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This first conference created by and for Masters students of English-Speaking Cultures at the University of Bremen gives students the chance to present their research to the university and its public in an oral presentation 20-30 minutes in length. MasterVision provides students the ability to gain knowledge and experience in academic work through discussion, research and presentation with peers and the interested public. Presentations in this conference include a large range of subjects varying from Linguistics to Cultural History and Literary Studies. Research projects to-be presented in this conference are listed below:
Keynote Presentations:
Relating Merit and Diversity: The Filmic Narrativisation of Inclusion and Exclusion in Matthew Brown’s Biopic The Man Who Knew Infinity
by Prof. Dr. phil. Norbert Schaffeld
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Linguistics:
Explanation Videos: How Do They Work, and Do They Work? -A Multimodal Analysis by Leandra Thiele and Hande Akin
Influence of Bangla Words and Lexical Innovation of Bangla Speaking People on English by Mir Sabbir Hasan
Charting the Speaker: Relatedness of Impersonal Nouns by Victoria Zoogah
Teaching Speaking in Beginner-Level Language Classes: Strategies and Challenges by ZHAO Xuezhu and Ekaterina Buchminskaia
Literary and Culture Studies:
Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices by ZHOU Shiting
Culture and the Secret Behind the Success of Film Adaptations by Hayam Chariai
The Danger of a Single Story: A Comment on Chimamanda Adichie's Liminal TedTalk by Sally Idehen
Liminality and the Depiction of "The Borderlands" in Selena by Corina Wieser-Cox
Trekkies: A Fandom or Culture? by Marina Kornelaki
White Man Saving the West - Notions of Masculinity and Orientalism in James Bond by Nina Marie Voigt