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Contemporary German Fiction Reading Group Summer Term 2017

Dear All,

I’d like to invite you to join me for this year’s contemporary German fiction reading group. This is an optional event, open to all. You are very welcome to come along to any one or more of the sessions. All you need to do is to read the novel in advance, either in German or English translation and come prepared to discuss it.

These are the novels we will be reading and discussing this year.

 

Wednesday 24 May Daniel Kehlmann, F (2013) GOR 321
Thursday 1 June Judith Schalansky, Der Hals der Giraffe / The Giraffe’s Neck (2011) GOR 106
Wednesday 14 June Olga Grjasnova, Der Russe ist einer, der Birken liebt / All Russians Love Birch Trees (2012) tbc
Thursday 28 June Lutz Seiler, Kruso (2014) GOR 106
Wednesday 12 July Wolfgang Herrndorf, Sand (2011) GOR 321

All sessions will take place from 6.00-7.20.

If you’d like any further information about the reading group, please contact Joanne Leal: j.leal@bbk.ac.uk.

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CFP: Metropolis 2017 Deadline – Monday 16 January 2017

Metropolis 2017
Monday, 26 – Thursday, 29 June 2017
Venue: IMLR, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street, WC1E 7HU

The DAAD Postgraduate Summer School is an opportunity for postgraduate students of German, both from the UK and abroad, to gather together for several days of papers, discussions, and social events. In 2017, this 4-day conference will take place between 26 and 29 June at the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR) in London, and will be (appropriately) themed around the concept of ‘metropolis’.

Keynote speakers: Erica Carter (King’s College London); Ruth Dawson (Hawaii/IMLR); Matthew Gandy (Cambridge); Esther Leslie (Birkbeck College, London); Martin Swales (University College London). In addition to the conference panels, the summer school will include a number of other stimulating events, such as a screening of Fritz Lang’s 1927 expressionist epic Metropolis, walking tours exploring the ‘hidden’ sides of London’s history and infrastructure, and an opportunity to respond creatively to the ‘metropolis’ theme.

Postgraduates working on any aspect of German Studies (literature, cinema, cultural studies, history, politics, philosophy, visual arts, architecture and planning) are invited to submit abstracts (maximum 200 words) on the theme of ‘metropolis’ for 20-minute papers (in English or German) via the submission form to metropolis2017@sas.ac.uk by Monday, 16 January 2017.
CALL FOR PAPERS / SUBMISSION FORM http://modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/node/413

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Vacancy: BBK German Language Teacher – deadline 29 August 2016

The Cultures and Languages need an additional German language teacher for 2016/7.

The vacancy has been advertised on the Birkbeck website, on the link below.  The closing date is midnight on Monday 29 August.

If you know anyone who might be interested in applying, please forward them the link.

http://jobs.bbk.ac.uk/fe/tpl_birkbeckcollege01.asp?s=4A515F4E5A565B1A&jobid=61540,0271452513&key=103270114&c=72028333887665&pagestamp=setfapojgfendtcmhh

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