Call for Papers
in the
German Historical Museum
in Berlin
In November 2007 the German Historical
Museum and the Karl-May-Society are
jointly hosting a
symposium on the work, reception and topicallity of Karl May in
conjunction
with the exhibition “Karl May – The Imaginary
Journey” (7th September 2007 to
6th January 2008).
Despite the almost intractable mass of research publications on the life, work and impact of Karl May, all these topics still need further investigation. The symposium has therefore been deliberately dedicated to a multi-disciplinary or interdisciplinary approach. Presentations from a variety of areas are equally welcome: the historical, geographical and ethnographic background of May's work, as well as editorial results, work on the theory of reception, mentality and media, or text-analytical, philosophical and theological studies and contributions from the political and education sciences. The perception of the author in the Third Reich, the GDR and other former Eastern Block states remains an area in need of attention, despite a number of influential studies in recent years.
Contributions from the arts and literature are also welcome.
In the oft-cited post-PISA era and against the background of increasing global ethnic and religious conflict, one has to question why, if and how Winnetou, Hajji Halef & Co. can not only survive in the age of NINTENDO, next to Luke Skywalker, Spiderman and Harry Potter, but can even make a specific contribution to media competence, to the expansion of knowledge about the world and to the disseminaation of ethical values.
The conference languages are German and English.
Slots of 30 minute lectures followed by discussion are planned.
Contributions to the synposium will be published in the conference proceedings.
An application for financial support by the German Research Foundation will be submitted in 2006.
Lecture titles und abstracts of approx. 30 lines must be submitted by 1st September 2006 to one of the following:
Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thomas Kramer
Institut
für deutsche Literatur
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
D-10099 Berlin
Tel.: +49 30 20939657
E-mail:
thomas.kramer@rz.hu-berlin.de
Prof. Dr. Helmut Schmiedt
Universität
Koblenz-Landau
Campus Koblenz
Institut für Germanistik
Postfach 201 602
56016 Koblenz
Tel: +49 261 2872054
E-Mail: hschmied@uni-koblenz.de
Prof. Dr. Reinhold Wolff
Fakultät
für Linguistik und
Literaturwissenschaft
Universität Bielefeld
Postfach 10 01 31
D-33501 Bielefeld
Tel.: +49 521 1063514
E-mail: rwolff@uni-bielefeld.de
Please refer to this website for further developments.