From January, 4th to 9th 2016, ISHA Marburg will host the annual ISHA New Year’s Seminar in Marburg, Germany.

This year, the topic of the seminar will be ‘History and Fiction’. In up to five different workshops, the participants will have the chance to discuss the degree and influence of fictiticous traits in and on history and historiography, while exploring the fabulous homeland of the renowned folk storytellers, the Brothers Grimm.

Seminar workshops consist of subjects:

Folk and fairy tales
Historical fiction
Political myths
History and fiction in medieval texts

On friday, there will be a day trip to Kassel in northern Hesse, to visit its world heritage site ‘Wilhelmshöhe’ and its newly opened ‘Grimmwelt’ museum about the life and work of the Brothers Grimm.

Application is open from 26th to 30th of October, 2015. Application link below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1NGYFWPkbyUtV59IqIu2ud0SGfvAQxhK_yf-Fu0lMg4o/viewform

More information about the workshops and the day trip seminar website:
https://newyear2016marburg.wordpress.com

And once again if you have any questions, don’t hesitate to ask from ISHA Helsinki’s board.