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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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