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How I Managed to Write My MA Thesis During COVID-19
As university students, most of us have to submit academic papers at some point and all of us experience some form of struggle in the writing process. During the ongoing pandemic with its necessary restrictions you might have felt less intrinsically motivated to write- I certainly did. Therefore, I actively tried to find new strategies…
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Weekly Poem: Freedom
by Langston Hughes Freedom will not comeToday, this year Nor everThrough compromise and fear. I have as much rightAs the other fellow has To standOn my two feetAnd own the land. I tire so of hearing people say,Let things take their course.Tomorrow is another day.I do not need my freedom when I’m dead.I cannot live…
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Weekly Poem: Caged Bird
By Maya Angelou A free bird leapson the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current endsand dips his wingin the orange sun raysand dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cagecan seldom see throughhis bars of ragehis wings are clipped and his feet are tiedso he opens his throat to…
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Interview: Academic Communication in Foreign Languages
Trying out different communication tools, especially during the current situation of the digital semester, is key in order to stay connected to the English language or any other foreign language that you might be studying or just using in the course of your studies. We have conducted an interview with our colleagues and shared our…
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Vox Pop – Home Edition #5
Afraid of your English getting rusty? No need to worry! While there are certainly more obstacles around at the moment with interaction reduced to a minimum due to social distancing, we hope to provide you with some ideas & resources to stay motivated.Here is what we are doing: Today’s recommendations are watching movies, reading books…
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Weekly Poem: A Woman Speaks
By Audre Lorde Moon marked and touched by sun my magic is unwrittenbut when the sea turns backit will leave my shape behind. I seek no favoruntouched by bloodunrelenting as the curse of love permanent as my errorsor my prideI do not mixlove with pitynor hate with scornand if you would know melook into the entrails of Uranus where…
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Word Field Exercise: Poem Dulce Et Decorum Est
In our post on Finding and Identifying Rhetorical devices we have already talked about identifying rhetorical devices that can enhance meaning in a text. Poetry is full of imagery and metaphors and there are many layers to analyse within a poem. In the following, we have created an exercise concerning word fields which might be…
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Weekly Poem: Dulce et Decorum Est
New content for isolated times: a weekly poem to keep our spirits up. Read, listen, and enjoy.
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Doing Research in Times of Covid-19
First of all, we hope that you are healthy of course. However, if you are a student at the University of Hamburg (or any another institution) you might have heard that all libraries are closed for the upcoming weeks. Therefore, you can find a list below with some places where you can still do research…
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Book & TV Series Review: The Handmaid's Tale
Eyes. Fear. Oppression. In Gilead, where Margaret Atwood’s most celebrated dystopian novel takes place, the lives of its inhabitants- specifically that of women- are controlled by a clerical-totalitarian state apparatus. After a natural disaster, most people in Gilead are infertile. Women are held accountable for this situation. Role of Women in Gilead The plot of…