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Conferences
- Friday, November 2, 2007, the University of Pennsylvania and the Free
Library of Philadelphia will present the following all-day symposium:
The Treasured Hunt: Collecting Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, Past, Present, and Future
This symposium explores the motivations behind the collecting of
manuscript books through case studies of historic collectors presented
by scholars and by hearing from contemporary collectors themselves in
a roundtable discussion. Speakers include:
* Gifford Combs, Private Collector
* Derick Dreher, Director, The Rosenbach Museum & Library
* Consuelo W. Dutschke, Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, Columbia University
* Richard Linenthal, Antiquarian Bookseller, Bernard Quaritch Ltd
* William Noel, Curator of Manuscripts and Rare Books, The Walters Art Museum
* David Rundle, History Faculty and Corpus Christi College, Oxford University
* Lawrence J. Schoenberg, Private Collector
* Claire Richter Sherman, Research Associate Emerita, Center for
Advanced Study in the Visual Arts at the National Gallery of Art
* Toshiyuki Takamiya, Private Collector, Keio University
* James Tanis, Director of Libraries and Professor of History
Emeritus, Bryn Mawr College
The keynote address will be given by Christopher de Hamel, Gaylord
Donnelley Fellow Librarian, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
University.
The symposium will be followed by a reception at the Arthur Ross
Gallery in the Fisher Fine Arts Library, featuring the exhibition
"Treasured Pages: Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from the Collections of the Free Library of Philadelphia" (on view from October 12, 2007, to January 6, 2008).
For registration, program details, and maps, go to
http://www.library.upenn.edu/exhibits/lectures/treasuredhunt-intro.html
Registration deadline is October 21, 2007. Registration is free and
open to the public, but seating is limited. For more information,
please call 1.800.390.1829 or email friends@pobox.upenn.edu .
Lectures/Colloquia/Films
Wednesday Night German Film Series
"Looking for Lola" Film Series
- Tuesday, September 18, 2007
6:00 pm, Philomathean Halls on the fourth floor of College Hall
The Philomathean Society presents a public lecture by Professor Liliane Weissberg:
"Hannah Arendt, Charlie Chaplin, and the Hidden Jewish Tradition"
- Wednesday, September 19, 2007
7:30 - 9:30 pm, Lower Egyptian Hall,
Freud, Franklin, and Beyond Program (jointly sponsored with the
The Incest Taboo: Current Anthropological and Psychoanalytic Views
Claudia R. Vallegia, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Anthropology,
Organized by the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia and the University of Philadelphia
- Thursday, September 20, 2007
Graduate Student / Faculty Colloquium
4:00 pm, Max Kade German Culture and Media Center (Room 329A, 3401 Walnut Street, entrance next to Starbuck's)
Speakers will be:
Adrian Daub, Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory
"Mother Mime: Wagner's Siegfried, the Fairy Tale and the Metaphysics of Sexual Difference"
Dr. Emily Dolan, Department of Music
"Of Ocular Harpsichords and Scarlet Trumpets"
- Sunday, September 30, 2007
3:00 pm, The German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
The first presentation of the 2007-2008 Classical Concert Series:
The concert will feature the brilliant young South African pianist, Petronel Malan, playing various works of Haydn, Brahms, Beethoven, List, Bach, and Mozart. A free reception will be held following the concert, at which time members of the audience will have the opportunity to meet Ms. Petronel. For further information, including ticket and price information, call the German Society at 215-627-2332, or visit the Society's web page at www.germansociety.org
- Thursday, October 18, 2007
5:00 pm, Max Kade German Culture and Media Center (Room 329A, 3401 Walnut Street, entrance next to Starbuck's)
"Jews, Judaism, and Judaica in the Museum"
A lecture by Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek, Chief curator, Juedisches Museum in Vienna, and Curator, Spertus Museum, Chicago
Heimann-Jelinek is an art historian and one of the foremost scholars on museology and Jewish art in Germany and Austria. A few of her books/catalogues can be found at: http://www.bookfinder.com/author/felicitas-heimann-jelinek/
Part of the Jewish Studies Kutchin Faculty Seminar Series, and co-sponsored by the Departments of Germanic Languages and Literatures and History of Art
- Sunday, October 21, 2007
3:00 pm, The German Society of Pennsylvania, 611 Spring Garden Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123
The Wister Quartet will present works by Haydn, Beethoven, and Debussy
Ticket price is $20, and tickets can be purchased from the Society by calling 215-627-2332. The ticket price includes a post-concert reception to meet the musicians. The Wister Quartet comprising members of the Philadelphia Orchestra has a unique richness and depth of tone that has won the hearts of critics across the board. For additional information, call the German Society at the number listed above or visit the Society's web page at www.germansociety.org
- Monday, October 22, 2007
6:30 pm, Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut Street
"Walking on Ice: Werner Herzog's Metaphysics of Filmmaking,"
a public conversation about the work of Werner Herzog.
Featuring Timothy Corrigan, Thomas Y. Levin, Heidi Schlipphacke, and Alan Singer. Introduced by Karen Beckman.
Event is free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the Cinema Studies Program, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and the Department of English.
- Tuesday, October 23, 2007
7:00 pm, International House, 3701 Chestnut Street
Screening of Encounters at the End of the World, Werner Herzog, 2007.
Event is free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the Cinema Studies Program, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and the Department of English.
- Wednesday, October 24, 2007
5:00 pm, B1 Meyerson Hall
Werner Herzog in conversation with Paul Holdengraeber:
Was the 20th Century a Mistake?
Admission is free. Seating is limited.
Co-sponsored by the Cinema Studies Program, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and the Department of English.
- Thursday, October 25, 2007
Graduate Student / Faculty Colloquium
4:00 pm, Max Kade German Culture and Media Center (Room 329A, 3401 Walnut Street, entrance next to Starbuck's)
Speakers will be:
Yael Kupferberg, Visiting Scholar, Freie Universitaet Berlin
"Dissident der 'Kultur' -- Heinrich Heines kulturtheoretische Gedanken im Spannungsfeld der Psychoanalyse und Kritischen Theorie"
Dr. Eric Jarosinski, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
"Changing the Dial: Utopian Visions of the German Radio Play"
- Thursday, October 25, 2007
7:30 pm, Slought Foundation, 4017 Walnut Street
"Ecstatic Truth: Documenting Herzog 'Documenting,'"
an exhibition featuring work by Werner Herzog, accompanied by images of the filmmaker by photographer Beat Presser. In conjunction with the exhibition opening, a public conversation between Werner Herzog and Karen Beckman.
Event is free and open to the public.
Co-sponsored by the Cinema Studies Program, the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, and the Department of English.
- Tuesday, October 30, 2007
5:00 pm, Benjamin Franklin Room, Houston Hall
"Post-Mortem: The Reconstruction of Jewish Life in Postwar Germany"
A lecture by Michael Brenner, Professor of Jewish History and Culture at the University of Munich, Germany
Jewish Studies Joseph Alexander Colloquium, and co-sponsored by the History Department and the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures.
- Wednesday, November 7, 2007
5:00 pm, Max Kade German Culture and Media Center (Room 329A, 3401 Walnut Street, entrance next to Starbuck's)
"Jewish Culture in Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: From Text to Performance"
A lecture by Klaus Hoedl, Centrum fur Juedische Studien (Centre of Jewish Studies), Karl-Franzens-Universitaet Graz
Hoedl's main points of research: History of the Ostjudentums, prejudice research, Jewish identities and memory. A full list of publications can be found at: http://www.uni-graz.at/cjs-graz/publikationen_hoedl.pdf
In commemoration of Kristallnacht
Part of the Jewish Studies Kutchin Faculty Seminar Series, and co-sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
- Monday, November 12, 2007
time to be announced, Max Kade German Culture and Media Center (Room 329A, 3401 Walnut Street, entrance next to Starbuck's)
"Das literarische Feld Ostdeutschland vor und nach dem Fall der Mauer"
A lecture (in German) by Wolfgang Emmerich, Professor Emeritus, University of Bremen, visiting Professor at Cornell University
Professor Wolfgang Emmerich is probably the best known scholar of GDR literature.
- Wednesday, November 14, 2007
7:30 - 9:00 pm, Ben Franklin Room, Houston Hall, University of Pennsylvania, 3417 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA
Freud, Franklin, and Beyond Program (Jointly sponsored with the University of Pennsylvania)
The End: Closure in Literature and Psychoanalysis
Speakers: Michele H. Richman, Ph.D., Professor of Romance Languages, University of Pennsylvania, Elaine P. Zickler, Ph.D., M.S.W., L.S.W., P.C.P. Faculty
- Thursday, November 29, 2007
5:00 pm, Max Kade German Culture and Media Center (Room 329A, 3401 Walnut Street, entrance next to Starbuck's)
"The Ends of Allegory: Winckelmann's Essay of 1766"
A lecture by Christiane Hertel, Professor of History of Art, Bryn Mawr College
- Thursday, December 6, 2007
Graduate Student Colloquium
4:00 pm, Max Kade German Culture and Media Center (Room 329A, 3401 Walnut Street, entrance next to Starbuck's)
Speakers will be:
Anika Kiehne, Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
"Frauenzeit/ung: Louise Otto-Peters as Editor"
Ilinca Iurascu, Program in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory
"What is Epistolary Closure? Notes on Ricarda Huch's
'Der letzte Sommer'"
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