Border Stories ― Narratives of Peace, Conflict and Communication in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Narratives of human existence that cross borders on manifold levels and reflect current vulnerability to the environment and humankind are essential preconditions to ensure an open-minded and humanistic society. This collection covers environmental, ethical, political, postcolonial, psychological, and sociological issues of borders and border-crossing. Combining creative writing with academic essays, this book seeks to incorporate the productive results of the eponymous Summer School which was organized for GAPS and held at the University of Augsburg in September 2015.

Beate Greisel studied English and American Literature, Linguistics and History of the Arts and Culture at the Universities of Augsburg and Tartu. Her research interests focus on women writers, ecocriticism, exile, ethics and aspects of religion, belief and superstition in literature.

Tanja Konrad received her degree in American and English literature and Anglophone cultural studies at the University of Augsburg and Emory University, USA. Her fields of interest include crime fiction, contemporary American literature, postcolonialism, bioethics and ecocriticism.

Senta A. Sanders is currently working on her Ph.D. in American Studies. She studied American and English Literature and Anglophone cultural studies at the University of Augsburg. Her fields of interest include ecocriticism, environmental justice, indigenous literature and film, human rights, the transnational Arctic, contemporary American literature, art and creative writing.

Heike Schwarz completed her PhD. at the University of Augsburg. She published articles on ecopsychology, ecocriticism, American fiction and film studies. Her interests include ecocriticism, psychiatry and literature, memory studies, dementia studies and disability studies.