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Etymologically, the word ‘nostalgia’ comes from the Greek nóstos, ‘a return home,’ and álgos, ‘pain.’ Intro-duced as a medical term for homesickness in the 17th century, nostalgia fi rst acquired a broader spectrum of signifi cation in 19th century France, when authors like Balzac and Baudelaire used it do designate a dif-fuse type of longing that could not simply be resolved by going home. Dislodged from its medical origins, nostalgia came to refer to a longing aimed not only at physical places, but also bygone eras, deceased loved ones, and more ill-defi ned objects considered to be lost.
Gradual extension from a physical condition to a psy-chological state of mind charged with symbolic val-ue allowed nostalgia to become virulent in a variety of both literary and theoretical discourses. Svetlana Boym (2001) argues that the nostalgic desire for ori-gins is at “the very core of the modern condition.”
Host:Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Organizers: Mikołaj Golubiewski, Johannes Kleine, Roman Kuhn, Dennis Schep
Within academia, the last fi ft y years have witnessed an unprecedented suspicion of origins and an attack on such simple notions as ‘the authentic.’ When anti-essen-tialism is the norm, nostalgia becomes suspicious, lead-ing many to supplement it with irony so as to establish a manner of critical distance.
If nostalgic feelings constitute the image of their cher-ished object, it is all too easy to denounce these objects as idealizations; but still one could ask whether not only nostalgic longing but also ironic appropriation and hy-bridization are driven by comparable desires to reconcile with the lost. While, generally, nostalgia may be seen as normatively conservative, perhaps it is analytically inevi-table.
Venue:Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 Berlin-DahlemRoom L116
Nostalgia isn’tPoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgiawhat it used to be
International Conference | April 17–18, 2015
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as NostalgiaInternational ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as NostalgiaInternational ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as NostalgiaInternational ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as NostalgiaInternational ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as NostalgiaInternational ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as NostalgiaInternational ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015
Keynote: Nicholas Dames
Friedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as Nostalgia
International ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de
Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to bePoetologies of and Theory as NostalgiaInternational ConferenceApril 17–18, 2015Keynote: Nicholas DamesFriedrich Schlegel Graduate School of Literary Studieswww.fsgs.fu-berlin.de Freie Universität BerlinSeminarzentrumOtto-von-Simson-Str. 2614195 BerlinRoom L 116
Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be
Friday, April 17th, 2015
13.00–13.15 Welcome & Introduction
13.15–15.45 Panel 1: Framing NostalgiaChair: Anja Ketterl
Tabea Meurer (Münster)Longing for Power? Reflections on Nostalgia, Past Presencing, and the Construction of Élites
Rana R. Siblini (Münster) Reading Pre-modern Arabic Poetry through Nostalgia
Tobias Becker (London)Nostalgia and the Historians; The Resurgence of the Past and the ‘Nostalgia Wave’ in the 1970s
Sylwia D. Chrostowska (Toronto)On the Trail of Nostalgia: A History in Critique
Jozsef Krupp (Budapest)Philology and Nostalgia
15.45–16.15 Coffee-Break
16.15–18.15 Panel 2: Poetic Longing – Perfor- ming Nostalgia in Literature (1)Chair: Bernhard Metz
Anton Pluschke (Princeton)“Wer an zurück denkt, der will zurück.” The World in Fontane and Heidegger
Ana-Maria Schlupp (Berlin)Nostalgic Longing for a Place Unknown. About Jan Koneffkes Eine nie vergessene Geschichte
Aleksandra Kremer (Warsaw)The Performance of Nostalgia in the Poetry of Eugeniusz Tkaczyszyn-Dycki
Mariella C. Scheer (Berlin)Memory is Truth, Nostalgia is Forgery? The Creative Potential of Nostalgic Memory in Literature
18.15–19.00 Wine-Reception
19.00 Keynote-LectureNicholas Dames (New York)
Rethinking Nostalgia and Pleasure: The Example of the 1970s
Saturday, April 18th, 2015
10.00–12.30 Panel 3: Media of/and NostalgiaChair: Alesya Raskuratova
Mirjam Kappes (Cologne)Mediated Nostalgia(s): Memory and Mass Media in the Digital Age
Wolfgang Hottner (New Haven)Winter Gardens. Space, Memoria and Images in Barthes and Proust
Katharina Greven (Bayreuth)Longing for a New Home: The ‘Fantasy Africa’ of the German Art Patron Ulli Beier and his Wife Georgina Beier in their Archive
Nout Van Den Neste (Lisbon)Remembering Portugal: Discourses of Portuguese Nostalgia in Saudade and Fado Music
Antoni Michnik (Warsaw)‘Borrowed Nostalgia for the Unremembered 80‘s’ - James Murphy, Memory and Retromania
12.30–13.30 Lunch-Break
13.30-15.00 Panel 4: (Post-)Transformation and NostalgiaChair: Thomas Hardtke
Erica Lombard (Oxford)An Awkward Ache: Nostalgic White Writing in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Ksenia Robbe (Leiden)Decolonizing Transformation: Nostalgia and Complicity in Ludmila Ulitskaya’s The Big Green Tent and Antjie Krog’s A Change of Tongue
Caspar Battegay (Lausanne)Nostalgia for the Storyteller. Joseph Roth’s Narratology
15.00–16.00 Coffee-Break
16.00–18.00 Panel 5: Poetic Longing – Perfor- ming Nostalgia in Literature (2)Chair: Clemens Dirmhirn
Qin Wang (New York)How not to be Nostalgic of the Future: Lu Xun’s Homeland and the Politics of Modernity of the May Fourth Movement in China
Jeffrey Champlin (New York)“Old-fashioned procreation”: Homunculus and Nostalgia for the Body in Faust II
Oliver Völker (Frankfurt)“Dead and gone.” Aesthetics of Loss in T.C. Boyles A Friend of the Earth
Federico Dal Bo (Berlin)Going Home When “That Agony Returns”; Primo Levi’s Ad Ora Incerta and His Tragic Nóstos from the Camps
19.00 Conference-Dinner
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