This workshop provides a forum for students and faculty to present ongoing research in the field of historical semantics and the history of knowledge. In recent decades, historical semantics has become an increasingly influential research program in the German context. Under the influence of the cultural turn in the humanities, the field has transformed itself from a more traditional study of concepts into the study of semantic fields and figures. In this sense, the revised field can be understood to include a whole range of aesthetic practices. This new understanding is particularly suited to a wide range of research programs within and beyond the field of literary studies. Our workshop aims to provide a collaborative atmosphere for the discussion of focused theoretical questions.
Announcements
Historical Semantics meets biweekly on Tuesday from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in Wieboldt 206
Schedule Spring 2009:
April 1, 2009 (note: Wednesday) |
Juliane Vogel (University of Konstanz) Galatea unter Druck: Zu einer Geschichte des räuberischen Griffs |
April 13, 2009 (note: Tuesday)
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Joshua Bonilla (University of Chicago, PhD candidate) Calderón and the German Romantics |
April 28, 2009 |
Cornelia Bohn (University of Lucerne) Semantic shifts in the Concepts of Money |
May 12, 2009 (note: Wieboldt 408) |
Rüdiger Campe (Yale University) Intercession, advocacy, representation. Kafka's "Die Fuersprecher" ("The Advocates") and the question of communication |
May 26, 2009 |
Tan Wälchli (University of Chicago, Swiss National Science Foundation, Post Doctorand) Die Politik des Phantastischen: Achim von Arnim |
Contacts:
Prof. Ralph Ubl, Faculty Sponsor |
rubl@uchicago.edu |
Prof. Christiane Frey, Faculty Sponsor |
chrfrey@uchicago.edu |
Hannah Eldridge, Student Coordinator |
hveldrid@uchicago.edu |
Mimmi Woisnitza, Student Coordinator |
mwoisnitza@uchicago.edu |
