[Mediaevistik] CFP Germania Remembered Nov20-21, 2009

[Henrike Laehnemann]

Liebe Kolleginnen und Kollegen,

 

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.

 

                Institute for Medieval Research


Germania Remembered 1600-2009


International Symposium, University of Nottingham, November 20-21, 2009

 

First Call for Papers

2009 marks the 2000th anniversary of the Battle of the Teutoburger Wald

(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.

 

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. 

 

Professor Roberta Frank will present a plenary lecture at the Symposium. 

Professor Frank has published widely on medievalism, and is Marie Borroff Professor of English at Yale University. 

 

Conference strands: 

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

 

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. 

 

For all enquiries, please contact the organizers:

Dr Christina Lee (School of English Studies, University of Nottingham) christina.lee at nottingham.ac.uk Dr Nicola McLelland (School of Modern Languages, University of Nottingham) nicola.mclelland at nottingham.ac.uk

 

Sponsors: Institute for Medieval Research at the University of Nottingham http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medieval/index.php  

 

Prof. Henrike Lähnemann

Chair of German Studies, Director of Postgraduate Studies

School of Modern Languages, Old Library Building (Room 6.23), 

Newcastle University, GB - NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne, 

Tel.: 0044 191 2227513, email: henrike.laehnemann at ncl.ac.uk

http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/henrike.laehnemann/

Medingen project: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/medingen/

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