All meetings in the Commonwealth Room; all meals in the Kentucky Room;

Message Center in the Bluegrass Room

Thursday, October 21

6:00-7:00 pm Dinner

7:15-8:45 pm How Out Can We Be? Organizers: Elizabeth Bridges, Indiana University, and Vibs Petersen, Drake University

1. Kristin Thomas, Indiana University: "‘It compels me to speak as though I were Two’: On being a self-hating heterosexual."

2. Amanda Stewart, University of Illinois, Chicago: "Out and Queering the Classroom."

3. Amy Young, University of Nebraska, Lincoln: "Coming Out on the Front Page."

8:45-9:30pm Breakout groups

Friday, October 22

7:30-8:30am Breakfast

9:00-10:45am Methodologies: Literary, Cultural, Other. Organizers: Claudia Breger, Indiana University, and Monika Moyrer, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

1. Sabine Gölz, University of Iowa: "Writing on Photography— Photography of Writing: Benjamin, Flusser, and the Image."

2. Beverly Weber, University of Massachusetts, Amherst: "Planetarity, Alterity, and the Death of a Discipline."

3. Gundolf Graml, Bucknell University: "Where is My ‘Text’? Reflections on Ethnographic Methods in the Interdisciplinary Study of Tourism."

N.B. Papers for this session will be available in advance (after September 24) on the WiG website (http://www.womeningerman.org). Please read the materials before the conference. Presenters will not read their papers, but each will give a 10-minute summary, so that the majority of the time can be spent in discussion.

11am-12:45p Transnational Feminism/s: Reading North with South. Organizers: Jennifer Hosek, University of California, Berkeley, and Elizabeth Mittman, Michigan State University

1. Katrin Pahl, University of Southern California: "Transnational Desires: Reading Ottinger with Trinh."

2. Christina Gerhardt, University of California at Berkeley, "Across the Great Divide: Bridging the Gap between Academia and Activism."

3. Maria Stehle, University of Massachusetts, Amherst: "‘Transnational Psychogeography’ as Political Practice: Confronting the Trans in the Nation at a Teleshop in Berlin Mitte."

4. Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Universität Hamburg: "Feminismus im internationalen Kontext."

1-2:00pm Lunch

2:15-4:15p Concurrent Workshops. Organizers: Brenda Bethman, Texas A&M University; Marjanne E. Goozé, University of Georgia, and Kerstin Mueller, University of Massachusetts.

Workshop 1: Publishing: Getting it Published. Coordinator: Stephanie George, Assistant Managing Editor, Texas A&M University Press.

Contact: s-george(AT-symbol)tamu.edu. Phone 979-845-0758.

This workshop is for those working on their first book manuscript. It will include discussion of how to identify and approach a potential publisher; how to create an effective proposal package; what to expect from the review process; what a contract means; and special considerations for those compiling collections or anthologies.

Workshop 2: Pedagogy: Disabilities in the Classroom. Coordinators: Rachel Freudenburg, Boston College; Sonja E. Klocke, Indiana University, and Almut Spalding, Illinois College.

Contact: freudenr(AT-symbol)bc.edu. Phone 617-552-3745.

This workshop is for college and university teachers at all levels of experience. It will provide a resource folder, an introduction to disabilities and the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), and an overview of the types of services available at various colleges and universities. Finally, in a more hands-on, pragmatic exercise, participants will pool their expertise to adapt their curriculum to students with disabilities.

Workshop 3. Building a Teaching Portfolio/Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy. Coordinator: Linda Kraus Worley, University of Kentucky.

Contact: lworley(AT-symbol)uky.edu. Phone 859-257-1198.

We will examine typical strengths and weaknesses of teaching portfolios as identified by hiring and area committees. Participants will gain a sense of what makes a successful portfolio. Individual questions and reviews of a draft teaching statement are part of the workshop.

Workshop 4. Job Letters, Dossier, and Interview Preparation. Coordinator: Marjanne Goozé, University of Georgia.

Contact: mgooze(AT-symbol)uga.edu. Phone 706-542-2450.

The workshop will provide general guidance and advice on CV and cover letter writing, and discuss interviewing techniques and preparation. Participants may bring sample cover letters and CVs. Given time and volunteers, there may be opportunities to receive individualized help and conduct mock interviews.

Help needed: Sample CVs and cover letters are needed. If you are a recent Ph.D. or have saved your initial CV and cover letter(s), would you be willing to share them at the conference? Your name will be removed. If you can help, please send a copy to Marjanne Goozé (mgooze(AT-symbol)uga.edu).

Workshop 5. Acting for Academics. Coordinator: Wendy Arons, University of Notre Dame.

Contact: warons(AT-symbol)nd.edu. Phone 574-631-7150.

It’s not enough to write a brilliant conference paper–we have to present it brilliantly, too! Most academics–unless they were budding actors in childhood–have never learned the basics of vocal technique. As a result, often great scholarship goes literally unheard. Want to work on your delivery? This workshop will be a chance to learn some fundamental exercises for improving vocal projection and diction, and to get individualized feedback on how to both write and deliver a conference paper that will get your scholarship the attention it deserves. Send (in advance) the first page of a recently written conference presentation.

4:30-6:00pm Poster Session. Organizers: Denise Mae Della Rossa, Idaho State University; Rachel Freudenburg, Boston College; Lynn Kutch, Lehigh University.

 

1. Hester Baer, University of Oklahoma. "Female Spectators and West German Cinema in the 1950s."

2. Kyle Frackmann, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. "‘Das Dasein der Brustwarze beim Mann’: Exploring the Imperialist (Pan)Sexuality of Alexander von Humboldt."

3. Catherine Grimm, Albion College. "Life Writing and Writing Life: Blurring the Boundaries in the Name of a Higher Truth in the Letter Novels of Bettina von Arnim."

4. Lisabeth Hock, Wayne State University. "The Gendering of Melancholy in Nineteenth-Century German Psychiatry."

5. Janet Holmgren, Pacific Lutheran University. "Transcultural Feminism: The Poetry of Zehra Çirak."

6. Corinna Kahnke, Indiana University. "Queer Eye For the (Straight) Chicks. Images of Women in Ralf König’s Graphic Novels Der bewegte Mann, Pretty Baby and Wie die Karnickel."

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

8. Barbara Lechleitner, Duke University. "Wir tanzen um die Welt": The Appropriation of the ‘Girl’ for Nazi Propaganda."

9. Laura McGee, Western Kentucky University. "East Germany’s Last Generation of Film Directors — Where Have They Gone? Researching and Teaching Film."

10. Alexandra Merley, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. "The Wonderful Horrible Life of the Government-Commissioned Artist: Propagandistic Photography in 1930’s United States and Germany."

11. Joel Morton, St. Lawrence University. "Shifting Gender in Eastern Europe."

12. Monika Moyrer, University of Minnesota. "Fragmented Metaphors: Herta Müller’s" Collage Poetry."

13. Susanne Rinner, Georgetown University. "Erinnern und Erzählen: Die Darstellung der Studentenbewegung und des Nationalsozialismus in der deutschsprachigen Literatur nach 1989."

14. Maria Stehle, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. "Derive as Political Practice and Feminist Perspective: A Psychogeographical Map of the Teleshops in Berlin Mitte."

15. Beverly Weber, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. "Towards a Careful Practice of Reading: Teleopoeisis and the Headscarf Debates."

6:00-7:00pm Dinner (Lesbian Table)

7:15-9:00pm Pre-20th Century: Does History Matter? Organizers: Katharina Altpeter-Jones, Lewis and Clark College, and Jennifer Askey, Yale University.

1. Stefanie Ohnesorg, University of Tennesse, Knoxville: "Women’s Travel (Writing) Then and Now: ‘Timeless Adventures’ or ‘Adventuresses Caught in Time.’"

2. Esther Bauer, Yale University: "Vicky Baum’s Stud. Chem Helene Willfüer: A Feminist Romance?"

3. Sarah Westphal-Wihl, Rice University: "Moors and Goddesses, Black and White in a Fifteenth-Century Trial Narrative."

Saturday, October 23

7:30-8:30am Breakfast and Yearbook Editorial Board Meeting.

9-10:45am Beyond Marriage: Feminist Interventions. Organizers: Richard Langston, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Amy Young, University of Nebraska, Lincoln and Doane College.

1. Derrick Miller, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill: "A Houseboy for Husband and Wife, or How Platonic Love Goes Both Ways in C.M. Wieland’s ‘Juno und Ganymed’."

2. Catherine Dollard, Denison University: "‘Spoiled for the Average Marriage’: Radical Responses to the German Frauenfrage, 1900-1914."

3. Jill Suzanne Smith, Union College: "Whore-y Matrimony: The Coupling of Marriage and Prostitution in Weimar German Cinema."

4. Jenneke Oosterhoff, University of Minnesota: "Condone it or Condemn it? Marital Bliss beyond the Institution of Marriage in Dutch Film."

11am-12:45p Business Meeting. Chairs: Jennifer Hosek, University of California, Berkeley, and Michelle Stott James, Brigham Young University.

1:00-2:00pm Lunch

2:00-6:00pm Free Time.

6:00-7:00pm Dinner

7:15-8:45pm Guest, Sabine Scholl.

Organizer: Sara Lennox, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Sabine Scholl, born 1959 in Grieskirchen, Austria, studied at the University of Vienna. Her dissertation, "Fehler Fallen Kunst", on Unica Zürn was published by Athenäum-Verlag in 1990. She received the Rauriser Literaturpreis, an award for the best literary newcomer of the year, in 1992. Since then she has lived as a free-lance writer in Vienna, Berlin, Lisbon, and Chicago, receiving several grants and prizes. For her CV and samples of her writing, go to: http://sabinescholl.com .

9:00 — Cabaret, followed by party

Sunday, October 24

8:00-9:00am Breakfast

9-10:30am Speakout: The speakout is 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

Austrian Cultural Forum

German Division, Department of Modern and Classical Languages, University of Kentucky

The Graduate School, University of Kentucky

Max Kade Fund of the University of Kentucky

Modern Foreign Languages, Indiana University Purdue University Fort Wayne