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EVENTS/LECTURES (WINTER/SPRING)
2009
Updated 3/10/09 |
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March 13 :
Public Lecture, 1:30 p.m. in Denny Hall 308
Dr. Hamid Tafazoli (University of Münster), Feodor Lynen Fellow UW,
"'Fühlst du nicht an meinen Liedern/Daß ich Eins und doppelt bin': Literarische Spiegelungen als Prozess der Selbstfindung in Goethes 'Divan'-Lyrik."
Reception to follow |
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March 19 :
Book Reading and Signing, 7:00 p.m., University Bookstore, Seattle
Eric Ames (University of Washington),
Carl Hagenbeck's Empire of Entertainment (UW Press)
Carl Hagenbeck was Europe's P.T. Barnum, a 19th century showman who displayed animals in assembled environments that were a precursor to modern zoos and theme parks. Eric Ames looks at the life and work of Carl Hagenbeck, which helped give rise to a movement in modern popular culture—immersive entertainment.
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April 2:
Connections and Contexts at the Frye Museum, 704 Terry Ave, 6:30 pm.
Heidi Tilghman (University of Washington), "Beyond von Stuck: Munich's Role in the Emergence of Europe's Literary Modernism."
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April 24:
Public Lecture, 1:30 p.m. in Denny Hall 308
Albrecht Koschorke (Konstanz, Max Kade
Distinguished Professor UW Spring 2009),
"Unvermeidlich und nicht zu fassen: Das Reale als Problem in der Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Literatur."
Reception to follow.
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April 28:
Wine & Wisdom, Edelweiss Chalet of Boehm's Candies in Issaquah, 6:OO p.m.,
Sabine Wilke (University of Washington), discussion about the life and career of the Tyrolian mountaineer, Luis Trenker.
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May 8:
Public Lecture, 1:30 p.m. in Denny Hall 308
Karin Bauer (McGill University), Second Annual Alumni Lecture "Ulrike Mainhof and the End of
Writing."
Reception to follow.
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June 3:
German Play: Ethnic Cultural Theater, 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, 7:30 p.m.,Students from German 304 (taught by Sunny Parrott) will be performing an adaptation of Gryphius's "Absurda Comica or
Herr Peter Squens" (in German) |
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June 7:
Ethnic Cultural Theater, 3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, 3:30 p.m.,Delta Phi Alpha celebration and initiation of new members to be followed by the second showing of Gryphius's "Absurda Comica or Herr Peter Squenz" at 4:30 p.m.
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