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>From:         Nicola Mclelland <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Final CFP Germania Remembered Nov 19-20
>
>Dear colleagues,
>Just a final reminder of the deadline for 
>abstract for the Germania Remembered conference 
>to be held at the IGRS, London, in November.
>Please see the Call for Papers below - deadline January 31st.
>Regards,
>Nicola McLelland (and Christina Lee)
>
>
>Germania Remembered 1500-2009 An International Conference
>Thursday, 19 and Friday, 20 November 2009
>Venue: Institute of Germanic & Romance Studies, University of London
>
>
>Final Call for Papers
>2009 marks the 2000th anniversary of the Battle 
>of the Teutoburger Wald (Hermannsschlacht) when 
>'Hermann' (Arminius) and the Germanic tribe of 
>the Cherusci defeated the Roman forces. This 
>event is widely remembered in post-medieval 
>sources, where it has served as a template for a 
>proud tradition of 'free Germania' for writers 
>and scholars in Germany and beyond. Ever since 
>the rediscovery of sources like Tacitus's 
>Germania in the 15th century, not just 
>remembrance of the Teutoburger Wald, but also 
>subsequent rediscoveries and re-creations of the 
>Germanic inheritance have been incorporated into 
>the self-images of Germany and of other 
>countries. Such remembrances and reinventions 
>have taken many different forms, from uncritical 
>praise (as 17th-century cultural patriots' 
>praise for the ancient Germanic language), to 
>Romantic medievalism, to biting satire (such as 
>Heine's Nordsee 1825) and Nazi mythologizing.
>
>The tradition of Germania in German and other 
>literatures and cultures will be explored at a 
>Symposium in 2009 at the IGRS, London. How is 
>Germania - the peoples, customs and morals, 
>language and literature, of ancient northern 
>Europe - remembered and reinvented from 
>1500-2009? How do such remembrances and 
>re-creations help construct national or 
>trans-national identities, in Europe and beyond? 
>We particularly invite comparative approaches, 
>whether exploring continuities and 
>discontinuities over time, or examining 
>similarities and differences between individual 
>writers, between discourse traditions, and/or in 
>different countries.
>
>Plenary papers:
>
>Professor Roberta Frank: Arminius and the North: A User's Guide
>Professor Frank has published widely on 
>medievalism, and is Marie Borroff Professor of 
>English at Yale University.
>
>Professor Alexander Rehding: 'Urklänge': the 
>search for the origins of German music
>Professor Rehding is in the Department of Music 
>at Harvard. His article 'The Quest for the 
>Origins of Music in Germany Circa 1900' was 
>awarded the Jerome Roche Prize of the Royal 
>Musical Association in 2001.
>
>Conference strands:
>1. Urtext, Ursprache? The Germanic inheritance 
>in language history and philology
>2. Re-inventing traditions: The recreated 
>Germanic past in literature and culture
>3. Germania Historia: The Germanic past in history and philosophy
>4. Stage and Screen: The Germanic past in theatre and film
>
>Submission of Abstracts: Abstracts of 350 words 
>should be emailed (preferably as Word 
>attachments) to the organizers (email below) by 
>January 31st, 2009, indicating under which panel 
>you wish to be considered.
>
>For all enquiries, please contact the 
>organizers: Dr Christina Lee (School of English 
>Studies, University of Nottingham) 
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>McLelland (School of Modern Languages, 
>University of Nottingham) 
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>http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/medieval/index.php

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