NOTE DATE CORRECTION: February 21-23, 2003

VERWANDLUNG:
Transformation in German History and Literature

February 21-23, 2003
10th Annual German Graduate Studies Conference
Sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures
and by The Corcoran Department of History
of the University of Virginia

Possible Topics

Myth and its Appropriation in German History & Literature
Wendepunkte & die Wende
Endzeit durch Urzeit/Vergangenheit
Secularization of the Sacred
The Reformation and Subjectivity
Revolution und Auswanderung
Transgender Perspectives
Failed or Paradoxical Transformations
Lsternheit & Betrunkenheit
Knights Errant: Quest & Personal Transformation
Convers(at)ion
From Page to Stage, from Page to Film
Contesting Periodization: Drawing/Redrawing and Disputing Dividing
Lines
Enchantment: Fantasy and Shape-Shifters
Bildungsroman
The New Berlin
Counterculture Movements
Transformation of Genre

Presentations should be no longer than 15-20 minutes.  Housing will
be provided. Limited travel grants may be awarded.  Please submit a
one page abstract to:

Joshua Davis
University of Virginia
German Department
108 Cocke Hall
Charlottesville, VA 22903
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Fax: 434-924-6700  (ATTN: Graduate Studies Conference)


Abstract Submission Deadline: December 20, 2002