An die Freude
Approaching “Happiness” in German Contexts
17th Annual German Graduate Studies Conference at the University of Virginia
February 26-27, 2010
Agnolo Bronzino, “Allegory of Happiness” (1564)
Keynote Address on Friday, February 26th at 17:00 in Wilson 402
Professor Jeffrey High
(California State University Long Beach)
Keynote Address
Friday, February 26 at 17:00
in Wilson 402
with a reception to follow in
New Cabell 520
Opening remarks: Gabriel Cooper,
Jeffrey Grossman (Department Chair)
Professor Jeffrey High
(California State University, Long Beach)
Thomas Jefferson, Friedrich Schiller, and the German Age of Happiness
Saturday, February 27
Minor 125
8:30-9:00 Breakfast
Panel I “Glücksbegriffe” - Concepts of Happiness
Moderator: Rebekah Slodounik
9:00-9:30
The Playgrounds of Literature: Robert Walser's Bleistiftgebiet - Erica Weitzman (New York University)
9:30-10:00
“Heiter ist das Leben, ernst ist die Kunst” - The Serious Functions of Wieland’s Cheerful Character (ethos) in Geschichte des Agathon - Seán Williams (Jesus College, Oxford, UK)
10:00-10:30
Auf der Suche nach dem Glück. - Am Beispiel Hermann Hesses Goldmund und Harry Haller - Bozena Badura (University of Mannheim)
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
Panel II
“Glückspoesie" – Poetics of Happiness
Moderator: Kevin Boyd
10:45-11:15
Die Suche in der Vergangenheit - Emel Morel Goekgoezoglu (Balikesir University, Istanbul)
11:15-11:45
"dessen Hauptfreude von seinen frühsten Jahren an die Musik gewesen." Oder: wie glücklich kann Musik machen? Antworten zu finden in Wackenroders Berglinger und Kleists Cäcilia -
Barbara Rieger (University of Virginia)
11:45 -12:45 Lunch
Panel III
"Glück, Schein und Sein" –
Happiness: Appearance and Being
Moderator: Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich
12:45-13:15
High Heels and Whips – Pleasure and Pain as Criteria for Sexualized Negotiations in Identity Politics - Danielle Verena Kollig (University of Virginia)
13:15-13:45
The Clear-Cut Boundaries of Happiness: On Satisfaction, Discontent, and Spiesser - Andrew Patten (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
13:45-14:15
Happiness after Mass Death: Ideas of Happiness in German Women's Magazines Between 1946-1949 - Oscar Ax (University of Virginia)
14:15-14:30 Break
Panel IV
“Locus amoenus” - Place and Happiness
Moderator: Charles Taggart
14:30-15:00
Metamorphosis from Underground - Irina Kuznetsova (University of Virginia)
15:00-15:30
A Pursuit of Happiness in Imagined Spaces - Wladimir Kaminer's Russendisko - Bethany Bowen and Annett Graefe (University of Missouri)
15:30-16:00
The Zivilisationsliterat Reconsidered: Thomas Mann and the Politics of Happiness - Curtis Maughan (California State University, Long Beach)
16:00 Closing Remarks: Gerrit Roessler
17:30 Dinner at Maya
(Located at 633 West Main Street)
Conference Contacts
Bozena Badura bab3cf@virginia.edu
Bethany Bowen babwv5@mail.missouri.edu
Kevin Boyd jb4f@virginia.edu
Gabriel Cooper gsc8r@virginia.edu
Dylan Goldblatt ndg4f@virginia.edu
Jennifer Hansen-Glucklich jlh7cg@virginia.edu
Astrid Kaemmerling ck2ac@virginia.edu
Danielle Verena Kollig dk3q@virginia.edu
Irina Kuznetsova k4m@virginia.edu
Brett Martz bcm3z@virginia.edu
Curtis Maughan curtis.lee.maughan@gmail.com
Emel Morel emelmorel@yahoo.de
Stefanie Parker snp2j@virginia.edu
Andrew Patten patte299@umn.edu
Barbara Rieger br7e@virginia.edu
Gerrit Roessler gkr5f@virginia.edu
Rebekah Slodounik as9rb@virginia.edu
Kerstin Steitz ks8fa@virginia.edu
Charles Taggart cwt5z@virginia.edu
Erica Weitzman ericaweitzman@yahoo.com
Seán Williams seanmartinwilliams@gmail.com
Jujuan Xiong jx9b@virginia.edu
Conference Staff
Directors: Gabriel Cooper, Gerrit Roessler
Advertising: Bozena Badura, Stefanie Parker
Catering: Verena Kollig, Kerstin Steitz, Rebekah Slodounik, Jujuan Xiong
Housing: Oscar Ax, Hamutal Jackobson
Transportation: Jennifer Hansen, Irina Kuznetsova
Program: Astrid Kaemmerling, Charles Taggart
Technical Support: Dylan Goldblatt
Special Thanks to Gina Hutton for her support
This Conference Has Been Generously Sponsored By:
Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Virginia
Center for German Studies
Graduate Student Council
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Department of English
Comparative Literature Program
25 Minor Hall
29 New Cabell
42 Wilson
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