DFG-Conference: Contingencia y moral. El extranjero visto a través de la ficción

International Congress from May 7th to May 9th, 2021

The concept of contingency, stemming from Aristotle, which refers to everything that is neither necessary nor impossible, points to a fundamental epistemological fact: namely, that everything humans recognize depends on perspectives and reference systems.

DFG congress "Diversidad" – Cultural diversity in Spanish-language texts

How does literature deal with the topic of diversity? At the congress "Diversidad cultural – ficcional – ¿moral?", which was held at the University of Passau from 31 January to 3 February 2018, researchers sought to answer this question by analysing Spanish-language texts.

International DFG-Conference on ethics and literature: Ser y deber ser

At the invitation of the Chair of Romance Literatures and Cultures (Prof. Dr Susanne Hartwig), a conference on "Ethics in Literature" took place at the University of Passau from 9 to 11 October. Under the title "Ser y deber ser", 20 academics from Spain, France, the Netherlands, Belgium and the USA gathered to discuss the role of literature, theatre and film in dealing with moral dilemmas of the 20th century.

Conference: Culto del mal, cultura del mal. Realidad, virtualidad, representación

From 12 to 14 October 2012, the congress "Culto del mal, cultura del mal" took place at the University of Passau with international participants. The significance of 'Culto del mal' in the fields of literature, theatre, cinema and the visual arts was compared under the aspects of "reality" and "fiction".