The symposium takes place within the framework of the project VehmeLit – Legal Cultures and Literary Trials in the Age of Goethe, based at King’s Department of German.

There are two sessions:

Session 1:

Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives | 14^th September, 14.00–18.30

14.00–14.30    Arrival and registration

14.30–14.45    Opening remarks – Dr Daniele Vecchiato (King’s College London)

Chair: Prof Matthew Bell (King’s College London)

14.45–15.45    Keynote Lecture:

Law, Literature, and the Question of Reading – Prof Marco Wan (University of Hong Kong)

15.45–16.00    Discussion

16.00–16.20    Tea and Coffee Break

16.20–16.50    Law, Poetry and Philosophy in an Age of Uncertainty – Prof Lorenzo Zucca (King’s College London)

16.50–17.20    Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights – Prof Lyndsey Stonebridge (University of Birmingham)

17.20–17.40    Discussion

17.40–18.10    The Voyeur in the Archive: Solidarity and Spectatorship in Godard and Meiselas – Dr Anna Bernard (King’s College London)

18.10–18.30    Discussion and Conclusion

Session 2:

German Perspectives (18^th and 19^th centuries) | 15^th September 2018, 10.00–14.00

Chair: Dr Daniele Vecchiato (King’s College London)

10.00–10.30    “What do we owe each other”: Contracts and the Law in Goethe’s Götz – Prof Claudia Nitschke (University of Durham)

10.30–11.00    Schiller’s Demetrius Project: Questions of Legitimacy for the 20^th Century? – Prof Maria Carolina Foi (Università degli Studi di Trieste)

11.00–11.20    Discussion

11.20–11.40    Tea and Coffee Break

11.40–12.10    Bridging the Gap: Foreign Language Approaches in Legal Hermeneutics – Dr Hans Jochen Lind (Yale University)

12.10–12.40    Writing for Relevance and Writing for the Nation in German Exile Literature – Dr Steffan Davies (University of Bristol)

12.40–13.00    Discussion

13.00–13.15    Closing remarks

13.15–14.30    Refreshments and networking

 

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No. 744413.

This is a free symposium and registration is required. 
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