The 2011 Atkins Goethe Conference: Program

Metamorphoses: Goethe and Change | Chicago, 3-6 Nov 2011

November 2, 2011

Program

Thursday, 3 November 2011
6:15 - 6:50 pm	GSNA Business Meeting (University Hall [UH] 1501)	University Hall (UH) 1501
7 pm	Reception	UH 2850
Friday, 4 November 2011
8:45 am	Welcome Astrida Tantillo, GSNA President, University of Illinois at Chicago	Student Center East (SCE) Illinois B
9 - 10:30 am	1. Presidential Panel in Memory of Cyrus Hamlin Chair:Simon Richter, University of Pennsylvania Panelists: Jane Brown, University of Washington Meredith Lee, University of California at Irvine Hans Vaget, Smith College	SCE Illinois B
10:35 am - 12 pm	2. Changes: The Natural and Unnatural Panel I -- Unnatural/Natural Bodies Chair: John Lyon, University of Pittsburgh Goethe’s Naturalization of Desire and the Paradox of Moral Change. Spinoza’s Ethics and Die Wahlverwandschaften Horst Lange, University of Central Arkansas Goethe's Ecological Posthumanism Heather Sullivan, Trinity University An Unnatural Ecology of the Self: Romanticism's Schizoid Symptomology Alice Kuzniar, University of Waterloo	SCE Illinois A
	3. Aesthetic Transmutations Chair: Leif Weatherby, University of Pennsylvania Changes amid Permanence: Goethe’s Treatment of Greek Mythology Dennis Mahoney, University of Vermont The Metamorphoses of Desire in Goethe’s Römische Elegien Eleanor E. Ter Horst, Clarion University Changing Allegiances: Goethe's Late Turn to the Schlegels Daniel DiMassa, University of Pennsylvania	SCE Illinois C
	4. Changing Goethe Chair: Christian Kohlross “I tell thee who he was and who I am” (Muh. Iqbal): Defining Goethe in Modern Muslim Thought and Imagination Max Reinhart, University of Georgia Changing Goethe: Novalis's Meister Morphs Martha Helfer, Rutgers University Von Metamorphosen und Umstülpungen: Wie Anthroposophie Goethe von innen nach außen kehrt Christian Clement, Brigham Young University	SCE Cardinal Room
12 - 1:20 pm	Lunch Consult Registration Packet for a detailed guide to local restaurants on campus and in the area.
1:30 - 3 pm	5. Changes: The Natural and Unnatural Panel II -- Unnatural Coalitions Chair: Heather Sullivan, Trinity University Reading the Surface: De-naturalizing the Nuclear Family Heidi Schlipphacke, Old Dominion University Kleist’s ‘Allerneuester Erziehungsplan’ and the Unnaturalness of Change John B. Lyon, University of Pittsburgh Biblical Nature in Faust II Karin Schutjer, University of Oklahoma	SCE Illinois A
	6. Faustiana I Chair: Adrian Daub, Stanford University Traumarbeit and Umstülpung: Two Kinds of Metamorphosis in Goethe’s Faust. Frederick Amrine, University of Michigan The Hydrological Moment: Submerging the Ego in Faust Part II. Simon Richter, University of Pennsylvania Reevaluating the Arabesque: Goethe’s Studies on Metamorphosis in Relation to Faust II. Angela C. Borchert, University of Western Ontario	SCE Illinois C
3:05 - 4:30 pm	7. Concepts of Transition Underlying World Literature Chair: Max Reinhart, University of Georgia The Aesthetic Implications of Goethe’s Concept of Metamorphosis Elizabeth Millan, DePaul University Humanity: The World of Citizenship, Devotion, Literature John K. Noyes, University of Toronto The Interdependence Between Weltliteratur, Orientalism, and Anthropology: Goethe or Forster? Daniel Purdy, Pennsylvania State University	SCE Illinois A
	8. Lyrical Change Chair: Alexandra Heimes, Potsdam/Frankfurt (Oder) Demonic Developments: Change and Continuity in Goethes Urworte, Orphisch Kirk Wetters, Yale University Cutting Up the Salon: Adele Schopenhauer’s ‘Zwergenhochzeit’ and Goethe’s ‘Hochzeitlied’ Catriona MacLeod, University of Pennsylvania Zwölf Variationen auf ein bekanntes Thema: Goethe Beethoven Beethoven Goethe Peter Höyng, Emory University	SCE Illinois C
	9. Vita Nuova Chair: Dennis Mahoney, University of Vermont Von der 'Urpflanze' zur Pflanzenphysiologie Heike Spies, Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf Goethes Neuanfang 1812-1817 Volkmar Hansen, Direktor, Goethe-Museum Düsseldorf	SCE Illinois Cardinal Room
4:30 - 4:50 pm	Break Sandwiches and snacks provided	Conference Lounge- SCE Ft. Dearborn B
5 - 6:30 pm	10. Generic Transformations in Goethe’s Drama Chair: David Wellbery, University of Chicago Comic Presence and Theatrical Address in Goethe’s Faust I. Joel Lande, Princeton University Gastfreundschaft and the Transformation of Tragedy in Goethe’s Iphigenie auf Tauris Robert C. Abbott, University of Chicago Goethe’s Non-Tragic Play Iphigenie auf Tauris. Frauke Berndt, Eberhardt Karls Universität Tübingen	SCE Illinois A
	11. Family and Sex Chair: Heidi Schlipphacke, Old Dominion University Beyond Body and Biology: Re-defining Family in Goethe's Wilhelm Meister's Lehrjahre Susan Gustafson, University of Rochester The Law of the Brother: Revolution, Incest, and Wilhelm Meister. Stefani Engelstein, University of Missouri 'Wie sonst das zeugen mode war' -- Goethe and the Philosophy of Sex around the Turn of the Nineteenth Century. Adrian Daub, Stanford University
	12. Changing Audiences Chair: Gabrielle Bersier, Indiana University Staging Popular Life: Goethe and Moritz on the Roman Carnival Sean Franzel, University of Missouri Miniaturizing the Revolution: Goethe’s Comedies. Der Groß-Cophta, Die Aufgeregten, and Der Bürgergeneral. Patrick Fortmann, University of Illinois at Chicago	SCE Illinois Cardinal Room
6:30 - 8 pm	Keynote I Introduction: Andrew Piper Thoughts on the Logic of Change in Goethe’s Work David Wellbery, University of Chicago	SCE Illinois B
Saturday, 5 November 2011
9 - 10:30 am	13. Changing Aesthetics Chair: Peter Höyng, Emory University Goethe's Historicization of the Sublime John Koster, University of Toronto The Art of Ekphrastic Subversion: Goethe and the Iconic Turn of Romanticism Gabrielle Bersier, Indiana University Minding Manners: Where French Enlightenment and German Classicism Part Anna Guillemin, University of Illinois at Chicago	SCE Illinois A
	14. Changing Affinities Chair: Jesse Goplen, University of California at Davis Shifts in Perception. On Aspects and Frames in Die Wahlverwandschaften Anh Nguyen, Johns Hopkins University Gifts in Goethe: From Social Restriction to Liberation Ingrid Broszeit-Rieger, Oakland University Elective Metaphysics: Goethe’s ‘Idea’ between Metaphysics and Politics Leif Weatherby, University of Pennsylvania	SCE Illinois C
	15. Ecologies Chair: Horst Lange, University of Central Arkansas Beyond Werther’s Sentiment: Goethe As an Advocate of Sustainability Waltraud Maierhofer, University of Iowa The Administration of Nature: Goethe, 'Wassersnot,' and Risk. Markus Wilczek, Harvard University Goethe and the Environmental Crisis Dalia Nassar, Villanova University	SCE Illinois Cardinal Room
10:30 am - 12 pm	Keynote II Introduction: Elisabeth Krimmer Goethe -- Der bewegte Beweger Dieter Borchmeyer, Universität Heidelberg	SCE Illinois B
12 - 1:20 pm	Lunch on your own
12 - 1 pm	Workshop for prospective authors
	GSNA Book Series Jane Brown	SCE White Oak A
	GSNA Yearbook Daniel Purdy	SCE White Oak B
1:30 - 3 pm	16. Faustiana II Chair: Michael Saman, University of California, Los Angeles 'Auf altem Wege stößt man an' -- zur Darstellung von Wandel in Goethes Faust. Johannes Anderegg, Universität St. Gallen Erfüllungspforten: Atkins, Faust und wir John A. McCarthy, Vanderbilt University ‘Krieg, Handel und Piraterie’: Schlosser’s Xenocrates oder Ueber die Abgaben: An Göthe and Faust William Carter, Iowa State University	SCE Illinois A
	17. Goethe and Religion Chair: Claire Baldwin, Colgate University Goethe and Islam in the 'Notes and Essays for a Better Understanding of the West-East Divan' Martin Bidney, University of Binghamton Changing Spinoza: Leibniz Reception around 1800 John H. Smith, University of California at Irvine ’Nun sag, wie hast du’s mit der Religion:’ Goethe, Religion, and Faust Elisabeth Krimmer, University of California at Davis	SCE Illinois C
	18. Changing Vision Chair: Sebastian Wilde, Universität Leipzig Geistiger Kunstverkehr. Goethes Konzeption der Kunstsammlung und des Museums im Kontext der Moderne (1798 bis 1817) Helmut J. Schneider, Universität Bonn ‘Heiligtum' und 'Vorhallen': Kunst- und Text-Konzept der Propyläen Edith Anna Kunz, Université de Genève Egologies: Goethe, Optics, and the Instruments of Writing Life Andrew Piper, McGill University	SCE Illinois Cardinal Room
3:05 - 4:30 pm	19. Changing Science Chair: Georginna Hinnebusch, University of Chicago Goethe’s Science as a Dietetic Way of Life Anthony Mahler, University of Chicago Goethe's Doctrine of Colours in the View of Quantum Theory Gunnar Hindrichs, Universität Heidelberg Change and the Quest for Scientific Certainty in Goethe’s Morphology and in American Pragmatism Christian Weber, Florida State University	SCE Illinois A
	20. Changing Originality: Das Urphänomen Chair: Martin Bidney, University of Binghamton Goethes Urphänomen -- ein phänomologischer Beitrag zu einem erweiterten Erfahrungsbegriff Iris Hennigfeld, McGill University Coming to Terms with Change: Aristotle, the Urphänomen, and Goethe’s Metaphysics of Immanence. Clark Muenzer, University of Pittsburgh The Propylaeum Project Karl J. Fink, St. Olaf College	SCE Illinois C
	21. Mythos and Metamorphose: Drei Frauen Chair: Catriona MacLeod, University of Pennsylvania Proserpina Renata Gambino, Universitá di Catania Iphigenie Grazia Pulvirenti, Universitá di Catania Helena Lorella Bosco, Universitá di Bari	SCE Illinois Cardinal Room
4:30 - 6 pm	Keynote III Introduction: Burkhard Henke Goethes Anziehungskraft Martin Walser	SCE Illinois B
6:30 - 6:50 pm	No-host bar
7 pm	Banquet	Athena Restaurant
Sunday, 6 November 2011: Dissertation Workshops
8 - 8:30 am	Breakfast
8:30 - 10:30 am	1. Workshop Panel One Respondents: Martha Helfer, Rutgers University, and Simon Richter, University of Pennsylvania Redeeming the Imagination: The Case Study, the Novel and Medieval Discourses around 1800 Susanne Gomoluch, University of North Carolina The Reading Regimen: Dietetics and Literature around 1800 Anthony Mahler, University of Chicago	Crowne Plaza Hotel Room TBA
	2. Workshop Panel Two Respondents: Horst Lange, University of Central Arkansas, and John H. Smith, University of California at Irvine Goethes phänomenologischer Weg des Denkens im Dialog mit phänomenologischer Philosophie Iris Hennigfeld, McGill University Metaphysical Organs from Herder to Marx Leif Weatherby, University of Pennsylvania	Crowne Plaza Hotel Room TBA
	3. Workshop Panel Three Respondents: Benjamin Bennett, University of Virginia, and Catriona MacLeod, University of Pennsylvania Perfectionist Practices of the Self: A Goethean Bildung’s Paradigm Georgianna Hinnebuch, University of Chicago Self-Consciousness in the Works of very late Goethe Charlotte Lee, Cambridge University	Crowne Plaza Hotel Room TBA