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The Essay as Form in German Literature,
Criticism, and Film


19th Annual Graduate Student Conference in
Germanic Languages & Literatures at Yale University

APRIL 4-5, 2008
Yale University,
William L. Harkness Hall (WLH)
100 Wall St., New Haven, CT 06511




(Konferenzteilnehmer/innen - click on picture to enlarge)

Program: [also available as PDF]
FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008
2:00 - 4:00 Registration (WLH 309)

4:00 - 4:15 Opening Remarks (WLH 119)

4:15 - 5:15 Ulrich Plass (Wesleyan University): "The Essay as Aphorism: Adorno's Minima Moralia"

5:15 - 5:30 Discussion

5:30 - 5:45 Break

5:45 - 6:00 Screening: Displaced Person (1981) Dir: Daniel Eisenberg

6:00 - 7:00 Nora Alter (University of Florida): "After Fact and Fiction: The Essay Film"

7:00 - 7:15 Discussion

7:15 - 8:30 Dinner (WLH 309)

9:00 Screening (WLH 119)
Brutalität in Stein (1961) Dir: Alexander Kluge
Empty Centre (1998) Dir: Hito Steyerl
November (2004) Dir: Hito Steyerl

SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 2008
8:30 - 9:00 Breakfast (WLH 309)

9:00 - 10:45 The Essay as Form (Moderator: Ansgar Mohnkern, WLH 119):
Manuel Clemens (Yale University): "Die mimetische Annäherung an die Welt. Adornos 'Essay als Form'"

Carsten Junker (Humboldt-Universität Berlin): "Der Essay als ein Instrument der Kulturkritik? Essay - Dialogstruktur - Intertextualität"

Hannes Schaser (Freie Universität Berlin): "Die Form der Kritik par excellence? Zur Entwicklung der Essaytheorie in Deutschland und den USA"

11:00 - 12:45 The Essay in Context (Moderator: Anna Henke, WLH 119):
Franz Peter Hugdahl (Cornell University): "The Acoustics of the Essay"

Rebecca Weidner (Georgetown University): "Degeneracy of the Feuilleton in early 20th century Austria(-Hungary)"

Josh Alvizu (Johns Hopkins University): "Opening Up the Feuilleton"

12:45 - 2:00 Lunch Break

2:00 - 3:45

German Essay Films (Moderator: Alexander Gardner, WLH 119):
Priyanjali Sen (New York University): "The Essay Film and the Reconstruction of History through Memory: Farocki's 'Inextinguishable Fire' and Godmilow's 'What Farocki Taught'"

Martina Lüke (University of Connecticut): "Deconstructing Destruction: Werner Herzog's 'Lessons of Darkness'"

Jakob Hesler (University of London, Birkbeck): "Filmisches (Auf-) Lesen. Adornos Begriffe und die Praxis des Kompilationsfilms"

3:45 - 4:00 Closing Remarks