Conf: Center for Austrian Studies 20th Anniversary/Fall Symposia

[Dr Wolfgang Hirczy de Mino]

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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 08:28:11 -0500
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Subject: Conf: Center for Austrian Studies 20th Anniversary/Fall Symposia

It may be hard to believe, but the Center for Austrian Studies of the
University of Minnesota will be twenty years old in 1997. Rather than
simply hold a fall symposium, the Center will host a celebration not just
of itself but of Austria and the European lands with a common Habsburg
heritage.

"The Great Tradition: Dramatic and Musical Theater in Austrian and Central
European Society," to be held 22-24 October 1997, is a three-day symposium
that will cover drama and musical theater in the eighteenth through
twentieth centuries. "The Great Tradition" will be followed by a one day
film symposium, "Mirror Ball: Reflections of Gender Sexuality, Ethnicity,
and Nationalism in Austrian and Central European Cinema" on 25 October
followed by a series of films from 25 October through 2 November. The
celebration will also feature a month-long celebration of theatre,
music-theater, dance and film performances open to the public.

"The Great Tradition" will examine dramatic and musical theater in its
social context and will look at works from both Austria and the regions of
the former Habsburg Empire. The renowned Austrian historian Ernst
Wangermann will deliver the Robert A. Kann Memorial Lecture on the
Enlightenment concept of the Fine Arts and the connection between ethics
and asethetics as the opening event of "The Great Tradition."

"Mirror Ball" will focus on how film has reflected the interactions of
Central Europe's cultures and subcultures and helped to define their
identities. The program of films to be shown over two weekends (25-26
October and 30 October-2 November) has not been finalized. The film
festival will open with a scholarly pannel on Saturday afternoon, 25
October at the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum.

The schedules for "The Great Tradition: Dramatic and Musical Theater in
Austrian and Central European Society" and "Mirror Ball: Reflections of
Gender Sexuality, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in Austrian and Central
European Cinema" are provided below.

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The Center for Austrian Studies of the University of Minnesota presents an
International Sypmosium:

"The Great Tradition: Dramatic and Musical Theater in Austrian and Central
European Society"
22-24 October 1997

Cosponsored by: Austrian Cultural Institute (New York), and the University
of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts, Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum,
McKnight Arts and Humanities Endowment, Department of German, Scandinavian
and, Dutch, and School of Music

WEDNESDAY, 22 October
9:00-9:30 Registration at the Weisman Art Museum
9:30-10:00 Opening Remarks/Introduction/ACI Book and Dissertation Prize
Awards

10:00-11:30 Robert A. Kann Memorial Lecture, Ernst Wangermann, University of
Salzburg, "'Bye and Bye We Shall Have an Enlightened Populace.' Moral
Optimism and the Fine Arts in Late Eighteenth Century Austria."

11:30-1:00 Lunch

1:00-2:30 Session 1: The Heritage: Dramatic Theater
"The Imperial Hoftheater and the Commedia Dell'Arte," Wolfgang
Greisenegger, University of Vienna
"Nestroy's Naughty Children," Carl Weber, Stanford University.
"The Theater in der Josefstadt: A Viennese Private Theater, A Viennese
Institution," Angela Eder, University of Vienna.

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-4:15 Session 2: The Heritage: Musical Theater
"The Role of Popular Musical Theater in the Lives of Haydn and Mozart," Eva
Badura-Skoda, Vienna.
"Aspects of Politics in Mozart's Operas," Peter-Maria Krakauer, Mozarteum.
"Displaying Rage: Markers of Gender in Mozart's Operas," Gretchen Wheelock,
University of Rochester.
"Vienna as a Center of International Ballet and Theater Reform in the Late
Eighteenth Century," Sibylle Dahms, University of Salzburg.

THURSDAY, 23 October
9:00-11:30 Session 3: The Fin-de-Siecle
"A Break in the Scenic Traditions of the Vienna Court Opera: Alfred Roller
and the Wiener Sezession," Evan Baker, Los Angeles.
"Ferdinand Bruckner's Stage Techniques,"Egon Schwarz, Washington University.
"Pantomime, Sprachskepsis, Physical Culture and Dance in Austrian and German
Modernism," Harold B. Segel, Columbia University.
"Der Rosenkavalier as Historical Theme Park," Simon J. C. Williams,
University of California, Santa Barbara.

11:30-1:00 Lunch

1:00-3:00 Session 4: National Theater and National Identity
"Reflections of the Biedermeier in the Czech Drama of the Revival Period,"
Radmila Hrdinova, Charles University.
"Hungarian Theater in Exile, 1919-1945," Tibor Frank, Eotvos Lorand
University.
"The Image of Women in Hungarian Drama around 1900," Ilona Sarmany-Parsons,
Central European University, Budapest.
"The Taming of a Transgressive National Hero: Tadeusz Kosciuszko on the
Polish Stage," Halina Filipowicz, University of Wisconsin.
"Staging Language and Nationality: Kafka and Yiddish Theater," Scott
Spector, University of Michigan

3:00-3:15 Break

3:15-4:45 Session 5: The Foundations of Modern Austrian Theater
"Viennese Theater in the 1930s," Hilde Haider, University of Vienna.
"Retreat or Return: Max Reinhardt in Austria at the Beginning of the 1920s,"
Edda Fuhrich, University of Vienna.
"Populism versus Elitism--Reinhardt's Austrian Productions, 1924-1927,"
Michael Patterson, DeMontfort University.

8:00 Lecture/Demonstration presented by Professor Sybille Dahms of the
University of Salzburg and feature the skills of the Austrian Musica et
Saltatoria dancers performing dances from Mozart to Schubert. (University of
Minnesota dancers and Dance Revels directed by Jane Peck will join Musica
et Saltatoria).

FRIDAY, 24 October
9:30-11:30 Session 6: Contemporary Theater
"Innovations in Modern Austrian Theater," Jochen Schulte-Sasse, University
of Minnesota.
"Tabori's Return to the Danube: From the Catacombs to the Cathedral?"
Hans-Peter Bayerdoerfer, University of Munich.
"Tabori and the Jewish Question," Jack Zipes, University of Minnesota.

11:30-1:00 Lunch ($12; reservations required)

1:00-2:30 Session 7: Bernhard and His Legacy
"Thomas Bernhard: Fool on the Hill, Gitta Honegger, Catholic University of
America.
"Thomas Bernhard's Heldenplatz--Artists and Societies Beyond the Scandal,"
Alfred Pfabigan, University of Vienna.
"Austrian Petit and Haute Bourgeois as Obsessive Prisoners of Language: A
Comparative Study of Werner Schwab's _Die Praesidentinnen_ and Thomas
Bernhard's _Ritter, Dene, Voss_," Peter Hoeyng, University of Tennessee.

2:30-2:45 Break

2:45-4:30 Session 8: Modern Musical Theater
"Nationalism and Gender in Fin-de-Siecle Central European Opera," Michael P.
Steinberg, Cornell University.
"Karl Goldmark's Operas During the Directorship of Gustav Mahler," Peter
Revers, Salzburg.
"Schvnberg and Theater," Michael Cherlin, University of Minnesota.
"O, du lieber Augustin: Viennese Identity and the Operetta Stage," Camille
Critenden, University of Southern California.

Advanced registration for the conference is required. The registration form
(which covers both conference registration and meal reservations) is
available on the Center's website:
http://www.socsci.umn.edu/cas/regform.htm
For further information on "The Great Tradition," please contact:
Conference Coordinator (Craig P. Anderson)
Center for Austrian Studies
1997 Symposium and Festival
267 19th Avenue S., Room 314
Minneapolis MN 55455
Tel: (612) 624-4003
Fax: (612) 626-2242
e-mail: ande...@gold.tc.umn.edu
Web: http://www.socsci.umn.edu/cas/

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The Center for Austrian Studies of the University of Minnesota presents:
"Mirror Ball: Reflections of Gender Sexuality, Ethnicity, and Nationalism in
Austrian and Central European Cinema"
25 October-2 November 1997
Cosponsored by: Austrian Cultural Institute (New York), University of
Minnesota's Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, McKnight Arts and Humanities
Endowment, and University Film Society

"Mirror Ball: Reflections of Gender, Sexuality, Ethnicity, and Nationalism
in Austrian and Central European Cinema" will focus on how film has
reflected the interactions of Central Europe's cultures and subcultures and
helped to define their identities. A total of nine films will be shown over
two weekends (25-26 October and 30 October-2 November).

The film festival will open with a scholarly panel on Saturday afternoon, 25
October at the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum and will include the
following presentations:

"Unfinished History: Hungarian Filmmakers Confront the Past," Catherine
Portugues, Director, Interdepartmental Program in Film
Studies, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
"Changing Visions of Gender and Sexuality in the Heimatfilm," Gertraud
Steiner, Bundeskanzerampt Pressedienst, Vienna.
"Displacement and Diasporas in New Balkan Cinema," Dina Iordanova,
University of Chicago.
Guest Artist: Ruth Beckermann, Austrian Film Director. The Festival will
open with a screening of one of her films.

For further information on "Mirror Ball," please contact:
Film Festival Coordinator (Daniel Pinkerton)
Center for Austrian Studies
1997 Symposium and Festival
267 19th Avenue S., Room 314
Minneapolis MN 55455
Tel: (612) 624-7321
Fax: (612) 626-2242
e-mail: dan...@maroon.tc.umn.edu
Web: http://www.socsci.umn.edu/cas/