Knowledge Landscapes North America
Date: May 28-31, 2015
Conference venue: Universität Bonn, Main Building, Regina-Pacis-Weg 3, 53111 Bonn
Local organizer: North American Studies Program, Universität Bonn
Conference Program
| Thursday, May 28 | |||||
| 7:30-9:00 am(during breakfast) | Business Meeting of the Editors of DGfA|GAAS Publications | Ameron Hotel Königshof | |||
| 9:30 am-4:00 pm12:30-1:30pm | DGfA|GAAS Board MeetingLunch at Restaurant Ruland | Dekanatssaal | |||
| 2:00-5:00 pm | Conference Office
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Room 1.070 | |||
| 3:00-4:30 pm | PGF Meeting | Lecture Hall III | |||
| 3:00-4:30 pm | Electronic Publishing Initiative | Lecture Hall XIII | |||
| 5:00-7:30 pm
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Conference OpeningCarmen Birkle, President GAAS
Welcome Addresses Rector and|or Dean Jürgen Nimptsch, Lord Mayor, City of Bonn Sabine Sielke, Director, North American Studies Program Ambassador John B. Emerson
Award Ceremony Fulbright American Studies Award Christoph Daniel Ebeling Fellowship Best AmSt Article Award
Keynote Lecture Christopher Newfield (Department of English, University of California, Santa Barbara) “New Roles for Academia? The American University and the Knowledge Economy” Chair: Sarah Wasserman (Freie Universität Berlin)
Music by the Jazz Choir of the Universität Bonn
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Auditorium (Aula)
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| 7:30-9:00 pm | Reception | Auditorium (Aula) and Foyer | |||
| Friday, May 29 | |||||
| 8:00 am-5:30 pm | Conference Office | Room 1.070 | |||
| 9:00-10:30 am | Keynote LectureSiva Vaidhyanathan (Department of Media Studies & School of Law, University of Virginia)“The Production and Circulation of Knowledge in the Age of Google”
Chair: Frank Kelleter (Freie Universität Berlin)
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Auditorium (Aula)
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| 10:30-11:00 am | Coffee Break | Foyer | |||
| 11:00 am-12:30 pm | Keynote LectureSusan Schuppli (Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths, University of London)“Forensic Imagination: What Images Know” Chair: Hanjo Berressem (Universität zu Köln)
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Auditorium (Aula) | |||
| 12:30-2:00 pm | Lunch BreakPGF Lunch Meeting
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| 2:00-5:00 pm
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Parallel Workshops 1-8
Coffee available between 3:00 and 4:00 pm |
Lecture Halls II-VI, XI-XIIIRondell | |||
| 5:30-6:30 pm | Women’s Caucus | Lecture Hall IX | |||
| 7:00-9:30 pm | Cruise on the Rhine | ||||
| Saturday, May 30 | |||||
| 8:00 am-5:30 pm | Conference Office | Room 1.070 | |||
| 9:00-10:30 am | Keynote LectureSverker Sörlin (Division of Science, Technology and Environment, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm)“Frost or Heat on Humanities and Social Sciences? Understanding the Climate Change in North American Knowledge Landscapes”
Chair: Ulfried Reichardt (Universität Mannheim)
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Auditorium (Aula) | |||
| 10:30-11:00 am | Coffee Break | Foyer | |||
| 11:00 am-1:30 pm | Members’ Meeting | Auditorium (Aula) | |||
| 1:30-2:30 pm | Lunch BreakTeaching American Studies Lunch
Diversity Lunch
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| 2:30-5:30 pm | Parallel Workshops 9-16
Coffee available between 3:00 and 4:00 pm
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Lecture Halls II-VI, XI-XIIIRondell
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| 5:30-7:00 pm | Info Session on Funding by the DFG and DGfA|GAAS | Room 2.057 | |||
| 8:00 pm | The North American Studies Program at 25Reception and (Birthday) Party
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Säulenhalle, Brunnenhof, and Café Unique | |||
| Sunday, May 31 | |||||
| 9:30-11:00 am | Keynote LectureAntje Kley (American Studies, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)“Literary Knowledge Production and the Natural Sciences in the US”
Chair: Susanne Rohr (Universität Hamburg)
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Lecture Hall IX | |||
| 11:00-11:30 am | Coffee Break | Rondell | |||
| 11:30 am-1:00 pm | Authors’ Reading: Rivka Galchen and Joseph O’Neill Chair: Andrew Gross (Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
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Lecture Hall IX | |||
| 2:00-6:00 pm | Trip to Hans Arp Museum, Rolandseck | ||||
Upon prearrangement, child care is available in room 2.063.
We thank the following institutions and companies for their support:
