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Anja Hartl
@anjahartl.bsky.social
Assistant Prof | University of Innsbruck
Contemporary Drama | Brecht | Victorian Studies
current project: The Politics of Shame in the Victorian Novel

https://www.uibk.ac.at/en/anglistik/department/staff/hartl/
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Our next DACH Victorianists workshop will happen in December (see below). Yay! Consider submitting a proposal and spread the word!
📢CFP -- "Mediating Medicine: Health and Illness in the Victorian Age", 5 December 2025, Online Workshop

Send us your proposals for 15min papers or 5min flashlight talks by 30 Sept!⚕️💉👨‍⚕️🚑📖📰

PGR, ERC & NeoVictorian contributions very welcome 🫶

#MedHum #19Century #Victorian

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July 2, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Looking forward to this next week ⬇️
Join me (in person or online) at Leicester‘s Centre for Victorian Studies, where I‘ll talk about my current book project on 14 May. Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/cssah... Looking forward to seeing some of you there!
May 8, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Out now: Special issue of the Journal of Contemporary Drama in English @degruyterbrill.bsky.social on “Theatre in the Digital Age,” edited by Dorothee Birke and yours truly. Thanks to all our wonderful contributors! Check out the ToC below. www.degruyterbrill.com/journal/key/...
May 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Just out: special issue of JCDE on Theatre in the Digital Age. After my keynote at last year's annual conference of CDE I am now very happy to be able to share my thoughts on the digital in theatre as a form of care and resilience with a wider audience: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
Ecologies of Care in a Digital Age: What Remains After Viral Theatre?
This article thinks about the connection between the digital – in conversation with the analogue and after COVID-19 – and care, and reflects on how “viral theatre” has stayed with audiences and schola...
www.degruyterbrill.com
April 30, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Join me (in person or online) at Leicester‘s Centre for Victorian Studies, where I‘ll talk about my current book project on 14 May. Sign up here: www.tickettailor.com/events/cssah... Looking forward to seeing some of you there!
April 14, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Universities are in a shocking state & the new government has barely begun the herculean task of stabilising the sector.It signals a cultural shift that risks leaving future generations without the critical, empathetic & intellectual tools provided by literature. www.theguardian.com/education/20...
The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:44 PM
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13/ Disgust is still such an interesting emotion. I‘m not done with disgust yet. Same holds true for shame. Can't quit this strand of research yet #SorryNotSorry

Mouthpiece by Kieran Hurley sounds like a great play on class, authenticity and appropriation 📝 Great talk by @anjahartl.bsky.social
November 26, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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1/I attended #BritCult2024 over the weekend! Thanks to all the organisers at @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social! We had a blast! www.britcult.de/conference20... Haven't properly used Bluesky so far, but my main takeways of the conference and tips for further reading might be a good way to start this off! 🤓
Politics of Emotion / Emotions of Politics – BritCult
www.britcult.de
November 26, 2024 at 12:54 PM
Final conference talk of the year is in the books. Looking forward to exciting panels & discussions at #BritCult2024 today.
Day 2 of #BritCult2024 started w a panel on class & politics of emotion in 3 great talks by Susanne Bayerlipp (Burberry & Chav culture), Julia Boll (Neoliberal framing of community volunteering) & @anjahartl.bsky.social (class & shame in Kieran Hurley's "Mouthpiece")

#AffectTheory #BritCult
November 22, 2024 at 11:05 AM
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Today was the first day of #BritCult2024 at @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social!
The beautiful scenery of the Alps is breathtaking.

Today's keynote was by @carolynpedwell@bsky.social on #intuition & AI. She asked, "Perhaps we are trained intuitively to speak in the language of Capitalism..."

#BritCult
November 21, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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How wonderful to be in Innsbruck for the BritCult ‘Politics of
Emotion, Emotion of Politics’ conference! 🤩🗻☀️🏞️ www.britcult.de/conference20...
November 20, 2024 at 6:47 PM
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Looking forward to flying to Innsbruck tomorrow for 'Politics of Emotion & Emotions of Politics'! ✨
Looking forward to what promises to be an extremely timely & urgent conference in Innsbruck next week. Keynote speakers: Ann Cvetkovich & Carolyn Pedwell.
Programme: www.britcult.de/conference20...
November 19, 2024 at 3:48 PM
Looking forward to what promises to be an extremely timely & urgent conference in Innsbruck next week. Keynote speakers: Ann Cvetkovich & Carolyn Pedwell.
Programme: www.britcult.de/conference20...
November 14, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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Dear colleagues, you can now register for our next #DACHVictorianists online workshop on "Ageing, Progress, and Decline" to be held on Zoom on 6 December 2024. To attend, please register via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ageing-pro...

DACH Victorianists network: dachvictorianists.blogspot.com
November 9, 2024 at 5:42 PM
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What a wonderful time at the #CDE2024 on #digitaltheatre in Innsbruck: discussions on virtual #co-presence, #viralrealism and #care - in front of a lovely scenery! Thanks to the organizers and participants, it’s been sublime, thought-provoking, and communal.
May 5, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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We've arrived for this afternoon's excursion to Bergisel Ski Jump, to which photos really aren't going to do justice. #CDE2024
May 4, 2024 at 1:29 PM
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We've arrived at Tiroler Landestheater, where @anjahartl.bsky.social is introducing the roundtable discussion: 'How the Digital is Changing the Theatre'. #CDE2024
May 3, 2024 at 3:16 PM
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Dorothee Birke and Anja Hartl officially getting things underway at the conference opening session! #CDE2024
May 2, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Conferencing with a view: The 2024 CDE conference on Theatre in the Digital Age in Innsbruck is on! @heidilulie.bsky.social kicked us off with a fantastic keynote on “The Politics of Care in a Digital Age”, drawing on the work of Caridad Svich.
Conf website: uibk.ac.at/de/anglistik/c…
May 3, 2024 at 8:10 AM
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»dass die, die sich da auf die Geste von Kritik beziehen, eigentlich nicht wissen, was sie tun, wenn sie zum Beispiel ›für‹ die anderen sprechen. Die anderen brauchen vielleicht niemanden, der für sie redet.«
René Pollesch
Autor, Regisseur und Intendant René Pollesch verstorben
26. Februar 2024. Der Dramatiker und Regisseur René Pollesch ist heute früh im Alter von 61 Jahren verstorben, wie die Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Plat
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February 26, 2024 at 9:50 PM
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Attending the DACH Victorianists online workshop on Victorian Affects today - thanks @anjahartl.bsky.social and Tim Sommer for organising! More info and full book of abstracts here: dachvictorianists.blogspot.com/2023/08/fift....
December 8, 2023 at 9:09 AM
Registration is now open for the DACH Victorianists online workshop on Victorian Affects! More information can be found here: dachvictorianists.blogspot.com/2023/08/fift... We look forward to seeing you on 8 December!
November 8, 2023 at 7:16 AM