A new reference book for melodramas in film, the Lexicon of Glocal Melodrama , edited by Heike Paul, Sarah Marak, Katharina Gerund, and Marius Henderson is out now! It assembles contributions by experts from a wide range of disciplines, including cultural studies, film and media studies, gender and queer studies, political science, and postcolonial studies, covering melodramas ranging from early 20th century silent movies to contemporary films, from independent ›arthouse‹ pro

Heike Paul is the speaker of the newly established research training group "The Sentimental in Literature, Culture, and Politics" at...

Participants and contributors of the Global Sentimentality Project (GSP) are coming together for a virtual lecture series taking place...