Heike Paul and Astrid Séville have published a volume on renunication ("Verzicht") as a key concept in contemporary political, social, and academic discourse. It is often associated with a certain unease or reluctance, which does not foster a culture of objective debate. The contributors offer a long-overdue interdisciplinary discussion of the concept, systematizing and reflecting on the various meanings of renunciation. In doing so, they focus on a historically grounded clas

Coming soon: A volume on "renunciation" as a key concept in current political, social, and scholarly discourses. The contributions offer a much-needed interdisciplinary discussion of the concept, problematizing and systematizing various semantics of renunciation in different areas of society, past and present.   For more information, see here .

Heike Paul is currently fellow at Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Delmenhorst (September to November 2025) and will pursue a project on "...

The third book in transcript’s Global Sentimentality series was published in August 2025: "Sentimental State(s): Affective Politics of Order and Belonging", edited by Heike Paul and Sarah Pritz. It includes contributions from GRK2726 members and fellows, including Anna Corrigan, Thomas Demmelhuber, Christian Krug, Sarah Marak, Marc Andre Matten, Heike Paul, Sarah Pritz, Elaine Roth, Charleena Schweda, Vincent Steinbach, Antonia Thies, among others.   The volume is available i

Heike Paul is co-organizer of a joint workshop of the two research training groups "The Sentimental in Literature, Culture, and Politics" (FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg) and "Family Matters" (LMU Munich), which takes place in Munich from July 3-5, 2024. Under the heading "The Poetics and Politics of Family Feelings," presentations will discuss feelings that "shape, make, and unmake families," including keynotes by Elahe Haschemi Yekani (HU Berlin), Rebecca Wanzo (St Louis), and Elisa

Heike Paul's new article "American Gender Politics and 'Re-Education' Abroad and at Home in Postwar Film", which discusses films from the...