ACFNY SUPPORTED | SYMPOSIUM | INGEBORG BACHMANN | WRITING AGAINST WAR
“Lay down your arms: Writing Against War“: This international conference aims to explore the life, work, and intellectual legacy of the celebrated Austrian poet, Ingeborg Bachmann (1926-1973), in light of her personal experience with the devastation of the Second World War and her abhorrence of violence on global, national, civil, institutional, and family levels. The conference organizers expect to bring leading scholars in the field of Bachmann studies and modern German philology together with talented young scholars from Germany, Austria, Japan, and the US. Bachmann’s literature and theoretical works will be explored across the disciplines: from German studies to comparative literature, philosophy, musicology and the visual arts.
More than 20 international scholars will converge at The SU Humanities Center to discuss the life and legacy of Bachmann. Distinguished guest speakers include the following:
• Karen Achberger (St. Olaf College)
• Mark Anderson (Columbia University)
• Peter Beicken (University of Maryland)*
• Gisela Brinker-Gabler (Binghamton University)
• Young-Ae Chon (Seoul National University)
• Stefano Giannini (Syracuse University)
• Peter Gilgen (Cornell University)
• Sabine Golz (University of Iowa)
• Hans Höller (University of Salzburg)*
• Kirsten Krick-Aigner (Wofford College)
• Sara Lennox (University of Massachusetts Amherst)*
• Vivian Liska (University of Antwerp)*
• Dagmar Lorenz (University of Illinois at Chicago)
• Robert Pichl (University of Vienna)
• Karen Remmler (Mount Holyoke College)
• Helga Schreckenberger (University of Vermont)
• Karl Solibakke (Syracuse University)
• Karina von Tippelskirch (Syracuse University)
• Bernd Witte (Heinrich Heine University)*
*Denotes keynote speaker
VENUE
Syracuse University
The SU Humanities Center
301 Hall of Languages
Syracuse, NY 13244
Free and open to the public.
For further information please call (315)443-5823 or visit http://thecollege.syr.edu/administration/bachmann/bachmann_event.html