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Event Date 7 March 2012

Windsor Building WIN0-05

Royal Holloway University of London

School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures

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‘The Flâneur’

Research Seminars in Comparative Literature and Culture, 2011-12

Seminar 4

Dr Emily Jeremiah (SMLLC, RHUL):  Nomadic Ethics in Contemporary German Women’s Writing

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Event Date 7 December 2011
Windsor Building IN244
Royal Holloway University of London

School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures
presents
‘The Flâneur’
Research Seminars in Comparative Literature and Culture, 2011-12

Seminar 1

Jon Hughes (SMLLC, RHUL)
The Flâneur on the Bus: Franz Hessel and Joseph Roth in Weimar Berlin

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Event Date 2 December 2011
Royal Holloway University of London
Bedford Square
2 Gower Street
London WC1E 6DP

Event Date 18 November 2011
Royal Holloway University of London
Bedford Square
2 Gower Street
London WC1E 6DP

TRAUMA, FICTION, HISTORY seminar series
School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Dr Dora Osborne (University of Nottingham)
What Remains: Trauma and the Archive in Contemporary German Memory Culture

The archive stands in complex relation to history and fiction, perhaps no more so than when it carries the traces of traumatic impact. The notions of Trauma, Fiction, History, brought together in this research group, are of critical concern to post-1945 German Studies. In their configuration they ask questions of memory and witness, but also, increasingly and urgently, of the archive. What kind of archive material remains ‘after Auschwitz’? And how is this used by artists and authors in the attempted representation of Germany’s traumatic past? Drawing on examples from recent German-language literature (Durs Grünbein) and visual art (Anselm Kiefer), this paper will consider the relation of archive to Trauma, Fiction, History.

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Event Date: 20 & 21 May 2011
Centre for Creative Collaboration
16 Acton Street
London, WC1X 9NG

Royal Holloway School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Beyond the Global City: Visual, Verbal and Virtual Experiences

This is the third in a series of major colloquia organized by the interdisciplinary ‘Global Cities and Visual Culture’ research group established in 2008 in Paris. The group brings together scholars from Architecture, Fine Art, Urban Planning, English, French, Geography, Film Studies and other areas who share interests in globalization, urban experience and visual culture. The May 2011 London colloquium grows out of the research questions identified during those held in Amsterdam (Globalization, Cities and Visual Culture, 1-2 October 2009) and Edinburgh (Refiguring the Global City 23-4 April 2010).

These events, which are informal and collaborative, involve the presentation of cutting-edge research and the collective pursuit of new questions which help to set the future contours of what is a rapidly evolving field. The aim of the current colloquium is to broaden our sphere of inquiry beyond the configuration and representation of particular cities, and to raise broader issues around interpretations of globalization, conceptualizations of its processes and effects, and lesser-studied aspects of its temporal and spatial reach. We particularly wish to draw in new voices from colleagues in architecture and geography and to create a stimulating hub for postgraduate debate.

The colloquium will be launched with two interlinked round-table events, open to the public, on the evening of 20 May: ‘Unsettling Global Cities’, and ‘New Approaches: Postgraduate Forum’. It is intended that these will set the tone and tease-out the contours of the debates which will be further pursed throughout the following day. The events will also provide a framework for postgraduates researching on any aspect of globalization and urban and visual cultures; postgraduates will be invited to take ownership of the second of these events. On 21 May there will be a series of linked papers by senior academics in Fine Art, Architecture, Geography and Visual Culture followed by open discussions in which postgraduate contributions will be particularly important. The day will conclude with a creative thinking session, consolidating the colloquium’s findings and determining the emerging questions which will inform the next interdisciplinary event to be held as part of the new Cities Project in Amsterdam in 2012 (for this project see http://www.hum.uva.nl/cities).

Co-organizers: Dr Ruth Cruickshank (French, RHUL) and Dr Shirley Jordan (French, QMUL)

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Amanda Crawley-Jackson - Ruins in Contemporary Art from France: Exploring the Post-Urban

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Event Date: 20 & 21 May 2011
Centre for Creative Collaboration
16 Acton Street
London, WC1X 9NG

Royal Holloway School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Beyond the Global City: Visual, Verbal and Virtual Experiences

This is the third in a series of major colloquia organized by the interdisciplinary ‘Global Cities and Visual Culture’ research group established in 2008 in Paris. The group brings together scholars from Architecture, Fine Art, Urban Planning, English, French, Geography, Film Studies and other areas who share interests in globalization, urban experience and visual culture. The May 2011 London colloquium grows out of the research questions identified during those held in Amsterdam (Globalization, Cities and Visual Culture, 1-2 October 2009) and Edinburgh (Refiguring the Global City 23-4 April 2010).

These events, which are informal and collaborative, involve the presentation of cutting-edge research and the collective pursuit of new questions which help to set the future contours of what is a rapidly evolving field. The aim of the current colloquium is to broaden our sphere of inquiry beyond the configuration and representation of particular cities, and to raise broader issues around interpretations of globalization, conceptualizations of its processes and effects, and lesser-studied aspects of its temporal and spatial reach. We particularly wish to draw in new voices from colleagues in architecture and geography and to create a stimulating hub for postgraduate debate.

The colloquium will be launched with two interlinked round-table events, open to the public, on the evening of 20 May: ‘Unsettling Global Cities’, and ‘New Approaches: Postgraduate Forum’. It is intended that these will set the tone and tease-out the contours of the debates which will be further pursed throughout the following day. The events will also provide a framework for postgraduates researching on any aspect of globalization and urban and visual cultures; postgraduates will be invited to take ownership of the second of these events. On 21 May there will be a series of linked papers by senior academics in Fine Art, Architecture, Geography and Visual Culture followed by open discussions in which postgraduate contributions will be particularly important. The day will conclude with a creative thinking session, consolidating the colloquium’s findings and determining the emerging questions which will inform the next interdisciplinary event to be held as part of the new Cities Project in Amsterdam in 2012 (for this project see http://www.hum.uva.nl/cities).

Co-organizers: Dr Ruth Cruickshank (French, RHUL) and Dr Shirley Jordan (French, QMUL)

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Gladys Pak Lei Chong - Nostalgia in the Making: New Beijing, Old Qianmen

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Event Date: 20 & 21 May 2011
Centre for Creative Collaboration
16 Acton Street
London, WC1X 9NG

Royal Holloway School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Beyond the Global City: Visual, Verbal and Virtual Experiences

This is the third in a series of major colloquia organized by the interdisciplinary ‘Global Cities and Visual Culture’ research group established in 2008 in Paris. The group brings together scholars from Architecture, Fine Art, Urban Planning, English, French, Geography, Film Studies and other areas who share interests in globalization, urban experience and visual culture. The May 2011 London colloquium grows out of the research questions identified during those held in Amsterdam (Globalization, Cities and Visual Culture, 1-2 October 2009) and Edinburgh (Refiguring the Global City 23-4 April 2010).

These events, which are informal and collaborative, involve the presentation of cutting-edge research and the collective pursuit of new questions which help to set the future contours of what is a rapidly evolving field. The aim of the current colloquium is to broaden our sphere of inquiry beyond the configuration and representation of particular cities, and to raise broader issues around interpretations of globalization, conceptualizations of its processes and effects, and lesser-studied aspects of its temporal and spatial reach. We particularly wish to draw in new voices from colleagues in architecture and geography and to create a stimulating hub for postgraduate debate.

The colloquium will be launched with two interlinked round-table events, open to the public, on the evening of 20 May: ‘Unsettling Global Cities’, and ‘New Approaches: Postgraduate Forum’. It is intended that these will set the tone and tease-out the contours of the debates which will be further pursed throughout the following day. The events will also provide a framework for postgraduates researching on any aspect of globalization and urban and visual cultures; postgraduates will be invited to take ownership of the second of these events. On 21 May there will be a series of linked papers by senior academics in Fine Art, Architecture, Geography and Visual Culture followed by open discussions in which postgraduate contributions will be particularly important. The day will conclude with a creative thinking session, consolidating the colloquium’s findings and determining the emerging questions which will inform the next interdisciplinary event to be held as part of the new Cities Project in Amsterdam in 2012 (for this project see http://www.hum.uva.nl/cities).

Co-organizers: Dr Ruth Cruickshank (French, RHUL) and Dr Shirley Jordan (French, QMUL)

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Dea Van Lierop - Asian Ecological Sublime

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Event Date: 20 & 21 May 2011
Centre for Creative Collaboration
16 Acton Street
London, WC1X 9NG

Royal Holloway School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Beyond the Global City: Visual, Verbal and Virtual Experiences

This is the third in a series of major colloquia organized by the interdisciplinary ‘Global Cities and Visual Culture’ research group established in 2008 in Paris. The group brings together scholars from Architecture, Fine Art, Urban Planning, English, French, Geography, Film Studies and other areas who share interests in globalization, urban experience and visual culture. The May 2011 London colloquium grows out of the research questions identified during those held in Amsterdam (Globalization, Cities and Visual Culture, 1-2 October 2009) and Edinburgh (Refiguring the Global City 23-4 April 2010).

These events, which are informal and collaborative, involve the presentation of cutting-edge research and the collective pursuit of new questions which help to set the future contours of what is a rapidly evolving field. The aim of the current colloquium is to broaden our sphere of inquiry beyond the configuration and representation of particular cities, and to raise broader issues around interpretations of globalization, conceptualizations of its processes and effects, and lesser-studied aspects of its temporal and spatial reach. We particularly wish to draw in new voices from colleagues in architecture and geography and to create a stimulating hub for postgraduate debate.

The colloquium will be launched with two interlinked round-table events, open to the public, on the evening of 20 May: ‘Unsettling Global Cities’, and ‘New Approaches: Postgraduate Forum’. It is intended that these will set the tone and tease-out the contours of the debates which will be further pursed throughout the following day. The events will also provide a framework for postgraduates researching on any aspect of globalization and urban and visual cultures; postgraduates will be invited to take ownership of the second of these events. On 21 May there will be a series of linked papers by senior academics in Fine Art, Architecture, Geography and Visual Culture followed by open discussions in which postgraduate contributions will be particularly important. The day will conclude with a creative thinking session, consolidating the colloquium’s findings and determining the emerging questions which will inform the next interdisciplinary event to be held as part of the new Cities Project in Amsterdam in 2012 (for this project see http://www.hum.uva.nl/cities).

Co-organizers: Dr Ruth Cruickshank (French, RHUL) and Dr Shirley Jordan (French, QMUL)

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Jonathan Harris – East Jerusalem, Ramallah: Global Alienations and Concrete Determinations

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Event Date: 20 & 21 May 2011
Centre for Creative Collaboration
16 Acton Street
London, WC1X 9NG

Royal Holloway School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Beyond the Global City: Visual, Verbal and Virtual Experiences

This is the third in a series of major colloquia organized by the interdisciplinary ‘Global Cities and Visual Culture’ research group established in 2008 in Paris. The group brings together scholars from Architecture, Fine Art, Urban Planning, English, French, Geography, Film Studies and other areas who share interests in globalization, urban experience and visual culture. The May 2011 London colloquium grows out of the research questions identified during those held in Amsterdam (Globalization, Cities and Visual Culture, 1-2 October 2009) and Edinburgh (Refiguring the Global City 23-4 April 2010).

These events, which are informal and collaborative, involve the presentation of cutting-edge research and the collective pursuit of new questions which help to set the future contours of what is a rapidly evolving field. The aim of the current colloquium is to broaden our sphere of inquiry beyond the configuration and representation of particular cities, and to raise broader issues around interpretations of globalization, conceptualizations of its processes and effects, and lesser-studied aspects of its temporal and spatial reach. We particularly wish to draw in new voices from colleagues in architecture and geography and to create a stimulating hub for postgraduate debate.

The colloquium will be launched with two interlinked round-table events, open to the public, on the evening of 20 May: ‘Unsettling Global Cities’, and ‘New Approaches: Postgraduate Forum’. It is intended that these will set the tone and tease-out the contours of the debates which will be further pursed throughout the following day. The events will also provide a framework for postgraduates researching on any aspect of globalization and urban and visual cultures; postgraduates will be invited to take ownership of the second of these events. On 21 May there will be a series of linked papers by senior academics in Fine Art, Architecture, Geography and Visual Culture followed by open discussions in which postgraduate contributions will be particularly important. The day will conclude with a creative thinking session, consolidating the colloquium’s findings and determining the emerging questions which will inform the next interdisciplinary event to be held as part of the new Cities Project in Amsterdam in 2012 (for this project see http://www.hum.uva.nl/cities).

Co-organizers: Dr Ruth Cruickshank (French, RHUL) and Dr Shirley Jordan (French, QMUL)

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James C. Kent – Staging Havana: the Buena Vista Social Club Project

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Event Date: 20 & 21 May 2011

Centre for Creative Collaboration

16 Acton Street

London, WC1X 9NG

Royal Holloway School of Modern Languages, Literatures and Cultures

Beyond the Global City: Visual, Verbal and Virtual Experiences

This is the third in a series of major colloquia organized by the interdisciplinary ‘Global Cities and Visual Culture’ research group established in 2008 in Paris. The group brings together scholars from Architecture, Fine Art, Urban Planning, English, French, Geography, Film Studies and other areas who share interests in globalization, urban experience and visual culture. The May 2011 London colloquium grows out of the research questions identified during those held in Amsterdam (Globalization, Cities and Visual Culture, 1-2 October 2009) and Edinburgh (Refiguring the Global City 23-4 April 2010).

These events, which are informal and collaborative, involve the presentation of cutting-edge research and the collective pursuit of new questions which help to set the future contours of what is a rapidly evolving field. The aim of the current colloquium is to broaden our sphere of inquiry beyond the configuration and representation of particular cities, and to raise broader issues around interpretations of globalization, conceptualizations of its processes and effects, and lesser-studied aspects of its temporal and spatial reach. We particularly wish to draw in new voices from colleagues in architecture and geography and to create a stimulating hub for postgraduate debate.

The colloquium will be launched with two interlinked round-table events, open to the public, on the evening of 20 May: ‘Unsettling Global Cities’, and ‘New Approaches: Postgraduate Forum’. It is intended that these will set the tone and tease-out the contours of the debates which will be further pursed throughout the following day. The events will also provide a framework for postgraduates researching on any aspect of globalization and urban and visual cultures; postgraduates will be invited to take ownership of the second of these events. On 21 May there will be a series of linked papers by senior academics in Fine Art, Architecture, Geography and Visual Culture followed by open discussions in which postgraduate contributions will be particularly important. The day will conclude with a creative thinking session, consolidating the colloquium’s findings and determining the emerging questions which will inform the next interdisciplinary event to be held as part of the new Cities Project in Amsterdam in 2012 (for this project see http://www.hum.uva.nl/cities).

Co-organizers: Dr Ruth Cruickshank (French, RHUL) and Dr Shirley Jordan (French, QMUL)

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Christoph Lindner - Between Global Cities: Dutch-American Urban Photography

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