School of English - AUTh

The EAAS Digital Studies Network* invites colleagues and students to its 2nd Online Open Forum, “Digitality and Power in American Studies,” which will be held via ZΟΟΜ on December 19, 2025 (18:00–20:00 CET).

Co-coordinated by Tatiani Rapatzikou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), Frank Mehring (Radboud University), and Stefan Brandt (University of Graz), the forum offers a focused evening of discussion on how digital technologies shape cultural authority, scholarly methods, and contemporary reading and media practices within American Studies.

After a brief welcome address, the program features three sessions:

• Session 1 (18:05–18:35 CET*)— Alexandra Glavanakova (Sofia University), “The Power of Digital Reading” (Chair: Irakli Tskhvediani).
• Session 2 (18:45–19:15 CET*)— Thomas van Gaalen (Radboud University), “Corpus Analysis from Below? Charting Solidarity Discourse in the Interwar Caribbean” (Chair: Gaetano Di Tommaso, Roosevelt Institute for American Studies, Middelburg).
• Session 3 (19:25–19:55 CET*)— Paschalia Mitskidou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), “Virtual Reality as a Transformative (?) Medium/Technology: Issues of Power and Control” (Chair: TBA).

To register for the event, please click here.

For the full program with abstracts, please click here.

*IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Session 1 (18:05–18:35 CET; this is 19:05-19:35 GR time)
• Session 2 (18:45–19:15 CET; this is 19:45-20:15 GR time)
• Session 3 (19:25–19:55 CET; this is 20:25-20:55 GR time)

The EAAS Digital Studies Network is part of the  European Association for American Studies. 

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