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2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century

I have been included, with biography, in 2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century, published by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge England (2008). The reference work is distributed widely throughout the world and housed in numerous libraries and research institutions. Inclusion is based on merit and invitation only. I am also listed as “noted and eminent professional in the field of education” in the IBC’s publication Leading Educators of the World (2008). –Gisela Brinker-Gabler 15:14, 30 November 2008 (EST)

Figurations of Knowledge

From 2 to 7 June 2008, the Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung is hosting the 5th biannual European conference of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA). Under the heading of 'Figurations of Knowledge' the conference comprises eleven thematic streams with more than two hundred talks. Keynote lectures and evening events will feature scholars and artists like Christine Borland, Carol Colatrella, Gerd Gigerenzer, Nick Hopwood, Hans-Jörg Rheinberger, Andi Schoon and Sigrid Weigel.The conference venues are Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus, Robert-Koch-Platz 7; Katholische Akademie Berlin, Hannoversche Straße 5; Langenbeck-Virchow-Haus, Luisenstraße 58/59; Hörsaalruine (Lecture Hall Ruin), Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum / Campus Charité Mitte, Charitéplatz 1; Villa Elisabeth, Invalidenstraße 3.Guests are welcome to join the conference. Advanced registration is not possible, but a number of half-day tickets costing €4 will be available at the conference office in the Kaiserin-Friedrich-Haus between 10 and 18:00 (tickets can also be purchased in the breaks).

For more information and the programme please visit the conference webpage: [1]

Begründung der Subjektivität

In seinem neuen Buch "Denken und Selbstsein" entwickelt Dieter Henrich Gedanken zur Begründung der Subjektivität. Uwe Justus Wenzel ist für die NZZ den nicht immer einfachen Gedanken mit großem Interesse und sogar Genuss gefolgt: "Die 'Unverständlichkeit des Zentrums der Subjektivität' und die daraus erwachsende Irritation des bewussten Lebens, das der Mensch ist und führt, bilden die leitmotivisch wiederkehrende These. Sie wird in einer Exposition und drei Durchführungen variiert und entfaltet. Die Gedankengänge sind komplex und ihrer Umsichtigkeit wegen bisweilen umständlich (wie ihr Urheber nüchtern festhält). Sorgsame Umständlichkeit entwickelt allerdings, so sie sich in einer fließenden Sprache artikuliert, eine eigene Eleganz."

NZZ Online

–Gisela Brinker-Gabler 17:01, 24 November 2007 (EST)

Upcoming Conferences

• "East and West: Lou Andreas East -Salome’s Russian Diary and the Politics of Invention," at GSA 2008 conference [2]

–Gisela Brinker-Gabler 17:01, 25 May 2008 (EST)

• I am chairing a PLC session (Literatures, Theaters, Transgression) at the upcoming PIC Conference with past and present PLC students: David Kilpatrick, Amy Smith, Erin Barrett, and Bryan Dewey.

• I have organized two sessions for the 2007 GSA Conference on Gender, Language, Thought.

–Gisela Brinker-Gabler 11:47, 28 March 2007 (EST)

Upcoming Presentation

Poet in Dark Times: Ingeborg Bachmann, University of Georgia, March 22, 2007. –Gisela Brinker-Gabler 10:14, 5 February 2007 (EST)

Courses I am teaching this semester

• Border Crossings: Text, Image, Performance (Graduate) -- Fall 2008

–Gisela Brinker-Gabler 10:01, 25 May 2008 (EST)

• Approaches to Modernism Modernity (Graduate) -- Spring 2008

–Gisela Brinker-Gabler 10:01, 25 January 2008 (EST)

• Memory Language Fascism: Bachmann (Graduate)
• Modern Women in Literature and Film (Undergraduate)

–Gisela Brinker-Gabler 10:01, 5 February 2007 (EST)

Working on Lou Andreas Salome book

I continue working on my book on Lou Andreas-Salome –Gisela Brinker-Gabler 09:59, 25 May 2008 (EST)

A new journal is in the making

Contemporary Women’s Literature, edited by Mary Eagleton and Susan Stanford Friedman. –Gisela Brinker-Gabler 09:57, 5 February 2007 (EST)