1997 WIG Conference Program of Events

Coalition of Women in German (WIG) 1997 Conference
October 30 - November 2, 1997
Monte Toyon Retreat
220 Cloister LA, Aptos, CA 95003
(408)668-5420

 

PROGRAM
Thursday, October 30

5:00-8:00 p.m. Arrival
Registration, room assignment
9:00-12:00 AM Steering Committee Meeting
Seacliff Inn, Aptos
3:00-7:00 PM Arrival, Registration, Room Assignment
Monte Toyon Retreat
6:00 PM Buffet dinner
7:00 PM Welcome Address, MRC Greenwood, Chancellor, UC Santa Cruz
7:30-9:30 PM EVENING SESSION: TEXTS THAT MOVED US
Coordinators: Tineke Ritmeester (Univ of Minnesota, Duluth) and Laura Jackson, (Western Kentucky Univ)
  • Marjanne Gooze (Univ of Georgia)
    "Learning to Read All Over Again: Mary, Bettina and Me"
  • Carol-Anne Costabile-Heming (Southwest Missouri State Univ)and Sandra Alfers (Univ of Massachussetts, Amherst)
    "Einen Weg zu sich selbst finden or How One Text Influenced Several Lives"
  • Martina Eidecker (Georgia State Univ)
    "Irmtraud Morgener's Rumba auf einen Herbst: Musikalische Formen, die den Sozialismus zum Swingen bringen"
  • Leslie Morris (Bard College)
    , "Reading, Translating, Flying: Reflections at 33,000 Feet"
  • Helen Cafferty (Bowdoin College)
    "China to Me: Reading as a Girl"
9:30-10:00 PM SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION: TEXTS THAT MOVED US
10:00 PM Screening of 40m2 Deutschland

Friday, October 31
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
Look for special tables to welcome WIG newcomers.
9:15-11:45 AM CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY SPECIAL SESSION
MIGRATING THEORIES: CROSS-DISCIPINARITY, POSTCOLONIALISM, AND TRANSNATIONALISM
Coordinators: Katrin Sieg (Indiana Univ), Jennifer Askey (Washington Univ)

Panelists

  • Leslie A. Adelson (Cornell Univ)
    "Architectures of Transgression: Senocak, Der Mann im Unterhemd,and the Meaning of Turkish-German Culture"
  • Barbara Mennel (Cornell Univ)
    "The Discursive Space of Tefvik Baser's 40m2 Deutschland"
  • Azade Seyhan (Bryn Mawr College)
    "Memories of Nation and Migration in Aysel Özakin and Emine Sevgi Özdamar"
12:00 PM Lunch (with special tables for interest groups and newcomers)
1:00-3:30 PM SPEAKING OF RACE: INTERSECTIONS OF WIG, GERMAN STUDIES AND RACE
Coordinators: Angelika Bammer (Emory Univ), Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres (Univ of Minnesota, Deborah Keyek-Franssen (Univ of Michigan)

Panelists:

  • Angelika Bammer (Emory Univ)
    "Discourses of Race and the Faltering of Speech"
  • Lora Wildenthal (Harvard Univ)
    "White German Women and the Racialization of Colonial Policy (1884-1914)"
  • Tina Campt (Univ of California, Santa Cruz)
    "Talking Black, Talking German: Thinking Through Race and Gender in German Studies"
  • Heike Hofmann Henderson (Boise State Univ)
    "Not Just for German Majors...Speaking of Race in the German Studies Curriculum"

Discussants/Moderators: Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres (Univ of Minnesota) Deborah Keyek-Franseen (Univ of Michigan)
3:30-5:15 PM WIG BUSINESS MEETING AND PLANNING SESSION
6:00-7:00 PM Dinner (with tables for special interest groups)
7:00-8:00 PM Lesbian Meeting
7:00-8:30 PM Screening of 40m2 Deutschland
8:30-10:30 PM READING AND DISCUSSION WITH ALEV TEKINAY
Presentation by the writer and discussion with the audience
10:30-12:00 PM HEXENTANZ

Saturday, November 1
8:00 AM Breakfast (with tables for special interest groups)
9:15-11:45 AM WOMEN IN POPULAR CULTURE
Coordinators: Mareike Herrmann (Randolph-Macon College) Kristina von Held (Smith College)

Panelists

  • Katrin Völkner (Duke Univ)
    "'Am liebsten die dicken Sonntagsausgaben, den Uhu und Remarque': Female White Collar Workers as Consumers of Popular Literature between 1914 and 1939"
  • Mila Ganeva (Univ of Chicago)
    "Teaching Women How to Look Chic or the Female Fashion Journalist as a Dandy"
  • Sunka Simon (Swarthmore College)
    "Through the Looking Glass: Christine Brückner's Early Writings"
  • Corinne Heipcke (Universität Kassel)
    "'Bausteine für eine andere Kultur' or a Sad Sellout of Feminist Images of Women"
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00-6:00 PM Free time
Excursions to Beach / Monterey Aquarium
6:00-7:00 PM Dinner
7:15-9:15 PM PERFORMING (IN) PEDAGOGY
Coordinators: Dinah Dodds (Lewis and Clark) Gesa Zinn (Univ of Louisville), Beret Norman (Univ of Massachusetts)

Panelists

  • Mary Wildner-Bassett (Univ of Arizona)
    "Subjective Theories and the 'Other' in German-speaking Cultures: Enabling Students to Find Their Own Voices in the Cross-Cultural Dialogue"
  • Kamakshi Murti (Univ of Arizona)
    "Diversity as a Pedagogical Tool in the FL Classroom"
  • Rasma Lazda-Cazers and Ann McGlashan (Baylor Univ)
    "Teaching/Performing in the First Year Foreign Language Classroom"
  • Nele Hempel and Elisabeth Krimmer (Univ of Massachussetts/Amherst)
    "Gisela or the Essence of Femininity"
9:30 PM-? WIG CABARET AND PARTY

Sunday, November 2
8:00 AM Breakfast
8:30-10:OO AM CONCLUDING SESSION: WIG MEMBERS SPEAK OUT
WIG members speak out!

Questions? Comments? Concerns? Contact the WiG Steering Committee.