With apologies for cross-posting, please find some updated information
concerning the Liverpool IMPACT conference below:
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IMPACT: German-Language Culture and its Reception
Celebrating 20 years of 'Women in German Studies'
University of Liverpool
23-25 July 2008
WIGS open conference: all colleagues, all disciplines welcome
*Keynote speakers*
Professor Helen Watanabe O'Kelly (University of Oxford)
Professor Anne Fuchs (University College Dublin)
Dr Andrew Webber (University of Cambridge)
Dr Gunther Nickel (Deutscher Literaturfonds)
Dr Jürgen Luh (Stiftung preußische Gärten und Schlösser)
Culture exists within a context. Not only are literature, music, films
and artwork produced and received within a social, political and
historical framework; museums, galleries, academic institutions and
media and marketing conglomerates also initiate a cultural discourse
that is necessarily produced by and directed towards its
contemporaries. Coinciding with Liverpool's 'European Capital of
Culture' 2008 as well as celebrating the twentieth anniversary of
Women in German Studies, this conference asks how we may conceptualise
the idea of 'impact', drawing on literary, historical, political,
institutional, and theoretical approaches to German-language culture
from the medieval period to the present day.
During the course of the conference we aim to formulate a conceptual
framework as well as explore individual instances of cultural
reception, and we welcome theoretical contributions as well as case
studies. Contributors are invited to consider the mechanisms by which
culture, in its widest sense, impacts upon the world, and are
encouraged to explore the usefulness of recent theoretical models
(such as Gérard Genette's concept of the 'paratext' or Pierre
Bourdieu's Rules of Art) for analysing the way cultural output is
coded towards its consumers and actually received by them. Proposals
should address one or more of the following areas:
1. The role of cultural institutions, from medieval times to
the present day, in conditioning how artists are received and culture
is produced (e.g. churches, universities, galleries, museums,
archives; literary prizes and film awards)
2. Aesthetic and practical artistic concerns about impact: how
the actual or potential reception of artists affects production,
through censorship, self-reflection, or cultural mediation
3. Market considerations in the reception of art in
German-speaking countries (e.g. art dealers, publishers, bookshops,
theatres, cinemas, broadcasters)
4. Issues of reception in translations and versions of
German-language texts and films
Papers may address historical changes, the case of minority cultures,
or issues of gender, class, ethnicity in any of these areas.
Proposals for papers suited to a 25 minute presentation as well as
enquiries about any aspect of the conference should be addressed to
either Dr Rebecca Braun ([log in to unmask]) or Dr Lyn Marven
([log in to unmask]) by 31 January 2008. Proposals should be not more
than 250 words in length; overlap between sections is welcome. See
http://www.liv.ac.uk/soclas/conferences/IMPACT/ for further information.
Dr Rebecca Braun
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow (German)
SOCLAS
University of Liverpool
Liverpool, L69 7ZR
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