“Unbiased approaches, tolerance and curiosity were once the backbone of university culture”

Аннотация

In this issue of P&I, dedicated to the topic of University writing, we are talking with Prof. Dr. Christiane Maria Binder, the very first professor in English Studies from the former East of Germany to be appointed in the West of reunified Germany, the author of (among many other publications) seven monographs in English and in German, including “Bakhtin Re-Visited: Constructions of Identity Through Time and Place in English and New English/Postcolonial Literature” (2020), as well as a travelogue/an autobiography and two children’s books. A university teacher and a true mentor shared her thoughts about the neoliberal university, the prospects of the socratic method in teaching, and her own “rites of passage” with us. Interview by Olga Dzhumaylo.

For citation: Binder, C.M., Dzhumaylo, O.A. (2025).“Unbiassed approaches, tolerance and curiosity were once the backbone of university culture”. Practices & Interpretations: A Journal of Philology, Teaching and Cultural Studies, 10 (3), 7–16. DOI 10.18522/2415-8852-2025-3-7-16

Для цитирования: Биндер, К.М., Джумайло, О.А. «Непредвзятый подход, терпимость и любознательность когда-то были основой университетской культуры» // Практики и интерпретации: журнал филологических, образовательных и культурных исследований. 2025. Т. 10. № 3. С. 7–16. DOI 10.18522/2415-8852-2025-3-7-16