Ger-mania? Cultural Relations between the Netherlands and the German States in the 18th Century

Ger-mania? Cultural Relations between the Netherlands and the German States in the 18th Century

Veranstalter
Werkgroep 18e Eeuw, in Zusammenarbeit der Arbeitsgruppe Hoog-Nederduitsch (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)
Veranstaltungsort
Rijksmuseum Twenthe
Ort
Enschede, Niederlande
Land
Netherlands
Vom - Bis
26.01.2007 - 27.01.2007
Von
Viktoria Franke M.A.

Ger-mania?
Cultural Relations between the Netherlands and the German States in the 18th Century

For cultural cross-border contact in the Dutch-German language area, the 18th century was a seminal period. Before 1700, the Dutch Republic functioned as magasin de l’univers, as the production centre of books and ideas with high export value. At the end of the 18th century, the roles were reversed. The conference
Ger-mania? will investigate the similarities and differences between Dutch and German culture in the course of the long 18th century. Which ideas, books, plays, practices were of common interest, which were neglected? In which way did they embrace each other as part of the same cultural landscape, or exclude each other by mutual stereotyping in terms of 'the other'? Which individuals or groups enabled the intense cultural exchange? The official languages of the conference are English, Dutch, and German.

Programm

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

Kontakt

Hanco Jürgens

secretaris@18e-eeuw.nl

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