*With apologies for x-postings*
Fancy something a bit different for May Day? Come and join us in the true
spirit of self-indulgence this coming Männertag!
The Oxford Modern German Studies Seminar invites you to:
“Männer weinen heimlich”: Portrayals of Masculine Sensitivity in German
Literature
9:30 Registration at St Giles House
10:00 DR CYRIL EDWARDS (St Peter’s), ‘Iwein as Gazza? The knights who weep in
medieval romance’
10:40 DR ANNA LINTON (Christ Church), ‘Veiling tears in the vale of tears:
male sensibilities in the early modern period’
11:20 Coffee
11:40 DAVID DEISSNER (Wadham), ‘“Die lieblichen Gefühle”: The Prince of
Homburg’s sensitivity reconsidered’
12:20 CHRISTOPHE FRICKER (St John’s), ‘Das Unheimliche des Weinens im “Stern
des Bundes” (Stefan George)’
1:00 Lunch
2:30 PROF. T. J. REED (Queen’s), ‘“Geweint? Der König hat geweint?” Thomas
Mann’s emotions’
3:10 KARINA V. LINDEINER (St Hugh’s), ‘“Kannst du mich denn verstehen?” Zum
Verhältnis von Männern und Frauen in Klaus Manns Romanen’
3:50 Tea
4:10 DR BEN MORGAN (Worcester), ‘A crying king: emotion and propaganda in
the films of Veit Harlan’
4:50 REBECCA BEARD (New), ‘“nicht mehr weinen müssen, / auf dem Klo weinen
müssen: allein”: Playing tears for fears in Günter Grass’s Der Butt’
5:30 - 6:00 Concluding discussion and conference end
Attendance is free of charge, but in order to help us with numbers please let
us know if you are coming by e-mailing [log in to unmask], kirstin-
[log in to unmask], or [log in to unmask] AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE.
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Rebecca Beard
College Lecturer in German
St. Edmund Hall, Oxford
OX1 4AR
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