Migration and Literature: theories, approaches and readings
Workshop organised by Wiebke Sievers, Commission for Migration and Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, and Sandra Vlasta, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Vienna
Programme
Wednesday, 26 September 2012
Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz Seipel Platz 2, 1010 Vienna (Clubraum)
18:00 Opening
Heinz Fassmann, Vice Rector of the University of Vienna and Head of the Commission for Migration and Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences
Norbert Bachleitner, Head of the Department of Comparative Literature, University of Vienna
18:30 Keynote
Waldemar Zacharasiewicz, Department of English and American Studies, University of Vienna: Migrating Across the Oceans: Challenges of Settlement in the USA and Canada
19:15-20:00 Discussion
20:00 Dinner
Closed sessions
Thursday, 27 September 2012
Department of Comparative Literature, University of Vienna, Sensengasse 3a, 1090 Vienna
9:00-9:15
Wiebke Sievers and Sandra Vlasta: Welcome and introduction
9:15-10:00
Germany (Wiebke Sievers, Sandra Vlasta)
Presented and discussed by: Liesbeth Minnaard, Department of Comparative Literature, Institute for Cultural Disciplines, Leiden University, The Netherlands
10:00-10:45
Switzerland (Daniel Rothenbühler, Martina Kamm, Bettina Spoerri)
Presented and discussed by: Sandra Vlasta, Department of Comparative Literature, University of Vienna
10:45-11:15 Coffee break
11:15-12:00
Austria (Wiebke Sievers, Sandra Vlasta)
Presented and discussed by: Daniel Rothenbühler, Swiss Literature Institute, Bern University of the Arts, Switzerland
12:00-12:45
Belgium (Sarah De Mul)
Presented and discussed by: Laura Reeck, Modern and Classical Languages, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, USA
12:45-14:00 Lunch
14:00-14:45
Netherlands (Liesbeth Minnaard)
Presented and discussed by: Satu Gröndahl, Hugo Valentin Centre, Uppsala University, Sweden
14:45-15:30
Sweden (Satu Gröndahl)
Presented and discussed by: Sarah De Mul, Faculty of Arts, Subfaculty of Literary Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
15:30-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-16:45
Greece (Maria Oikonomou-Meurer)
Presented and discussed by: Marie Orton, Department of Classical and Modern Languages, Truman State University, USA
16:45-17:30
Italy (Marie Orton)
Presented and discussed by: Maria Oikonomou-Meurer, Department of Byzantine and Modern Greek Language and Literature, University of Vienna, Austria
20:00 Dinner at Plachutta’s Grünspan (upon invitation of the mayor of Vienna)
Friday, 28 September 2012
Department of Comparative Literature, University of Vienna, Sensengasse 3a, 1090 Vienna
9:00-9:45
United Kingdom (Dave Gunning)
Presented and discussed by: Wiebke Sievers, Commission for Migration and Integration Research, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria
9:45-10:30
Australia (Sneja Gunew, Wenche Ommundsen)
Presented and discussed by: Dave Gunning, School of English, Drama and American & Canadian Studies, University of Birmingham, Great Britain
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:45
Canada (Christl Verduyn)
Presented and discussed by: Sneja Gunew, Department of English & Women’s Studies, University of British Columbia, Canada
11:45-12:30
France (Laura Reeck)
Presented and discussed by: Christl Verduyn, Department of English & Canadian Studies, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00
Final Discussion
We would like to thank the Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies and the Research Platform Migration and Integration Research of the University of Vienna as well as the Mayor of Vienna for co-funding this workshop.