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The Extra Slot provides an informal and friendly space for discussing texts and images (and occasionally also music) as well as questions and issues you find particularly interesting / fascinating / baffling. It is also a forum for discussing projects – yours as well as mine (ranging from seminar papers to BA/MA theses, or perhaps your first conference paper or plans for a Ph.D. thesis, to all sorts of publications etc.). This informal colloquium is for all those whose interests, enthusiasms and ambitions go well beyond what they are told they have to do. It also goes beyond the acquisition of Leistungsnachweise and credit points (of which there will be none whatsoever). This is the only one of my courses where no preparation is required.
Depending on the further development of the pandemic, there are two scenarios. If things improve, we might actually get a chance to meet on campus (in my office, as we used to do). This would also mean that we could perhaps do one or more little trips, maybe see and exhibition, watch a play or attend other events associated with British literature and culture in and around Essen. If things go less well, we will have to meet via Zoom. In any case meetings will be in real time. There will be a Moodle room. You will receive the Moodle password and other essential information via e-mail. Please make sure to use and check your official university e-mail addresses at all times. Do not use any other addresses, and do not have e-mails sent to your university address forwarded to other addresses. Our experience in the last semester has shown that using non-university addresses / forwarding mails will lead to our messages bouncing back in very many cases.
The Extra Slot is primarily aimed at students who have taken (or who are taking) one or several of my seminars/lectures. However, it is very much an open forum. Newcomers are most welcome. If you would like to join the Extra Slot, please send an e-mail to christian.feser@uni-due.de who will put you on our mailing list.
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