Performing and Withstanding Contradictions or: an Uneasy Hunch

07/06/2023 4:15 pm 5:45 pm

U Bremen GRA 2 0030 & online

Carolin Zieringer (RTG Contradiction Studies)

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Dr. Rosine Kelz (U Bremen)

Dr. Brigitte Bargetz (U Kiel)

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