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25 years after the publication of Elisabeth Bronfen's influential book Over Her Dead Body: Death, Femininity and the Aesthetic, this symposium wants to revisit the theoretical creativity, playfulness and potential of 1990s feminism and gender studies. A quarter of a century later, and in the face of 21st-century turmoil, backlashes and protests, how can we reevaluate our feminist positions, what aspects need to be upheld, what concepts need to be reassessed? For this timely conversation, we have invited an illustrious, international group of intellectuals to discuss questions concerning the relationship between feminism, aesthetics, representation, and rhetorics, the shifts and changes – for better or for worse – that have occurred between the 1990s and today, as well as potential visions for the future.
Please note: We have changed the room for Saturday, we are now in the main building KOL-F-101.
Symposium Organizers:
Barbara Straumann, Hannah Schoch, Daniela Janser
KO2-F-180 / KOL-F-180 (live feed) / KOL-F-117 (live feed)
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18:00
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Conference Opening Welcome Address Corine Mauch, Stadtpräsidentin Zürich Michael Hengartner, Rektor UZH Keynote Judith Butler, Berkeley: ”Grievability and Resistance: Over Whose Dead Body?“ Roundtable Discussion Elisabeth Bronfen, Judith Butler, Mandy Merck, Barbara Vinken: “25 Years for Better or Worse? 1990s Feminism Revisited” |
RAA-G-101 Room has been changed. NEW: KOL-F-101 (main building)!
| 09:45 | Welcome |
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10:00
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Keynote Mandy Merck, London: ”Over his Weiner: The Melodrama of the Political Phallus from the 1990s to Now” |
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11:15
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Talks Gesine Krüger, Zurich: “The Dead Will Not Arise. History, Literature and a South African Prophetess” Alessandra Violi, Bergamo: ”Ghosting Her Dead Body“ Isabel Gil, Lisbon: “Theory in a Post-theoretical World. Beyoncé and the Afterlife of Over Her Dead Body“ |
| 12:45 | Lunch Break |
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14:00
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Roundtable Discussion (auf Deutsch) Moderation: Simone Meier Johannes Binotto, Film Bulletin Kathleen Bühler, Kunstmuseum Bern Güzin Kar, Autorin und Regisseurin ”Nur über ihre Leiche – ein Nachleben in Kunst, Film und Forschung “ |
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15:00
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Keynote Barbara Vinken, Munich: ”Over His Dead Body: A New Covenant for the Art of Love? Puccini's Tosca“ |
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16:30
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Film Screening “Women, Fatality and Beds. A Found Footage Film” by Thomas Julier and Elisabeth Bronfen |
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17:00
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Concluding Talk Elisabeth Bronfen: “Over Her Dead Body Redux“ |
| 18:00 | Conclusion and Apéro Riche |
Please register for the symposium by October 1, 2017: hannah.schoch@es.uzh.ch (Betreff/Re: Over Her Dead Body 2017 Registration). Please let us know which days/times you plan to attend.
With generous financial support from:
English Department, Interuniversitäres Doktoratsprogramm Gender Studies, Hochschulstiftung UZH, Kulturanalyse, Zentrum Künste und Kulturtheorie (ZKK), SNF, UZH Alumni
