Prof. Dr. Monique Scheer, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Ludwig-Uhland-Institut für Empirische Kulturwissenschaft
Thursday, 10 December
14:00 – 14:15
Official welcome (Pamela Klassen, Monique Scheer)
14:15 – 15:15 Pamela Klassen, University of Toronto // Monique Scheer, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen:
Religion and Public Memory in Multicultural Societies
15:15 – 16:00 Isaac Weiner, Ohio State University:
‘And then! Oh, the noise! Oh, the Noise! Noise! Noise! Noise!’: Listening to Christmas in the Multicultural City"
COFFEE BREAK (30 minutes)
16:30 – 17:15 Juliane Brauer, Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung Berlin:
Christmas Songs and Christmas Feelings – Music, Emotion and Remembrance
17:15 – 18:00 Andreas Bandak, University of Copenhagen:
The Nativity Crib and the Scenery of Good Tidings; or on Celebrating Christmas Damascus' Style
DINNER
Friday, 11 December
9:00 – 9:45
Yaniv Feller, Jüdisches Museum Berlin:
“O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum”: The Role of a Christmas Tree in a Jewish Museum
9:45 – 10:30 Helen Mo, University of Toronto:
The Christmas Crisis: Lessons from a Canadian Public School's Seasonal Skirmish
COFFEE BREAK (30 minutes)
11:00 – 11:45 Christian Marchetti, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen:
German Volkskunde, Christmas and Southeastern Europe
11:45 – 12:30 Pamela Klassen, University of Toronto:
‘The First White Christmas’: Settler Odes and Nisga’a Hospitality on the Nass River
LUNCH BREAK (1h 30 minutes)
14:00 – 14:45 Amy Fisher, University of Toronto:
Sleeping Rough and Feeling Stuffed: A “Homeless” Christmas in Toronto
14:45 – 15:30 Sophie Reimers, Viadrina University, Frankfurt/Oder:
“What Exactly Do You Celebrate on Christmas?": Different Perceptions of Christmas Among German-Turkish Families in Berlin
COFFEE BREAK (30 minutes)
16:00 – 16:45 Simon Coleman, University of Toronto:
The Walsingham Cathedral
16:45 – 17:30 Katja Rakow, Utrecht University:
Christmas on Orchard Road in Singapore: Celebrating the Gift of Jesus Christ among Gucci and Tiffany’s stores
17:30 – 18:00 FINAL DISCUSSION
WEIHNACHTSMARKT TÜBINGEN & DINNER
Saturday, 12 December
FIELD TRIP TO NÜRNBERG