HERMANN HESSE TODAY - HERMANN HESSE HEUTE
Conference at the Swiss Embassy and
the Institute of Germanic Studies (University of London)
27 - 29 November 2002
Under the auspices of the Institute of Germanic Studies, the University of Kent, the University of Leeds, and the Swiss Embassy, London with the support of Goethe Institut Inter Nationes, Pro Helvetia, and Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt
Co-Ordinators: Ingo Cornils (Leeds) and Osman Durrani (Kent)
Programme
WEDNESDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2002
At the Swiss Embassy, 16-18 Montagu Place, London W1
18.30 Reception at the invitation of H.E. The Swiss Ambassador
20.00 THOMAS FEITKNECHT (Berne): '"International, mit Schweizer Etikette". Hermann Hesses Schweizer Jahre: Politisch, geographisch, literarisch'
THURSDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2002
At the Institute of Germanic Studies, 29 Russell Square, London WC1
10.00 IRIS DENNELER (Dortmund): 'Hesse wieder lesen?'
10.30 JÖRG DREWS (Bielefeld): '"... bewundert viel und viel gescholten ...": Hermann Hesses Werk zwischen Erfolg und Missachtung bei Publikum und Literaturkritik'
11.00 Coffee
11.30 MARTIN SWALES (London): 'New Media, Virtual Reality, Flawed Utopia? Reflections of Hermann Hesse's "Der Steppenwolf"'
12.00 AGNÈS CARDINAL (Kent): '"Steppenwolf" in the Classroom'
12.30 Discussion
13.00 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.30 PÓL Ó DOCHARTAIGH (Ulster): '"Demian" - A Deep Suspicion of Contemporary Moral Certainties'
15.00 FREDERICK A. LUBICH (Norfolk, VA): 'Hermann Hesses "Narziß und Goldmund": Mythische Matrix der Moderne'
15.30 ALEXEI MEDVEDEV (Perm): 'Frauenbilder in Hesses Romanen "Gertrud" und "Rosshalde"
16.00 Tea
16.30 GODELA WEISS-SUSSEX (Leicester): '"In Wort, Gebärde, Farbe, Klang/des Seins Geheimnis auszusprechen". "Klingsors letzter Sommer" und Hesses Aquarellmalerei'
17.00 ANDREAS SOLBACH (Mainz): 'Dekadenz und Satire in Hesses "Unterm Rad"'
17.30 ANGELIKA RAUCH-RAPAPORT (London): 'The Absence of Object Relations in Hesse's Work'
18.00 Discussion
FRIDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2002
At the Institute of Germanic Studies,29 Russell Square, London WC1
10.00 COLIN RIORDAN (Newcastle): 'Hermann Hesse and the Ecological Imagination'
10.30 DUNCAN LARGE (Swansea): 'Hesse on the Internet'
11.00 Coffee
11.30 VOLKER MICHELS (Hesse Editionsarchiv, Suhrkamp): 'Zur Aktualität von Hermann Hesse'
12.00 MARCO SCHICKLING (Hesse Lektorat, Suhrkamp): 'Hermann Hesses Literaturkritik der 30er Jahre'
12.30 Discussion
13.00 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.30 JEFFORD VAHLBUSCH (Wisconsin): 'On the Legend of Hermann Hesse in the USA'
15.00 NICOLÁS J. DORNHEIM (Mendoza): 'Zweimal Herman[n] Hesse. Argentinische Hesse-Rezeption im Abwind?'
15.30 HANS J. HAHN (Oxford): '"Störfälle" oder Probleme des integrierten Außenseiters in den pädagogischen Romanen Hermann Hesses und in Carsten Probsts "Träumer"'
16.00 Tea
16.30 JAMES HODKINSON (Dublin): 'Utopias of the Self or Dystopian Selves? Hermann Hesse's "Novalis-Rezeption" and the Ambiguities of Literary Subjectivity'
17.00 KAMAKSHI MURTI (Vermont): 'Are Women Human? The Travails of Grandfather Gundert and Grandson Hesse'
17.30 Concluding Discussion
Abstracts can be found on: www.german.leeds.ac.uk/utopie/hesseheute.htm
REGISTRATION
Printed programmes, including full details and a registration form, are available on request from the Administrative Secretary, Institute of Germanic Studies, 29 Russell Square, GB-London WC1B 5DP. Those wishing to attend should register BY FRIDAY, 8 NOVEMBER.
REGISTRATION FEES
Please note that the REDUCED RATE only applies to fully paid-up Friends of the Institute. To qualify for the STUDENT RATE, applications must be supported by a photocopy of a union/registration card.
FOR ALL THREE DAYS
Standard Rate £30.00
Reduced Rate £25.00
Student Rate £15.00
DAY-RATE
Standard Rate £12.00
Reduced Rate £10.00
Student Rate £ 5.00
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