Events
Recent Events
October 10, 2008 The year 1968 has become a central myth for the twentieth century, the purported moment of origin for "the present" -- for current politics, culture, and academics. This conference commemorates the 40th anniversary of 1968 by calling for a reassessment of its local and global impacts, its icons, myths, and images, the traces and absences left in its wake, and the intellectual and cultural heritages that we are still working through, as the collective memory of participants fades into a post-memory of the still incomplete projects of modernization, globalization, and liberation. The conference aims to create interdisciplinary discussions of the many different 1968 experiences and projects that can be recovered in global, national, and international frameworks. Flashpoints, major players, artistic responses in all media and genres, and (re)theorizings of 1968 and its heritage will be included as conference themes. | |
October 7, 2008 Coming Out (Heiner Carow, 1989) Phillip, a young high school teacher engaged to be married, falls in love with Matthias, a gay man he meets at a party. By the time Phillip comes out to Tanja, his fiancée, Matthias has already discovered that he has been leading a double life and refuses to see him again, which leaves Phillip reeling. Premiered on the same evening the Berlin Wall came down, Coming Out is the only film made in the GDR to deal with homosexuality, and is one of only a few reflections on being gay in former East Germany. | |
September 30, 2008 In his adaptation of Jean Genet's 1947 novel, Fassbinder presents us with the story of sailor Georges Querelle. In the gritty and surreal port city of Brest, Querelle begins to frequent a brothel run by Lysiane, his brother's lover. There he meets Nono, and in the power games that follow, Querelle confronts desires that push the boundaries of social interaction, and challenge the meanings of "normal" sexuality. | |
September 22, 2008 From Jan Faubion: Swedish Vasa Meeting Regular monthly lodge meeting. For more information contact: janwfau@aol.com | |
September 16, 2008 The Marriage of Maria Braun (Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1979) At the end of WWII, Maria discovers that her husband, a German soldier, has been killed on the front. She takes a job in a bar where she falls in love and gets involved in a relationship with an African-American GI. When her husband Hermann returns unexpectedly, confusion ensues in what becomes a complex filmic exploration of the shifting meanings of relationships, and the intersections of sex, gender and power in post-war German society. | |
September 2, 2008 The Legend of Paul and Paula (Heiner Carow, 1973) Director Heiner Carow adapted Ulrich Plenzdorf's tragicomic love story to make what has become one of the best-known East German films. After leaving her husband, Paula, a now single mother, falls in love with Paul, a committed bureaucrat and married career man altogether dissatisfied with his stagnant life. He and Paula get involved in a passionate affair, but Paul turns out to be much too uptight and conservative for Paula who soon gets fed up with him. When a tragedy makes him aware of what Paula means to him, he gives all he's got to win her back. | |
August 10, 2008 From Merril Austin: On Sunday, August 10, 2008, the Sons of Norway Cleng Peerson Lodge will get together for our second Summer Social Meeting. This time we will meet at 5:00 P.M. at the Luby's at Steck and MoPac. We hope you can join us for this chance to socialize and keep connected before our first fall meeting on September 14. We invite non members to attend and find out more about our Norwegian organization! | |
August 5, 2008 Judith Hammer Judith Hammer will be defending her dissertation, "Culture via Television: Investigating the Effects of a German Television Serial on the Perceptions of Fourth-Semester German Language Classes," on Tuesday, August 5, in the Germanic Studies Conference Room (EPS 4.104), at 1:30 in the afternoon. Supervisors: Janet Swaffar and Katherine Arens | |
April 4, 2008 Your are cordially invited to attend a weekend event dedicated to speaking German and relaxation. WHO: German speakers at all levels (beginners to native speakers). Students, faculty, and members of the community welcome. | |
June 24, 2007 From Jan Fau: Come join us for the 90th annual reunion of the Texas Swedish Pioneers Association at Palm Valley Lutheran Church in Round Rock. The celebration will begin at 2:30 with an organ concert by Dr. Elsworth Peterson, and the meeting starts at 3:00. The Texas Swedish Interest Class from Elgin will sing a number of selections in Swedish and lead the prayer Fader Vår. The traditional annual meeting has been held continuously since 1917, the 50th anniversary of the arrival of the first large group of 100 Swedes who came to Texas in 1867 from Småland. After the program, there will be refreshments, visitation, and exchange of memories in the church hall. The association has no formal membership; anyone interested in Swedish heritage is invited and urged to attend. |