Has the book had its day or is it experiencing a new heyday? How can schools and cultural institutions give reading a new lease of life? Do we perhaps need to think about "literature" in a completely different way? And what role do the new media play? Society has been grappling with all these questions for some years now. An artistic-scientific conference organized by the University of Osnabrück and the Literaturbüro Westniedersachsen is now addressing them - and explicitly inviting the public to participate and discuss. There will be lectures and panel discussions, as well as a poetry slam evening and a Neil Young tribute band. Another key component is the participation of young people in workshops and at the events themselves. Come and talk to experts, artists and other interested parties!
The event is sponsored by the Sparkasse Osnabrück Foundation, the Osnabrück University Society and the Felicitas and Werner Egerland Foundation.
Programme:
Friday, 14 November
Saturday, November 15
Short biographies of the participants
Victoria Semel, singer and songwriter, e.g. with Days of Wine and Roses.
Swarje Boekhoff, literary mediator, among others at the Center for Literature, Burg Hülshoff.
Tabea Grunert, BookToker.
Prof. Dr. Jan Standke, Germanist (literature didactics), Technical University of Braunschweig, former president of the German Association of Germanists, chairman of the Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur e.V.
Dr. Angelika Stolle, Studienseminar Osnabrück, University of Osnabrück and Gymnasium Bersenbrück.
Claudia Preuß, educator and reading promotion officer at KiTa Sonnenblume, Wellingholzhausen.
Dr. Julia Ogrodnik, University of Osnabrück, Gymnasium Bad Essen.
Joachim Bodde, Head of German Department, Gesamtschule Schinkel Osnabrück.
Prof. Dr. Ewout van der Knaap, Germanist (literature didactics), University of Utrecht.
Prof. Dr. Christian Dawidowski, Germanist (literature didactics), University of Osnabrück
Jule Weber, poetry slammer and lyricist.
Henrik Szántó, poetry slammer and author.
Prof. Dr. Simone Ehmig, ex. Head of the Institute for Reading and Media Research at Stiftung Lesen, communication scientist, Freie Universität Berlin.
Martina Dannert, Head of Osnabrück City Library.
Prof. Dr. Thomas Boyken, Germanist (children's and youth literature research), Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.
Albert Hoffmann, developer of the Antolin reading promotion program.
Dr. Hendrick Heimböckel, Germanist (literary didactics), University of Osnabrück.
Prof. Dr. Walter Erhart, Germanist (literary studies), University of Bielefeld.
Crazy Young Horse, a Neil Young tribute band from Osnabrück.
Karla Montasser, Poetic Education of the Haus für Poesie Berlin and poet.
Mareike Mikat, artistic director of Neues Theater & Thalia Theater Halle, director.
Bernd Stegemann, chairman of the Erich Maria Remarque Society.
Dr. Markus Steinmayr, Germanist (cultural and literary studies), University of Duisburg-Essen, publicist (Der Freitag, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)
Hon.Prof. Dr. Stefan Lüddemann, cultural journalist for the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung.
Beate Tröger, literary critic, moderator and juror.
Dr. Jan Wiele, features editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Dr. Jens Peters, head of the Literaturbüro Westniedersachsen.
| Price information | Free admission with a few exceptions |
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