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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The Goethe Society of North America (GSNA) was founded in December 1979 in San Francisco as a non-profit organization dedicated to the encouragement of research on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832; pronunciation here) and his age. The impact of the work of the Goethe Society of North America is considerable and demonstrates that in its relatively brief career it has already become a major forum for constructive research within the international community of scholars of the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Century.

Since 1982 the Goethe Society of North America has published the Goethe Yearbook, which has become a respected organ of eighteenth-century studies in diverse disciplines and which is recognized as a vital compendium of current research in its articles and its extensive review section. The Goethe Yearbook is distributed free to all paid-up members of the GSNA—see [Membership] on how to become a member.
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Since 2006 the Goethe Society has been sponsoring a new book series that will be published by Bucknell University Press. The goal of this series is to publish innovative research that contextualizes the "Age of Goethe," whether within the fields of literature, history (including art history and history of science), philosophy, art, music, or politics.

In 2008, the Society organized its first major international conference, entitled Goethe and the Postclassical: Literature, Science, Art, and Philosophy 1805-1815.

The Goethe Society of North America has allied organization status with the Modern Language Association (MLA) and the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS). The Society has also arranged to hold Southern California meetings at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library in Los Angeles in cooperation with the UCLA Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies. Thanks to its growing membership and the continued financial support of such institutions as the German Department at the University of California, Irvine, the Society is looking forward to a productive future.

The current edition of Goethe News and Notes (Fall 2008) is available as Flash Paper here and as a pdf file here. For previous editions click here.

In honor of the 25th anniversary of its founding, the Goethe Society of North America has created a bibliography of monographs on Goethe or his age published by its members (1970-2005). This is a work in progress. If you would like to add to the list, please send the bibliographic information (books only) to Ms. Rie Sumitani. If you have any questions about this project, contact Astrida Tantillo.

The Society maintains a listserv, goethe-l@davidson.edu, to help facilitate the exchange of ideas among its members. To subscribe, or unsubscribe, please contact the webmaster@goethesociety.org.
  


Recent Announcements
 


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January 2, 2009

News and Notes
From the President


The other day I introduced my two sons, Toby (8) and Sam (6), to Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It all started because of Toby's obsession with birds. On a whim, I showed the boys the dead parrot routine on YouTube. One thing led to [ ... more]

Panels
Call for Papers

Special session at GSA 2009 (Washington, D.C.), organized by Bernd Hamacher.

"The Emergence of Modern German Literary Studies out of Goethe Philology" . [ ... more]
  

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Panels
Special Session at ASECS 2009


Organized by Mary Helen Dupree, Georgetown University

"Goethe's Wahlverwandtschaften at 200 - I and II"
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Panels
Panels at MLA 2008


1. Annual Business Meeting and Presidential Address

2. Special Session
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Yearbook
From the Yearbook Editor


Members in good standing should have received Volume 15 of the Goethe Yearbook earlier this year. Volume 16 is scheduled for an early 2009 publication. It presents [ ... more]
 

Yearbook
From the Book Series Editor


I am very excited to announce that the first book in our series, Peter J. Schwartz's After Jena: Goethe's Elective Affinities and the End of the Old Regime, is in the copy-editing stage. [ ... more]

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January 2, 2009

Syllabus Archive
From the Webmaster


The Goethe Society now offers a compilation of syllabi that address aspects of eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century German culture. Members are invited to submit syllabi [ ... more]
 

Dues
Reminder

Members who have not yet paid their dues are gently reminded to do so. The Goethe Yearbook is sent only once this obligation is met. For your convenience, we offer an online payment option. [ ... more]