'Friedrich Schiller. Poetry, Drama, Ideas'
A Conference at the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London
Organised in collaboration with the English Goethe Society
Thursday, 27 - Friday, 28 January 2005
Co-Ordinators: Professor T.J. Reed and Professor M.W. Swales (English Goethe Society)
Programme
Thursday, 27 January
10.00 Welcome
'Schiller the Poet'
10.15 KEVIN HILLIARD (Oxford): 'Mourning and the Origins of Poetry'
CHRISTOPHE FRICKER (Oxford): 'Mythische und geschichtliche Lesbarkeit von Landschaften bei Schiller'
KATRIN KOHL (Oxford): 'The Apotheosis of Art. Schiller's "Die Künstler"'
11.30 Coffee
'Schiller the Dramatist'
12.00 F.J. LAMPORT (Oxford): 'Passion and Politics - Schiller the Convulser of the Heart'
13.00 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.00 STEFFAN DAVIES (Oxford): 'Untimely Figures in Schiller's Dramas'
JOHN GUTHRIE (Cambridge): '"Don Carlos" and the Evolution of Schiller's Dramatic Language'
MARTIN SWALES (London): 'Tragedy in Transition: The Importance of Schiller'
16.00 Tea
16.30 HANS HAHN (Oxford): 'Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell": A Revolutionary Idyll or an Idyllic Revolution?'
17.00 English Goethe Society AGM
17.30 Sherry
18.00 'Wilkinson/Willoughby Lecture'
T.J. REED (Oxford): 'Kant and Schiller: The Delights and Dangers of Complexity'
Friday, 28 January
'Schiller's Discursive Writings'
10.00 PAUL BISHOP (Glasgow): 'A Biocentric Approach to Schiller's Aesthetics'
MANUEL DRIES (Cambridge): 'Oscillation versus Annihilation in Schiller's Aesthetic Letters'
DANIEL STEUER (Sussex): 'Aesthetic Education and Critical Theory'
11.15 Coffee
11.45 THOMAS MARTINEC (Oxford): 'Schillers Theorie des Erhabenen und die Tradition der vermischten Empfindungen'
ANGELIKA RAPAPORT (London): 'Schiller's Sublime and Kant and Burke'
PAUL KERRY (Utah): 'Schiller as Historian'
13.15 Lunch (own arrangements)
'Schiller in Context'
14.15 SUSAN REYNOLDS (London): 'Schiller and Czech Literature'
JANE ENNIS (London): 'Verdi's Schiller'
STEVE PLUMB (Darlington): 'George Grosz's "Räuber" Drawings'
16.00 Tea
'The Reception of Schiller'
16.30 NICHOLAS MARTIN (Birmingham): 'Schiller's Great War'
ANN-KRISTIN ASCHENBRENNER (Münster): 'Schiller in Wilhelmine Germany'
CAROL TULLY (Bangor): 'Tell takes on Franco: Alfonso Sastre's Reception of Schiller's Last Play'
18.00 Concluding Discussion and Wine
ATTENDANCE
Copies of the printed programme and full registration details are available from the Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies ([log in to unmask]). Registrations, accompanied by the appropriate fee should reach the Institute by Friday, 14 January 2005.
FEES
RATE 2 DAYS 1 DAY
Standard £30.00 £12.00
Reduced £25.00 £10.00 Fully paid-up Friends of Germanic Studies at the IGRS
Student £15.00 £ 5.00 Students with proof of status only
FORMS OF PAYMENT
Payment should be made by STERLING cheque, drawn on a bank in the UK, and payable to the 'University of London'. We regret that we can no longer accept Eurocheques.
RECEIPTS/CANCELLATIONS
To save costs, applications are not acknowledged. If you require a receipt, please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope with your registration. We regret that it is not possible to refund fees in case of non-attendance.
ACCOMMODATION
Participants are asked to make their own accommodation arrangements. The Institute can supply a local hotel list on receipt of a stamped self-addressed envelope. Moderately-priced accommodation is in short supply, so please book early!
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