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Goethe
News and Notes, XVIII.1 (Spring 1997)
CALL FOR PAPERS AT THE 1998 ASECS MEETING AT NOTRE
DAME,
APRIL 1-5: GOETHE AND THE VISUAL ARTS
Papers are welcome which discuss any aspect of the relationship between
Goethe and the visual arts. Topics might include aesthetic theory (from
Winckelmann to the twentieth century), physiognomy, specific works of
art (Laocoon, the Last Supper, etc.), particular artists
(Rembrandt, Tischbein, Kaufmann, etc.), Goethe's own artistic productions
in the visual arts, the role of art in Goethe's scientific or literary
texts, or the portrayal of Goethe in visual works of art (from Kraus
to Warhol).
Send 1-2 page proposals by August 15 to:
Astrida Orle Tantillo, University of Illinois at Chicago, Department
of German (MC 189), 601 S. Morgan Street, Room 1526 UH, Chicago, IL
60607-7115 Campus phone: (312) 413-2374; FAX: (312) 413-2377; e-mail:
tantillo@uic.edu
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
The Goethe Society of North America is holding elections in 1997 and
is open to nominations for the offices of: Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer,
and two Directors-at-Large. Our current Vice President, Ben Bennett
(University of Virginia), automatically will replace Ehrhard Bahr (UCLA)
as President. The new officers will serve for three years: 1998, 1999,
and 2000.
Nominations may be mailed to any member of the committee listed below
with a postmark no later than July 1, 1997. Plans are to prepare the
ballot for an election in September, and to announce the results in
time to prepare for the December meeting at the MLA in Toronto.
Nominating Committee:
Jane K. Brown, Department of Germanics. University of Washington, Seattle,
WA 98195: jkbrown@u.washington.edu
Karl J. Fink, Chair, GSNA Nominating Committee, German Department, St.
Olaf College, Northfield, MN 55057: kjfink@stolaf.edu
Astrida Orle Tantillo, Department of German (M/C 189), 601 South Morgan
St., Room 1526, Chicago, IL 60607-7115: tantillo@uic.edu
GSNA EVENTS AT THE 1997 GERMAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION MEETING IN WASHINGTON,
D.C., SEPTEMBER 25-27, 1997
Saturday, September 27, 10:30-12:15, Severn Suite:
GOETHE IMAGING HISTORY
Waltraud Maierhofer, University of Iowa, Moderator
The Placing of Time: Goethe and Gothic Architecture. Clark Muenzer,
University of Pittsburgh
History as Art History: The Helena Act of Faust II. Fritz Breithaupt,
Indiana University
History is Myself: The Paradox of Goethe's Attitude to Past and Future.
Deirdre Vincent, University of Toronto
Commentator: Hans Joachim Kreutzer, Universität Regensburg
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MEETING, GSNA. November 8, 1997
Southern California members of the Goethe Society of North America,
with the support of the Clark Library in Los Angeles, will host a one-day
conference to be held on Saturday, November 8, 1997, at the William
Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 2520 Cimarron Street, Los Angeles, CA
90018. Ehrhard Bahr, UCLA, and Meredith Lee, University of California,
Irvine are organizing the day.
The 200th anniversary of Hermann und Dorothea prompts an invitation
to reread Goethe's epic idyll and to participate in a lively and focused
reappraisal of the text with GSNA colleagues.
Paper proposals of 1-2 pages for 30 minute papers are invited. In order
to enhance participation by interested colleagues in other fields, preference
will be given presentations in English. Please send proposals by August
1 to Ehrhard Bahr, Department of Germanic Languages, University of California,
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1539.
The conference is the second in a series of annual meetings designed
to revisit Goethe's writings and other activities between 1796 and 1800,
using the 200th anniversary as an opportunity for engaged discussion
by all participants based on a rereading of texts and provocative papers.
Some 30 participants gathered last year for the inaugural discussion
of Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre. Topics for future meetings will
be determined at the conference; suggestions are welcome.
The conference will begin at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday, November 8. The
Clark library will host a reception at the end of the day. Hotel suggestions
are available, both in the Westwood area near UCLA and in Irvine/ Laguna
Beach near UCI. A modest registration fee will be charged to cover lunch
expenses. Please contact Ehrhard Bahr for additional information.
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FROM THE EDITOR OF THE GOETHE YEARBOOK
I am now considering submissions for Goethe Yearbook, volume 9, which,
if things go true to past form, will probably appear in 1998.
Thomas P. Saine
Editor
IN MEMORIAM: JOHN GEAREY
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OTHER NEWS AND NOTES
Recent Publications by Members
DAVID PUGH, Dialectic of Love: Platonism in Schiller's Aesthetics
(Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1996)
GERHART HOFFMEISTER, Ed., A Reassessment of Weimar Classicism
(Mellen, 1996). A collection of essays on the occasion of Stuart Atkins'
80th birthday with contributions from Frederick Burwick, David Pugh,
Wolfgang Wittkowski, Christoph Schweitzer, Dennis Mahoney, Diana Behler,
Peter Skrine, Marvin Carlson, Margaret Kirby, Kenneth Weisinger, Albert
Kipa, and Gerhart Hoffmeister.
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250th ANNIVERSARY EVENTS
"Goethe, Chaos, and Complexity: A Symposium" will be held
at Purdue University, April 10-11, 1999. Herbert Rowland invites paper
proposals and inquiries. A formal call will be extended in the fall.
(Herbert Rowland, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures, German
Section, S Coulter Hall, Purdue University, W Lafayette, IN 47907; hrowland@concentric.net)
FROM THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND NEWSLETTER EDITOR
The deadline for the Fall issue of Goethe News and Notes is October
15, 1997. I would like to continue the practice of listing any significant
publications on Goethe by GSNA members, as well as completed dissertations,
and would be grateful to receive such information regularly from you.
Meredith Lee
Executive Secretary
CLEARING HOUSE FOR 1999
As we did in 1982, the Goethe Society of North America would like to
serve as an informational clearing house for activities being planned
for the 1999 Goethe year. As you plan events on your campus, please
send full information to the Executive Secretary so that members might
be informed in a timely manner. A central listing also alerts planners
to possible programming conflicts.
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