Ημ/νία: 12/12/2025
Από: Γραφείο Σπουδών
Τίτλος: Digitality and Power in American Studies (organized by the EAAS Digital Studies Network)
The EAAS Digital Studies Network* invites colleagues and students to its 2nd Online Open Forum, “Digitality and Power in American Studies,” which will be held via ZΟΟΜ on December 19, 2025 (18:00–20:00 CET).
Co-coordinated by Tatiani Rapatzikou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Frank Mehring (Radboud University), and Stefan Brandt (University of Graz), the forum offers a focused evening of discussion on how digital technologies shape cultural authority, scholarly methods, and contemporary reading and media practices within American Studies.
After a brief welcome address, the program features three sessions:
Session 1 (18:05–18:35 CET*)— Alexandra Glavanakova (Sofia University), “The Power of Digital Reading” (Chair: Irakli Tskhvediani).
Session 2 (18:45–19:15 CET*)— Thomas van Gaalen (Radboud University), “Corpus Analysis from Below? Charting Solidarity Discourse in the Interwar Caribbean” (Chair: Gaetano Di Tommaso, Roosevelt Institute for American Studies, Middelburg).
Session 3 (19:25–19:55 CET*)— Paschalia Mitskidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), “Virtual Reality as a Transformative (?) Medium/Technology: Issues of Power and Control” (Chair: TBA).
