Following our successful conference of 1998, we are organising a
conference for April 7-9 2000 (from which people will be able to travel
to the CUTG in Southampton!). Details follow, and more information can
be gleaned from us (Stuart Taberner, Clare Flanagan, Mark Allinson) or
the Bristol web site.
Please also forward to any other email mailbases!
Call For Papers
Germany 2000: Taking Stock
7-9 April 2000
Half a century after the establishment of the two German states, and ten
years after unification, tentative conclusions may be drawn about the
political, social and cultural profile of the Berlin Republic. This
conference will reevaluate the achievements and challenges of the last
50 years that impact directly on Germanys current and future
development. Papers of 30 minutes are invited in one of the three
categories outlined below.
History and Politics
Papers are invited on developments in the political and social history,
broadly defined, of the FRG and GDR. We will particularly welcome
contributions which reevaluate turning points of longterm significance
in the light of new evidence, or which identify emergent issues in the
political and social structures of united Germany. We hope that this
conference will also promote consideration within a broad perspective of
constitutional problems, the electoral landscape, the evolution of
political parties/movements, and similar topics.
Contact: Dr Mark Allinson, [log in to unmask] 928 8794
Culture and Thought
This strand will concentrate on changes and developments in post-1949
cultural affairs. It is anticipated that contributions will focus on
salient issues of public discourse and the politics of culture and might
address overlapping currents in political, social and cultural theory,
questions of identity and the nation, and comparisons with recent
cultural developments in the wider world.
Contact: Dr Clare Flanagan, [log in to unmask] 928 9839
Authors and Texts
The centrality of literature to ethical, political and social discourse
in the FRG, the GDR and now in united Germany has long been established.
Papers are invited here that discuss individual authors, movements, or
perhaps texts, that have had a significant impact upon German society
and upon our understanding of Germany. It is hoped that there will be a
balance between new readings of canonical authors, reevaluations of
aesthetic issues, and consideration of emerging authors and texts.
Contact: Dr Stuart Taberner, [log in to unmask] 928 9841
(as of Feb 1 1999 in Konstanz, see below)
Speakers to include: Prof. Moray McGowan, Prof. Ian Wallace, Prof. Rhys
Williams, David Barnett, Frank Finlay, Peter Grieder, Karen Leeder, Beth
Linklater, Bill Niven, Karoline von Oppen, Stuart Parkes, Renate
Rechtien, Tony Waine.
Dr Stuart Taberner
German Department
University of Bristol
21 Woodland Road
Bristol
BS8 1TE
Tel: 0117 928 9841
FAX: 0117 929 1901
web: www.bris.ac.uk.Depts/German/
as of 1 February 1999 (to February 2000) at the University of Konstanz
Zur Friedrichshoehe 20b
Konstanz
D-78457
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