The Research Group
The RG Erring Helps was active from 2001 until 2005 and was concerned with the transfer and translation of "material cultures" – words, texts or cultural practices – and their circulation among different societal, cultural or national contexts. It was interested in misunderstandings, 'mis-readings' and erring occurring in these processes to contribute to a genealogy of cultural globalisation.
Activities of the RG
Publication
The Research Group published two anthologies, translated Georges Bataille's Dictionnaire Critique and published several articles.
Workshop
In March 2003 the RG Erring Helps, together with BBAW-member (The Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of the Sciences and Humanities) Jürgen Osterhammel, organised a workshop entitled "The Transnational German Empire. Germany in the World 1871-1914".
Press
The volume "Das Irrsal hilft" was reviewed in various papers.
Members
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Sebastian Conrad moreContact
Sebastian Conrad
History / Japanology
Freie Universität Berlin -
Rainer Maria KiesowRainer Maria Kiesow more
Jurisprudence
L'École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris (Frankreich) -
Henning SchmidgenHenning Schmidgen more
History of Science
Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
