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<p class=MsoPlainText>Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>gern weise ich auf ein Kolloquium hin, das von der
Mediävistik ausgehend die Zeit bis zur Gegenwart umspannt und von der mediävistischen
Kollegin in Nottingham, Nicola McLelland, organisiert wird, die ausdrücklich
darauf hinwies, dass sie gern auch Beiträge aus der Zeit *vor* 1600 hätten.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-GB>Institute for Medieval
Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<h2><span lang=EN-GB>Germania Remembered 1600-2009<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>International Symposium, University of
Nottingham, November 20-21, 2009<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>First Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>2009 marks the 2000th anniversary of the
Battle of the Teutoburger Wald<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>(Hermannsschlacht) when ‘Hermann’
(Arminius) and the Germanic tribe of the Cherusci defeated the Roman forces.
This event is widely remembered in post- medieval sources, where it has served
as a template for a proud tradition of ‘free Germania’ for writers and scholars
in Germany and beyond. Ever since the rediscovery of sources like Tacitus’s
Germania in the 15th century, not just remembrance of the Teutoburger Wald, but
also subsequent rediscoveries and re-creations of the Germanic inheritance have
been incorporated into the self-images of Germany and of other countries. Such
remembrances and reinventions have taken many different forms, from uncritical
praise (as 17th-century cultural patriots’ praise for the ancient Germanic
language), to Romantic medievalism, to biting satire (such as Heine’s Nordsee
1825) and Nazi mythologizing.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>The tradition of Germania in German and
other literatures and cultures will be explored at a Symposium in 2009 at the
University of Nottingham. How is Germania – the peoples, customs and morals,
language and literature, of ancient northern Europe – remembered and reinvented
from 1600-2009? How do such remembrances and re-creations help construct
national or trans- national identities, in Europe and beyond? We particularly
invite comparative approaches, whether exploring continuities and
discontinuities over time, or examining similarities and differences between
individual writers, between discourse traditions, and/or in different
countries. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Professor Roberta Frank will present a
plenary lecture at the Symposium. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Professor Frank has published widely on
medievalism, and is Marie Borroff Professor of English at Yale University. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Conference strands: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>1. Urtext, Ursprache? The Germanic
inheritance in language history and philology 2. Re-inventing traditions: The
recreated Germanic past in literature and culture 3. Germania Historia: The
Germanic past in history and philosophy 4. Stage and Screen: The Germanic past
in theatre and film<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Submission of Abstracts: Abstracts of 350
words should be emailed (preferably as Word attachments) to the organizers
(email below) by May 15th, 2009, indicating under which panel you wish to be
considered. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>For all enquiries, please contact the
organizers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Dr Christina Lee (School of English
Studies, University of Nottingham) christina.lee@nottingham.ac.uk Dr Nicola
McLelland (School of Modern Languages, University of Nottingham)
nicola.mclelland@nottingham.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Sponsors: Institute for Medieval Research
at the University of Nottingham http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medieval/index.php
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB>Prof. Henrike Lähnemann<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB>Chair of German Studies, Director of
Postgraduate Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB>School of Modern Languages, Old Library
Building (Room 6.23), <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB>Newcastle University, GB - NE1 7RU
Newcastle upon Tyne, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB>Tel.: 0044 191 2227513, email:
henrike.laehnemann@ncl.ac.uk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-GB>http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/henrike.laehnemann/<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Medingen project: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/medingen/<o:p></o:p></p>
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