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Jews and Judaism in the Work and Biography of Franz Werfel/ Juden und Judentum in Werk und Biographie von Franz Werfel (Day Two)

An international and interdisciplinary conference in German and English.

Saturday, October 23, 2010
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Room 314
Royce Hall
UCLA
Los Angeles, CA United States

DAY TWO

9 am - Coffee

9:30 am - "Die Judische Tradition in Franz Werfels Horet die Stimme," Gerhard Langer (University of Vienna, Austria)

10:30 am - "Franz Werfels Cella oder Die gescheiterte Assimilation," Hans Wagener (UCLA)

11:30 am - "Judentum und Christentum in Franz Werfels Stern der Ungeborenen," Konstanze Fliedl (University of Vienna, Austria)

Lunch

2 pm - "Catholicism and Judaism in Between Heaven and Earth," Jennifer E. Michaels (Grinnell College)

3pm - "Die Situation der Juden in Osterreich bis zum 'Anschluss'," Wilhelm Hemecker (Ludwig Boltzmann Institut, Vienna, Austria)

4 pm - "Bruchige Akkulturation: Judisches in Filmen nach Franz Werfel," Frank Stern (University of Vienna, Austria)

5 pm - End of conference

 

Cost: Free and open to the public.

Sponsor(s): Center for European and Eurasian Studies, Germanic Languages, Center for Jewish Studies, The "1939" Club, the Austrian Consulate General, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)