Graduate Student Conference
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) |
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| 4:00 - 4:15 |
Opening Remarks (WLH 119) |
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| 4:15 - 5:15 |
Ulrich Plass (Wesleyan University): "The Essay as Aphorism: Adorno's Minima Moralia" |
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| 5:15 - 5:30 |
Discussion |
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| 5:30 - 5:45 |
Break |
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| 5:45 - 6:00 |
Screening: Displaced Person (1981) Dir: Daniel Eisenberg |
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| 6:00 - 7:00 |
Nora Alter (University of Florida): "After Fact and Fiction: The Essay Film" |
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| 7:00 - 7:15 |
Discussion |
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| 7:15 - 8:30 |
Dinner (WLH 309) |
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| 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) |
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| 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" |
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| 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" |
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| 12:45 - 2:00 |
Lunch Break |
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| 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" |
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| 3:45 - 4:00 |
Closing Remarks |