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Musikstädte as real and imaginary soundscapes: urban musical images as literary motifs in twentieth-century German modernism
No full textPhDThis study examines German literary images of musical life as part of the wider sound identity of the modern German city at the turn of the twentieth century. Focussing on a forty-year period from 1890 to 1930, synonymous with the emergence of the modern German metropolis as an aesthetic object, the project assesses, compares and contrasts how musical life in the Musikstädte was perceived and portrayed by writers in an increasingly noisy urban environment. How does urban musical life influence and condition city writings? What are the differences and similarities between the writings on various musical cities? Can an urban textual sound identity be derived from these differences and similarities? The approach employed to answer these questions is a new, cross-disciplinary one to urban sound in literature, moving beyond reading the key sounds of the urban soundscape using urban musicology, sensorial anthropology and cultural poetics towards a literary contextualisation of the urban aural experience.
The literary motifs of the symphony, the gramophone and urban noise are put under the spotlight through the analysis of a wide range of modernist works by authors who have a special relationship with music. At the centre of this analysis are the Kaffeehausliteratur authors Hermann Bahr, Alfred Polgar and Peter Altenberg, the then Munich-based author Thomas Mann and the lesser known René Schickele. The analysis of these particular works is framed in the music-geographical context of the Musikstadt and literary underpinnings of this topos, ranging from Ingeborg Bachmann to Hans Mayer and, once again, Thomas Mann. In analysing these texts, the methodological approach devised by Strohm, who identifies the blending of a range of urban sounds as a definition of urban space and identity, is applied. His ideas combine historical literary
analysis, musical history and urban sociology. They are rarely used in the analysis of the auditory environment.Arts and Humanities Research Council
Westfield TrustWestfield Trust Studentship
Arts and Humanities Reseach Council (AHRC
The Biographical Author Works by Peter Sis in Media
No full textThis bachelor thesis maps the coverage of Peter Sis's two biographical author books in media. In particular, the Tree of Life and the Pilot and the Little Prince have been chosen. Firstly, the thesis focuses on the literary definition of these works, then outlines the life and artworks of the author. An interview with Petr Sís is also included and is theoretically explained in one of the chapters. This bachelor thesis introduces some important prizes in the field of books for children and youngsters, which the author has gained for his work. For example, the Hans Christian Andersen Award for lifetime achievement is mentioned there. The last chapter of this bachelor thesis focuses on the Tree of Life and the Pilot and the Little Prince and their media coverage. The results were achieved with the qualitative method of analysis. This thesis does not only focus on book reviews but also provides complete overview of media coverage of both mentioned books. Newton Media SEARCH and EBSCOhost electronic databases, magazines and newspapers in the National Library of the Czech Republic, web archives and reader's websites served to find the examined sample. Due to the fact that Peter Sis currently lives in the United States of America, the US media have been analyzed, too
Peter Mair
No full textDr. Peter Mair, Professor of Comparative Politics and Government at the EUI (Florence) has suddenly and unexpectedly passed away, 15 August 2011, at the age of 60. He leaves behind his wife and 3 children. The political science community in Europe and beyond grieves this loss of an outstanding academic, journal editor and teacher. Peter Mair, born 3 March 1951, was a native of Ireland, a graduate of University College Dublin and enjoyed a distinguished academic career and was the author of a large number of books, chapters and articles on comparative and European politics and on party democracy in particular. It is a sad loss to European political science. He graduated in 1974 and began his career as an assistant professor at the University of Limerick. He subsequently lectured at the universities of Strathclyde and Manchester before moving to the European University Institute of Florence in 1979. He moved to the University of Leiden in the Netherlands in 1987 and was appointed professor of comparative politics in 1992. In 2005 he returned to Florence and was appointed head of the department of political and social sciences in 2007. Prof Mair specialised in the study of party and party systems and has written a number of books on the subject. He was co-author of Representative Government in Modern Europe, the fifth edition of which was published this year. He was also co-author of Identity, Competition and Electoral Availability, which was awarded the prestigious Stein Rokkan prize. Peter Mair served the comparative political science community by editorships of the internationally reputed European Journal of Political Science and of West European Politics. Peter was a person of great charm, a congenial colleague and always encouraging students. We grieve over his loss and sympathize with his family he left behind too early and too soon.</jats:p
Obituary — Peter J. Golas (1937-2019)
No full textPeter Golas, historian of Chinese technology best known as the author of the volume on mining in Joseph Needham’s monumental Science and Civilisation in China series, passed away on 21 December 2019
The role of the lectin VIP36 in the early secretory pathway
No full textLectins are of emerging importance for quality control and intracellular transport of glycoproteins in mammalian cells. One of the most prominent lectins involved in intracellular transport is ERGIC-53, which belongs to the family of L-type lectins. ERGIC-53 mediates the ER export of several glycoproteins like cathepsin Z, α1-antitrypsin (α1-AT) or blood coagulation factors. VIP36 belongs to the same family as ERGIC-53, but its cellular function remains poorly understood. VIP36 is a type I membrane protein. It cycles within the early secretory pathway and binds high mannose glycans. In order to gain insight into the function of VIP36 we decided to search for a luminal interaction partner for VIP36.
We used a YFP-protein fragmentation complementation (YFP-PCA) based FACS screen of a human adult liver library to unravel an interaction partner for VIP36. Complementation of YFP is irreversible. Therefore, the YFP-PCA is well suited to detect weak interactions, like those between mammalian lectins and glycoproteins. YFP2-VIP36 was used as the bait in our screen. The human liver library was tagged with YFP1. Our screen identified α1-AT as an interaction partner for VIP36. VIP36 recognized high mannose containing α1-AT, which is consistent with the previously obtained results about the glycan affinity of VIP36. This interaction was increased upon inhibition of complex glycosylation by kifunensine. The complex formed by α1-AT and VIP36 was localized to the Golgi and the ER. α1-AT was previously identified as a cargo for ERGIC-53. Knockdown of ERGIC-53 slowed down α1-AT transport, consistent with a role for ERGIC-53 in ER export of α1-AT. In contrast, knockdown of VIP36 accelerated transport of endogenous α1-AT in HepG2 cells. This effect was specific for α1-AT, as the non-glycosylated protein albumin showed no acceleration in transport. In addition, VIP36 knockdown did not affect general protein secretion. This finding makes it unlikely that VIP36 acts as an anterograde cargo receptor for α1-AT. Further studies on the dynamics of the complex formed by VIP36 and α1-AT revealed that VIP36 recycles α1-AT back to the ER, which argues for a role of VIP36 in post-ER quality control. This notion is further supported by the finding that the chaperone BiP co-immunoprecipitated with the complex of VIP36 and α1-AT. This chaperone was previously described as an interaction partner for VIP36. This argues for a complex consisting of VIP36 and BiP acting together in post-ER quality control to detect misfolded α1-antitrypsin in the Golgi and retrieve it back to the ER.
Apart from searching for an interaction partner, I also determined the effect of depletion of VIP36 on the morphology of the secretory pathway. The rationale behind this is the observation that cargo receptors contribute to the structural integrity of organelles of the secretory pathway. Knockdown of VIP36 had no effect on ER exit sites or on the ERGIC. However, VIP36 knockdown resulted in fragmentation of the Golgi apparatus. The fragmented Golgi was not the consequence of disturbed bidirectional protein transport and not due to effects on microtubules. Knockdown of VIP36 reduced COPI staining on the Golgi. VIP36 is likely to provide COPI binding sites on the Golgi via its cytosolic tail and thereby contribute to Golgi structural integrity. Our results underscore the importance of cargo receptors, not only for intracellular transport within the secretory pathway, but also to maintain the integrity of the secretory pathway itself.
In conclusion, my thesis provides a deeper insight into the function of VIP36 in the early secretory pathway
HRABAL und der Mann am Fenster
No full textDer dritte Band der Reihe „Bamberger Texte für Bühne und Film“ (BTBF) präsentiert eine kommentierte und mit Materialien versehene Edition von Bernhard Setzweins Theaterstück HRABAL und der Mann am Fenster (UA 2015, Theater Regensburg). Dieses Projekt dokumentiert das Interesse der hiesigen Germanistik an dramatischer Literatur und der Kooperation mit Theatern sowie ihre Bereitschaft, dramatische Literatur medienübergreifend zu verstehen.
Setzweins Hrabal-Stück geht über eine bloße Hommage an einen der großen Erzähler der tschechischen Literatur weit hinaus. Seine tragikomische Handlung reflektiert das – trotz konkreter historischer Situierung – zeitlose Schicksal eines Menschen, dessen Leben vom Lauf der Weltgeschichte zunächst völlig entwertet, dann aber durch eine ironische Wendung unter umgekehrten Vorzeichen wieder mit Sinn ausgestattet wird: Aus dem Spitzel eines Überwachungsstaats, der mit akribischer Pedanterie und ambivalenten Gefühlen über Jahre hinweg einen Menschen ausgespäht hat, wird nach dem politischen Umsturz von 1989 der ideale Museumsführer für eine Hrabal-Gedenkstätte im Zeichen touristischer Vermarktung; denn er allein weiß noch Zuverlässiges und Interessantes vom Leben und Werk des inzwischen rehabilitierten Schriftstellers zu berichten.
Eine weitere wichtige Dimension des Stückes besteht in seinem poetologischen Diskurs über ästhetische Prinzipien und Techniken der modernen Kunst. Nicht zuletzt deshalb drucken wir im Materialienteil die bislang noch nicht publi-zierte Bamberger Poetikvorlesung des Verfassers ab.The third volume in the series “Bamberger Texte für Bühne und Film” (BTBF) presents a commentated edition with additional materials of Bernhard Setzwein’s play HRABAL und der Mann am Fenster (premiere in 2015 at the Theater Regensburg). This project documents on the one hand the great interest of the local department of German Studies in dramatic literature and cooperation with theatres or drama groups, in addition to its readiness in understanding dramatic literature across media.
Setzwein’s Hrabal play is much more than a mere homage to one of the great storytellers in Czech literature. The tragicomical plot reflects the – despite concrete historical placement – timeless fate of a man whose life is initially made utterly worthless by the course of world history, but then receives meaning through an ironic twist under reversed omens: After years of spying on another man with meticulous pedantry and ambivalent emotions, the informer of a surveillance state becomes the ideal museum guide after the political revolution in 1989 for a Hrabal memorial under the banner of touristic commercialization, because he alone can give reliable and interesting account of the life and work of the author, who was rehabilitated in the meantime.
Another important aspect of the play is in its poetological discourse about aesthetic principles and techniques of modern art. Not least because of this, we present the hitherto not published Bamberg poetological lecture of the author in the additional materials
Correction to: Reducing external costs of nitrogen pollution by relocation of pig production between regions in the European Union
No full textThe article Reducing external costs of nitrogen pollution by relocation of pig production between regions in the European Union, written by Hans J. M. van Grinsven, Jan D. van Dam, Jan Peter Lesschen, Marloes H. G. Timmers, Gerard L. Velthof, Luis Lassaletta, was originally published electronically on the publisher’s internet portal (currently SpringerLink) on 28 May 2018 without open access. With the author(s)’ decision to opt for Open Choice the copyright of the article changed on April 2019
Interaktivt Midgård: tønderæs og fanfiction-romancer i Peter Jacksons Hobbitten
No full textRESUMÉI essayet ”On Fairy Stories” afslører forfatter J.R.R. Tolkien to vigtige begreber, der ligger til grund for hans idéer om Midgård og fantasy-litteratur: subskabelse og indlevelse. Mens begreberne har spillet en væsentlig rolle i den fanfiction- og spilkultur, der har omgivet hans værker, er begge også markant tilstede i Peter Jacksons kritiserede filmatisering af Hobbitten. Ved hjælp af strategier lig dem der benyttes af fankulturen, realiserer og udfordrer Jacksons filmatiseringer forfatterens oprindelige intentioner og viser alternative tilgangsmåder til et evigt udvidende Midgård. ABSTRACT In the essay ”On Fairy Stories”, author J.R.R. Tolkien reveals two important concepts behind his creation of Middle-earth and fantasy literature: subcreation and immersion. While both concepts have played a key role in the fanfiction and gaming culture surrounding his works, they are highly present in Peter Jackson’s often criticized adaptation of The Hobbit that uses interactive strategies similar to those applied by the fan culture to both realize and challenge the author’s original intentions while showing alternative ways of approaching an ever-expanding Middle-earth.
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