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Who we are

The department of British Cultural Studies is part of the cultural studies profile within the Humanities at Dresden University of Technology. It is one of six departments composing the Institute of English and American Studies. Since October 2021, Prof. Dr. Cornelia Wächter has held the position as chair of British Cultural Studies, succeeding Seniorprofessor Dr. Thomas Kühn.

What We Do

Critical Love 2026 © Katharina Hummel
31 January - 1 February 2026: Student Conference "Critical Love Studies"

Please click here to learn more about the exciting student conference organised by the seminar "Critical Love Studies"!
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24 January 2026 - Invitation to Oberseminar Anglistik Winter 2025/26

Click here to learn more about the upcoming Oberseminar Anglistik on Saturday, 24 January 2026!

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Book Announce­ment!

Click here to learn more about the new volume "The Cultural Heritage of Psychiatry and Its Literary Transformations: Middle Ages to the Present" edited by Katrin Röder and Cornelia Wächter which has just been published in the book series Narratives and Mental Health with Brill.

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CfP "Odour and Order" - upcoming conference

Click here to learn more about the upcoming conference on "Odour and Order" organised by Cornelia Wächter and Nisan Karaca from 13-14 June 2026!
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Interdisci­plinary PhD conference: "Interdisci­plinary Approaches to Mental Health and Social Problems"

Read more about the recent interdisciplinary PhD conference organised by the University of Gothenburg and the TU Dresden.

Student Conference Mad Studies
Student Conference: "Critical Psychiatry, Mad Studies and the Popular Imagination"

Click here to learn more about the exciting recent event.
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New Publication: Narrating the Heritage of Psychiatry (Brill, 2024)

The first volume of the exciting book series "Narratives and Mental Health", edited by Elisabeth Punzi, Cornelia Wächter and Christoph Singer has been published. Click the link to learn more about the book series and the edited volume.

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Conference: "Uncovering British Chinese Cultures"

From 2-3 December 2023, we are organising an international conference about British Chinese cultures and perspectives. Click here to learn more about it.
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Ongoing research

Click here to read about our ongoing research projects, conferences and workshops.
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Teaching

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