Conference Program
Friday, 29 April 2016
9:00-9:45 Breakfast & Registration
9:45-10:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Conference Organizers (Jamie Zelechowski, Tara Rensch, Viktoria Gabriel, Patricia A. Wiley, Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
David Schaberg (Dean of Division of Humanities, UCLA)
John McCumber (Chair of the Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
10:00-11:30 SESSION I: CONFLICTS AND (COUNTER-)CULTURE
Moderation: Jamie Zelechowski (Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
Mohammad Rafi (European Languages and Studies, University of California Irvine): “The Precariousness of Aryan Belonging: Confronting Nazi Racial Law and the Determination of Iranian National Identity“
Adrian Chubb (Germanic Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago): “Pop goes the Counterculture: Rainald Goetz: From Terrorist Sympathizer to 80s Pop Trailblazer”
Carolin Kirchner (Film, Television and Digital Media, UCLA): “Fassbinder’s Germany: (Un)bewusste Geschichtsschreibung”
11:30-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-12:45 SPECIAL GUEST
Stefan Biedermann (Deputy Consul General of Germany in Los Angeles)
12:45-1:45 Lunch
1:45-3:15 SESSION II: MEDIA AND CONFRONTATION
Moderation: Tara Rensch (Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
Zach Feldman (Germanic and Slavic Languages, Vanderbilt University): “Palimpsest and Engraving through History: New Meaning for Klee's Angelus Novus”
Benjamin Schaper (Medieval and Modern Languages, Oriel College, University of Oxford): “‘Readability’ as Vehemently Contested Benchmark in German Literature”
Seth Elliott Meyer (German, University of California, Berkeley): “The Song of the Idiot: A Confrontation Between Accuser and Accused”
3:15-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-5:00 SESSION III: FRICTIONS OF FAITH
Moderation: Viktoria Gabriel (Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
Samuel B. Keeley (Department of History, UCLA): “Statecraft and the Boundaries of Belief: “Transnational Religious Diplomacy in Nineteenth Century Germany”
Claire Ross (Germanic Languages and Literature, Washington University, St. Louis): “Undine or ‘Be careful what you wish for’”
Kirsten Anna van Elten (Universität Hamburg): “Nun sag, wie hast du’s mit der Religion?’: Denominational Conflicts at the German Universities Helmstedt and Rinteln in the 17th and 18th Century”
5:00-5:30 Coffee Break
5:30-6:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE
Moderation: Patricia A. Wiley (Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
Dr. Kristin Kopp (University of Missouri, Columbia): "Mentally Mapping Geographies of Conflict"
6:30-6:45 CLOSING REMARKS
John McCumber (Chair of the Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
Conference Organizers (Jamie Zelechowski, Tara Rensch, Viktoria Gabriel, Patricia A. Wiley in the Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
7:30-9:30 RECEPTION
Directions to be announced
Saturday, 30 April 2016
Excursion to the Getty Center (details to be announced)
9:00-9:45 Breakfast & Registration
9:45-10:00 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION
Conference Organizers (Jamie Zelechowski, Tara Rensch, Viktoria Gabriel, Patricia A. Wiley, Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
David Schaberg (Dean of Division of Humanities, UCLA)
John McCumber (Chair of the Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
10:00-11:30 SESSION I: CONFLICTS AND (COUNTER-)CULTURE
Moderation: Jamie Zelechowski (Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
Mohammad Rafi (European Languages and Studies, University of California Irvine): “The Precariousness of Aryan Belonging: Confronting Nazi Racial Law and the Determination of Iranian National Identity“
Adrian Chubb (Germanic Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago): “Pop goes the Counterculture: Rainald Goetz: From Terrorist Sympathizer to 80s Pop Trailblazer”
Carolin Kirchner (Film, Television and Digital Media, UCLA): “Fassbinder’s Germany: (Un)bewusste Geschichtsschreibung”
11:30-11:45 Coffee Break
11:45-12:45 SPECIAL GUEST
Stefan Biedermann (Deputy Consul General of Germany in Los Angeles)
12:45-1:45 Lunch
1:45-3:15 SESSION II: MEDIA AND CONFRONTATION
Moderation: Tara Rensch (Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
Zach Feldman (Germanic and Slavic Languages, Vanderbilt University): “Palimpsest and Engraving through History: New Meaning for Klee's Angelus Novus”
Benjamin Schaper (Medieval and Modern Languages, Oriel College, University of Oxford): “‘Readability’ as Vehemently Contested Benchmark in German Literature”
Seth Elliott Meyer (German, University of California, Berkeley): “The Song of the Idiot: A Confrontation Between Accuser and Accused”
3:15-3:30 Coffee Break
3:30-5:00 SESSION III: FRICTIONS OF FAITH
Moderation: Viktoria Gabriel (Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
Samuel B. Keeley (Department of History, UCLA): “Statecraft and the Boundaries of Belief: “Transnational Religious Diplomacy in Nineteenth Century Germany”
Claire Ross (Germanic Languages and Literature, Washington University, St. Louis): “Undine or ‘Be careful what you wish for’”
Kirsten Anna van Elten (Universität Hamburg): “Nun sag, wie hast du’s mit der Religion?’: Denominational Conflicts at the German Universities Helmstedt and Rinteln in the 17th and 18th Century”
5:00-5:30 Coffee Break
5:30-6:30 KEYNOTE LECTURE
Moderation: Patricia A. Wiley (Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
Dr. Kristin Kopp (University of Missouri, Columbia): "Mentally Mapping Geographies of Conflict"
6:30-6:45 CLOSING REMARKS
John McCumber (Chair of the Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
Conference Organizers (Jamie Zelechowski, Tara Rensch, Viktoria Gabriel, Patricia A. Wiley in the Department of Germanic Languages, UCLA)
7:30-9:30 RECEPTION
Directions to be announced
Saturday, 30 April 2016
Excursion to the Getty Center (details to be announced)