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DAAD Summer Seminar - Cornell University / University of Chicago |
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Summer 2009
“Narratives of Modernity: From Lessing to Luhmann
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The purpose of the seminar is to promote the interdisciplinary study of historical, political, social and cultural aspects of modern and contemporary German affairs and to advance their understanding among scholars in the US and Canada. The program is open to faculty and recent PhDs in germane social science and cultural studies fields. This year’s seminar will be led by Professor David E. Wellbery at the University of Chicago and will explore the narrative construction of modernity from the Enlightenment to the recent present.
Discussions will be located at a discursive juncture where methodological reflections on an expanded narratology intersect with theories and philosophies of history. Analytical issues that come to the fore at this juncture have ramifications throughout the Humanities and Social Sciences. Narrative is a highly plastic form that establishes patterns of continuity and discontinuity while holding options open and tolerating ambiguities. Its power as an instrument for the rendering of socio-cultural worlds resides in its flexibility: its temporal openness, its plurality of perspectives, and its transformability. The capacity of narrative to provide frameworks of self-understanding is especially salient in the case of large-scale collective processes that, although unavailable to perceptual inspection, nevertheless must be observed if society is to achieve an account of itself. Since the last third of the eighteenth century, the concept of history has formed such an instrument of self-interpretation and one of the most contested areas within this interpretation has been the construal of modernity. This is the zone of inquiry the 2009 Interdisciplinary Summer Seminar in German Studies will endeavor to chart. Discussions will be centered on exemplary texts from the eighteenth century to the present as well as on participants’ research.
This seminar will take place June 15-July 24, 2009.
Seminar Director: David E. Wellbery, LeRoy T. and Margaret Deffenbaugh Carlson University Professor (Germanic Studies, Comparative Literature, Committee on Social Thought), University of Chicago
 Eligibility Requirements
Tuition
Terms of Award
Seminar Requirements
Application Guidelines
Application Deadlines
Questions?
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Eligibility Requirements |
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- Postdocs who have received their degrees within the past two years and faculty members of accredited US and Canadian institutions of higher education are invited to apply.
- Preference will be given to candidates who have not previously attended one of the summer seminars or received a DAAD grant within the past three years.
- Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada. Permanent residents must have been affiliated with a United States or Canadian institution in full-time employment for at least five consecutive years, German nationals for at least six years.
- Participants are expected to have an active interest in German intellectual and cultural history.
- A reading knowledge of German is advisable.
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Tuition |
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There is a $50 course fee.
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Terms of Award |
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DAAD awards a small number of grants of $3,200 to cover tuition, travel and room and board during the seminar. The duration of the seminar is typically four to six weeks.
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Seminar Requirements |
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Participants are required to attend all seminar sessions and to participate actively in the work of the seminar. Work-in-progress of participants and guests will be discussed. A written report is expected within four weeks of the end of the seminar.
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Application Guidelines |
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All parts of the application must be typewritten or computer-generated and submitted in duplicate (original and one copy).
Please do not staple any of the application materials.
A complete application consists of the following parts:
- DAAD application form entitled "Interdisciplinary Summer Seminar in German Studies.” Please answer all questions on the form, even if you refer to additional material
- Curriculum vitae
- Complete list of publications
- A detailed statement explaining why the applicant wants to attend the seminar
- One letter of recommendation
All application materials to be sent to Professor Wellbery at the University of Chicago.
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Application Deadlines |
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The deadline is March 1, 2009.
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Questions? |
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For further information about the seminar content, to request an application, or to apply, please contact either Prof. David E. Wellbery at The University of Chicago or Lisa Bonnes Johnson at Cornell University at the addresses provided below:
Prof. David E. Wellbery
Department of Germanic Studies
University of Chicago
1050 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Phone: (773) 702-8494
Fax: (773) 702-5902
e-mail: Prof. David E. Wellbery [wellbery@uchicago.edu]
Lisa Bonnes Johnson
Cornell University
Institute for German Cultural Studies
726 University Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: (607) 255-8408
Fax: (607) 255-6585
e-mail: Lisa Bonnes Johnson [lb433@cornell.edu]
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