In the Media

Nov 11

Sternstunde Philosophie

Elisabeth Bronfen im Gespräch mit dem Historiker Manfred Berg über die US Wahlen 2024. Für das gesamte Gespräch click hier:...

Oct 27, 2023

Interview in the Tagesanzeiger: On my role as an intellectual

While in New York I gave an interview to Alexandra Kedves about why I decided to write a novel about family secrets, about the transition...

Aug 24, 2023

Interview with Elisabeth Bronfen in the WOZ

In the interview with the WOZ, Elisabeth looks back on her teaching at the English Seminar, University of Zürich, over the past three...

Aug 7, 2023

Interview: Cultural Politics of contemporary TV drama

In an interview with two colleagues from the University of Zurich - Christine Loetscher and Sylvia Sasse – Elisabeth argues that the...

Jul 27, 2022

Interview | Feminism and the ERA in America | 27.07.22

In an interview conducted by popular culture researcher Christine Lötscher, Elisabeth addresses the state – and fragility – of feminism...

Jun 21, 2022

Radio | SRW2 Zeitgenossen | 18.06.22

On June 18, Elisabeth was interviewed by Max Bauer for the SRW2 program Zeitgenossen. Elisabeth talks about her bicultural upbringing in...

Jan 5, 2022

TV | SRF Literaturclub | 21.12.21

On December 21, Elisabeth was a guest on SRF1's literary program Literaturclub to discuss the works of Nella Larsen, Maurice Leblanc,...

Apr 21, 2021

Radio Interview | Fiction, Music, & Cooking | 11.04.21

Radio SRF2 aired an interview with Elisabeth that is part of the program "Musik für einen Gast." Covering the publication of Angesteckt:...

Mar 16, 2021

Article | Shakespearean Echoes in Royal (Melo)Drama | 14.03.21

In a recent article for NZZ am Sonntag, Elisabeth explores the Shakespearean traits of the narrative unfolding around Megan Markle's...

Jan 4, 2021

Interview | Vampiric Virus | 02.01.21

Does the power of the virus lie in its monstrous otherness or the monotony it has inflicted on us? In a new interview with the German...

Dec 18, 2020

Radio | Pandora, Bearer of Hope | 17.12.20

Elisabeth talked to Yves Kugelmann at OMANUT Radio about her recent book, Angesteckt, and how fiction is the key to understanding the...

Dec 10, 2020

Podcast | Fiction & the Virus | 05.12.20

The German podcast Vollbild, produced by Deutschlandfunk Kultur, invited Elisabeth to talk about the relevance of fiction in our cultural...

Nov 30, 2020

Radio | Pandemic Culture | 29.11.20

Elisabeth was invited on the radio program SRF2 Kultur to talk about her new book, Angesteckt: Zeitgemässes über Pandemie und Kultur in...

Nov 5, 2020

Radio | Why care about the 2020 U.S. Elections? | 05.11.20

As the world waits with bated breath for the results of the U.S. presidential election, SRF1's morning news segment invited Elisabeth to...

Oct 29, 2020

Live TV | U.S. Election Day | 04.11.20

Elisabeth will be on the air as an expert for the Swiss broadcaster SRF1's live coverage of the U.S. election from 2 a.m. to 6 a.m. ...

Oct 28, 2020

Radio | John Dos Passos' U.S.A. Trilogy | 26.10.20

Elisabeth was a guest on the SRF radio program Kontext, which devoted a segment to John Dos Passos' U.S.A. trilogy. Together with...

Oct 27, 2020

Radio | Crisis & Culture | 26.10.20

Elisabeth was interviewed about her new book, Angesteckt, and the role of fiction in times of crisis by SR 2 KulturRadio. She talks about...

Oct 19, 2020

TV Interview | The U.S. Presidential Elections | 19.10.20

What is at stake in 2020's U.S. presidential election? How has the pandemic impacted American politics? Prof. Bronfen, along with Prof....

Sep 14, 2020

Radio | Talking "Angesteckt"| 02.09.20

Earlier this month, the German broadcaster SWR2 interviewed Elisabeth about her new book, Angesteckt: Zeitgemässes über Pandemie und...

Jun 8, 2020

Debate | SRF Club: Racism in the US | 09.06.20

Elisabeth was be a guest on SRF 1's panel show Club on Tuesday, June 9. The debate centered on the ongoing protests against racism and...