Ingeborg Bachmann Centre – event archive
Wednesday 12 March 2008, 3-6pm
University of London
Die Stadt ohne Juden (The City without Jews:
A Novel of our Time)
As part of the IGRS’s series ‘European Literature: Book and Screen’, Martin Liebscher will introduce the silent film Die Stadt ohne Juden (1924). Based on Hugo Bettauer’s novel, it is a terrifyingly accurate prophetic depiction of a city cleared of part of its population thus highlighting the Jewish contribution to Austrian life and culture. The discussion following the screening will centre on the film’s interpretation of the novel that inspired it.
For more information visit: www.igrs.sas.ac.uk/research_centres/ingebordbachman/programme07-08.html
Venue and Information
University of London
Room ST 276, Senate House
Malet Street, WC1
Friday 30 November 2007
University of London
Beyond Vienna: Aspects of Provincial Austria
Conference
Vienna’s very familiarity to the outside world has impeded a more profound critical understanding of life beyond the city’s borders. This multi-disciplinary conference brings together scholars from the UK, Austria, and Slovakia, whose research, be it diachronic or synchronic in approach, aims to provide new insights into the multifaceted nature and diversity of Austrian society. Co-ordinators: Anthony Bushell (Bangor) and Martin Liebscher (London).
Venue and Information
University of London
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1 (Room ST 273),
http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/research_centres/ingeborgbachman
Thursday 22 November 2007, 5.30 for 6pm
University of London
Ingeborg Bachmann Lecture 2007: Jacques Le Rider
The Ingeborg Bachmann Lecture 2007 will be given by Jacques Le Rider, Professor of German Studies at the University of Paris, writer (among others: Modernity and the Crisis of Identity: culture and Society in Fin-de-Siècle Vienna) and editor, who will speak on “Der österreichische Begriff von Zentraleuropa: ‘Habsburgischer Mythos’ oder Realität?” Professor Le Rider will speak in German.
Venue and Information
University of London
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1 (Room ST 273),
http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/research_centres/ingeborgbachman
Thursday 11 October 2007, 5.30 for 6 pm
University of London
Lilian Faschinger, Reading
Faschinger’s short prose and novels have earned her international recognition. In Britain, Magdalena Sünderin (Magdalena the Sinner) and Wiener Passion (Vienna Passion) were particularly well received by critics and general readers alike. Her latest novel, Stadt der Verlierer, a satirical take on the detective story, was published this year.
Venue and Information
University of London
Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1 (Room ST 273),
http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/research_centres/ingeborgbachman
Thursday 7 and Friday 8 June 2007
University of London
Fourth International Postgraduate Workshop in Austrian Literature
This annual workshop offers postgraduate students working in the field of Austrian literature an opportunity to present their work and discuss aspects of it with colleagues and other specialists. A detailed programme will be available in the spring. Organizer: Martin Liebscher (London).
Click here for full programme.
Venue and Information
University of London
Senate House, Malet Street
London WC1 (Room ST 273)
Thursday 7 June 2007, 5.30 for 6pm
University of London
Marlen Schachinger
Schachinger read comparative literature in Vienna and has been a freelance author since 1999. Her work includes the novels morgen, vielleicht (2000) and Der Unschuld Verlust (2005), and the short story collection Störung (2004). Marlen Schachinger will read from her latest work, Wien. Stadt der Frauen. Eine Reiseführerin, a fascinating guide to Vienna and the women who have contributed to its history.
For further information contact Dr Martin Liebscher, Ingeborg Bachman Centre Coordinator, at the IGRS. Tel: 020 7862 8959. Email: martin.liebscher@sas.ac.uk
Venue and Information
University of London
Senate House, Malet Street
London WC1 (Room ST 273)
Friday 27 April 2007
University of London
Theatre and Politics in the Austrian Second Republic
Workshop. Co-Ordinators: Heide Kunzelmann (Aston University, Birmingham) and Martin Liebscher (IGRS, University of London)
PROGRAMME
10.00, Welcome
10.05, Evelyn Deutsch-Schreiner (Graz): Das gegängelete Theater. Österreichische Theaterpolitik und die Auswirkung auf die künstlerische Arbeit im ersten Nachkriegsjahrzehnt
10.50, Coffee Break
11.20, Klaus Zeyringer (Angers): Das österreichische Antlitz auf dem Theater - Ein Überblick vom Herrn Karl bis zum Herrn Hader
12.05, Steffan Krammer (Vienna): ‘Schluss mit der Wirklichkeit’: Kunst und/als Revolution in der Wiener Avantgarde
12.50, Lunch (own arrangements)
14.15, Catriona Firth (Durham): Provocation, Politics and the Press: The Reception of Thomas Bernhard’s Heldenplatz
15.00, Robert Gillett (London): ‘Fahrgastbeschimpfung’. Impotent Anger and Mystical Politics in Peter Handke’s Untertagblues
15.45, Tea Break
16.15, Allyson Fiddler (Lancaster) and Sarah Neelsen (Lyon): Vom Burgtheater zur Weltbühne: Elfriede Jelineks Babel
17.15, Concluding Discussion and Wine
Attendance at the workshop is open to all. Registration not required. For further details please contact Martin Liebscher (tel: 020 7862 8959).
Link: http://igrs.sas.ac.uk/events/workshop_IBCTheatre&Poltics.htm
Venue and Information
University of London
Stewart House/Senate House
Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Wednesday 26 April 2007, 3pm
Ingeborg Bachmann Centre
Alfred Kolleritsch
Reading and seminar.
For further details, contact Martin Liebscher (London). Advance registration for the seminar essential.