GRP 2004
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Georg Forster (1754-1794): Departure into new worlds
Kassel and Göttingen, September 8-11, 2004
You can find the various locations here and a plan of the Holländischer Platz location here - both in Kassel.
Wednesday, September 8, 2004
The conference office is located at Nora-Platiel-Straße 1, room 2211, and will be open at 15:00.
Kasseler Sparkasse, Wolfsschlucht 9
19:00 Opening lecture
Georg Forster in the German culture of remembrance, Prof. Dr. Horst Dippel<
Reception
Thursday, September 9, 2004
University of Kassel, Arnold-Bode-Str. 2
9:00-12:30
Room 0401: Section I
Intercultural Experience, Intercultural Understanding (Chair: Dr. Dieter Heintze, Bremen)
Prof. Ibrahima Diop, University of Dakar
Forster and Africa
Dr. Pascal Fagot, University of Reims
Poland as Forster's counterpart to Tahiti
Prof. Dr. Joseph Gomsu, University of Yaoundé
Georg Forster: intercultural. Forster's project of a different modernity
Dr. James Braund, University of Auckland
'The Queen of the Southern World'? Georg Forster and New Zealand
In between: 10:30-10:45 coffee break
Room 0402: Section II
Natural sciences and the scientific community (Chair: Dr. Tanja van Hoorn, Halle)
Dr. habil. Annette Graczyk, University of Potsdam
Georg Forster's views of the Lower Rhine as a scientific travelogue
Prof. Dr. Katsumi Funakoshi, University of Osaka
Dupaty's travelogue and Forster's views of the Lower Rhine
Dr. Tanja van Hoorn, University of Halle
"And humanity?" Natural history and anthropology in the scientific prose of Georg Forster (1754-1794) and Matthias Schleiden (1804-1881)
In between: 10:30-10:45 Coffee break
12:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-18:00
Room 0401: Section I (continued)
Intercultural Experience, Intercultural Understanding (Chair: Dr. Dieter Heintze, Bremen)
PD Dr. Eva-Maria Siegel, University of Cologne
Exchange relations. Gift, theft and possession around 1800 using the example of Georg Forster's "Journey around the World"
Takashi Mori, Kansai University
Between man and ape. Anthropological aspects in Forster's Journey around the World
Dr. Dieter Heintze, Bremen
Among Melanesians. How "ethnologically" did Forster think and observe?
Dr. Joerg Esleben, University of Calgary
Forster and India
In between: 15:30-16:15 Coffee break
Room 0402: Section III
Language, Literature and the Visual Arts (Chair: Prof. Dr. Helmut Scheuer, Kassel)
Prof. Dr. Gerhart Pickerodt, University of Marburg
Romantic traits in the work of Georg Forster
Dr. Christiane Weller, Monash University
The A/Other at the intersection of the desires of two world travelers
Prof. Dr. Ribeiro Sanches, University of Lisbon
Travel and self-discovery. Georg Forster's diaries
In between: 15:30-16:15 Coffee break
Casting house of the university
19:00 Reception
of the participants by the President of the University of Kassel, Prof. Dr. Rolf-Dieter Postleb
Friday, September 10, 2004
University of Göttingen
7:50 a.m.
Departure for Göttingen
Meeting point at Holländischer Platz (large parking lot on the university campus opposite the streetcar stop)
9:00 a.m.
Visit to the Forster Collection in the Ethnological Institute of the University
10:00 a.m.
Tour of the Forster herbaria
11:00 a.m.
Visit to the Forsteriana in the Paulinerkirche
Lunch break
14:30-18:00
Heyne House: Section II (continued)
Natural sciences and the scientific community (Chair: Dr. Tanja van Hoorn, Halle)
PD Dr. Bernhard Fritscher, University of Munich
A look into the interior of the earth: geology and mineralogy with Georg Forster
Prof. Dr. Karol Sauerland, University of Warsaw
Forster, Poland and the debate about his statements on Poland
Heyne House: Section III (continued)
Language, literature and the visual arts (Chair: Prof. Dr. Helmut Scheuer, Kassel)
Dr. Michael Ewert, University of Munich
Georg Forster in the light of newly discovered sources
Prof. Dr. Jost Schneider, University of Bochum
Clear or comprehensible? On the relationship between cognitive goals, intentions and stylistic ideals in Georg Forster
Dr. Rotraut Fischer, Mühltal-Traisa
"(...)only rapides tableau(...)"- Fictions of the real in Georg Forster's "Views of the Lower Rhine"
Auditorium at Wilhelmsplatz
20.00 hrs Lecture
Georg Forster's Anthropology in Changing Environments, Prof. Ludwig Uhlig, Athens (Georgia)
Saturday, September 11, 2004
University of Kassel, Arnold-Bode-Str. 2
9:00-12:30
Room 0401: Section IV
Democracy, Republic and Political Change in Europe (Chair: Prof. Dr. Horst Dippel, Kassel)
Prof. Jens Flemming, University of Kassel
Ways of Forster reception in the Weimar Republic
Dr. Stummann-Bowert, Wettenberg
Civilization processes and world trade with Georg Forster
Prof. Marita Gilli, University of Besancon
Conquest-occupation-liberation-connection in Forster's and our perspective
Thorsten Liesegang
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In between: 10:30-10:45 Coffee break
Room 0402: Section V
Communication, the public and public opinion (Chair: Prof. Dr. Helmut Peitsch, Potsdam)
Dr. Yomb May, Gymnasium Neubeuern
"[...] developing the more correct concept of humanity". Plurality and ethos in Georg Forster's anthropology
PD Dr. Michaela Holdenried, University of Stellenbosch
Experienced Enlightenment. Philosophical journeys into destroyed idylls
Prof. Dr. Irmline Veit-Brause, Deakin University
Karl Scherzer and the Novara Journey
Prof. Dr. Barbara Becker-Cantarino, University of Columbus, Ohio
Therese Huber on Georg Forster
In between: 10:30-10:45 Coffee break
14:00-18:00
Room 0401: Section IV (continued)
Democracy, Republic and Political Change in Europe (Chair: Prof. Dr. Horst Dippel, Kassel)
Dr. Peter Groenewold, University of Groningen
Georg Forster's patterns of interpretation of Holland and the Dutch. On the methodology and interdependent textual semantics of the 'Views from the Lower Rhine'
Prof. Serge Glitho, University of Lomé
Georg Forster on the relationship between statecraft and the happiness of mankind
Prof. Dr. Wolfdietrich Schmied-Kowarzik, University of Kassel
Forster's definition of revolution as a departure into the new world
In between: 15:30-16:15 Coffee break
Room 0402: Section V (continued)
Communication, the public and public opinion (Chair: Prof. Dr. Helmut Peitsch, Potsdam)
Prof. Dr. Helmut Peitsch, University of Potsdam
"[...] how the natives and the descendants of the Europeans approach each other in the middle of the wildernesses of America": Georg Forster's image of a "new culture" in editions and reviews of travelogues about North America
Dr. Hans Erich Bödeker, Max Planck Institute for History Göttingen
Public opinion in Georg Forster's work
Prof. Dr. Walter F. Veit, Monash University
Topics of a better world: The Pacific as a counter-world and challenge to Europe
In between: 15:30-16:15 Coffee break
Evening program
18:00 hrs
General meeting of the Georg Forster Society
20:00 hrs
Dinner at the invitation of the GFG in the Caruso Restaurant, Alte Garnisonskirsche
with the kind support of:
University of Kassel
Kasseler Sparkasse
Kasseler Hochschulbund