Events
GNS+ Events
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Oct 12Catastrophic Belatedness (Celan, Darwish, Derrida)
Declarations on the fate of poetry after mass violence—enshrined most notably in Theodor Adorno’s indictment of “poetry after Auschwitz”—have tended to stress poetry’s impotence in the face of representing past destruction. Arriving too late to catastrophe constitutes the primordial belatedness of any poetics of witness. But what happens when we shift the locus of poetry from …
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Oct 13Study and Intern Abroad in Germany & Austria Info Session
Want to learn about options for studying German language abroad? Don’t know German but interested in studying in Germany or Austria? Join us to learn about study abroad programs and international internships in Germany and Austria and get advice from returned students and advisors – including available scholarships, important deadlines, and more! For questions, please …
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Oct 15Maxi Obexer (trans. Neil Blackadder), “The Daughters of Oresteia” Dramatic Reading (English)
First performed in 458 BCE, Aeschylus’ The Oresteia is traditionally viewed as the depiction of a society transitioning from chaotic blood vengeance to structured, democratic justice. Yet this foundational drama of democracy also marks the birth of the tragic hero: Orestes, who slays his mother as commanded, only to be consumed by remorse. Maxi Obexer …
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Oct 16Casting Weimar: Selection, Surplus, and the Film Actor
This presentation tracks modern discourses of human selection as they converged in discussions of film acting in Weimar Germany. In the early years of narrative cinema and beyond, the question of how to select actors for films—the question of casting, in other words—preoccupied filmmakers, actors, critics, and audiences. I trace this question to features of …
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Oct 16Cultural Fibers: Folk Art in Conversation, Featuring Lesley Darling
Join the Nordic Folklife project for a wide-ranging conversation with celebrated fiber artist Lesley Darling, current MA candidate in Material Culture and Textile Studies at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. Darling will speak about the scope and nature of her work, and answer questions about her perspectives on traditional art, sustainability, folk art pedagogy, place, and …
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Oct 16Maxi Obexer’s Dramatic Oeuvre: A Conversation with Maxi Obexer and Neil Blackadder about Translating for Theater
Join us for a reading of select passages of Obexer’s plays in German and English by Maxi Obexer and Neil Blackadder, followed by a conversation about Neil’s translation of Maxi’s plays. About the author: Maxi Obexer is a prominent German-language author and playwright whose work examines language, power, and political imagination. Raised in South Tyrol and thus …
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Oct 16Barn Dance at The Old Barn on Capitol View
Sponsored by CSUMC, GNS+, Folklore Program, Nordic Folklife. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided. For more information, www.folklife.wisc.edu
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Oct 29Symposium: “German Influences on Wellness, Health, and Pharmaceuticals in America”
Free and Open to the Public In person at the UW–Madison Memorial Library and livestreamed. Symposium Program and Schedule [click here] >>Join us in Madison and meet our presenters. Ask questions and take part in discussions. No preregistration necessary.>>Join the livestream via Zoom. Preregistration is required. Register here to receive a link. German influences on wellness, health, and …
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Oct 29Maxi Obexer, Katrin Sieg, Sonja Klocke, “Maxi Obexer’s Oeuvre”
Political and ethical questions lie at the center of Obexer’s work. From a distinctly feminist perspective, she investigates the ways language shapes structures of power, belonging, and exclusion. Her writing engages with migration and displacement, competing visions of Europe, and the rights of marginalized communities—particularly queer people, women, and animals. Shaped by her experience of …