Commanding Attention in Contested Time, Space and Thought
Seventh Biennial Graduate Student Conference
Department of
Germanic Studies
Indiana
University, Bloomington
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Friday,
February 20, 2009
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5:30PM-6:00PM
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Refreshments
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Wylie 015
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Horizons of Knowledge Lecture
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Wylie 015
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6:00PM
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In/Out
of Focus: Modernism and the Art of Managing Attention
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Lutz
Koepnick (Washington
University)
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Saturday,
February 21, 2009
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8:30AM-9:00AM
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Coffee & Bagels
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Wylie 015
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Session
I: Navigating Fields of Vagueness
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Wylie 015
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9:00AM-9:30AM
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Being
Tom Harris: Some Problems of Not-Quite Metafiction
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Chris
Chiasson (Indiana
University, Germanic Studies)
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9:30AM-10:00AM
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Historic Specificity through Out-Of-Focus Images in the Works of Beyer, Richter, & Wesely
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Anne
Fritz (Washington University)
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10:00AM-10:30AM
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Alterity and Cognitive Language Tropes
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April
Smith (Indiana University, Communication &
Culture)
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Saturday,
February 21, 2009
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10:30AM-10:45AM
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Coffee Break
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Wylie 015
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Session
II: Contextualizing Perceptual Magnets in Time
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Wylie 015
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10:45AM-11:15AM
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RAF-Terrorism
as Perceptual Magnet for the Generations X, Y, and Z?
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Sonja
Heitgress (Knox
College)
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11:15AM-11:45AM
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'Naturgeschichte der ZerstšrungÕ oder
Verantwortung im Freien Willen? Zum ErlšsungsbedŸrfnis und der HistorizitŠt
bei W.G. Sebald
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Alex
Holznienkemper (Ohio
State University)
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11:45AM-12:15PM
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The Role of Liturgical Perception in Interpreting the Old English ÔLife of St. Mary of EgyptÕ
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Megan
Barrett (Indiana
University, Germanic Studies)
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12:15PM-2:00PM
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Lunch Break
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Wylie 015
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Session
III: Connective Reality: Loopholes, Gravity & Notions of Truth
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Wylie 015
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2:15PM-2:45PM
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Touching
the Earth in Kleist and Kierkegaard
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James
Rasmussen (Indiana University, Germanic Studies)
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2:45PM-3:15PM
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The
Poetic Address and the Loophole Addressee
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Leeore Schnairsohn
(Princeton University)
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3:15PM-3:45PM
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Hannah
Arendt: Stories from the Other Side
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Ingo
Kieslich (Vanderbilt
University)
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3:45PM-4:00PM
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Coffee & Bagels
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Wylie 015
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(Parallel)
Session IVa:
Polarizing Attention Through Competing Senses
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Wylie 005
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4:00PM-4:30PM
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FlaubertÕs
Stupid Drum and Slackened Strings
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Erin
Sipe (Indiana
University, French & Italian)
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4:30PM-5:00PM
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On
the Presence-Effect of Sensation in Food
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Carlos
Gasperi (Indiana
University, Germanic Studies)
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5:00PM-5:30PM
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Affecting
Singularity: The Sports Highlight
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Travis
Vogan (Indiana
University, Communication & Culture)
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(Parallel)
Session IVb:
Topics in Linguistics
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Wylie 015
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4:00PM-4:30PM
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A
Phonological Analysis of /g/ in Kiel German
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Justin
Glover (Indiana University, Germanic Studies)
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4:30PM-5:00PM
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From
Greek to Gothic: TOPIC & FOCUS in Gothic nominal phrase translation
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Elliott
Gougeon (University of
Wisconsin, Madison)
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Saturday,
February 21, 2009
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Plenary
Address
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IMU Faculty Club
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6:00PM
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When
Grammars Collide: Code-switching in the Minimalist Program
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Mike
Putnam (Carson-Newman College)
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7:00PM-10:00PM
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Informal Dinner
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IMU Faculty Club
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This lecture would not be possible without the generous support from:
Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) | | IU History |
CAHI | | IU Linguistics |
IU Medieval Studies | | IU Second Language Studies |
IU Cognitive Science | | IU Intensive English Program |
IU Jewish Studies | | IU Dept. of Germanic Studies |
IU Communication and Culture | | Horizons of Knowledge |
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