Source: <http://www.arts.ualberta.ca/cms/>
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Culture and the State: Past, Present, and Future
Edmonton, Alberta – Canada
May 2-5, 2003
Immigrant/Emigrant Experience and German Culture
Paper proposals are invited for panels pertaining to this theme.
Migration is a common phenomenon not only in the 21st century, but in fact
has been for centuries. In the course of time, both voluntary and involuntary
migration compelled people to express their experiences in their hostland
and to reflect on their own culture. These panels seek to provide an overview
of how German culture is portrayed in works by Germans, Austrians and
Swiss immigrating to other countries and foreigners emigrating to German-
speaking countries.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:
- German Immigration to the New World – the transplanted image of German
Culture
- Exile Literature – the forbidden image of German Culture
- Turkish and Other Diaspora Writers in the German-speaking countries – the
outsider’s image of German Culture
- The Female Voice – the gendered image of German Culture
Please send an abstract of 250 words for a proposed paper of 20 minutes to
be given in English or French (~10 pages double-spaced) by December 15,
2002 to the theme coordinator:
Sabine Sievern
Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies
University of Alberta
200 Arts Building
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada, T6G 2E5
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