Dear all, I am very happy to be able to advertise the Research Forum series for this semester at the University of Leeds. With best wishes, Kathrin All seminars start at 4 p.m. 13/2/08 Helen Finch (Department of German, University of Leeds) Günter Grass’s account of German Wartime Suffering in Beim Häuten der Zwiebel: Mind in Mourning or Boy Adventurer? Room: Michael Sadler 220 20/2 Sally Johnson (Department of Linguistics and Phonetics, University of Leeds) The reform of German orthography as 'legitimation crisis': A Habermasian approach Room: Michael Sadler SR 1.42 5/3 Diane Morgan (School of Fine Art, History of Art & Cultural Studies, University of Leeds) Greifbarkeit & Spielraum: Towards a Benjaminian Conception of Utopian Architecture Room: Michael Sadler 220 12/3 Helen Finch (Department of German, University of Leeds) Neo-romanticism and the Oedipus complex: W. G. Sebald, Botho Strauß and Peter Handke in generational context Room: Michael Sadler 220 16/4 Jeanette Rieger (Department of German, University College London) Aspekte der Poetologie in Kafkas Texten Room: Michael Sadler B37 23/4 Moritz Föllmer (School of History, University of Leeds) Weimar Novels and the Cultural Historian Room: Michael Sadler B37 30/4 Klemens Czyzydlo (Department of German, University of Leeds) The Holocaust in German Film: „Das Enkelkind Aus Berlin“ Room: Michael Sadler B37 Kathrin Schödel Department of German University of Leeds LS2 9JT Leeds -- Psssst! Schon vom neuen GMX MultiMessenger gehört? Der kann`s mit allen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/multimessenger