Lectures, Talks, Panel Discussions, Readings
Winter Semester 2009/10
Wednesday, 28 Oct. 2009 | 6:00-8:00 pm | Festsaal (Hauptgebäude)
Columbus Day Lecture 2009
Prof. Gerald Jaynes (Department of Economics, Yale University)
“Race Relations in the United States: Intergroup Dynamics During the Obama Era”
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Tuesday, 1 December 2009 | 6:00-8:00 pm | Room A (IAAK)
Prof. Jane Feuer (Dept. of English, University of Pittsburg/Universität Tübingen)
"Town Meetings of the Imagination: Northern Exposure and Gilmore Girls"
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Tuesday, 8 December 2009 | 6:00-8:00 pm | HS XVII (IAAK)
Prof. Katherine Donohue (Dept. of History, Central Michigan University/Universität Bochum)
"The Political Odyssey of F. J. Schlink: Capitalism, Communism, and Consumerism in the 1930s"
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009 | 12:00-2:00 pm | HS XVII (IAAK)
Prof. Dr. Gunther Hirschfelder (Institut für Germanistik, Vergleichende Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft)
"Weihnachten auf dem Weg in die Zukunft"
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 | 6:00-8:00 pm | HS XVII (IAAK)
Prof. Dr. Heinz Ickstadt (John F. Kennedy-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin)
"New York as Cultural Space"
Thursday, 14 January 2010 | 6:00-8:00 pm | Room TBA
Prof. Paul Lauter (Department of English, Trinity College)
"The Market and the Cathedral: Immigration, Identity, and Conflict"
Tuesday, 19 January 2010 | 6:00-8:00 pm | Festsaal (Hauptgebäude)
Martin Luther King Day Lecture
Prof. Dr. Norbert Finzsch (Historisches Seminar, Universität Köln)
"David Walker and the Fight against Slavery"
Tuesday, 2 February 2010 | 6:00-8:00 pm | Festsaal (Hauptgebäude)
Panel Discussion
"Frauen im Kunstbetrieb"
"New York, New York!" - Film Series
The English Department Film Society - in cooperation with the North American Studies Program - presents a cinematic tour through the streets of New York spanning over seventy years.
All film screenings take place on Tuesday evenings at 8:00 pm in Room A in the Department for English, American, and Celtic Studies.
Program:
Oct. 13, 2009
King Kong (1933)
Dir. Merian C. Cooper, and Ernest B. Schoedsack. Perf. Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Bruce Cabot. 105 min.
Oct. 20, 2009
All About Eve (1950)
Dir. Joseph Mankiewicz. All About Eve. Perf. Bette Davis, Anne Baxter. 138 min.
Oct. 27, 2009
Shadows (1959)
Dir. John Cassavetes. Perf. Lelia Goldoni, Anthony Ray. 87 min.
Nov. 3, 2009
West Side Story (1961)
Dir. Robert Wise, and Jerome Robbins. Perf. Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer. 152 min.
Nov. 10, 2009
Shaft (1971)
Dir. Gordon Parks. Perf. Richard Roundtree, Christopher St. John. 100 min.
Nov. 24, 2009
Manhattan (1979)
Dir. Woody Allen. Perf. Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Mariel Hemingway. 96 min.
Dec. 1, 2009
The Godfather (1972)
Dir. Francis Ford Coppola. Perf. Marlon Brando, Al Pacino. 175 min.
Dec. 8, 2009
Do the Right Thing (1989)
Dir. Spike Lee. Perf. Spike Lee, Danny Aiello. 120 min.
Dec. 15, 2009
Taxi Driver (1976)
Dir. Martin Scorsese. Perf. Robert de Niro, Jodie Foster. 113 min.
Dec. 22, 2009
Night on Earth (1991)
Dir. Jim Jarmusch. Perf. Isaach de Bankolé, Armin Müller-Stahl, Roberto Benigni. 129 min.
Jan. 12, 2010
Smoke (1995)
Dir. Wayne Wang, and Paul Auster. Perf. Harvey Keitel, William Hurt. 112 min.
Jan. 19, 2010
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Dir. Darren Aronofsky. Perf. Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Ellen Burstyn. 102 min.
Jan. 26, 2010
Gangs of New York (2002)
Dir. Martin Scorsese. Perf. Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo Di Caprio, Cameron Diaz. 166 min.
Feb. 2, 2010
Cloverfield (2008)
Dir. Matt Reeves. Perf. Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman, Mike Vogel. 84 min.