UNIVERSITY OF LONDON SCHOOL OF ADVANCED STUDY
INSTITUTE OF GERMANIC STUDIES
29 Russell Square, London WC1B 5DP
Friday, 31 January 2003
THE ANATOMIST OF MELANCHOLY
In Memory of W.G. Sebald
Convenor:
Rüdiger Görner (London/Aston)
10.00 RÜDIGER GÖRNER: (London/Aston): Welcome and Introduction
10.15 ANTHEA BELL (Translator): 'On Translating Sebald'
10.45 PETER BUSH (East Anglia): 'W.G. Sebald: Founder of the British
Centre for Literary Translation'
11.15 Coffee break
11.45 JO CATLING (East Anglia): 'Gratwanderungen bis an den Rand der
Natur: W.G. Sebald's Landscapes of Memory'
12.15 ELINOR SHAFFER (London): 'Sebald's Photographic Narrative'
12.45 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.00 UWE SCHÜTTE (Aston): '"In einer wildfremden Gegend" - W.G. Sebalds
Essays über österreichische Literatur'
14.30 ANTHONY VIVIS (Writer and Translator): 'Sebald on Kafka and a
Translation'
15.00 MARTIN SWALES (London): 'Intertextual Authenticity: On Reading W.G.
Sebald'
15.30 RÜDIGER GÖRNER (London/Aston): 'After Words. On Sebald's Poetry'
16.00 Tea break
16.30 SIMON PROSSER (Hamish Hamilton/Penguin Books) will introduce
MICHAEL KRÜGER (Hanser Verlag): 'Über W.G. Sebald'
SUPPORTED BY THE BRITISH CENTRE FOR LITERARY TRANSLATION AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF EAST ANGLIA, HAMISH HAMILTON LTD, AND GOETHE INSTITUT INTER NATIONES
ALL WELCOME. PLEASE NOTE THAT BOOKINGS FOR THIS EVENT CANNOT BE ACCEPTED.
SEATS ARE AVAILABLE ON A FIRST-COME-FIRST-SERVED BASIS
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University of London School of Advanced Study
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