Medium, Message and Method in Cultures of the Cold War
FRIDAY OCTOBER 3rd
Herter Hall 601
9.30 - 10.00 a.m.
Welcome and Coffee
10.00 a.m. - 12.00 a.m.
PANEL 1
KIRA THURMAN (History, University of Akron)
Singing the Right Message: Black Musicians in the GDR
SETH HOWES (German and Russian Studies, University of Missouri)
On the Cinematic Margins of the Late GDR: Hermeticism and Anti-Politics, Eight Millimeters at a Time
DIÓGENES COSTA CURRÁS (Spanish and Portuguese, UMass Amherst)
Katechontic Francoism: Cold War Reimagining of the Middle Ages
12.00 - 1.30 p.m.
Lunch Break
1.30 - 2.45 p.m.
PANEL 2
MATTHEW D. MILLER (German Studies, Colgate University)
Epic Narration after Epic?: Alexander Kluge’s Cold War Cartographies
ELA GEZEN (German and Scandinavian Studies, UMass Amherst)
Realist Didacticism: Aras Ören and the Working-Class in Cold War Berlin
2.45 p.m. - 3.00 p.m.
Coffee Break
3.00 p.m. - 4.15 p.m
PANEL 3
KATHERINE PENCE (History, Baruch College)
Cold War Political Exhibitions as Cultural Diplomacy in the Decolonizing World
JON B. OLSEN (History, UMass Amherst)
Can Germany Celebrate its Past? Germany’s Monuments for Freedom and Unity
4.15 p.m. - 4.45 p.m.
Concluding Remarks and Discussion
Please email the organizer, Ela Gezen (egezen[at]german.umass.edu), if you would like to attend and retrieve the papers.