Coalition of Women in German (WIG) 1996 Conference
October 31 - November 3, 1996
St. Augustine, Florida
Ponce de Leon Cenference Center

You can view some film handouts distributed at the 1996 conference by Rick McCormick, or take a look at the internet handout distributed by Margit Grieb.

Conference Coordinating Collective: Helga W. Kraft, Margit Grieb, Martha Wallach, Jeanette Clausen, Robbie Blake, Allan Wood, Virginia Evjion, Sharon diFino, Halina Stephan, Chris Overstreet, Nora Alter, Britta Herdegen, et al.

Thursday, October 31
5:00-8:00 p.m. Arrival
Registration, room assignment
5:30-7:00 p.m. Buffet dinner
7:30-9:30 p.m. Coalitions & Collaborations: Building Power and Resistance in Solidarity
Coordinators: Karen Jankowsky (Wayne State U) and Joey Horsley (U Massachusetts, Boston)
  • Helen Cafferty (Bowdoin College) and Jeanette Clausen (Indiana-Purdue U Fort Wayne), "Collaborative Learning and the Feminist Project"
  • Denis Sweet (Bates College), "Toward a Civil Society: Building Coalitions with Gay Men in Post Communist Societies"
  • Magda Müller (California State U), "Differences in Creating Strong Ties: Is Gender an Issue? Building Coalitions in Lesbian Organizations in Post-Communist Societies"
9:30-10:00 p.m. Small Group Discussion: Coalitions and Collaborations
10:15-??? p.m. Hexentanz, Halloween-Party (come as your true self)

Friday, November 1
8:00 a.m. Breakfast
Look for special tables to welcome WIG newcomers.
9:15-11:45 a.m. DAAD Special Session: Gender and German National Identity
Coordinators: Helga Kraft (U Florida) and Brigetta Abel (U Minnesota)
  • Inge Stephan (Humboldt Universität, Berlin), "Introductory Presentation"
  • Dagmar von Hoff (Universität Hamburg), "Ein Platz für die Moral? Ethik und Nation in Texten von Herta Müller"
  • Ulrike Vedder (Universität Hamburg), "Mit schiefem Mund auch 'Heimat' - Zentrum und Peripherie in Libuse Moníkovas Texten"
  • Helga Braunbeck (North Carolina State U), "The Body of the Nation: the Texts of Libuse Moníkova."
12:00 noon Lunch (with special tables for interest groups and newcomers)
1:15-3:00 p.m. Hands-on Workshops
Concurrent sessions - Sign up at registration! Handouts from all sub-sessions will be available
Organizers: Helga Thorson (U Arkansas, Little Rock) and Margaret Ward (Wellesley College)
  1. Finding a job. Marjanne Gooze (U Georgia). Several sub-sessions with mock interviews, cover letter and C.V. writing, and preparing a portfolio as part of a job search.
  2. Teaching and Technology. Helga Thorson (U Arkansas, Little Rock) and Melissa Vogelsang (Connecticut College). Sub-sessions on e-mail, WWW, interactive programs, writing software, videos & videodisks.
  3. Promotion and Tenure; Publication. Margaret Ward (Wellesley College). Including a special sub-session on preparing a teaching portfolio as part of the review process.
3:15-5:15 p.m. WIG Business and Planning Meeting
6:00-7:00 p.m. Dinner (with tables for special interest groups)
7:00-8:00 p.m. Lesbian Meeting
8:15-10:30 p.m. Libuse Moníková
Presentation by the writer and discussion with the audience

Saturday, November 2
8:00 a.m. Breakfast (with tables for special interest groups)
9:15-11:45 a.m. Memoirs and Memories
Coordinators: Martha K. Wallach (Central Connecticut State U) and Hester Baer (Washington U, St. Louis)
  • Julie D. Allen (U Washington), "The Power of Remembering: Ingeborg Hecht's Als unsichtbare Mauern wuchsen and von der Heilsamkeit des Erinnerns"
  • Jenneke A. Oosterhoff (Washington University), "Die unerträgliche Last der Erinnerung: Eine Deutsche und eine Holländerin erzählen den Krieg"
  • Elke Liebs (Universität Potsdam), "'Erinnerung ist unsere Aufgabe.' Frauen in Stalins und Hitlers Lagern"
  • Karen A. Franz (Central Connecticut State U), "Intersection of Experience and Cultural Memory as the GDR is Dissolving: East German Women Tell their Stories in DEFA Documentaries."
12:00 noon Lunch
1:00-6:00 p.m. Free time (look for shuttles to the beach and down town)
6:00-7:00 p.m. Dinner
7:15-9:15 p.m. Herta Müller
Presentation by the writer and discussion with the audience
9:30-11:00 p.m. WIG Cabaret

Sunday, November 3
8:00 a.m.-noon Breakfast/brunch buffet
9:00-11:30 a.m. Concluding Session
WIG members speak out!
Sponsors: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, New York; Goethe Institute, Atlanta; University of Florida: Office of Research, Technology and Graduate Education & Office of Academic Affairs, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures.

Ponce de Leon Conference Center
Tel. 1-800-228-2821 (in Florida)
+1 800-224-2821 (outside Florida)

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