CALL FOR PAPERS
Metropolis 2017
Monday, 26 - Thursday, 29 June 2017
Venue: IMLR, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU
The DAAD Postgraduate Summer School is an opportunity for postgraduate students of German, both from the UK and abroad, to gather together for several days of papers, discussions, and social events. In 2017, this
4-day conference will take place between 26 and 29 June at the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) in London, and will be (appropriately) themed around the concept of ‘metropolis’.
Keynote speakers: Erica Carter (King’s College London); Ruth Dawson (Hawaii/IMLR); Matthew Gandy (Cambridge); Esther Leslie (Birkbeck College, London); Martin Swales (University College London).
In addition to the conference panels, the summer school will include a number of other stimulating events, such as a screening of Fritz Lang's 1927 expressionist epic Metropolis, walking tours exploring the ‘hidden’ sides of London's history and infrastructure,
and an opportunity to respond creatively to the ‘metropolis’ theme.
Postgraduates working on any aspect of German Studies (literature, cinema, cultural studies, history, politics, philosophy, visual arts, architecture and planning) are invited to submit abstracts (maximum 200
words) on the theme of ‘metropolis’ for 20-minute papers (in English or German) via the submission form to [log in to unmask] by Monday,
16 January 2017.
Institute of Modern Languages Research
University of London School of Advanced Study
Room 239, Senate House
Malet Street, GB- London WC1E 7HU
Telephone 0044 (0)20 7862 8966
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