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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear People of Arts:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'>The second lecture of the
Diefenbaker Lecture Series that was scheduled for tomorrow (Katherine Arens: Remapping
the Literary: Literature, Great Books, and New Cultural Literacy) has
been cancelled. We hope to reschedule at a later date.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The series however continues:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;
color:#365F91'>Literary Studies in the New Decade<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;
color:#943634'>Diefenbaker Lecture Series 2010<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='color:black'>IS
THERE STILL A NEED FOR THE STUDY OF LITERATURE AT THE UNIVERSITY? These
lectures will demonstrate that there most certainly is. By discussing the
issues and problems that are currently central to their research in German
studies, these leading scholars will explore how literary studies can fulfill
the expectations of an academic discipline and connect with wider society. Of
interest to anyone who cares about literature and its place at the university.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><u>Third Lecture</u><o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='color:#943634'>Tuesday,
2 March 2010, 1pm – Hagey Hall 373<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b>Mark Rectanus, Iowa State
University<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b>“Moving Out: Contemporary
Discourses on Literature, Museums, and Visual Culture” <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'>The lecture will examine how the
intersections of contemporary German literature, museums, and visual culture
reflect and engage discourses on deterritorialization, memory, language,
mobility, and urban spaces. Recent work by the writer Ulf Erdmann Ziegler and
projects realized at the Schirn Kunsthalle (Frankfurt/Main) and the
Jewish Museum Munich provide an aperture for increased engagement with
literature and visual culture while revealing how literature “moves
out” and intersects with performative dimensions of culture in
everyday life. Making these connections more visible, and investigating their
paths, heightens both our understanding of literary studies and the
significance it may have in diverse contexts.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><i><span style='color:black'>These
lectures are being held in conjunction with the search for the inaugural holder
of the Rt. Hon. John G. Diefenbaker Memorial Chair in German Literary Studies: </span></i><a
href="http://germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/diefenbakerchair"><b><i>http://germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/diefenbakerchair</i></b></a><b><i><span
style='color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><i><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='color:black'>A snappy
downloadable poster for the entire lecture series is available at </span></b><a
href="http://www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/documents/Diefenbaker2010LectureSeries.pdf"><b>http://www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca/documents/Diefenbaker2010LectureSeries.pdf</b></a><b><span
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.2pt'><b><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>James M. Skidmore<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Chair of the Dept. of
Germanic & Slavic Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Faculty of Arts / University of
Waterloo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Waterloo, ON N2L
3G1 CANADA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>E | </span><a
href="mailto:skidmore@uwaterloo.ca"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>skidmore@uwaterloo.ca</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>W | </span><a
href="www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~skidmore</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>W | </span><a
href="www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>www.germanicandslavic.uwaterloo.ca</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>T | 519.888.4567, x33687<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>F | 519.746.5243<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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