Previous research seminars
| Programme for Autumn Semester 2010-2011 Wednesday, 3 November 2010, 4pm Daniel Williams (University of Sheffield) The perception of Dutch vowels by non-native listeners This seminar is jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies and the Centre for Linguistic Research Thursday, 25 November 2010, 4pm Joost Zwagerman (Dutch author) Joost Zwagerman will talk about and read form his work. This seminar is jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Monday, 29 November 2010, 4pm Elisa Müller-Adams (University of Sheffield) A German View of mid-19th Century London This seminar is jointly organised by the Centre for Gender Studies in Europe Wednesday 8 December 2010, 4pm Elystan Griffith (University of Birmingham) Kleist and Violence This seminar is jointly organised by the Centre for 19th-Century Studies ****************** Programme for Spring Semester 2009-2010 4 February 2010, 4 pm Robert Howell (University of Madison Wisconsin) Social Networks and Language Contact in the Early Modern Dutch Republic. (This virtual seminar was organised by the Worldwide Universities Network in cooperation with the Centre for Linguistic Research and the Centre for Dutch Studies.) 10 February 2010, 4 pm Peter Thompson (University of Sheffield) Atheism in Christianity: Ernst Bloch, Religion and the Meaning of Life. (This seminar was jointly organised with the Centre for Ernst Bloch Studies.) 10 March 2010, 4pm Peter Riedl (Universität Freiburg) Die Kunst der Muße. Über ein Ideal in der Literatur um 1800. 14 April 2010, 4pm David Miller (University of Stirling) Problems of Hegel’s Aesthetics. (This seminar was jointly organised with the Centre for Ernst Bloch Studies). 28 April 2010 Cat Moir (University of Sheffield) Träume nach vorwärts: On Bloch, Freud and the Dream. 29 April 2010, 4pm. Patrick Stevenson (University of Southampton) The Times of Their Lives: Time, Place and Space in Central European Language Biographies. (This virtual seminar was organised by the Worldwide Universities Network in cooperation with the Centre for Linguistic Research). 12 May 2010, 4pm John Bellamy (University of Sheffield) Does a Standard Accent Mean a More Successful Job Interview? Comparing Language Attitudes towards High and Low Prestige Varieties in Vienna and Manchester. ****************** Programme for Autumn Semester 2009-2010 21 October 2009, 4pm Arno Russegger (Universität Klagenfurt) Robert Musils Theaterkonzept in “Vinzenz und die Freundin bedeutender Männer” 28 October 2009, 4pm Andrew Wormald (University of Sheffield) Does German History Always Have to Be Made in Hollywood? From “Holocaust” (1978) to “Nicht alle waren Mörder” (2006) 25 November 2009, 4pm Benjamin Biebuyck (University of Gent) Nietzsche’s Metaphors and the Moulting of the Snake Wednesday, 2 December 2009, 4pm Gerbrand Bakker (Dutch Author) Gerbrand Bakker will talk about and read form his work This seminar is jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies 16 December 2009, 4pm Franziska Meyer (University of Nottingham) Ostdeutsche Erinnerungen an ein Jahrhundert: Jenny Erpenbecks “Heimsuchung” (2008) ****************** Programme for Autumn Semester 2008/09 Wednesday, 08 October 2008, 4.00pm Seminar jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Esther Mijers (University of Reading) "News from the Republic of Letter": Charles Mackie, Scotland's First Professor of History and the Netherlands Wednesday, 15 October 2008, 4.00pm Marek Ostrowski (University of Lodz, Poland) Majestät des Absurden. Zur Lyrik Paul Celans Wednesday, 05 November 2008, 4.00pm Henk de Berg (University of Sheffield) Ist der Westen noch zu retten? Bürgerlichkeit - Antibürgerlichkeit - Fundamentalismus Wednesday, 19 November 2008, 4.00pm Seminar jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Jan Woudstra (University of Sheffield) Reading the Dutch Landscape Wednesday, 26 November 2008, 4.00pm Seminar jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Isabel Hoving (Universiteit Leiden) Fantasy against Fantasy: Why I do not write for trees Wednesday, 10 December 2008, 4.00pm Seminar jointly organised with the Centre for Luxembourg Studies Cedric Krummes (University of Sheffield) "Ma da maach du sex am cosmo": Pragmatic Markers in Luxembourgish ****************** Programme for Spring Semester 2007/08 Monday, 18 February 2008, 5.15pm Martina Lauster (University of Exeter) Graphic Responses to Modernisation: English, French and German Journalistic Sketches 1830-50 This seminar is jointly organised with the Centre for 19th-Century Studies Thursday, 21 February 2008, 2pm Kader Abdollah (Dutch author) reads from and discusses his work (in English and Dutch) This seminar is jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Wednesday, 9 April 2008, 4pm Regina Weinert (University of Sheffield) Introducing, Establishing and Maintaining Topics in Spoken German: The Role of the Pronouns der/die/das versus er/sie/es Wednesday, 23 April 2008, 4pm Bram Mertens (University of Nottingham) “Tien Geboden van den Vlaamschen Nationalist”: Vlaanderen / Jong Dietschland and the Radicalisation of the Flemish Movement This seminar is jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Wednesday, 30 April 2008, 4pm Annette Bühler-Dietrich (Universität Stuttgart) Hofmannsthals “Elektra” und Bearbeitungen der Oresteia im 19. Jahrhundert Wednesday, 7 May 2008, 4pm Andrew Evans (University of Sheffield) From Bitterfeld to Prague: Economic and Cultural Modernisation in the GDR ****************** Programme for Autumn Semester 2007/08 Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 4.00pm Seminar jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Ben Kaplan (University College London) Religiously Mixed Marriages in the Dutch Republic Wednesday, 24 October 2007, 4.00pm Seminar jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Debra Pring (King’s College London) “Dat is een Jeweel”: An Iconological Study of Edwaert Collier’s “Self-Portrait with Vanitas” (1684) Wednesday, 21 November 2007, 4.00pm Kristine Horner (University of Leeds) Language, Nationhood and Citizenship: The Politics of Language in Luxembourg from Past to Present Wednesday, 28 November 2007, 4.00pm Renata Schellenberg (Mount Allison University, Canada) Collecting in the Age of Goethe Wednesday, 12 December 2007, 4.00pm Patrick Stevenson (University of Southampton) Linguistic Legacies: Memories of Language in the Life Stories of German-Speakers in Central Europe ****************** Programme for Spring Semester 2006/07 Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 4.00pm Peter Stein (Universität Lüneburg) Goethe als Dichter und Prinzip, gesehen von H. Heine Wednesday, 18 April 2007, 4.00pm Jörn Glasenapp (Universität Göttingen) Späte Rückkehr ins arische Paradies: Leni Riefenstahls Nuba Wednesday, 25 April 2007, 4.00pm Volker Caysa (University of Lodz) Wunde Bloch, oder: War Bloch ein Nietzscheaner? Wednesday, 2 May 2007, 4.00pm Clara Ervedosa (University of Sheffield) Interkulturalität: Grenzen überschreiten oder zementieren? Zu Yoko Tawada und den sogenannten neuen deutschen Identitäten Wednesday, 16 May 2007, 4.00pm Henk de Berg (University of Sheffield) Hegel’s View of Modern Society ****************** Programme for Autumn Semester 2006/07 Wednesday, 4 October 2006, 4.00pm Won-Kyung Lee (Unversity of Seoul) Linguistische und didaktische Aspekte der sprachlichen Handlungen beim TestDAF Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 4.00pm Roger Woods (University of Nottingham) East German Autobiography between Dissidence and Party Loyalty Wednesday, 25 October 2006, 4.00pm P.F. Thomese (Dutch author) reads from and discusses his work (in English and Dutch) This seminar is jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 4.00pm Eddy Verbaan (University of Sheffield) Holland and Beyond: Seventeenth-Century City Histories from Holland in International Perspective Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4.00pm Martial Staub (University of Sheffield) Religion and Politics in Late-Medieval German and Italian City-State Culture ****************** Programme for Spring Semester 2005/06 Wednesday, 8 February 2006, 4.30pm Gert Vonhoff (University of Exeter) The Visual Revolution in 19th-century Germany: Modes of Illustration and Meaning Wednesday, 22 February 2006, 4.30pm Seminar jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Thomas Rosenboom (Dutch author) reads from and discusses his work (in English and Dutch) Wednesday, 15 March 2006, 4.30pm Paul Cooke (University of Leeds) Ostalgie’s Not What It Used to Be: The German Television Craze of 2003 Wednesday, 29 March 2006, 4.00pm Seminar jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Francis Jones (University of Newcastle) Translating Guido Gezelle: West Flemish = Yorkshire? Wednesday, 26 April, 4.00pm Jonathan Woolley (University of Sheffield) “Unverstelltes Leben”?: Jörg Fauser’s autobiographical novel “Rohstoff” Wednesday, 3 May 2006, 4.00pm Andrea Milde (University of Sheffield) The Process of a Radio-Play Production: The Oralisation of Written Texts Wednesday, 10 May 2006, 4.00pm Peter Thompson (University of Sheffield) Ernst Bloch and the Notness of Yet: Eschatological Marxism and the Future of Utopia ****************** Programme for Autumn Semester 2005/06 Wednesday, 12 October 2005, 4.00pm This seminar is jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Veronika Wenzel (University of Münster) Reading Foreign Languages: A Multilingual Perspective Wednesday, 19 October 2005, 4.00pm Bernd Kortländer (Heinrich-Heine-Institut and University of Düsseldorf) Heinrich Heine - ein deutscher Dichter. Das Deutschlandbild in Heines früher Lyrik Wednesday, 2 November 2005, 4.00pm Caroline Pearce (University of Sheffield) The Legacy of the National Socialist Past in the Political Culture of the Berlin Republic, 1998-2002 Wednesday, 30 November 2005, 4.30pm Hubert Lengauer (University of Klagenfurt) Uniform der Einfalt. Zum Kleidercode bei Stifter Wednesday, 7 December 2005, 4.00pm Anna Byczkiewicz (University of Lodz, Poland) Erinnerungsräume. Deutschsprachige Berichte und Reportagen von Reisen nach Mitteleuropa Wednesday, 14 December 2005, 4.00pm Seminar jointly organised with the Centre for Dutch Studies Theo Hermans (University College London) Irony’s Echo: Value Conflicts in Translation ****************** Programme for Spring Semester 2004/05 Wednesday, 16 February 2005, 4pm Katy Heady (University of Sheffield) Literature and Censorship in the Vormärz Wednesday, 23 February 2005, 4pm Eddie Bohnert (University of Sheffield) On Edward Steichen Wednesday, 2 March 2005, 4pm Ritchie Robertson (St John’s College, Oxford) The Battle of the Sexes: Kafka, Strindberg and Das Schloß Wednesday, 16 March 2005, 4pm Lothar Schneider (Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen) Gebrauchsanweisung für Metropolen. Bertolt Brechts Gedichtzyklus “Aus einem Lesebuch für Städtebewohner” Wednesday, 13 April 2005, 4 pm Jane Fenoulhet (University College London) Fugitives from the Family: Hella Haasse Rethinks Family and Genre Wednesday, 20 April 2005, 4pm Silke Arnold-de Simine (Universität Mannheim) Cross-Dressing and National Stereotypes: The German-Hollywood Connection Tuesday, 27 April 2005, 4pm Ingolfur Bluedorn (University of Bath) Social Movements, Democratic Renewal and Direct Action Wednesday, 11 May 2005, 4pm Angela Richards (University of Sheffield) Germanising Globalisation? The Future of Codetermination ****************** Programme for Autumn Semester 2004/05 Wednesday, 13 October 2004 Ben Schofield (University of Sheffield) “Auch in meinen Gedanken ist eine FebruarRevolution eingetreten”: Heinrich Heine and the European Revolutions of 1848 Wednesday, 3 November 2004 Martin Durrell (University of Manchester) Dutch, German, Teutons: Languages, Names and National Identity Wednesday, 17 November 2004 Hafid Bouazza (Dutch author) introducing and reading from his work (in English and Dutch) Wednesday, 24 November 2004 Andrew Bowie (University of London, Royal Holloway) Understanding Adorno Wednesday, 1 December 2004 Brian Vick (University of Sheffield) Inclusions, Exclusions, and Historicity: German National Identity during the Vormärz and 1848 Revolution 8 December 2004 Jonathan Woolley (University of Sheffield) “Informationen fürs tägliche Überleben”: The Influence of Charles Bukowski on Jörg Fauser ****************** Programme for Spring Semester 2003/04 Wednesday, 18 February 2004, 4pm Natalie Braber (University of Manchester) Investigating the Connections between Emotion and Language: Modal Particles as a Case Study Thursday, 19 Februray 2004, 2pm Arthur Japin (Dutch author) discussing his novel Een schitterend ongeluk and other work (in English and Dutch) Wednesday, 17 March 2004, 4pm Evelyn Schlag (Austrian author) reading from her novel Das L in Laura and other work (in English and German) Wednesday, 24 March 2004, 4pm Gudrun Loster-Schneider (Universität Mannheim) “Du darfst nie wieder so reden”: GeNarrations-Risiken in Ingeborg Drewitz’ Roman “Gestern war heute. Hundert Jahre Gegenwart” (1978) Wednesday, 28 April 2004, 4 pm Robert Mayr (University of Sheffield) “Gestern Abend ging ich spät ins Beet”: The Perception and Production of German Vowels by British Learners of German Tuesday, 4 May 2004, 4pm Karen Duve (German author) reading from her work (in English and German) Wednesday, 12 May 2004, 4pm Nick Hodgin (University of Sheffield) “Goodbye Lenin” and “Berlin is in Germany”: Taking Leave of the GDR ****************** Programme for Autumn Semester 2003/04 Wednesday, 15 October 2003 Wulf Wülfing (Ruhr-Universität Bochum) Zum Mythos von der ‘deutschen Frau’: Rahel-Bettina-Charlotte vs. Diana-Luise Wednesday, 5 November 2003 Caroline Bland (University of Sheffield) Prussian, Rhinelander or German? Regional and National Identities in the Historical Novels of Clara Viebig Wednesday, 19 November 2003 Henriette Louwerse (University of Sheffield) ‘Where the imagination rules, unity follows’: On Cultural Identity, Collective Imagination, and Migrant Writing in the Netherlands Wednesday, 3 December 2003 Roger Stephenson (University of Glasgow) Cassirer on Goethe on the Symbol Wednesday, 10 December 2003 Roel Vismans (University of Sheffield) Forms and Usage of the Dutch Second Person Pronouns and Their Acquisition by Students of Dutch as a Foreign Language ****************** |