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>With apologies for cross-posting:
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>CALL FOR PAPERS
>"PLANNED SESSIONS" ON GERMAN STUDIES -
>POST-SECONDARY LEVEL
>2006 AATG CONFERENCE
>NASHVILLE, TN
>November 16 - 19
>
>Please note: Send short abstracts of
>papers/talks to session organizers (see e-mail
>addresses below) by February 6!!
>
>Title: Educators, Love, Principles, Sugar, and
>More: Award-winning German Films of 2004 and 2005
>
>Session Organizer: Margit M. Sinka, Clemson University, [log in to unmask]
>
>Abstract: Though a discussion panel titled "What
>I hate about German films" strongly resonated
>with the public at the 2004 Berlinale, there is
>no longer any doubt that a major shift has
>occurred in evaluations of very recent German
>films: praise now far eclipses disparaging
>comments. Several of the most recent films have
>even garnered national and/or international
>recognition. What is distinct about these
>films-substantively, filmically? Proposals
>should focus on an award-winning film from 2004
>or 2005 (e.g., Alles auf Zucker; Die fetten
>Jahre sind vorbei; Gegen die Wand; Sophie
>Scholl-die letzten Tage; Willenbrock).
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>
>Title: Teaching '68
>
>Abstract: In Germany the public figure who has
>done the most to remind us of the "presence" of
>1968 is undoubtedly former foreign minister
>Joschka Fischer. The public response to the
>Fischer "scandals" ultimately revealed an
>astonishingly positive view of '68 (as compared
>to this country, for example), and evoked
>further reassessments of this all important
>period of New Left activism. This panel explores
>the challenges of teaching "1968" -both the
>bygone era as well as its contemporary
>renaissance in recent books and film. Panelists
>will offer analysis as well as concrete examples
>from their research and teaching.
>
>Session organizer: William Collins Donahue, Duke
>University, [log in to unmask]
>
>Title: Beyond Mountains, Meadows, and Mozart:
>Austrian Culture and/in Globalization
>
>Session Organizer: Gundolf Graml, Bucknell University, [log in to unmask]
>
>Abstract: When Austrian cultural production is
>not subsumed under the umbrella of German
>culture, its representation in high school and
>college classrooms often highlights the
>country's alleged detachment from international
>developments. Depending on one's point of view,
>Austrian culture then mirrors a dangerously
>reactionary cultural homogeneity (i.e. Jörg
>Haider's Austria), or a utopian refuge from the
>turmoils of globalization (i.e. The Sound of
>Music's Austria). In order to complicate the
>picture, this session invites papers from all
>disciplines that analyze how contemporary
>culture and cultural production from and about
>Austria-in literature, film, electronic media,
>architecture, etc.-is influenced by, resists,
>and shapes developments commonly subsumed under
>the term globalization.
>
>
>Title: Identifying Students with Learning
>Difficulties in the L2 Classroom and Employing
>Strategies to Enhance their Success
>
>Session Organizer: Sharon M. DiFino, University of Florida, [log in to unmask]
>
>Abstract: How can we recognize the L2 challenged
>student before it is too late? This panel will
>address issues concerning the challenged
>language learner in L2 programs. It will take a
>close look at the different kinds of challenged
>learners (the documented learning disabled
>student such as in the case of dyslexia, the
>problematic student whose poor learning skills
>affect performance as well as the undocumented
>language learning impaired student) and their
>struggle fulfilling the foreign language
>requirement at the college/university level.
>This panel will provide language instructors,
>language program directors as well as TA
>Supervisors with important information
>(alternative strategies as well as possible
>solutions to dealing with the challenged
>language learner) that is not found in
>conventional methodology textbooks.
>
>
>Title: Integrating Philosophical Texts in the Undergraduate Classroom
>
>Session Organizer: Lisa Marie Anderson, Duke University, [log in to unmask]
>
>Abstract: How do we and should we incorporate
>the rich philosophical tradition in German
>cultural history into our undergraduate
>curriculum? What role can philosophical texts
>play in the beginning and/or intermediate
>language classroom? In our literature and
>culture surveys? In advanced seminars? In other
>settings? What pedagogical approaches guide
>students toward optimal engagement with
>philosophical texts and concepts often
>stereotypically perceived as "too difficult" in
>the target language? This session invites
>presentations by contributors who have developed
>effective models for teaching the work of
>relevant thinkers.
>
>
>Title: German Drama as Text and Performance in the Academic Setting
>
>Session Organizer: Hal H. Rennert, University of
>Florida, [log in to unmask]
>
>Abstract: This panel seeks to present a number
>of different creative approaches to the teaching
>and performance of German drama, dealing with
>both contemporary plays and playwrights -
>Handke, Strauß, Jelinek, Widmer - as well as
>with examples of modern and older classics.
>Ideally, presentations would deal with
>cooperative ventures of departments of theater
>and German Studies. Multi-media approaches to
>the problem of text and performance would also
>be very welcome.
>
>
>Title: Pop-Literatur: Cause for Consternation or Celebration?
>
>Session Organizer: Maggie McCarthy, Davidson College, [log in to unmask]
>
>Abstract: This panel will examine claims
>surrounding Pop-Literatur - made by its authors
>and critics - and whether the texts themselves
>bear them out. Is it possible to read a
>historical consciousness between the lines of
>tales about superficial protagonists? When are
>allusions to pop music subversive and when
>simply pleasant background sounds? Despite
>seeming apoliticism, when do Pop-Literatur texts
>openly or inadvertently tap into a longer
>tradition of Gesinnungsliteratur? How do they
>figure contemporary gender relations in Germany?
>Panelists are also invited to share pedagogical
>techniques for teaching these texts,
>specifically the extent to which they are German
>literary manifestations and/or need
>contextualizing in a larger global context.
>
>***There are also two "planned sessions" which
>do not include a call for papers:
>- A Women in German sponsored panel on
>Conceptions of Childhood and Young Womanhood
>- A discussion of a comprehensive new teaching
>guide, German Culture through Film (Focus
>Publishing 2005)
>
>For further information on submissions for
>"planned sessions" and for other sessions,
>please refer to "annual meeting on the AATG
>website: www.aatg.org
>
>Additional questions may be addressed to AATG
>Conference Program Committee member Dr. Margaret
>McCarthy, Professor of German, Davidson College,
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>
>
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>----------------------------
>Dr. Gundolf Graml
>Visiting Assistant Professor of German Studies
>Department of Foreign Language Programs
>Bucknell University
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