First leg of trip to Germany
I've arrived and checked in at Pittsburgh International. The first part of the itinerary involves a connecting flight from here to Newark, where I layover for about four hours. At 7:25 p.m., I depart for Frankfurt with a scheduled arrival of 9:25 a.m. Sunday. It wouldn't be so bad if the trip came to a conclusion there, but unfortunately I have to layover once more and then catch a train from Frankfurt to Dortmund. This will place me in Dortmund somewhere around 3 p.m., Frankfurt time (6 hours ahead of the States).
I brought my new digital camera with me and plan to document the trip as it unfolds. Check out this list of activities for the week:
Monday, 16 June 2008
Whitman Seminar
9:00 am-Noon
Welcome & Introduction
Course Session 1:
Watching and Discussing the new PBS Film, Walt Whitman
Room 0.406, Emil-Figge 50
12:30-1:30 pm
Lunch Mensa
2:00-3:30 pm
Campus Tour
Meet in front of Emil-Figge 50
4:30-5:30 pm
Reception
Eberhard Becker, Rektor
Hans Peters, Associate Dean
Erich -Brost-Haus, Atrium, Campus Nord
The wine served at the reception are from Weingut Wittmann,
an organic vintner to the south of Mainz
www.wittmannweingut.com
6:00-9:00 pm
Course Session II:
The First Edition of Leaves of Grass: Beginning the Book, Singing the Self
Plenary Rm. 0.406, Emil-Figge 50
Group Sessions Rms. 0.406, 2.512, 3.406, 3.312
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Whitman Seminar
Exploring Dortmund
Starting at the U-Bahn stop Stadthaus at 10 a.m. (upstairs), this tour will take you through the Stadewäldchen, a park established by one of Dortmund’s former beer-brewers in the 1920s, into the Westfalenpark, one of the largest inner-city parks in Europe. From on-top of Dortmund’s television tower “Florian” you will have a great view not only across Dortmund but also beyond the city limits into the Ruhr Valley. Afterwards we will take the subway to Dortmund harbor in the the colorful multicultural North of Dortmund. On the way to the city center, we’ll encounter many interesting sights and peculiarities of Dortmund. The tour will end with a lunch at Café Max.
I brought my new digital camera with me and plan to document the trip as it unfolds. Check out this list of activities for the week:
Monday, 16 June 2008
Whitman Seminar
9:00 am-Noon
Welcome & Introduction
Course Session 1:
Watching and Discussing the new PBS Film, Walt Whitman
Room 0.406, Emil-Figge 50
12:30-1:30 pm
Lunch Mensa
2:00-3:30 pm
Campus Tour
Meet in front of Emil-Figge 50
4:30-5:30 pm
Reception
Eberhard Becker, Rektor
Hans Peters, Associate Dean
Erich -Brost-Haus, Atrium, Campus Nord
The wine served at the reception are from Weingut Wittmann,
an organic vintner to the south of Mainz
www.wittmannweingut.com
6:00-9:00 pm
Course Session II:
The First Edition of Leaves of Grass: Beginning the Book, Singing the Self
Plenary Rm. 0.406, Emil-Figge 50
Group Sessions Rms. 0.406, 2.512, 3.406, 3.312
Tuesday, 17 June 2008
Whitman Seminar
Exploring Dortmund
Starting at the U-Bahn stop Stadthaus at 10 a.m. (upstairs), this tour will take you through the Stadewäldchen, a park established by one of Dortmund’s former beer-brewers in the 1920s, into the Westfalenpark, one of the largest inner-city parks in Europe. From on-top of Dortmund’s television tower “Florian” you will have a great view not only across Dortmund but also beyond the city limits into the Ruhr Valley. Afterwards we will take the subway to Dortmund harbor in the the colorful multicultural North of Dortmund. On the way to the city center, we’ll encounter many interesting sights and peculiarities of Dortmund. The tour will end with a lunch at Café Max.
4:30-5:30 pm
Whitman Resource Session: Maria Clara Paro-Bonetti (São Paulo), Whitman in Brasil
Rm. 3.311, Emil-Figge 50
6:00-9:00 pm
Course Session III: The 1856 Edition of Leaves: Expanding the Book, Composing Songs
Plenary Rm. 0.406
Group Rms. 0.406, 2.512, 0.512, 3.406
9:30 pm Poetry Reading by Edward Carvalho (PA)
Sissikingkong, Nordstadt
Whitman Resource Session: Maria Clara Paro-Bonetti (São Paulo), Whitman in Brasil
Rm. 3.311, Emil-Figge 50
6:00-9:00 pm
Course Session III: The 1856 Edition of Leaves: Expanding the Book, Composing Songs
Plenary Rm. 0.406
Group Rms. 0.406, 2.512, 0.512, 3.406
9:30 pm Poetry Reading by Edward Carvalho (PA)
Sissikingkong, Nordstadt
Wednesday, 18 June 2008
Whitman Seminar
Whitman Seminar
Tour de Ruhr
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen. It is on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. The parts built in Bauhaus style are considered architectural and technical masterpieces and earned the site a reputation as the “most beautiful coal mine in the world.” The visit will take the format of a photo safari under the Motto “Transition.” Participants will investigate the changes on this former industrial site as an example of the post-industrial transformation of the Ruhr region.
We will take the 9:45 am train to Essen (from the main station) and return around 2:30 pm.
4:30-5:30 pm
The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex is a large former industrial site in the city of Essen. It is on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. The parts built in Bauhaus style are considered architectural and technical masterpieces and earned the site a reputation as the “most beautiful coal mine in the world.” The visit will take the format of a photo safari under the Motto “Transition.” Participants will investigate the changes on this former industrial site as an example of the post-industrial transformation of the Ruhr region.
We will take the 9:45 am train to Essen (from the main station) and return around 2:30 pm.
4:30-5:30 pm
Whitman Resource Session:
Walter Grünzweig (Dortmund),
Whitman in German
Rm. 3.311, Emil-Figge 50
6:00-9:00 pm
Course Session IV:
The 1860 Edition of Leaves: Embodying Sex, Saving the Union
Plenary Rm. 0.406, Emil-Figge 50
Group Sessions Rms. 0.406, 2.512, 0.512, 3.406
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Whitman Seminar
Roman City or Green Hills – Cologne or Sauerland
Sea of Rocks – Felsenmeer in Hemer
The Sea of Rocks in Hemer in the Sauerland region is literally a land-mark. Riven by the tidal forces of prehistoric time and by ore mining industry since the Middle Ages, the area is now a nature reserve: the boulders have been reclaimed by a beech forest and a lively fauna, lending the name paradise to a part of it. With this, the Sea of Rock is a monumental natural and cultural landscape, about which local myths abound.
Visit to Cologne
For those interested in an historical urban space, a visit to Köln/Cologne will be offered.
5:00-5:45 pm
Whitman Resource Session:
Christine Gerhardt (Freiburg)
Whitman and Environmental
History
Rm. 3.311, Emil-Figge 50
6:00-9:00 pm
Course Session V:
The Civil War: Abandoning Leaves, Re-Centering Leaves
Plenary Rm. 0.406, Emil-Figge 50
Group Sessions Rms. 0.406, 2.512, 0.512, 3.406
Friday, 20 June 2008
Whitman Seminar
Whitman Symposium
9:00 am-Noon
Course Session VI: Reconstruction and Beyond: Defining the Democratic Future, Answering Whitman
Rm. 0.406, Emil-Figge 50
12:00 -2:00 pm
Lunch at Mensa
3:00 pm Symposium Opening
Senatssitzungssaal South Campus
Walter Grünzweig (Dortmund),
Whitman in German
Rm. 3.311, Emil-Figge 50
6:00-9:00 pm
Course Session IV:
The 1860 Edition of Leaves: Embodying Sex, Saving the Union
Plenary Rm. 0.406, Emil-Figge 50
Group Sessions Rms. 0.406, 2.512, 0.512, 3.406
Thursday, 19 June 2008
Whitman Seminar
Roman City or Green Hills – Cologne or Sauerland
Sea of Rocks – Felsenmeer in Hemer
The Sea of Rocks in Hemer in the Sauerland region is literally a land-mark. Riven by the tidal forces of prehistoric time and by ore mining industry since the Middle Ages, the area is now a nature reserve: the boulders have been reclaimed by a beech forest and a lively fauna, lending the name paradise to a part of it. With this, the Sea of Rock is a monumental natural and cultural landscape, about which local myths abound.
Visit to Cologne
For those interested in an historical urban space, a visit to Köln/Cologne will be offered.
5:00-5:45 pm
Whitman Resource Session:
Christine Gerhardt (Freiburg)
Whitman and Environmental
History
Rm. 3.311, Emil-Figge 50
6:00-9:00 pm
Course Session V:
The Civil War: Abandoning Leaves, Re-Centering Leaves
Plenary Rm. 0.406, Emil-Figge 50
Group Sessions Rms. 0.406, 2.512, 0.512, 3.406
Friday, 20 June 2008
Whitman Seminar
Whitman Symposium
9:00 am-Noon
Course Session VI: Reconstruction and Beyond: Defining the Democratic Future, Answering Whitman
Rm. 0.406, Emil-Figge 50
12:00 -2:00 pm
Lunch at Mensa
3:00 pm Symposium Opening
Senatssitzungssaal South Campus
3:30-4:45 pm
Melissa L. Olson (Dortmund): “Apocalyptic Anxiety and the Neue Mensch: German Expressionists ‘Paint back’ to Whitman”
Melissa L. Olson (Dortmund): “Apocalyptic Anxiety and the Neue Mensch: German Expressionists ‘Paint back’ to Whitman”
Dara Barnat (Tel Aviv): “Whitman and Holocaust Poetry: The Case of Irving Feldman’s ‘The Pripet Marshes’”
Asya Altuğ (Izmir): “Fragmented Personas: Walt Whitman and Can Yucel”
4:45-5:00 pm Break
5:00-5:45 pm Discussion
7:30 pm
Whitman Week Party for
Seminar & Symposium
Participants
Walter Grünzweig’s home
Gustavstraße 8
Whitman Week Party for
Seminar & Symposium
Participants
Walter Grünzweig’s home
Gustavstraße 8
Saturday, 21 June 2008
Whitman Symposium
9:00-10:10 am
Jeanne Cortiel (Bochum): “Devising Public Selves: Frederick Douglass Meets Walt Whitman"
Rachel Blumenthal (Chicago), “Captive Representations: Figuring Native American Identities in Whitman’s ‘The Sleepers’ & Sherman Alexie’s ‘Captivity’”
10:10-10:40 am Break
10:40-11:50 am
Delphine Rumeau (Paris), “A duet « al alimón »: from Whitman’s Songs to Garcia Lorca and Neruda’s Odas”
Ed Carvalho (Indiana, PA): “’I contain multitudes’: Deconstructing Whitmanian Inheritance in the Poetics of Martín Espada”
12:00-2:00 pm
Lunch at student bistro Sonnendeck or flea market
2:00-2:40 pm
Jacob Nelson Wilkenfeld (Chapel Hill): “‘The Pains of Hell Are With Me’: T. R. Hummer’s Walt Whitman in Hell”
2:45-3:45 pm
Ed Folsom (Iowa City) and Kenneth Price (Lincoln) on the Whitman Archive Translation Project
3:45-4:15 pm Break
4:15-6:30 pm Business Meeting TWWA
Suggested evening activity:
Midsummer Night of Industrial Culture
This Ruhr-wide all-night open-air event features extraordinary cultural performances and multi-media installations in more than 40 mines, industrial production sites and museums, and highlights the uniqueness of the region's historical heritage. For more information: www.extraschicht.de
Sunday, 22 June 2008
Whitman Symposium
9:00-10:10 am
Jeanne Cortiel (Bochum): “Devising Public Selves: Frederick Douglass Meets Walt Whitman"
Rachel Blumenthal (Chicago), “Captive Representations: Figuring Native American Identities in Whitman’s ‘The Sleepers’ & Sherman Alexie’s ‘Captivity’”
10:10-10:40 am Break
10:40-11:50 am
Delphine Rumeau (Paris), “A duet « al alimón »: from Whitman’s Songs to Garcia Lorca and Neruda’s Odas”
Ed Carvalho (Indiana, PA): “’I contain multitudes’: Deconstructing Whitmanian Inheritance in the Poetics of Martín Espada”
12:00-2:00 pm
Lunch at student bistro Sonnendeck or flea market
2:00-2:40 pm
Jacob Nelson Wilkenfeld (Chapel Hill): “‘The Pains of Hell Are With Me’: T. R. Hummer’s Walt Whitman in Hell”
2:45-3:45 pm
Ed Folsom (Iowa City) and Kenneth Price (Lincoln) on the Whitman Archive Translation Project
3:45-4:15 pm Break
4:15-6:30 pm Business Meeting TWWA
Suggested evening activity:
Midsummer Night of Industrial Culture
This Ruhr-wide all-night open-air event features extraordinary cultural performances and multi-media installations in more than 40 mines, industrial production sites and museums, and highlights the uniqueness of the region's historical heritage. For more information: www.extraschicht.de
Sunday, 22 June 2008
9:00-10:10 am
Vanessa Steinrötter (Lincoln): “Walt Whitman, the ‘Soul of America’?: Seeing the American Bard through the Eyes of His German Translators”
Marta Skwara (Szczecin): “Whitman’s ‘Miracles’ as Read, Translated, and Performed by Polish Poets”
10:10-10:30 am Break
10:30-12 pm Final Discussion & Conclusion of Conference.
12 pm Lunch and Departure
The Walt Whitman Week
International Walt Whitman Seminar & Symposium, 16 -22 June 2008, Dortmund
Sponsored by the Transatlantic Walt Whitman Association (TWWA) and TU Dortmund University
Vanessa Steinrötter (Lincoln): “Walt Whitman, the ‘Soul of America’?: Seeing the American Bard through the Eyes of His German Translators”
Marta Skwara (Szczecin): “Whitman’s ‘Miracles’ as Read, Translated, and Performed by Polish Poets”
10:10-10:30 am Break
10:30-12 pm Final Discussion & Conclusion of Conference.
12 pm Lunch and Departure
The Walt Whitman Week
International Walt Whitman Seminar & Symposium, 16 -22 June 2008, Dortmund
Sponsored by the Transatlantic Walt Whitman Association (TWWA) and TU Dortmund University
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