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Free Public Symposium
Terrorism in Europe:
The 'German Autumn' of 1977
after Thirty Years
Symposium Directors:
Kenneth F. Ledford, Associate Professor of History and Law
Susanne Vees-Gulani, Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and German
College of Arts and Sciences
Case Western Reserve University
Program
(Subect to change)
Sunday November 4, 2007
Belinda Davis
Rutgers University
The Many Lives of Terror: Political Activists, the RAF, the State, and the Media in West Germany
4:30 Reception
5:00 Lecture
Clark Hall, Room 309, 11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland
Monday, November 5:
Film Screening:
“Deutschland im Herbst” (Germany in Autumn), 1978, German with English Subtitles.
A famous collage of short films by the leading German film-mkers of the 1970s.
Discussion led by Kenneth F. Ledford and Susanne Vees-Gulani
4:30 Reception
5:00 Discussion and Screening
Clapp Hall, Room 108, Adelbert Road, Cleveland
Tuesday, November 6:
Karin Bauer
McGill University
Radical Visions: Aesthetic Responses to Ulrike Meinhof and the RAF
4:30 Reception
5:00 Lecture
Clark Hall, Room 309, 11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland
Wednesday, November 7:
Karrin M. Hanshew
Michigan Sate University
The ‘German Autumn’ as Turning point, or, What the West Germans Learned from Terrorism
4:30 Reception
5:00 Lecture
Clark Hall, Room 309, 11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland
Thursday, November 8:
Film Screening:
“Was tun, wenn’s brennt? (What Do You Do When It’s Burning?)”, 2001, German with English Subtitles.
Discussion led by Kenneth F. Ledford and Susanne Vees-Gulani
4:30 Reception
5:00 Discussion and Screening
Clark Hall, Room 309, 11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland
Sponsored by the German Studies Program, the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, the Department of History, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, and the Center for Policy Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Institute for Global Security Law and Policy in the School of Law. This symposium is made possible through the generous support support of the Ohio Humanities Council.
Visitor Parking:
Severance Hall under ground lot (Entrance on East Boulevard)—For Clark Hall presentations
Metered Lot (Corner of Euclid Avenue and Ford Road)—For Clark Hall presentations
Rainbow Babies Garage (Entrance on Adelbert Road)—For Clapp Hall film screening
For more information, contact :
kenneth.ledford@case.edu
susanne.vees-gulani@case.edu
or call
216.368.8961
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