Siblings Presented by the Department of German and Scandinavian Models in Literature & Alternative Family Siblings and Alternative Family Models in Literature Thursday, April 16th, 2020 Erb Memorial Union, Cedar and Spruce Rooms 12:00 - 12:30 Introductory Remarks (Martin Klebes, German, University of Oregon) 12:30 - 14:30 Panel 1: Biological and Metaphorical Kinship Moderator: Jeffrey Librett (German, University of Oregon) Stefani Engelstein (German, Duke University), “Domestic Matters: Race and Kinship” Nicole Simek (French, Whitman College), “Radical Desires: Kinship, Biopolitics, and the Literary Imagination” 14:30 -15:00 Coffee Break 15:00 - 17:00 Panel 2: Family Narratives in Word and Image Moderator: Lisa Höller (German, University of Oregon) Sonja Boos (German, University of Oregon), “Sisterhood and the Evidence of the Familial: On the Use of Home Movies in Feminist Experimental Film” Brian Trapp (Creative Writing, University of Oregon), “Extending Twinship: A Creative Nonfiction Reading” 18:00: Dinner for Conference Participants German and Scandinavian Annual Conference 2020 Friday, April 17th, 2020 Knight Library, Reading Room 9:30 - 11:30 Panel 3: Siblings Across Literatures Moderator: Jenifer Presto (Comparative Literature; Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, University of Oregon) Anna Berman (Russian Studies, McGill University), “Bennet Sisters and Karamazov Brothers: Vertical and Lateral Approaches to Plot in England and Russia” Ellen Rees (Nordic Literature, Ibsen Studies, University of Oslo), “Shadow Siblings in Ibsen’s Brand” 11:30-13:00 Lunch 13:00 - 15:00 Panel 4: Rivalries and Rivaling Memories Moderator: David Luebke (History, University of Oregon) Ian McNeely (History, University of Oregon), “The Humboldts, the Schlegels, and Fraternal Rivalry in the Study of World Languages” Nicole Immler (History and Cultural Studies, University for Humanistic Studies, Utrecht), “‘Family Memory’ as Relational Biography” 15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break 15:30 - 16:30 Roundtable Discussion (moderated by Gantt Gurley, Scandinavian and Judaic Studies, University of Oregon) 17:30: Dinner for Conference Participants Thank you to our sponsors Department of German and Scandinavian Oregon Humanities Center College of Arts and Sciences Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies Graduate School of the University of Oregon Program in Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies Department of Romance Languages Department of Comparative Literature Department of History
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