Friday 26 January
10.00-10.30 Arrival, coffee and tea
10.30-10.40 Opening address by Joris van Eijnatten,
president Werkgroep 18e Eeuw
10.40-11.00 Introduction to the theme of the conference by Inger Leemans, Radboud University Nijmegen
11.00-11.45 Lecture by Hans Erich Bödeker,
Max Planck Institut für Geschichte, Göttingen
Configurations of the European Enlightenment
11.45-12.00 Opening of the exhibition by Paul Knolle, Rijksmuseum Twenthe
12.00-13.15 Lunch
13.15-14.45 Session 1: Travelling Nobility
* Ivo Cerman, University of South Bohemia, Ceske Budejovice (Budweis)
The Habsburg Nobility and the University of Leiden in the 18th Century
* Lotte van der Pol, Freie Universität Berlin/ University of Utrecht
The circulation of rumours about the Prussian court in the diaries of Gijsbert van Hardenbroek and Ernst von Lehndorff
* Thomas von der Dunk, publicist/ University of Utrecht
Incognito aber stadtbekannt: Joseph II auf Reisen in Holland
14.45-15.00 Tea break
15.00-16.30 Parallel sessions
Session 2: Cultural and scholarly contacts
* Rietje van Vliet, publicist
‘Geschichte einiger Esel’. Dutch German Book Trade Relations in the Second Half of the 18th Century
* Annemieke Kouwenberg, Radboud University Nijmegen
German Contacts of the Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen.
* Paul Knolle, Rijksmuseum Twenthe
German painters of the Dutch school. Biographies of foreign artists in 18th-century Dutch publications
Session 3: Translations (Dutch-spoken)
* Jan Konst, Freie Universität Berlin
The Reception of Jacobus Bellamy (1757-1786) in the German- Language Area
* Bettina Noak, Freie Universität Berlin
Chr.M. Wieland’s theory of grace in ‘Brieven over verscheide
onderwerpen’ of R. Feith
* Johanna Bundschuh-van Duikeren, Freie Universität Berlin
Johann Gottwerth Müller as translator of the works of Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken
16.30 Reception (Drinks)
Saturday 27 January
10.15-11.15 Annual Meeting of the Werkgroep 18e Eeuw
11.15-11.30 Coffee break
11.30-13.00 Session 4: Images and Self-Images
* Astrid Ackermann, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena
Aspiring to the 'refined taste'
* Eveline Koolhaas-Grosfeld, University of Amsterdam
Die Holländer. Ethnography in German travel books
* Lissa Roberts, University of Twente,
P.J. Kasteleyn and the Oeconomics of Dutch Chemistry
13.00-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.15 Presentation Thesis Award 2005
14.15-15.45 Parallel sessions
Session 5: Science / Philosophy
* Corinna Gottmann, Forschungszentrum Europäische Aufklärung Potsdam
Dutch and German Academic Prize Questions and Essays - Communication, Similarities and Differences
* Viktoria Franke, Radboud University Nijmegen
The Green Glasses and the 'Poffertjes' Griddle. The Dutch Controversy about the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant in the Netherlands
* Annemarie Nooijen, Radboud University Nijmegen
Chasing the Demons out of the Bible, Balthasar Bekker, “der neue Grillenfänger in Holland” and the Development of Modern Bible Criticism in Germany
Session 6: Theatre (Dutch-spoken)
* Kornee van der Haven, University of Utrecht
Some strolling players and a single diplomat; Small bridges between the Amsterdam and Hamburg theatre 1675-1750
* Klaartje Groot, University of Groningen
‘Onze zeden zijn niet die der Duitschers’? The Popularity of German Stereotypes in Dutch Theatre
* Christophe Madelein, University of Gent
Verhef u bij den strijd van duisternis en licht!
Schiller inspires Kinker’s Dutch Dignity
15.45-16.05 Closing Statement and concluding discussion,
Hanco Jürgens, Radboud University Nijmegen
Enrolment:
You can enrol electronically on www.18e-eeuw.nl or in writing by letter or email to the treasurer Hendrik van Leusen, Singel 205, 3311 KR Dordrecht (penningmeester@18e-eeuw.nl). Your reservation will be registered as soon as the sum required has been transferred to Postbank account 5533514 in name of Werkgroep 18e Eeuw, Dordrecht.
International payments:
Dutch-Belgian Society for 18th Century Studies (Werkgroep 18e Eeuw)
Postbank Zakelijk NV Financial Plaza
P.O. Box 1800
1000 BV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
IBAN: NL58 PSTB 0005533514
BIC: PSTBNL21
Fee:
The enrolment fee for the symposium, including coffee and tea during breaks, lunch and a reception with drinks, is € 22.50 for one day or € 39.50 for both days.
More information:
Werkgroep 18e Eeuw:
c/o Hanco Jürgens (secretary)
Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
i.i. Wetenschap en Samenleving
P.O. Box 9103
6500 HD Nijmegen
secretaris@18e-eeuw.nl