programme - Cardiff University

ASSOCIATION FOR GERMAN STUDIES 

IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND 

President: Prof. Pól Ó Dochartaigh 

The Seventy-Sixth Meeting will be hosted by Cardiff University from Wednesday 3 April to 

Friday 5 April 2013. 

The lead panel of the Cardiff conference will be on the theme German poetry in relation to the 

UK and Ireland. All regular panels will be running as well as a number of extra panels; please 

see the enclosed programme which is also available on the AGS website 

(http://www.ags.ac.uk). 

You are invited to complete the registration form at the end of this document, indicating 

your wishes as appropriate. The delegate charges are outlined on the registration form. The 

AGS prefers payment by bank transfer, but cheques will still be accepted. 

Please return the completed registration form to me either by e-mail 

m.schroeter@reading.ac.uk and transfer the sum to the relevant AGS account as detailed on 

the form or post the registration form to me at the address indicated on it, and include a 

cheque. The deadline for receipt of registration forms and full payment/cheques is 

FRIDAY, 1 March 2013. 

Please note that confirmations of receipt of registrations will not be issued automatically. If 

you require confirmation, please email me. Please note that cheques will be cashed after the 

conference. Cheques not cashed before are therefore not a sign of failed registration. 

Early registration is, as always, recommended if you intend to make use of the conference 

accommodation booked by the AGS. Accommodation is booked for 3-4 and 4-5 April. If 

you need additional accommodation, please contact Cardiff Premier Inn Hotel directly 

http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/CARBAR/cardiff-city-centre. Additional nights 

will have to be booked and paid for on an individual basis and not through the AGS. 

Please let me know if you are likely to include audio/video clips in your presentations. 

Any cancellations should be notified to me as early as possible and must be confirmed in 

writing (to m.schroeter@reading.ac.uk). 

Dr Melani Schröter 

Conference Secretary 

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Seventy-Sixth Meeting 

held at 

Cardiff University 

Wednesday 3 April to Friday 5 April 2013 - 

Glamorgan Building, Cathays Park Campus, Cardiff University 

King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3WT 

DRAFT PROGRAMME 

Wednesday 3 April 2013 

12.30-13:30 Registration of arriving delegates in Glamorgan Building. Coffee 

13.30-14.00 Opening by VC Colin Riordan (Cardiff) in Lecture theatre -1.63 

Lead Panel on Poetry (Chair: Gerrit-Jan 

Berendse) 

Lecture theatre -1.63 

Karen Leeder (New College, Oxford): A 

Contemporary Rilke – An English Rilke 

Robert Gillett (QMUL): The Poetry of Richard 

Leising: A Translator’s Perspective 

Tom Kuhn (St Hugh’s College, Oxford): 

Brecht’s Poems in English: The Old and the New 

19 th Century Studies (chair: Malcolm 

Spencer) 


Joanna Neilly (Wadham College, Oxford): 

E.T.A.Hoffmann and the Orient: A new reading 

of the tales Ritter Gluck, Das Sanctus and Die 

Koenigsbraut, examining their treatment of 

Romantic Orientalism 

Michael White (St. Andrews): The German 

14.00-15.30 Parallel Sessions 

20 th Century Studies (chair: Debbie Pinfold) 

Seminar room -1.56 

Ingo Cornils (Leeds): Not Dark yet. The 68ers 

at 70 

Monika Albrecht (Limerick): “The 

Absoluteness of the Knowledge Once Obtained”: 

‘1968 ethics’ and “consensual ‘ethics’” in Uwe 

Timm’s Novel Rot 

Lauren van Vuuren (Cape Town/FU 

Berlin): Notes from Underground: Ulrike 

Meinhof and the Temptation of Myth 

15.30-16.00 Coffee Break 


Gender Studies (chair: Frauke Matthes) 


Hannah O’Connor (Cardiff): Mummy Issues: 

Feminine Lesbian Identity and the Maternal 

Homoerotic in Anna Elisabet Weirauch's Der 

Skorpion (1919) 

Leanne Dawson (Edinburgh): The Ghosted 

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Backwaters of French Decentrings: German Poetic 

Realism and the French Nouveau Roman 

Elisabeth Attlmayr (Hull): Alfred Polgar as a 

reviewer of canonised 'classics': Polgar as drama 

critic 

Malcolm Spencer (Birmingham): Values and 

Valedictions in Selected Stories by Ferdinand von 

Saar 

Femme in Transcultural German Film 

Clare Bielby (Hull): Narrating the 

Revolutionary ‘Self’ in Post-terrorist 

Autobiographies: Gender, Identity and Affect 

Monika Shafi (Delaware): “Ich bin der einzige 

Mann auf dem Kontinent und ich habe mein 

Handy dabei“: Work and Gender in Terézia 

Mora’s Der einzige Mann auf dem Kontinent 

18.00 President’s Guest: Ulrike Draesner, Lecture Theatre -1.63 

19:30 Wine reception and book launch 

20.00 Conference Dinner in the Main Building of Cardiff University 

Lead Panel on Poetry (Chair: Gerrit-Jan 

Berendse) 


Uwe Schütte (Aston): In Bleston, Holkham 

Gap und anderswo – W.G. Sebalds poetische Orte 

Axel Englund (Stockholm): Bleston Babel: 

Border Crossing in Sebald’s ‘Mancunian Cantical’ 

Ian Cooper (Kent): On the End of an Event: 

Durs Grünbein and Philip Larkin 


Thursday 4 April 2013 


18 th Century Studies (chair: tba) 


Kathrin Schödel (Malta): The Fishwife and the 

Citizen – Gendered Constructions of the Political 

Sphere in German Reactions to the French 

Revolution 

Seán Williams (Jesus College, Oxford): 

Vorrede zu Vorreden: Jean Paul’s Pretexts for 

Literary Parody 

Eva Axer (Nottingham): The Quest for 

Popularity: Romantic Literary Ballad Collections 

in Germany and England 


History and Remembrance (chair: Sara 

Jones) 


Ivor Bolton (Birmingham): Eisenhüttenstadt – 

‘To be or not to be, that is the question!’: A 

Soliloquy on the Memorialisation of the GDR by 

the Dokumentationszentrum Alltagskultur der 

DDR 

David Clarke (Bath): Memory Activism in Post- 

Unification Germany 

Helen Finch (Leeds): The Testimonial Turn? 

Remembrance and Representation in German 

Linguistics (chair: Nils Langer) 


Michael Kranert (UCL): Linguistic strategies 

in “Third way” election manifestos 

Geraldine Horan (UCL): ‘Kölsche Sprache ist 

Heimat’. Discourses of identity and dialect in 

modern-day Cologne 

Torsten Leuschner (Ghent) & Melani 

Schröter (Reading): Anschluss, Blitzkrieg, 

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Holocaust Literature between 1962 and 1977 

Endlösung, Drang nach Osten: Towards a 

Comparative, Discourse-Analytical Approach 

12.30-13.30 Lunch 


20 th Century Studies (chair: Debbie Pinfold) Translation Studies (chair: Peter Davies) 



Peter Davies (Edinburgh): Wie kann ich Tom Cheesman (Swansea): Culture Scope? 37 

singen? Poet-translators and the relationship German Othellos, to start with 

between German and Yiddish in the German 

versions of Yitzhak Katzenelson's Warsaw Ghetto 

epic 

Ed Saunders (Cambridge): “Kinder mit 

unseren Herzen”: Reading Childhood, Landscape, 

and Memory in Volker Koepp’s Holunderblüte 

Karolin Machtans (Connecticut): East meets 

East: The depiction of East Germany in Ali 

Samadi Ahadi’s film Salami Aleikum 

15.00 Business Meeting 

15:00-15:30 AGS housekeeping 

15:30-16:00 Reports from other organisations 

16:00-17:00 REF (including Kersti Borjars) 

Marko Pajevic (RHUL): Translation and 

Poetic Thinking 

Brigitte Schulze (Frankfurt): Anatolischdeutsche 

'Übersetzungen': vom 'schönen 

Menschen' anatolischer Wanderdichter zum 

neuen Wir in Deutschland 

17:00 Wine reception hosted by Cardiff School of European Languages, Translation and 

Politics in Glamorgan Building 

17:45 Plenary: Helen Pidd (The Guardian) “Reporting Germany in the British Media”, 

Lecture Theatre -1.63 

20:30 Pub dinner in Cardiff city centre 

History and Remembrance (chair: Sara 

Jones) 


Dora Osborne (Edinburgh): Germany 

(re)constructed: Thomas Demand’s 

Nationalgalerie and Contemporary Memory 

Culture 

Debbie Pinfold (Bristol): An East German 

‘Liebesdrama’? Representing the GDR in 

Christian Petzold’s Barbara (2012) and Florian 

Henckel von Donnersmarck’s Das Leben der 

Friday 5 April 2013 


Extra Panel on German Philosophy and 

Art Theories (chair: Tatiane de Oliveira 

Elias & Fernando Scherer) Seminar room - 

1.56 

Tatiane de Oliveira Elias (Staatl. Akademie 

d. Bildenden Künste, Stuttgart): Die Rezeption 

des “Primitivismus” im Bauhaus 

Hanno Biber (Austrian Academy of 

Sciences): “es ist ein gewendetes Schweigen”. 

The Media Critique of Karl Kraus as reflected by 

Walter Benjamin 

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Anderen (2006) 

Michael Minden (Cambridge): The Gender of 

Memory 

Fernando Scherer (Freiburg): Ich und 

Bewusstsein: Auf der Spur der Identität des Ichs 

in Wittgensteins Werk Philosophische 

Untersuchungen 


20 th Century Studies (Specially convened 

panel by Swansea Centre for Contemporary 

German Culture) 


Seiriol Dafydd (Swansea): Following in their 

Footsteps, Borrowing from their Texts: Playful 

Intertextuality in Michael Roes' Leeres Viertel. 

Rub' Al-Khali (1996) 

Brigid Haines (Swansea): Coercion and 

resistance: Herta Müller's collages 

Julian Preece (Swansea): On Style and 

Emotion in Peter Stamm's Prose Fiction 

12.30-13.30 Lunch 


Medieval Studies (chair: Sabine Rolle) 


Elizabeth Andersen (Newcastle): Birgitta of 

Sweden – a best seller in Northern Germany 

David Murray (KCL): Oswald von 

Wolkenstein’s Polyglot Poems in European 

Context 

Anne Simon (IGRS): Clocking onto Empire: 

Charlemagne, Charles IV and the National 

Socialists 

13.30-15.00 Plenary Session 

Lead Panel on Poetry (Chair: Gerrit-Jan Berendse) 


Annja Neumann (QMUL): Face to face with Science and Literature – “tamarind tree” and “glee 

inspiringly” A poetic dialogue between Edgar Allan Poe and John Herschel 

Yvonne Al-Taie (Kiel): Heinrich Heine’s Translations of Lord Byron 

Jayne Winter (Newcastle): “Übersetzen Sie was und wie schön Sie es wollen, aber außer dem Ton 

des Gesanges, und sehen Sie denn, was Sie haben!” Translating Ballads: Thomas Percy, Johann 

Gottfried Herder and Matthew Lewis 

15.00 Closing Business, coffee 

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Seventy-Sixth Meeting 

held at 

Cardiff University, Wednesday 3 April to Friday 5 April 2013 

REGISTRATION FORM 

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In case you are registering for a day only but require accommodation from 3-4 or 4-5 April 

please add £55/€60 per night and indicate here which night you wish to stay: ……………… 

Total conference fee:…………………………………….. 

I will transfer my full conference fee to AGS as outlined in the instructions below/ 

I enclose a cheque for my full conference fee (delete as appropriate). 

Signature: ...................................................................... 

Date: ....................................…………………………….. 

Sterling cheques should be made payable to AGS; Euro cheques made payable to CUTG. 

Otherwise, please transfer your conference fee to one of the following bank accounts by 01 

March 2013: 

Sterling payments 

LloydsTSB 

Sort code: 30-91-56 

Acc no.: 07059506 

IBAN: GB92 LOYD 3091 5607 0595 06 

BIC: LOYDGB21018 

Payments in Euros 

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Please ensure that you mark the transfer with your own name, so that we can identify it 

when it enters our account. If there are any problems with the transfer, please contact the 

Treasurer: matthew.philpotts@manchester.ac.uk 

Please send this completed form by e-mail or post by Friday, 01 March 2013 to 

Dr Melani Schröter 

University of Reading 

Modern Languages and European Studies 

Whiteknights PO Box 218 

Reading, RG6 6AA 

m.schroeter@reading.ac.uk 

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Directions 

GETTING TO CARDIFF 

BY AIR (Cardiff International Airport) 

Cardiff Airport is situated in Rhoose, 12 miles west of Cardiff City Centre and 10 miles from 

Junction 33 on the M4. Access to the city centre via the following: 

By Rail - A rail link connects Rhoose Cardiff International Airport Station to Cardiff 

Central with trains running every hour from Monday to Saturday. A complimentary 

shuttle bus service is available for passengers with a valid train ticket, which connects 

with all trains to carry passengers on the short journey to the airport terminal. For 

further information call: 0845 748 49 50, or visit http://www.arrivatrainswales.co.uk/ 

By Bus - The Cardiff Bus service X91 operates between Cardiff Central station and 

Cardiff Airport every two hours during the day seven days a week. The bus journey 

takes approximately 35 minutes from Cardiff Central to the airport. The bus pick-up 

and drop-off points are situated in front of the terminal building. The National Express 

Coach Service also operates regular direct services to Cardiff Central Bus Station. 

By Taxi - Checker Cars is the airport's official taxi operator and offers a 24 hour 

service. Taxis are available on arrival (outside the terminal) or can be booked in 

advance by calling 01446 711747 or by e-mailing cardiff@checkercars.com. The 

approximate cost of a taxi from Cardiff Airport to Cardiff City Centre is £30. 

(Other Airports in the UK) 

Bristol International Airport is only 1 hour away, with Continental Airlines flying direct 

from the States as well as Easy-Jet low-cost airline providing flights from Europe and within 

the UK. Birmingham, Manchester and London Airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stanstead and 

Luton) are also all easily accessible to Cardiff by high-speed InterCity train or coach. 

FROM THE REST OF THE UK 

BY ROAD - Cardiff is on the national motorway system and the M4 runs through the North 

of the city, making London a comfortable drive away. From the south west, take the M5 and 

from the south of England, follow major A roads to the M4. From Scotland, the north of 

England and the Midlands, travel via the M50 to the M4. Travelling east on the M4. Leave 

the motorway at Junction 32, follow the A470, signposted City Centre, into the Cathays area 

of the city. 

BY RAIL - Cardiff has direct rail links to all main cities in the UK. The journey time from 

London Paddington to Cardiff is under two hours and leaves every 30 minutes. From Cardiff 

Central Station there is a frequent train service which stops at Cathays Station (located on 

the Cathays Park campus). 

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BY BUS - Local bus services operate from Cardiff Central Station regularly throughout the 

day. To reach the Cathays Park campus catch the No 27 service, which leaves nearby 

Westgate Street every 10 minutes throughout the day. 

Getting Around Cardiff and Cardiff Bay 

Cardiff is a very compact city and can easily be explored on foot, with the majority of the 

attractions, shops, restaurants, hotels and parklands all within a few minutes of each other. 

Cardiff Bay is 1km from the city centre, and an easy walk. Alternatively there is a cycle path 

the entire length of Lloyd George Avenue, or a Bendy Bus which runs every 10 minutes. 

Single fare £1.70, return fare £3.40. Purchase your ticket from the driver. You must have the 

right money, as our drivers don't carry change. 

Regular trains run from Cardiff’s Queen Street station to Cardiff Bay (Monday - Saturday). 

To reach Queen Street Station, walk down Park Place and turn left when you meet Queen 

Street (the main shopping street). You must buy a ticket from the ticket office or one of the 

machines at the station before travelling. Single fare £1.90, return fare £3.80. 

Black and white cabs are widely available around the city centre, with major taxi ranks 

located at Cardiff Central Station, Wood Street, St Mary Street and Greyfriars Road. You 

can also book a taxi by ringing any of the following companies directly: 

Dragon Taxi – 02920 333333 

Premier Taxi – 02920 555555 

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY 

The Conference will primarily be taking place in the Glamorgan Building. Located on King 

Edward VII Avenue, this is a just a short walk from the City Centre. The conference will be 

held in Lecture Theatre -1.63, and Seminar Rooms -1.56 and -1.62, which will be signposted 

when you enter the Glamorgan Building. The Conference dinner will be held in Main 

Building, accessible via Park Place. 

Please see the Cardiff University Location Guide for further details of these venues: 

Glamorgan Building: 49 (D3) 

Main Building: 39 (D3) 

PREMIER INN HOTEL 

Accommodation has been booked at the Premier Inn Hotel, located in Cardiff City Centre at 

the following address: Helmont House, 10 Churchill Way, Cardiff, CF10 2NB 

For delegates arriving by train, this is a 10 minute walk across town. As you exit Central 

Station, continue down Custom House Street as it merges into Bute Terrace and eventually 

bends to the left to become Churchill Way. Alternatively, taxis and busses can be found 

outside the station. 

For delegates arriving by car, a discount is available for guests at the nearby NCP car park. 

Please ask at the hotel reception for details. 

Further information can be found on the hotel’s web pages: 

http://www.premierinn.com/en/hotel/CARBAR/cardiff-city-centre 

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Cardiff City Centre 

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