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| - | 28 November 2008, the international network programme NEWW "New approaches to European Women’s Writing" organised a workshop in collaboration with the Dutch doctoral school ''Huizinga Instituut'' (Amsterdam). The theme of this workshop was: '''Literary Historiography and the "Other"'''. It was the second of a long term series that allows to researchers and graduate students to discuss together various themes. <br><br><br> | + | 28 November 2008, the international network programme NEWW "New approaches to European Women’s Writing" organised a workshop in collaboration with the Dutch doctoral school ''Huizinga Instituut'' (Amsterdam). The theme of this workshop was: '''Literary Historiography and the "Other"'''. It was the second of a long term series that allows to researchers and graduate students to discuss together various themes. <br><br> |
| - | '''Meeting place:'''<br><br> | + | '''Meeting place:'''<br> |
| Utrecht, Faculty of Humanities:<br> | Utrecht, Faculty of Humanities:<br> | ||
| Drift 23 (near the Janskerkhof), 11.00 – 17.00,<br> | Drift 23 (near the Janskerkhof), 11.00 – 17.00,<br> | ||
| 11.00 - 12.30: room 0.12, <br> | 11.00 - 12.30: room 0.12, <br> | ||
| - | 13.30 - 17.00: room 1.06.<br><br><br> | + | 13.30 - 17.00: room 1.06.<br><br> |
| '''Program:'''<br> | '''Program:'''<br> | ||
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| '''Coffee/tea'''<br> | '''Coffee/tea'''<br> | ||
| * 11.00<br> | * 11.00<br> | ||
| - | [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Anke_Gilleir Anke Gilleir]: <br> | + | [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Anke_Gilleir '''Anke Gilleir''']: <br> |
| - | [['''Literary Historiography and the "Other": Presentation''']] <br> | + | [[Literary Historiography and the "Other": Presentation]]<br> |
| * 11.15 | * 11.15 | ||
| - | [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Hilde_Hoogenboom Hilde Hoogenboom]:<br> | + | [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Hilde_Hoogenboom '''Hilde Hoogenboom''']:<br> |
| - | '''From Bibliography to Canon: Classifying Women in France, England, Germany, and Russia, 1700-2005 '''<br> | + | From Bibliography to Canon: Classifying Women in France, England, Germany, and Russia, 1700-2005<br> |
| * 11.45<br> | * 11.45<br> | ||
| - | '''Discussion (taking into account the Moretti-article, see below)'''<br> | + | '''Discussion''' (taking into account the Moretti-article, see below)<br> |
| * 12.30<br> | * 12.30<br> | ||
| '''Lunch at Drift 17'''<br> | '''Lunch at Drift 17'''<br> | ||
| * 13.30, room 1.06 <br> | * 13.30, room 1.06 <br> | ||
| - | [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Anne_van_Buul Anne van Buul], Groningen: <br> | + | [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Anne_van_Buul '''Anne van Buul'''], Groningen: <br> |
| - | '''Recycling "old" research material, where "the other" had been left aside''' <br> | + | Recycling "old" research material, where "the other" had been left aside <br> |
| * 13.50<br> | * 13.50<br> | ||
| '''Discussion'''<br> | '''Discussion'''<br> | ||
| * 14.15<br> | * 14.15<br> | ||
| - | [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Zsuzsanna_Varga Zsuzsanna Varga]:<br> | + | [http://www.womenwriters.nl/index.php/Zsuzsanna_Varga '''Zsuzsanna Varga''']:<br> |
| - | '''Extending the canon: including Hungarian women into European history'''<br> | + | Extending the canon: including Hungarian women into European history<br> |
| * 14.35<br> | * 14.35<br> | ||
| - | Hanneke Boode, Groningen:<br> | + | '''Hanneke Boode''', Groningen:<br> |
| - | '''The image of [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=3110 Margit Kaffka] in Hungarian literary historiography'''<br> | + | The image of [http://www.databasewomenwriters.nl/author.asp?authorID=3110 Margit Kaffka] in Hungarian literary historiography<br> |
| * 14.55 <br> | * 14.55 <br> | ||
| - | '''Discussion (taking into account the Hutcheon-article, see below)'''<br> | + | '''Discussion''' (taking into account the Hutcheon-article, see below)<br> |
| * 15.15<br> | * 15.15<br> | ||
| '''Tea/coffee''' | '''Tea/coffee''' | ||
| * 15.30<br> | * 15.30<br> | ||
| - | [http://www.biografiebulletin.nl/index.html Monica Soeting]:<br> | + | [http://www.biografiebulletin.nl/index.html '''Monica Soeting''']:<br> |
| - | '''"The first in history, who .....": from surprise to historiography'''<br> | + | "The first in history, who .....": from surprise to historiography<br> |
| * 16.00<br> | * 16.00<br> | ||
| '''Discussion'''<br> | '''Discussion'''<br> | ||
| * 16.15<br> | * 16.15<br> | ||
| - | '''Final discussion: conclusions relevant for other "others" than women?''' | + | '''Final discussion''': conclusions relevant for other "others" than women? |
| * 17.00<br> | * 17.00<br> | ||
| '''Closure''' | '''Closure''' | ||
| - | <br><br><br> | + | <br><br> |
| - | Discussion about historiography and the question of "cultural heritage": how did our present day knowledge of historical literature get established and how did it present and represent "others" (women as well as other "others").<br><br> | ||
| - | Obviously as children of the 21st century we know that history is a construction. Philosophy of history has investigated into history as a textual practice (H. White, F. Ankersmit), we have learned how collective memories are formed and institutionalized (A. Assmann), we realize that both on collective and individual level memory functions in a spatio-temporal context, we have come to estimate the impact of trauma, we know that traditions are invented (E. Hobsbawm), that concepts such as "origin" and "generation" are not mere facts of nature but highly functional terms in the process of community formation, terms that may blur diversity and incompatibility of historical experience (S. Weigel). At the end of the addition we are extremely conscious, yet how does it influence our practice as scholars in literary history? <br><br> | ||
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| - | The workshop addressed questions on the kinds of literature we deal with, on how much – in spite of every possible form of reflexion - we take for granted the canonical inheritance in spite of all sorts of ideological awareness. <br><br><br> | ||
| '''Some bibliographical references:'''<br> | '''Some bibliographical references:'''<br> | ||
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| * Amanda Gaily, "How Anthologists Made Dickinson a Tolerable American Woman Writer", in: ''The Emily Dickinson Journal'', 2005, XIV/1. <br> | * Amanda Gaily, "How Anthologists Made Dickinson a Tolerable American Woman Writer", in: ''The Emily Dickinson Journal'', 2005, XIV/1. <br> | ||
| - | * Jutta Schlich, ''Literarische Authentizität. Prinzip und Geschichte''. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2002. <br><br> | + | * Jutta Schlich, ''Literarische Authentizität. Prinzip und Geschichte''. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2002. <br><br><br> |
| - | SvD, December 2008<br><br><br> | + | AsK, September 2010 |
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| *Conferences > NEWW November meetings > 2008 <br><br> | *Conferences > NEWW November meetings > 2008 <br><br> | ||
Current revision
Second NEWW November meeting
28 November 2008, the international network programme NEWW "New approaches to European Women’s Writing" organised a workshop in collaboration with the Dutch doctoral school Huizinga Instituut (Amsterdam). The theme of this workshop was: Literary Historiography and the "Other". It was the second of a long term series that allows to researchers and graduate students to discuss together various themes.
Meeting place:
Utrecht, Faculty of Humanities:
Drift 23 (near the Janskerkhof), 11.00 – 17.00,
11.00 - 12.30: room 0.12,
13.30 - 17.00: room 1.06.
Program:
- 10.30, room 0.12
Coffee/tea
- 11.00
Anke Gilleir:
Literary Historiography and the "Other": Presentation
- 11.15
Hilde Hoogenboom:
From Bibliography to Canon: Classifying Women in France, England, Germany, and Russia, 1700-2005
- 11.45
Discussion (taking into account the Moretti-article, see below)
- 12.30
Lunch at Drift 17
- 13.30, room 1.06
Anne van Buul, Groningen:
Recycling "old" research material, where "the other" had been left aside
- 13.50
Discussion
- 14.15
Zsuzsanna Varga:
Extending the canon: including Hungarian women into European history
- 14.35
Hanneke Boode, Groningen:
The image of Margit Kaffka in Hungarian literary historiography
- 14.55
Discussion (taking into account the Hutcheon-article, see below)
- 15.15
Tea/coffee
- 15.30
Monica Soeting:
"The first in history, who .....": from surprise to historiography
- 16.00
Discussion
- 16.15
Final discussion: conclusions relevant for other "others" than women?
- 17.00
Closure
Some bibliographical references:
in particular:
- Linda Hutcheon, "Interventionist literary histories: nostalgic, pragmatic, or utopian", in: Modern Language Quarterly, 1998, 59/4.
- Franco Moretti, "The slaughterhouse of literature", in Modern Language Quartely, 2000, 61/1.
and for further reading:
- Aleida Assmann, Vergessene Texte. Konstanz: UVK Univers. Verlag.
- Walter Benjamin, "Ausgraben und Erinnern", in : Gesammelte Schriften, ed. Timan Rexroth. Frankfurt : Suhrkamp, 1972, IV/1.
- Susan A. Crane, "Writing the Individual Back into Collective Memory", in: American Historical Review, 1997, 102/5.
- Amanda Gaily, "How Anthologists Made Dickinson a Tolerable American Woman Writer", in: The Emily Dickinson Journal, 2005, XIV/1.
- Jutta Schlich, Literarische Authentizität. Prinzip und Geschichte. Tübingen: Max Niemeyer Verlag, 2002.
AsK, September 2010
- Conferences > NEWW November meetings > 2008