FRIAS is the international research college at the University of Freiburg. We offer Fellowships, Funding and Events | Legal notice: https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/imprint/https://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3ml7a6luklc2iWhat work does #silence perform in culture and society? 🔍🔇 How does silence relate to movement? And how does the unsaid gain presence in literature? Read the full #recap of the FRIAS Conference “Hush! Practising Silence in Literature and Culture” here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:745782991131602124806 May 2026 17:31 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7a6luklc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3ml3tj4cfac25Warum boomen #Verschwörungstheorien und was hilft dagegen? Dazu forscht der Tübinger Amerikanist Michael Butter seit Jahren. Bei den FRIAS Freiburger Horizonten stellt er seine neuen Erkenntnisse vor. Alle Interessierten sind herzlich eingeladen. Eintritt frei. https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/freiburger-horizonte-michael-butter/05 May 2026 09:06 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3tj4cfac25https://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mkpdxfmewk2d📚🌟We were delighted to host the book launch of "Developments in Narrative Structure" by FRIAS alumna Monika Fludernik. The two-volume study traces developments in English narrative structure from the late Middle Ages to the early modern period. https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/book-launch-monika-fludernik/30 Apr 2026 09:56 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpdxfmewk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mkndyvkrb22iCristina Espinosa, member of the first cohort of the Young Academy for #SustainabilityResearch, has published an article on how communities, scientists, and lawyers are turning scientific evidence into legal arguments for environmental justice in Ecuador. 🔗 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2514848626144455029 Apr 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkndyvkrb22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mkhwn3bpik22275 Forschende, die von Einschränkungen der #Wissenschaftsfreiheit in den USA betroffen sind, haben sich für die Early Career Rescue Fellowships beworben, die das FRIAS, das College of Fellows in Tübingen und das Konstanzer Zukunftskolleg anbieten. Der SWR berichtet. https://www.swr.de/swraktuell/baden-wuerttemberg/tuebingen/wissenschaftler-aus-usa-forschen-kuenftig-an-uni-konstanz-freiburg-und-tuebingen-100.html27 Apr 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkhwn3bpik22https://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mk3bfbcepc2fEarly Career Researchers ( #PhD & #PostDoc) are invited to apply for a Master Class with Patricia Clavin (University of Oxford). The workshop is intended for researchers working on the history of capitalism from a global perspective. More information: https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/cfa-balzan-frias/ @uni-freiburg.de22 Apr 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk3bfbcepc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mjmjgyhhzs2bAll interested welcome📚🥂: Monika Fludernik, Professor of English Literature and Narratology @uni-freiburg.de and FRIAS Alumna, introduces her new book “Developments in Narrative Structure", which has been published in November 2025. https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/book-launch-monika-fludernik/16 Apr 2026 13:31 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmjgyhhzs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3miyhqzedkk2uReminder: Join us for the FRIAS Conference on SILENCE🤫 in Literature next week. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Apr 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3miyhqzedkk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mhxdr3pl7k26What work does silence perform in culture and society? 🔍🔇 This is the topic of the next conference, “Hush! Practising Silence in Literature and Culture” which will be held at FRIAS 15–17 April 2026. 🔗 uni-freiburg.de/frias/hush/26 Mar 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxdr3pl7k26https://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mhsd7cetzs2u📓Last week at FRIAS, early career researchers, established scholars and students gathered for the workshop “Anglophone Studies in the Age of #GenerativeAI”. For organiser and FRIAS fellow Gero Guttzeit, these were the three key take-aways from the two-day exchange: 🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/posts/freiburg-institute-for-advanced-studies_anglophonestudies-genai-workshop-activity-7442148204214747136-GuBg?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAADVS6XQB1vjqaNQERyJ4W4WZ727StbnLMUk24 Mar 2026 10:05 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsd7cetzs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mhib45zerk2y📈 Wie kann Stabilisierung in der Exponentialgesellschaft gelingen? In seinem Vortrag bei den #FreiburgerHorizonten veranschaulichte @deutschmann.bsky.social dies an einem bekannten, aber oft vergessenen Beispiel: 🔗 https://youtu.be/YvOUOWaZHZc?si=Z96hU4fQhV-Kn3Cc20 Mar 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhib45zerk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mgwprhziwk2jIn our format #FacesofFRIAS, literary scholar Gero Guttzeit explains why a literary and cultural studies perspective is indispensable for the wider debate about AI. 🔗Read the whole interview here: https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/gero-guttzeit-literature-in-the-time-of-ai/13 Mar 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgwprhziwk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mgrugyaays2y🤔How does the technology and political economy of AI affect the production and reception of literature and culture? Next week's workshop, organised by FRIAS Fellow Gero Guttzeit, will discuss the effects of #genAI on Anglophone Studies. 🔗More info and registration: https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/anglophone-studies-generative-ai/11 Mar 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgrugyaays2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mgez5mpql22jSpring has finally arrived at FRIAS 🌷 — and with it the promise of coffee on the sunny terrace on the first floor. As we head into the weekend, it’s the perfect moment to take a look at our latest newsletter: 🔗 https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/news-and-media/frias-express-archive/06 Mar 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgez5mpql22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mgciepisv22x📰 Economist @timkriegerfr.bsky.social and photovoltaic researcher Max Trommsdorff shed light on the trans-disciplinary approach of their project group "Agrivoltaics" in our format #FacesofFRIAS. 🔗Read the whole interview here: https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/harvesting-the-sun-agrivoltaics/05 Mar 2026 09:30 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgciepisv22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mg5jnrnr2s2k🌍💻 Bei den Freiburger Horizonten sprach @roofjoke.netzpolitik.org über die menschliche Arbeit hinter KI. Vortrag und Lesung in voller Länge gibt es seit Kurzem auf dem Videoportal der @uni-freiburg.de und auf YouTube. 🔗 https://videoportal.uni-freiburg.de/category/video/digitaler-kolonialismus-wie-tech-konzerne-und-gromchte-die-welt-unter-sich-aufteilen-buchvorstellung-und-diskussion/0ed114f8419f21880b09d3026c6859d6/162 🔗 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU-WlnkvX4803 Mar 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5jnrnr2s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mg2zodcfds2c👩‍💻 Das FRIAS sucht zum 1. November 2026 eine neue Geschäftsführung (w/m/d). Für diese Position suchen wir eine führungs- und verwaltungserfahrene Persönlichkeit mit ausgeprägter wissenschaftlicher Affinität, Promotion und Berufserfahrung. 👉 Zur Stellenausschreibung: https://uni-freiburg.de/stellenangebot/00004816/02 Mar 2026 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2zodcfds2chttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mf7zbder3c2i🌱🧬 At the FRIAS Conference "From Genes to Conservation," 21 delegates from 11 countries discussed the future of genetic monitoring at the Europe-wide scale. Read the full report by Dr. Jill Sekely here: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:743028384095628902419 Feb 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7zbder3c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mf7ngc7kf22a⏰ One more week to submit your proposals! #CfA #EarlyCareerResearchers [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7ngc7kf22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3meyjacimus2w📚 How did Germany move from division and dictatorship to democratic stability — and can that stability endure? This is the leading question in FRIAS Alumnus Andrew Port's new book "Germany" (Polity Press):16 Feb 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyjacimus2whttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3megsxcglpk2i🎙️Neues Interview mit VUIAS-Fellow Tetiana Hoshko über ihre Zeit am #FRIAS im Herbst 2025, ihr Forschungsprojekt zu Frauengesundheit und Schwangerschaft in Städten des polnisch-litauischen Commonwealth sowie über den Wissenschaftsalltag in der #Ukraine. Zum Beitrag: https://uni-freiburg.de/frias/vuias-forschung-in-zeiten-des-krieges/09 Feb 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3megsxcglpk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3me4qbcgmjk2v📰 FRIAS Fellow @timkriegerfr.bsky.social hat gemeinsam mit Christian Hagist & Stefan Seuffert einen Gastbeitrag in der @fr-zeitung.bsky.social zum Thema Staatsschulden und #Generationengerechtigkeit veröffentlicht. Hier geht's zum Artikel: https://www.fr.de/wirtschaft/mehr-als-buchhaltung-warum-staatsvermoegen-keine-entwarnung-bei-der-schuldenfrage-rechtfertigt-94151651.html #news #econbsky05 Feb 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3me4qbcgmjk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3me2bovcgbs2b✏️ “Can AI write?” asks Tobias Rees, philosopher in the wild and founder of limn AI studio in his talk titled “Artificial Intelligence and the 2,500-year-old project called Europe.” The video recording of this guest lecture is available on the FRIAS YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/5AsXQ5kwyBU?si=l4AZQlMDjlgYXT4a04 Feb 2026 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2bovcgbs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mdujeaymbk2c⏰ Deadline approaching! A quick reminder to submit your conference proposals until 27 February 2026. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Feb 2026 09:20 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdujeaymbk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/friasunifreiburg.bsky.social/post/3mdnak6noa22eGestern Abend sprach @roofjoke.netzpolitik.org bei den #FreiburgerHorizonten vor über 200 Zuhörer:innen über sein gemeinsam mit Sven Hilbig verfasstes Buch „Digitaler Kolonialismus“. Die Videoaufzeichnung wird demnächst auf dem FRIAS-YouTube-Kanal erscheinen: https://www.youtube.com/@FRIAS_U_Freiburg30 Jan 2026 11:53 +0000at://did:plc:tm2pviewdcum7y4chuh3tmit/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnak6noa22e