interrupted work to take a night walk and see the Northern Lights just a few steps from my home office in Uppsala" (March 2022)
Hannah Schünemann, Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters"
"Reading kills the Berlin grey – warm greetings from one home office in Neukölln" (February 2022)
Roberto Simanowski, Associated Member and Tomaz Amorim, Former Fellow
"Toasting the holidays in Sao Paulo." (December 2021)
Gloria Thiller, Project Assistant
"Afternoon chat among colleagues in the backyard."
November 2021
Nicolas Longinotti, Member, Research Area 1: "Competing Communities"
"Sunny afternoon in Oxfordshire" (Autumn 2021)
Roberto Simanowski, Associated Member
"Overseeing the ocean from my wife's apartment in Rio. The view recedes into the distance here, which can be quite conducive to writing" (October 2021)
Miltos Pechlivanos, Member, Research Area 1: "Competing Communities"
"Zakynthos Public Library: return to archival research. In the foreground, the statue of the poet Dionysios Solomos as the Dante of Greece." (September 2021)
Juan Carlos Mantilla, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", April – September 2021
"View from the window of the car in rainy Valladolid" (June 2021)
Prashant Keshavmurthy, Fellow in Research Area 5, May – August 2021
"An early morning back alley in Montreal from my living room sofa where I mostly work."
May 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)
Miguel Rivas Venegas, Fellow in Research Area 1: "Competing Communities", May - December 2019
"A rainy day in Bilbao." (March 2021)
Erum Naqvi, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", January – June 2021
"Prenzlauerberg, Berlin, on an unusually sunny day!"
March 2021
Sergius Kodera, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", October – December 2019
Vienna: Foggy morning in early Spring
(March 2021)
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)
Katherine Bode, Fellow in Research Area 5: "Building Digital Communities", October – December 2019
A rainy Brisbane morning in the suburbs
(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)
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)
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)
Eugene Ostashevsky, Dorothea Schlegel Artist in Residence, Research Area 1: "Competing Communities", October 2019 – September 2020
A rainy day in Shanghai
(February 2021)
Anita Traninger, Cluster Director
"Waiting for spring in Berlin"
(February 2021)
Image Credits
where-is-everyone-mnatsakanyan
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“Emblematic of the first day at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini in Venice: very impressive, somewhat overwhelming, simply beautiful!” (Feburary 2023), Luca Lil Wirth, Doctoral Candidate and Research Associate in Research Area 1: Competing Communities
Image Credit: Luca Lil Wirth
"Participating in the Digital Humanities Winter School at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem." (February 2023), Bart Soethaert, Academic Coordinator, Research Area 5: "Building Digital Communities"
Image Credit: HUJI Center for Digital Humanities
"Daily view on the Palestinian quarter ‘Wadi al-Joz’ while learning DH-methods at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem" (February 2023), Carla Dalbeck, Research Area 4: "Literary Currencies"
Image Credit: Carla Dalbeck
"Sometimes everyone is in the house." - After the Cluster's jour fixe, the members enjoy a cozy winter get-together.
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"Enjoying a walk at Santa Monica Beach" (Stefan Keppler-Tasaki, Member, International Partners Network Steering Committee)
Image Credit: Seiko Tasaki
"Taking a quick break from library work at the Fondazione Cini in Venice", Anita Traninger (Cluster Director) & Nina Tolksdorf (Associated Researcher in RA 2: "Travelling Matters") (October 2022)
Image Credit: Nina Tolksdorf
"Paris: Checking first editions of French translations and tracing special editions of Nikos Kazantzakis in a specialised antiquarian bookshop", Bart Soethaert, Research Area 5 "Building Digital Communities" | Image Credit: Bart Soethaert
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"Hanging out in All Souls' Great Quad with the lovely Sepid Birashk" (Anita Traninger, EXC TC Co-Director and currently Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford), June 2022 | Image Credit: Anita Traninger
Image Credit: Anita Traninger
"The view from the study room of the interdisciplinary centre 'Drama for Life', which is in the 21st and highest floor of a tower at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg." (Kai Padberg, Research Associate in RA 2, April 2022)
Image Credit: Kai Padberg
"A dazzling Radcliffe Camera, an old majestic tree, and a modern rainbow of LGBT+ pride flag form the view of my usual corner at the Duke Humphrey library, the old Bodleian" (Sepid Birashk, Research Associate in Research Area 3: "Future Perfect")
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"Hunting down research material at the independent comic festival GRAF Barcelona“ (Jasmin Wrobel, Academic Coordinator, RA 4: "Literary Currcenies", April 2022)
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"Interrupted work to take a night walk and see the Northern Lights just a few steps from my home office in Uppsala." (Lukas Regeler, Member, RA 4: "Literary Currencies", March 2022)
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"Reading kills the Berlin grey – warm greetings from one home office in Neukölln", February 2022 | Image Credit: Hannah Schünemann
Image Credit: Hannah Schünemann
"Toasting the holidays in Sao Paolo" (Roberto Simanowski, Associated Member and Tomaz Amorim, Former Fellow, December 2021) | Image Credit: Roberto Simanowski and Tomaz Amorim
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"Afternoon chat among colleagues in the backyard." (Gloria Thiller, Project Assistant, November 2021)
Image Credit: Gloria Thiller
Bild: „Sunny afternoon in Oxfordshire“
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"Overseeing the ocean from my wife's apartment in Rio. The view recedes into the distance here, which can be quite conducive to writing" (October 2021)
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"Zakynthos Public Library: return to archival research. In the foreground, the statue of the poet Dionysios Solomos as the Dante of Greece" (Miltos Pechlivanos, Member, Research Area 1: "Competing Communities", September 2021)
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1 / 15 "View from the window of the car in rainy Valladolid" (Juan Carlos Mantilla)
Image Credit: Juan Carlos Mantilla
"An early morning back alley in Montreal from my living room sofa where I mostly work." (Prashant Keshavmurthy, Fellow in Research Area 5, May – August 2021)
Image Credit: Prashant Keshavmurthy
Thom Sliwowski: "View from my kitchen window, where I do most of my writing."
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"A rainy day in Bilbao", Miguel Rivas Venegas (Fellow in Research Area 1, May – December 2019)
Image Credit: Miguel Rivas Venegas
"Prenzlauerberg, Berlin, on an unusually sunny day!" (Erum Naqvi, Fellow in Research Area 2: "Travelling Matters", January - June 2021)
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"Vienna: Foggy morning in early Spring", Sergius Kodera (Fellow in Research Area 2, October – December 2019)
Image Credit: Sergius Kodera
Keith Budner: "“Willis (aka Sears) Tower from UIC campus in Chicago's West Loop (March 2021)"
Image Credit: Keith Budner
"A rainy Brisbane morning in the suburbs", Katherine Bode (Fellow in Research Area 5, October – December 2019)
Image Credit: Katherine Bode
"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
Amund Ulvestad
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"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
Wilmersdorf Berlin in the early hours. When your computer screen wakes up before the sun does.
Image Credit: Rebecca Hardie
View from Eugene Ostashevsky's window in Shanghai
Image Credit: Eugene Ostashevsky
Anita Traninger's desk, Berlin
Image Credit: Anita Traninger
