Heroes and Villains
A multi-cultural perspective
A symposium in honour of Professor David Blamires
(Department of German Studies)
11 September 2001
University of Manchester
Arts Building, Room A18
The symposium is supported by
the Department of German Studies, University of Manchester,
and the Goethe-Institut Manchester
10.00 Welcome
10.10 Carole Weinberg (English Department, University of Manchester)
'The Giant of St Michael's Mount: an
Arthurian Villain'
10.50 Professor John Flood (Institute of Germanic Studies, London):
'Women Poets Laureate in the Holy
Roman Empire'
11.30 Coffee
11.45 Dr Judith Purver (German Department, University of
Manchester):
'Napoleon: Hero or Villain?'
12.25 Professor Peter Skrine (Emeritus, German
Department, University of Bristol):
'Heroes or Villains? English
Travellers' impressions of Germany in
the mid-nineteenth Century'
13.05-14.05 Buffet Lunch in the Foyer of the Arts Building
14.05 Penny Brown (French Department, University of
Manchester):
'New heroes (and villains) for old?
Conflicts in 19th-century children's
literature'
14.45 Dr Robert Vilain (German Department, Royal
Holloway, London):
'"Bringing the Villains to Book":
Balzac and Hoffmann as Antecedents of
the Modern Detective Story'
15.25 Tea
15.40 Professor Roger Paulin (German Department,
University of Cambridge):
'Heroes and Villains in Children's
Literature: the Case of Arthur Mee's
Children's Encylopedia'
16.20 Sylvia Warnecke (German Department, University of Manchester):
'The very curious circumstances of the
publication of Reynard the Fox for
children in the GDR'
17.00 Heresati Quartet
(1st Violin: Rebecca Maddox, 2nd
Violin: Samuel Browne, Viola: Helen
Purton, Cello: Timothy Shephard):
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, K 387
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17.30 Wine reception in the Foyer of the Arts Building.
Music by the Heresati Quartet
All colleagues and friends of David's are
cordially invited to the reception.
No prior booking is required.
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19.30 Dinner in The Lime Tree, Didsbury, Lapwing Lane
(Please tick on booking form if you
wish to book a place)
Booking form
Heroes and Villains
A multi-cultural perspective
A symposium in honour of Professor David Blamires
(Department of German Studies)
11 September 2001
University of Manchester
Arts Building, Room A18
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Full payment to be made by 27 August 2001.
Please make cheques payable to the University of Manchester and send
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Dr Ricarda Schmidt
Department of German Studies
University of Manchester
M20 4 QJ
UK
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Tel.: 0161-275 3177
For Hotel accommodation please see the web site:
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