2018 GSA Panels

Heterodox Thinking: Goethe and the Invention of Philosophical ConceptsGerman Studies Association ConferencePittsburgh, 27-30 September 2018

This series of four GSNA-sponsored panels has been organized by Clark Muenzer. It launches the lexicon of Goethe’s philosophical concepts that Clark first announced at the 2017 Atkins Goethe Conference, and promises to be a milestone event. See the invitation to participate in the project here.Signature ConceptsFriday 10:30-12:15 (Grand Ballroom 3)Moderator: Michael Lipkin (Columbia University)Commentator: Michael Saman (New York University)

  1. Sebastian Meixner (Universität Zürich)Urphänomen
  2. Andree Hahmann (University of Pennsylvania)Dialektik 
  3. Margaret Strair (University of Pennsylvania)Gefühl, Empfindung, Einbildung

Concepts and Theories of LanguageSaturday 10:30-12:15 (Grand Ballroom 2)Moderator: Margaretmary Daley (Case Western Reserve University)Commentator: John McCarthy (Vanderbilt University)

  1. Dennis Johannssen (Brown University)Schrift/Writing
  2. Clark Muenzer (University of Pittsburgh)Begriff
  3. John H.  Smith (University of California, Irvine)Geist and Buchstabe

Concepts and ProsodySaturday 4:15-6:00 (Grand Ballroom 2)Moderator: Jan Oliver Jost-Fritz (East Tennessee State University)Commentator: Horst Lange (University of Central Arkansas)

  1. Simon Friedland (University of Chicago)Blank Verse
  2. Karin Schutjer (University of Oklahoma)Distich
  3. Charlotte Lee (University of Cambridge)Iambics

Surprising ConceptsSunday 12:30-2:15 (Grand Ballroom 2)Moderator: Robert Norton (University of Notre Dame)Commentator: Alice Kuzniar (University of Waterloo)

  1. Christian Weber (Florida State University)Wunderlich, Unheimlich, Ungeheuerlich
  2. Jennifer Caisley (University of Cambridge)Gipfel
  3. Jane Brown (University of Washington)Irrlichtilieren