Weekend Workshops

In its efforts to maintain a vibrant and timely research atmosphere, the German Department biennially sponsors weekend seminars for the enrichment of its colleagues and friends. Some of our most recent Robert Bosch, VolkswagenStiftung, and Fritz Thyssen Stiftung fellows' workshops are listed below.

For more information, contact Paul Michael Lützeler jahrbuch@wustl.edu

Past Weekend Workshops

 

Robert Bosch Stiftung Fellows Seminar

(presented by the Max Kade Center for Contemporary Literature)

june 26-28, 2009
Title: "Gender Politics: Contemporary German Family Novels"
Location: German Literary Archives in Marbach, Germany

Volkswagenstiftung Fellows Seminar

(presented by the Max Kade Center for Contemporary Literature)

June 15-17, 2007
"Autobiographical Writing in Contemporary German Literature"
Conducted by Paul Celan Fellow Professor Martina Wagner-Egelhaaf (Univ. Münster)

March 25-27, 2005
"The Novel after Christoph Hein "
Conducted by Paul Celan Fellow Professor Matias Martinez (Univ. Mainz)

March 28-30, 2003
"Lyrik nach Paul Celan"
Conducted by Paul Celan Fellow Professor Heinrich Dietering (Universität Kiel)

 

Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Fellows Seminar

(presented by the Max Kade Center for Contemporary Literature)

March 24-25, 2001
"Drama after Elfriede Jelinek"
Conducted by Professor Hans-Peter Bayerdörfer (Universität München)

 

March 19-21, 1999
"Contemporary Austrian Literature after Thomas Bernhard"
Conducted by Professor Wendelin Schmidt-Dengler (Universität Wien)