PROGRAMME
GERMAN STUDIES IN IRELAND
POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE
Department of German
University College Cork
9th May, 2011
O’Rahilly Building (O.R.B.), Main Campus, University College Cork
10.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m.
EVENT SPONSORS:
Department of German (UCC), School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (UCC),
The Goethe-Institut, The Austrian Embassy, The Swiss Embassy,
Hayfield Manor, River Lee Hotel
http://www.ucc.ie/en/german/events/PGConference/
PROGRAMME
Conference Venue: O’Rahilly Building (O.R.B.), Main Campus, University College Cork
10.00-11.00
REGISTRATION – O.R.B. ,Block B, 1st Floor, German Department Social Area
11.00-12.00
WELCOME – O.R.B. 3.03
KEYNOTE:
Dr. phil. habil. Gert Hofmann
University College Cork
Literarische Kosmographie, oder Was kostet die Vermehrung der Welt:
Ilija Trojanows Roman "Der Weltensammler"
12.15-1.45
2.00-3.00
3.00-4.30
PANEL 1 – O.R.B. 3.03
History and Society
Chair: Dr. Rachel
MagShamhráin
PANEL 2 – O.R.B. 1.23
Theatre and Visual Arts
Chair: Dr. Bernadette Cronin
PANEL 3 – O.R.B. 1.01
Language and Translation
Chair: Dr. Nicola Bessell
LUNCH – Staff Restaurant, Main Campus, University College Cork
PANEL 4 – O.R.B. 1.23
Literature
Chair: Dr. Kerstin Fest
PANEL 5 – O.R.B. 1.01
Intercultural Learning
Chair: Dr. Claire O’Reilly
4.30-5.00
TEA/COFFEE – O.R.B. ,Block B, 1st Floor, German Department Social Area
5.00-6.00
ROUNDTABLE – O.R.B. 3.03
Professional Perspectives for Graduates of German Studies
Chair: Dr. Rachel MagShamhráin
Dr. Gillian Pye - ATLTGI (Association for Third-Level Teachers of German in Ireland)
Dr. Kerstin Fest - DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
Dr. Annette Schiller - ITIA (Irish Translators and Interpreters Association)
Karin Fichtinger-Grohe - Austrian Embassy to Ireland
Susan Moran - SAP Ireland Limited
6.00-7.00
WINE RECEPTION – O.R.B. ,Block B, 1st Floor, German Department Social Area
PANEL SESSIONS: 12.15 – 1.45
PANEL 1 – HISTORY AND SOCIETY (O.R.B. 3.03)
Adam Bisno
The Johns Hopkins University
Title: ‘Berlin’s Palasthotel as a space of German, urban modernity’
Dr Charlotte Lerg
University of Munich
Title: ‘German Studies in the US before World War I. The Germanic Museum at Harvard
between academia, diplomacy and the public’
Turlach O’Broin
University College Dublin
Title: ‘Ardent for some desperate glory: The central role of the Great War in Mein Kampf’
PANEL 2 – THEATRE AND VISUAL ARTS (O.R.B. 1.23)
Andrea Hanna
Queens University Belfast
Title: ‘The limits of transgression: Time and space in Viennese Volkstheater’
Ann Murray
University College Cork
Title: ‘ The gaze requited: Kinship, society and Otto Dix's war cripple pictures of 1920’
Mary Ronayne
University College Cork
Title: ‘Soniturgy: The creative sound art process of psychophysical voice in drama, theatre and
film’
Tatsiana Shkliar
University College Dublin
Title: ,Kunstfunktion der Puppe als eine der Bestandteilen der Spielgestalt in der deutschen
Romantik‘
PANEL 3 – LANGUAGE AND TRANSLATION (O.R.B. 1.01)
Marcus Böttner
NUI Maynooth
Title: ‘Irish English: A variety of English as a starting point for teaching German as a second
language’
Deirdre Swain
NUI Galway / Aberdeen
Title: ‘Dieter Zimmer's Für 'n Groschen Brause: Translating culture and humour in an East
German novel’
Rita Szymczak
University of Limerick
Title: ‘Code choice and perceptions of communicative competence: A case study of student
and teacher experiences with German teaching at university level’
PANEL SESSIONS: 3.00-4.30
PANEL 4 – LITERATURE (O.R.B. 1.23)
Simone Klapper
NUI Galway
Title: ‘The depiction of suicide and speechlessness in Ingeborg Bachmann’s “Das Buch Franza”’
Antoinette McNamara
University of Limerick
Title: ‘The Child as an outsider: A new sociological approach to childhood in Ulla Berkéwicz’s
fictional text Engel sind schwarz und weiß looking at the Third Reich’
Berno Ruckstuhl
University College Cork
Title: ‘Wortes Schwester: Ein synoptischer Blick auf die Bedeutung der bildenden Kunst in Urs
Jaeggis Prosawerk’
Dr Marcus Spitz
University of Exeter
Title: ‘Re-visiting Büchner with Bourdieu: Woyzeck as a case study in class,
habitus, and field theory’
PANEL 5 – INTERCULTURAL LEARNING (O.R.B. 1.01)
Kristin Brogan
Institute of Technology Tralee
Title: ‘Students as citizens of the world: The study abroad experience’
Julia Bürger
University College Cork
Title: ‘Theory and practice of intercultural learning in binational training groups’