[ecrea] 'Shared Spaces, Shared Memories, Shared Visions' (Newcastle upon Tyne; 5th November 2015)

A workshop held in Newcastle upon Tyne, 5th November 2015.

Organisers: Gary Jenkins (Newcastle University) and Elise Bath
(Newcastle University)

Call for Papers

To mark the 25^th anniversary of the reunification of Germany and the
subsequent reassessment of commemoration and memorialisation processes
connected with the Nazi period, this one-day workshop will bring
together experienced and emerging researchers to discuss visual
representations of the German wartime experience. The discourse
surrounding the roles played by the wider German population has
traditionally been informed by a series of binaries, with the opposing
positions of ‘victim’ and ‘perpetrator’ constituting a central component
of this engagement. With a focus on the ways in which visual media and
physical sites within the German cityscape represent the events of World
War Two, this workshop aims to move beyond the established
victim/perpetrator binary, and explore the complexities that inform this
wartime experience.

Possible topics for papers could include:

  * Competing narratives within the cityscape. How do public spaces in
    German cities explore and explode the victim/perpetrator division?
  * Online extremism: the impact of Neo-Nazi extremists on the
    victim/perpetrator discussion (such as websites misappropriating the
    Dresden bombings).
  * The difficulties of simultaneously presenting victim and perpetrator
    narratives within a shared space, and management strategies for any
    resulting conflicts

  * The shared onscreen presence of victim and perpetrator narratives in
    film and television, and how this impacts on our understanding of
    Germany as one nation.
  * Narratives of German resistance: comparative representations of the
    Rosenstraße protest in von Trotta’s 2004 film ‘Rosenstrasse’ and the
    onsite memorial to the event.
  * How narratives of victimhood and perpetration are explored in city
    architecture such as the Jewish Museum Berlin’s Libeskind building,
    or the post reunification design of the Reichstag.

Participants are invited to submit an abstract of 150-200 words for 20
minute papers in English, along with a brief bio and short list of
relevant publications (where applicable) to Gary at
(g.jenkins /at/ newcastle.ac.uk) <mailto:(g.jenkins /at/ newcastle.ac.uk)> by 2
September 2015.

For further information, contact either Gary on
(g.jenkins /at/ newcastle.ac.uk) <mailto:(g.jenkins /at/ newcastle.ac.uk)> or Elise on
(l.e.bath /at/ newcastle.ac.uk) <mailto:(l.e.bath /at/ newcastle.ac.uk)>

Gary Jenkins BA (Hons), MA

PhD Candidate Specialising in Cinematic Representations of the Holocaust

School of Modern Languages

Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne

(g.jenkins /at/ newcastle.ac.uk) <mailto:(g.jenkins /at/ newcastle.ac.uk)>

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Gary-Jenkins

Elise Bath BA (Hons), MA, MLitt
PhD Candidate in German Studies
School of Modern Languages
Old Library Building
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
(l.e.bath /at/ ncl.ac.uk) <mailto:(l.e.bath /at/ ncl.ac.uk)>
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sml/about/news/item/Elise-Bath

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