2003 Conference Information

Coalition of Women in German (WiG) 28^th Annual Conference

General Butler State Park,

Carrollton, KY

October 16-19, 2003

Thursday, October 16

5:00pm
Social time and who’s doing what. All conference participants are invited to bring something to display (article or book recently published, conference you are working on, syllabus for new course; creative project, etc.) to facilitate our getting (re-)acquainted with each other and making connections.

6:00pm
Dinner

7:30-9pm
Opening Panel. How Interdisciplinary Are We? How Interdisciplinary Do We Want to Be?

Organizers: Sara Lennox, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Claudia Breger, Indiana University, Bethany Wiggin, University of Pennsylvania.

Panelists: Maria Stehle, University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Hester Baer, University of Oklahoma; Ruth-Ellen B. Joeres, University of Minnesota.

9:30pm
Video presentation: "Writing Desire" (2001). Dir. Ursula Biemann. (26 min.)

Friday, October 17

8:00am
Breakfast

8:30-10am
DAAD-sponsored panel. Feminist Perspectives on the Study of Things German: An Interdisciplinary Dialogue.

Organizers: Angelika Bammer, Emory University; Brenda Bethman, Texas A&M; Gundolf Graml, University of Minnesota.

Panelists: Lora Wildenthal (History), Rice University; Karen Till (Geography) University of Minnesota; Sabine Hark (Sociology/Sociology of Gender), Potsdam University.

10:15-11:45a
Pre-20th-Century Panel. Amazons and Other Oddities.

Organizers: Marjorie Gelus, California State University, Sacramento; Nicole Grewling, University of Minnesota.

1. Katharina Altpeter-Jones, Duke University. "‘Tyran Sieman’ in Sixteenth-Century Texts and Images."

2. Bernadette H. Hyner, Washington State University. "Cross-dressing and Cross-Gendering in Thon’s Adelheit von Rastenberg."

3. Wendy Arons, University of Notre Dame. "Penthesilea: Unstageable Amazons and the Performance of Female Sexuality."

12:00-1pm
Lunch

1:15-2:45pm
Queer/Feminist Encounters.

Organizer: Dinah Dodds, Lewis and Clark College.

1. Claudia Breger, Indiana University. "Theorizing Femininities@2003."

2. Faye Stewart, Indiana University. "Women and the Third Sex at the Turn of the Century in Aimée Duc’s Sind es Frauen?"

3. Amy D. Young, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. "Critical Considerations: Theory in Lesbian Periodicals of the Weimar Republic."

4. May Mergenthal, Princeton University. "Dialogues on Art and the Transformation of Gender: Friedrich Schlegel’s Romantic Project of Reconciling ‘Freedom and Community’ in a ‘Symposion’ and its Modernization by Oscar Wilde."

3:15-4:45pm
Pedagogy Panel. Teaching for Change: Challenging Discrimination in the Classroom.

Organizers: Liesl Allingham, Indiana University; Jeanette Clausen, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne; Marion Gerlind, University of Minnesota.

N.B. Papers for this session will be available in advance (after September 21) on the WIG website (http://www.womeningerman.org). Please read the materials before the conference, in order to prepare for the workshop you wish to attend. After a brief introduction by each team of presenters, the three workshops will run concurrently.

1. Elizabeth Bridges and Corinna Kahnke, Indiana University. "Challenging the Heterosexist Bias in German Language Textbooks."

2. Veronica Ostertag and Wendy Ashby, University of Arizona. "Addressing the Culture Standard: Teaching via the Voice of the ‘Other’."

3. Michael Hager, Pennsylvania State University; Ulrike Brisson, Alexandra Merley, and Rachael Salyer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. "‘Die Amis sind dick’: Teaching Cultural Differences in Deutsch im Alltag."

5-5:45pm
Lesbian meeting

6:00-7pm
Dinner

7-8:00pm
Poster Session.

Organizers: Denise Mae Della Rossa, University of Notre Dame; Rachel Freudenburg, Boston College; Lynn Kutch, Lehigh University.

1. Friederike Eigler, Georgetown University. "Undoing German Genealogies: Recent Novels by Kathrin Schmidt and Marcel Beyer."

2. Gundolf Graml, University of Minnesota. "‘Was ich tun kann und will, um den Gästen den Aufenthalt in meiner Heimat schön zu gestalten’: Tourism and National Identity in an Austrian Essay Competition, 1950."

3. Yvonne Huoy, Pomona College. "Examining the Complexity of National Socialist Discourses about Women."

4. Ellie Kennedy, Queen’s University. "Picaresque Proliferations: A Collective Approach."

5. Lynn Kutch, Lehigh University. "Feminism and National Politics in Ilse Langner’s Mythological Dramas."

6. Sieglinde Lug, University of Denver. "Searching for Silver Linings. Postwar Family Stories in Germany."

7. Jennifer Redmann, Kalamazoo College. "Genius, Gender, Politics, and the Marketplace in the Weimar Republic. Else Lasker-Schüler versus the Weimar Publishing Industry: A Case Study."

8. Ruth Hanna Sachs, Author and Independent Scholar. "A PowerPoint Presentation of my White Rose Research."

9. Kristin Thomas, Indiana University. "‘Nekromantik’: The Representation of the (Un)Dead in Germanic Literary and Visual Culture."

10. Jennifer Ruth Hosek, University of California, Berkeley. "What’s in a Brand Name?: Havana Club, the Berlin ‘Kuba Welle’ and German Cultural Identity."

8:00-9:30pm
Gender and Pop in Contemporary German Culture.

Organizers: Hester Baer, University of Oklahoma; Veronika Fuechtner, Dartmouth College; Amy Young, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

1. Mila Ganeva, Miami University. "Judith Herrmann’s Postmodernist Female Flanerie."

2. Richard Langston, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. "Label Fetishism or Camp."

3. Elizabeth Bridges, Indiana University. "Love Parade GMBH vs. Chicks on Speed: Building Walls or Breaking Boundaries?"

4. Mareike Herrmann, Wooster College. "Screaming Girls, Distant Stars: The Pleasures and Pains of Fandom."

9:30pm
Video Presentation: "Writing Desire" (2001). Dir. Ursula Biemann. (26 min.)

Saturday, October 18

7:30am
Breakfast and Yearbook Editorial Board Meeting

8:30-10am
Women in the Fortress Europe: Feminist Critiques of Globalization.

Organizers: Katrin Sieg, Georgetown University; Jill Suzanne Smith, Union College; Monika Moyrer, University of Minnesota.

1. Marcia Klotz, University of California, Irvine. "Women in the New Empire: Gender and the Trans-Atlantic Divide."

2. Sara Lennox, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. "Globalization, Alternative Modernities, and the Future of German Studies."

3. Angelika Fenner, University of Minnesota, "Franka Potente and the Discourse of Globalization."

10:15a-12pm
Business and Planning Meeting

12:00-1pm
Lunch

AFTERNOON FREE

An outing is planned to Historic Madison, Indiana, an old steamboat town on theOhio River, with historic homes, shops, and wineries. More information on the town is available at: http://www.visitmadison.org/

5:30-6:30pm
Dinner

7:00-9:30pm
Interdisciplinarity Applied. Panel and audience discussion of video, "Writing Desire."

Organizers: Angelika Bammer, Emory University; Brenda Bethman, Texas A&M; Gundolf Graml, University of Minnesota; Elena Mancini, Rutgers University.

Panelists: Lora Wildenthal (History), Rice University; Karen Till (Geography) University of Minnesota; Sabine Hark (Sociology/Sociology of Gender), Potsdam University.

9:45pm
Cabaret and party

Sunday, October 19

8:00am
Breakfast

9-10:30am
Speakout – An open discussion of issues and ideas raised during the conference. Suggestions are often integrated into future conferences and other WiG activities.

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CONFERENCE SPONSORS:

DAAD
German Division, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Kentucky
Max Kade Fund of the University of Kentucky
Modern Foreign Languages, IPFW

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Women in German Conference Housing

AUGUST 15 CUTOFF!!!

HOUSING: Book your room directly through the Resort Park. The cottages (on a lake) are a short but invigorating uphill walk to the conference center. The Lodge is a very short walk away. Look at the rooms and book your reservation on line here:

http://www.state.ky.us/agencies/parks/genbutlr.htm

GENERAL BUTLER STATE RESORT PARK
PO Box 325, Carrollton KY 41008-0325 (mailing address)
1608 US Highway 227, Carrollton, KY 41008
(502) 732-4384

Toll-free reservations: 1-866-462-8853 (866-GOBUTLER)

MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS BY AUGUST 15! Blocked rooms will not be held past that date! You are responsible for finding your own roommates. Your bill can be paid separately at checkout time, but one person must be the responsible party with a credit card to hold the room. You can have more people in a lodge room for a small extra charge--Ask when you register.

Approximate rate, including tax
	Thursday only	Friday/ Saturday each	three day total
Rooms in the lodge:
Single	about $65	about $70	about $200
Double	about $75 (for 2)	about $80 (for 2)	about $225 (for 2)

Cottages by the lake:
1-bedroom cottage	about $100	about $105	about $300
2-bedroom cottage	about $110	about $120	about $330
3-bedroom cottage	about $155	about $160	about $470

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Registration Form

Register by August 15 for early bird discount!

You must be a current member of WiG! You can download a membership application form from the WiG website.

Your name ________________________________ E-mail ________________________

Address _________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

Phones ___________________ (w) _______________________ (h)

Conference Registration fee
Early Bird:	Employed: $50.00	Student/Underemployed: $35.00
After August 15	Employed: $65.00t	Studen/Underemployed: $50.00
Meals	inclusive: $120 (Thurs. dinner, snacks & breaks, through Sun. brunch)
	OR
	Meals, one day price: $50 [Circle: Friday Saturday]

Support for graduate students!

Active participant: WiG will pay for meals for graduate students participating in the conference in an official capacity (presenter, session organizer, steering committee member). Indicate your role(s) _______________________________ at the conference and send only your registration fee!
Attending only. Students who attend the conference but do not have an official role may request partial reimbursement, to be paid after the conference; the number of students reimbursed is based on need and on the WiG bank balance after conference bills have been paid. To request consideration for partial reimbursement, please provide the following information:

Total expenses for the conference (registration, housing, meals, transportation) ____________

Amount your institution will reimburse you, if applicable ______________

Make check payable to University of Kentucky (WiG conference)

Total enclosed: _____________

FOR EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT, mail by August 15, with completed form, to:

WiG Conference Registration

Mod.& Classical Langs, 1055 POT

U. Kentucky

Lexington KY 40506-0027

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TRANSPORTATION INFORMATION
27^th Annual Women in German Conference
General Butler State Resort Park
Carrollton, KY
October 16-19, 2003

MAKE YOUR OWN COPY OF THIS FORM and return it to:

Jeannine Blackwell
C/0 WiG Conference
1055 Patterson Tower
U. Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027
Fax: 859-257-3743

Transportation Information

Name: ________________________________________________________________

Tel. Home: ________________________ Tel. Work: _________________________

E-mail: ________________________ Fax: __________________________

Arriving on: ________ (date/day) at _____________ (time).

Airline: ____________ flight number: ____________

OR:

I need driving directions from (origin): ________________________________.

Your airport van pick-up times will be confirmed by e-mail.

We will provide shuttle service between Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport and General Butler State Park. The trip is 50 miles and takes approximately one hour.

THURSDAY, October 16	Sunday, October 19
Noon	7 am
2:30	8 am
5:00	10:30
7:30	1 pm
10:00	3:30 pm
	with a possible extra van if necessary

The pick-up point will be at the elevator in baggage claim of Terminal 3 (the Delta/ComAir Terminal). To contact the conference organizer because of delays and missed pick-ups, call Jeannine Blackwell at 859-221-4993 (cell phone).

Please note: The Louisville Airport is also about 55 miles from the Park (one hour), and you may find it more convenient to fly to Louisville and rent a car.

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Let Your Voice Be Heard: Planning for the Future

All WiG members are invited to make nominations for any or all of the following. Send the completed form no later than October 1 to:

WiG Conference Registration
Mod. & Classical Langs, 1055 POT
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0027

1. Nominations for WiG Steering Committee. Two members are elected each year. Be sure that the individuals you nominate are willing to serve.

a. _________________________________ b. ________________________________

2. Guests for future WiG Conferences. To nominate a guest, you must agree to serve as contact person and also play a major role in securing funding for the guest’s visit.

a. For WiG 2004 ______________________________ (attach bio & list of major works)

b. For WIG 2005 _____________________________ (attach bio & list of major works)

3. Suggestions for WiG sessions. Indicate whether you are willing to organize a session on the topic(s) you propose.

WiG Conference 2004:

________________________________________________

________________________________________________

MLA 2004, Philadelphia, PA:

________________________________________________

_______________________________________________

GSA 2004, October 6-10, 2004, Washington, D.C.

________________________________________________

________________________________________________

AATG 2005, Baltimore, MD

________________________________________________

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4. Projects in Progress. Attach a brief description of your current project (100 words).