Call for Papers
International Symposium
Form — Violence — Meaning
Two Hundred Years
Heinrich von Kleist
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, Tennessee
April 7-10, 2011
To Mark the 200th Anniversary of the Renowned Author’s Death the Symposium Endeavors to Bring Together Scholars from Around the World
Presentations in German or English
Topics:
· Kleist and His Time
· Reading Kleist
· Why Kleist Today?
· Violence and Terrorism
· Form and Language
· The Reception of His Works
· Kleist on Stage and in Film
· Kleist and the Sciences
· Intertextuality of His Oeuvre
Early Abstract Submission is Highly Encouraged
Please send a one page abstract to:
Professor Dieter Sevin, Chair
Department of German
P.O. 1567, Station B
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN. 37235-1565 USA
Fax: (615) 343-7258
Tel: (615) 322-2611
E-mail: dieter.h.sevin@vanderbilt.edu
Web: www.vanderbilt.edu/german