Bodensee. Transnational Literatures of a Cultural Region
Bodensee. Transnational Literatures of a Cultural Region
When: Wednesday, 8 - Friday, 10 May 2019
Where: The Austrian Cultural Forum, London (Wednesday evening) and the Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of London
The extended area around Lake Constance/Bodensee, encompassing the Vierländereck of the surrounding parts of Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, has long been perceived as a transnational cultural and economic space. It defines itself as such in the International Bodensee Konferenz, and is promoted as an inter-regional area by the European Union. This conference will take stock of literary traditions and recent developments as well as enabling new views on the question of trans/national literatures.
The programme includes readings by Verena Roßbacher and Alissa Walser on 8 May, and by Arno Camenisch on 9 May.
Programme
Wednesday, 8 May 2019
Venue: Austrian Cultural Forum, 28 Rutland Gate, SW7 1PQ
19.00 Verena Roßbacher and Alissa Walser Bilingual Reading and Discussion
Moderators: Rüdiger Görner (London) and Jürgen Thaler (Bregenz)
Thursday, 9 May 2019
Venue: Room G37, Senate House, WC1E 7HU
10.00 Registration / Coffee
10.15 Andrea Capovilla (London): Introduction
10.30 Fiona Stafford (Oxford): Wordsworth’s Living Lakes
11.15 Rüdiger Görner (London): ‘Hörst Du das Alphorn überm blauen See?‘: Aquafine Zeichen in der Lyrik Annette von Droste-Hülshoffs
12.00 Coffee
12.15 Volker Michels (Frankfurt/M.): ̔Möglichst weit weg von Berlin‘: Hermann Hesse am Bodensee
13.00 Buffet Lunch
14.00 Helmuth Kiesel (Heidelberg): Martin Walser: Muttersohn im oberschwäbischen ̔Vorzimmer des Himmels‘
14.45 Kay Wolfinger (Munich): Mit Kost und mit Logis? W.G. Sebalds Lektüre der alemannischen Autoren
15.30 Rebecca Wismeg (London): Arno Geiger and the National Brand: Austria between Trauma and Tranquility
16.15 Tea
16.45 Richard McClelland (Bristol): ‘Niemand versteht’: Multilingualism and Minor Literature(s) in Arno Camenisch’s Bündner Trilogie
17.30 Arno Camenisch reads from his novel Hinter dem Bahnhof
Friday, 10 May 2019
Venue: Room G37, Senate House, WC1E 7HU
10.30 Kälterina Latifi (Bregenz/London): Kahnfahrten. Zu einer Poetik des Sees aus schweizerischer Sicht
11.15 Jürgen Thaler (Bregenz): Reading the Lake. Von Franz Michael Felder bis Arno Geiger
12.00 Coffee
12.15 Alexander Honold (Basle): Kriegslichter am Bodensee: Thomas Hürlimann und andere
13.00 Lunch (own arrangements)
14.00 Ulrike Zitzlsperger (Exeter): ‘Quelle douceur extrême des lignes!‘: Die ̔Bodenseele‘ Jacob Picard
14.45 Andrea Capovilla (London): Verfremdungseffekte: Regionale Schauplätze in jüngsten Romanen von Verena Roßbacher, Peter Stamm und Karl-Heinz Ott
15.30 Tea
16.00 Concluding Discussion
16.45 Conference Ends
Advance registration required: https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/19275
Registration fees for all three days incl. both readings: £50 (standard rate) | £45 (Friends of Germanic Studies at the IMLR) £20 (students)
Single-day rates also available (see website)
Attendance at the readings only is free, but advance registration is required:
Verena Roßbacher and Alissa Walser (Austrian Cultural Forum, 8 May 2019): http://acflondon.org/events/verena-ro%C3%9Fbacher-and-alissa-walser/
Arno Camenish Liest (University of London, Senate House, 9 May 2019): https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/19315
The programme can be downloaded in PDF format from https://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/events/event/19275
Conference organisers: Andrea Capovilla (Ingeborg Bachmann Centre, Institute of Modern Languages Research) and Rüdiger Görner (Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, Queen Mary University of London)
The conference is organised under the auspices of the Ingeborg Bachmann Centre at the Institute of Modern Languages Research, University of London; the Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations at Queen Mary University of London; the Austrian Cultural Forum, London; the Swiss Embassy, London; Land Vorarlberg; Stiftung Oberschwaben; Landkreis Sigmaringen; and the Internationale Bodenseekonferenz.
Institute of Modern Languages Research
School of Advanced Study | University of London
Website http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk