Location:
Memorial Union, UW-Madison
Co-sponsor(s):
Worldwide University Network (WUN)
Description:
This 2-day conference Representing and Experiencing Transnationalism: Germanic Languages and Cultures in Global Perspective held at the University of Wisconsin. Madison, is organized by Kristine Horner (University of Leeds) in cooperation with Cora Lee Kluge and Antje Petty (Max Kade Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison), and Venkat Mani and Joseph Salmons (Department of German, University of Wisconsin-Madison).
The conference addresses the phenomenon of rapid movement of people and information which has in recent years exerted an increasing pressure on the nation state, together with ideals of linguistically and culturally homogeneous societies. The broad scope for interpretation which the central theme offered, was reflected in the diversity of methodological approaches, with papers exploring transnationalism from a theoretical perspective as well as case-studies from linguistics, film and literary studies. The conference raises questions about the relationship between language, culture and transnationalism – with specific reference to Germanic languages – bringing together scholars in the fields of sociolinguistics, social anthropology, social geography, film studies, cultural studies and literary studies.
The conference will be followed by a field trip to New Glarus, Wisconsin on Saturday, March 27, 2010.
Click here for a conference report
Click here for a report of the New Glarus Heritage Tour.