Dear all,
Please find below an invitation to two special events in the week 20-26th November at the Institute for German Studies in Birmingham. Please alert postgraduates in your institution; we are pleased to be able to cover the travel and accommodation costs for PGs attending either/both events, and there is the opportunity to meet and have dinner with the speakers/artist. Contact Leila Mukhida ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) with queries.
Dr. Marco Abel, University of Nebraska
“So this was Germany”: Christoph Hochhäusler’s ‘Séance’
and the Utopian Force of a People that Will Have Been
Plus a screening of the short film 'Séance'
(2009, 8 min., German with English subtitles)
With discussant Rachel Palfreyman, University of Nottingham
Monday 21st November, 4-6pm, followed by wine reception
Lecture Room 5, Arts Building
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
Kerstin Honeit (Berlin) introduced by Ellie Clarke (Berlin/Birmingham)
Identity and memory in the work of Kerstin Honeit
Kerstin Honeit is a German video artist, filmmaker and photographer. She will be presenting photographs from her series “Becoming 10” (http://www.kerstinhoneit.com/), followed by a discussion of image, identity, and memory, with curator and photographer Ellie Clarke.
Friday 25th November, 4-6pm
The MAC, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham B12 9QH
Best wishes,
Charlotte Galpin
Doctoral Student and Project Assistant
Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham
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