Symposium Translating Cultures Remembering, Narrating, Translating: GDR and Beyond Julia Schoch (DAAD Writer in Residence) 10 December 2011 Department of German Studies, University of Nottingham Trent Building, Room LG 11, Lower Ground Floor (Main Campus: NG7 2RD) 9:00-9:30 Registration 9:30-9:50 Reading by Julia Schoch (Potsdam) 9:50-10:10 Karen Leeder (Oxford): Unheimliche Heimat: Gespenster der DDR in Mit der Geschwindigkeit des Sommers 10:10-10:30 Mary Cosgrove (Edinburgh): Erinnerung an ein vergangenes Land: Der weibliche Körper als Memento Mori in Mit der Geschwindigkeit des Sommers 10:30-11:00 Diskussion 11:00-11:20 Emily Jeremiah (London): Eine beschämende Geschichte: Julia Schochs Mit der Geschwindigkeit des Sommers 11:20-11:30 Kaffee/Tee 11:30-11:50 Matthias Uecker (Nottingham): Erinnerung und/oder Gegenwart - Zwei Paradigmen in Julia Schochs Romanen? 11:50-12:30 Abschlussdiskussion 12:30 -13:45 Short Walk & Lunch 13:45-14:15 Julia Schoch’s translations from French into German 14:15-14:45 'New Translations' – Student Presentations 14:45-16:15 Translating: Hands-on Workshop 16:15-16:30 Coffee/Tea 16:30-18:00 Challenges and Perspectives of Translation: Panel Discussion with Birgit Friedrich (Nottingham), Emily Jeremiah (London), Lyn Marven (Liverpool), Alex Mével (Nottingham), Charlotte Ryland (Oxford), Stefan Tobler (High Wycombe), Margret Vince (Nottingham) et al.; chaired by Heike Bartel (Nottingham) 18:00 Farewell and Departure Fee: £6 (£3 per half day) Coffee/tea provided; lunch: own arrangements If you would like to register please contact [log in to unmask] by 5th Dec. 2011 Organised by Heike Bartel and Franziska Meyer with thanks to the DAAD, the Department of German Studies and The Centre for Translation Studies, CLAS, University of Nottingham for their support.