Conferences
2008
April 24-25: German Philosophy, Music, and Literature, 1850-1950: More info forthcoming
April 24-25, Thursday-Friday; Breedlove Room 204 Perkins Library: The Gerst Program and the Provost's Common Fund will sponsor a conference entitled: "Nietzsche, Strauss and Mann" See attached flyer.
Tracy B. Strong, Ph.D.,
Department of Political Science, University of California, San Diego
"Music, Language, and Politics in Nietzsche"
Hans Rudolf Vaget, Ph.D.,
Department of German Studies, Smith College, MA
'Schicksalsgeist': Nietzsche, Music, Mann and Weimar Culture"
Bryan Gilliam, Ph.D.,
Department of Music, Duke University, Durham, NC
"Strauss and the Sexual Body: The Erotics of Humor, Philosophy, and Ego-Assertion"
David Wellbery, Ph.D.,
Department of Germanic Studies, University of Chicago, IL
"Function and Form of Tragedy According to Nietzsche"
Charles Youmans, Ph.D.,
School of Music, Penn State University, PA
"Subjectivity and Sentimentality in the Late Works of Richard Strauss"
Schedule of conference
Contact person: Michael Gillespie (mgillesp@duke.edu) or Anne Marie Boyd (Anne.Marie.Boyd@duke.edu)
2009
March 19-21: REGISS conference; More info forthcoming