CALL FOR PAPERS - SEVENTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF UNIVERSITY
TEACHERS OF GERMAN IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND
The next meeting of the CUTG will be hosted by the University of Ulster in
Coleraine, and will take place on 6-8 April 2009. This year, to mark the
upcoming sixtieth anniversary of the founding of the German Democratic
Republic and the twentieth anniversary of the Wende, the lead panel will
focus on the GDR. There will be a number of other panels, detailed below,
and members are also encouraged to suggest their own panels, which should
contain a minimum of three papers. The selection of panels on offer this
year is not intended to limit the scope of this or future meetings.
If you are interested in contributing a paper to any of the panels, please
send your proposal directly to the e-mail address of the conveners listed
below. If you would like to propose a panel or if you would like to offer a
paper that does not fall within the remit of any of the listed panels,
please contact the Conference Secretary Dr Peter J. Davies
([log in to unmask]). Proposals for papers should be 150-200 words,
panel outlines 50-100 words.
Proposals for papers should reach the relevant conveners by 30 November
2008. Any proposals for additional panels should reach Peter Davies by 31
October 2008.
Lead Panel
The German Democratic Republic
Convener: Pól Ó Dochartaigh (University of Ulster)
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To mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the GDR and the 20th
anniversary of the Wende, this lead panel will include papers on the
history and culture of the GDR. Papers which deal with the representation
of the GDR since unification and controversies relating to the GDR and its
history are also welcome, as are discussions of the place of GDR Studies
within the contemporary German Studies curriculum in Higher Education in
the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Literary and Cultural Theory
Convener: Steve Giles (Nottingham) [log in to unmask]
Papers are invited on any and all topics that fall within the remit of
Critical Theory, broadly conceived: aesthetics, cultural theory, social and
political theory, literary theory, and burning methodological issues,
including applications of theory to specific texts, corpuses, materials.
History and Remembrance
Convener: Anna Saunders (Bangor) [log in to unmask]
This panel will focus on the mobilisation of history and practices of
remembrance for the purposes of identity construction. Papers could address
issues such as Erinnerungspolitik and processes of memorialisation and
musealisation, the reappraisal of historical narratives for political and
ideological purposes, questions of ownership and history, or the
preservation of collective memory through national traditions, rituals and
anniversaries.
Linguistics
Convener: Nils Langer (Bristol) [log in to unmask]
This panel invites papers on any aspect of German and Germanic linguistics.
In particular we welcome papers on systemic and sociolinguistics as well as
the interface between linguistic analysis and practical language teaching.
Papers which contain a comparative element are keenly encouraged.
Gender and German Studies
Convener: Renate Rechtien (Bath) [log in to unmask]
This panel focuses on literary and filmic representations of gender;
theoretical and fictional constructions of masculinity / femininity (and
anything in between / beyond); and ways of approaching texts/films which
take account of gender (of author / characters / reader/viewer). Proposals
are welcome for papers dealing with any period from the Medieval to the
21st century.
Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Convener: Sabine Rolle (Edinburgh) [log in to unmask]
Proposals are welcome for papers on any aspect of medieval German studies,
the early modern period, or their reception in later periods. Contributions
by postgraduate students will be particularly welcome.
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Convenor: Dan Wilson (Royal Holloway) [log in to unmask]
Papers are invited on any aspect of the culture of German-speaking
countries in the nineteenth century, including literature, theatre, visual
culture and thought.
Nineteenth-Century Studies
Contact: Peter Davies (Edinburgh) [log in to unmask]
Papers are invited on any aspect of the culture of German-speaking
countries in the nineteenth century, including literature, theatre, visual
culture and thought. The CUTG is also looking for a colleague willing to
convene this panel.
Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Studies
Convener: Debbie Pinfold (Bristol) [log in to unmask]
Papers are invited on any aspect of twentieth-century and contemporary
German cultural studies. Appropriate subjects for this panel include
literary, film and media studies (including work on the intersection
between media), cultural history, and area studies. We would particularly
welcome papers demonstrating innovative theoretical, methodological, and
interdisciplinary approaches.
Dr David Clarke
Lecturer in German
Department of European Studies and Modern Languages
University of Bath
Bath BA2 7AY
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 386244
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