Paul Michael Lützeler gave the opening keynote lecture on September 19, 2010 at the convention of the Deutscher Germanistenverband that meets every three years, this time at the University of Freiburg.
The theme of the convention was "German Language and Literature in its European Context," and the topic of Professor Lützeler's lecture, given in the Audimax of the university, was "The Writers' Discourse on Europe: Institutional and Cultural Contributions from France and Germany."
