On the 8th and 9th of June, the Department of German Literature participated in a conference at the University of Regensburg, which aimed at strengthening the ties between the departments of German Literature at the University of Regensburg, Ghent and Brno as well as to create the possibility of future research collaborations. The name of the conference was “Brückenräume: aktuelle Forschungsperspektiven der In- und Auslandsgermanistik in Brünn, Gent und Regensburg” and I presented and discussed my research project and approach.