pynchon|germany conference 14.-16.06.02

[Achim Behrendt]

to whom it may concern

John Krafft has pointed out to me that it would be usefull to send you
the program information for the pynchon conference in a txt-format

I still recommend checking our homepage for information
http://www.uni-koeln.de/phil-fak/englisch/berressem/docs/conferences.htm

However here comes the information as pure text (excuse the *missing*
layout):

Achim

June 14-16, 2002
Department of English: University of Cologne

p l a c e :The site of the conference is the Philosophicum of the
University of Cologne [Albertus-Magnus-Platz 1].
Please consult http://www.uni-koeln.de/uni/anreise.e.htm for further
directions how to get to the University.

registration : There is no registration fee and thus no need to
register. Come as you are.

accommodation: A number of good hotels can be found in the vicinity of
the university. We recommend the Hotel Chelsea, which is where the
speakers will be staying [Hotel Chelsea, Jülicher Str. 1, 50674 Köln,
+49 0221, Tel. 207150, Fax 239137, www.hotel-chelsea.de It is located
within easy walking distance [there is even a tram!] to the university
and near the center of Cologne. Rooms are about 60 Euro per night for a
single room. Please make reservations directly with the hotel.
There are also two youth hostels in Cologne [19,50 - 34 Euro per
night]: JH Köln-Riehl, JH Köln-Deutz.

information : For further information, please get in touch with
either John Krafft: john.krafft at uni-koeln.de or Hanjo Berressem:
hanjo.berressem at uni-koeln.de

p r o g r a m :

friday: [cinenova, koeln-ehrenfeld]
18:00-18:30 Krafft | Berressem [miami | cologne]: Opening of Conference
- Introduction.
18:30-19:45 Thomas Schaub: Transcending Gravity: Mahler and the German
Dialectic in Gravity's Rainbow.
21:00-23:00 Fosco und Donatello Dubini [Cologne]: "Journey into the Mind
of [p.]." Screening and Discussion with the filmmakers.

saturday: [practice]
09:00-10:15 keynote: Heinz Ickstadt [berlin]: "How German Is It?
Learning from Pynchon's German Obsessions."
10:15-11:00 Terry Reilly | Steve Tomaske [fairbanks | los angeles]: Hard
Science and the Paranormal in Gravity's Rainbow: Precognition Machines,
Cockroaches, and Not That Helmut Schmidt.
11:00-11:45 Douglas Lannark [berlin]: Relocation | Dislocation:
"Rocket-man" in Berlin.
lunch
14:00-14:45 Thomas Eckhardt [bonn]: Pynchon in Contemporary German
Literature.
14:45-15:30 Sebastian Fasthuber [vienna]: The Reception of Mason & Dixon
in The German-Speaking Area.
coffee
16:00-16:45 Alexei Lalo [minsk]: From the "Zone" and "Zone-Hereros" to
the "German Mania for Name-Giving": German References as Metaphors in
Gravity's Rainbow.
16:45-17:30 Inger H. Dalsgaard [aarhus]: Messages from the Black Box:
Recording Terror in Gravity's Rainbow and on the 11th of September 2001.
17:30-18:30 von Blumröder [köln]: The Radio Cologne Sound in 'The Crying
of Lot 49.'
dinner [cinenova, koeln-ehrenfeld]
21:00-23:00 Robert Bramkamp [berlin]: "Documentary - Prüfstand 7."
Screening and Discussion with the filmmaker.

sunday: [theory]
09:00-10:15 keynote: Friedrich Kittler [berlin]: "Pynchon
und die Elektromystik"
10:15-11:00 Luc Herman | Bruno Arich [antwerp | cologne]: The Colonial
Encounter at Home: Representations of Dora in Pynchon and Mirbach.
11:00-11:45 Galena Eduardova [sofia]: Mittelwerke: The Architecture Of
Still Life.
lunch
14:00-14:45 Victoria de Zwaan [trent]: "A child of the oven:" Hansel and
Gretel in Pynchon's Germany.
14:45-15:30 Bernd Klähn [bochum]: The Leibniz-connection:
Nazi-Symbolism, Calculus and Leibnizian Worldmaking.
coffee
16:00-16:45 Jim Neighbors [madison]: Ilse | lies: Nietzsche and Pynchon.
16:45-17:30 Käkelä-Puumala, Tiina [helsinki]: "Max Weber, Baudrillard
and Pynchon."
17:30-19:00 roundtable
dinner
end of conference