Programm

16.00 – 17.00 REGISTRATION & REFRESHMENTS

17.00 – 17.10 WORDS OF WELCOME
Charlotte Steinert, Prof. Dr Annelie Ramsbrock, Prof. Dr Clemens Räthel (Speakers of the Organising Committee, University of Greifswald)

17.10 – 18.00 FESTIVE OPENING
Marcus Hoffmann (Alfried Krupp Institute for Advanced Study Greifswald
Prof. Dr Katharina Riedel (Rector of the University of Greifswald)
H.E. Alda Vanaga (Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Latvia to Germany)
Katrin Moon-Farouk (Consul, Estonian Embassy in Berlin)
Bettina Martin (Minister of Science, Culture, Federal and European Affairs of the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

18.15 – 19.30 FESTIVE OPENING LECTURE
Philip of Hesse’s Legs: Writing a flesh and blood biography
Prof. Dr Lyndal Roper (University of Oxford)
Chair: Prof. Dr Cornelia Linde (University of Greifswald)

19.40 – 20.00 MUSICAL INTERLUDE
Lisa Hübner Hold (Rostock University of Music and Drama)
Felix Dymke (Mecklenburg State Theatre Schwerin)

20.00 JOINT DINNER

10.00 – 11.00 BIOGRAPHY-BASED HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF THE BALTIC SEA REGION IN
THE MIDDLE AGES AND EARLY MODERN PERIOD (SESSION 1)
Benjamin Wallura (FU Berlin)
Theophrastus on the Baltic Sea. Günther Christoph Schelhammer’s Journey to the Isle of Fehmarn
Prof. Dr Anti Selart (University of Tartu)
Baldwin of Aulne’s Misfortunes
Chair & Discussant: Prof. Dr Bernd Roling (FU Berlin)
Organiser: Prof. Dr Cornelia Linde (University of Greifswald)

11.00 – 11.30 COFFEE BREAK

11.30 – 13.00 BIOGRAPHIES. THE MANY LI(V)ES OF A GENRE (SESSION 2)
Roundtable with Prof. Dr Anne Fuchs (UCD Dublin), Katharina Hacker (Berlin), Prof. Dr Kim Priemel (University of Oslo) & Hanna Rinderle (HU Berlin)
Chairs & Organisers: Prof. Dr Clemens Räthel & Prof. Dr Annelie Ramsbrock (both University of Greifswald)

13.00 – 14.15 LUNCH BREAK

14.15 – 16.00 CONSTRUCTING REGIONAL BIOGRAPHIES / IDENTITIES (SESSION 3)
Prof. Dr Karolina Drozdowska (NTNU Trondheim)
Epistemic Responsibility for the Region: Eastern Europe in Norwegian Literature
Prof. Dr Jörg Hackmann (University of Szczecin / University of Greifswald)
“Walking on all fours” – Reconstructing Baltic Identities after the Cold War
Prof. Dr James Scott (UEF Joensuu)
Baltic Visionary Regionalism – Resilience in the face of Geopolitical Crisis?
Chair: Charlotte Steinert (University of Greifswald)
Organisers: Josephine Eckert & Charlotte Steinert (both University of Greifswald)

16.00 – 16.30 COFFEE BREAK

16.30 – 18.00 GUIDED WALK
Prof. Dr Clemens Räthel (University of Greifswald)

19.30 JOINT DINNER (CAFÉ KOEPPEN, BAHNHOFSTR. 4-5)

09.30 – 11.00 MEDIATED LIFE NARRATIVES (SESSION 4)
Prof. Dr Nanci Adler (NIOD Amsterdam)
Re-membering Memorial and the Battle for Memory in Russia
Ieva Šakelaitė (Vilnius University)
Artivism as a Platform for Agonistic Remembering
Hanna Horn (University of Greifswald)
Multilinguality in Platformised Belarusian Migration-Life-Writing
Chair: Claudia Nierste (University of Greifswald)
Organisers: Lea Garcia & Dr AlexanderWaszynski (both University of
Greifswald)

11.00 – 11.30 COFFEE BREAK

11.30 – 13.15 PRACTICES OF LIFE WRITING (SESSION 5)
Nina Doejen (BUWuppertal)
Communication, Crisis, and Compensation: Autofiction as a Social Phenomenon in Contemporary Literature
Kristian Svane (Yale University)
Post-Authenticity in Contemporary Life Writing
Madeline Zimring (UC Berkeley)
Talking Back: Counter-novels and Communication in Scandinavian Reality Fiction
Prof. Dr Anne Fuchs (UCD Dublin)
From Destructive Plasticity to Co-creative Authorship and Choreographed Agency: Hanif Kureishi’s Memoir Shattered
Chairs & Organisers: Louise Curtis (UC Berkeley), Hanna Horn & Tim Senkbeil (both University of Greifswald)

13.15 – 14.30 LUNCH BREAK

14.30 – 16.00 PHOTOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY (SESSION 6)
Prof. Dr Sigrid Lien (University of Bergen)
Magdalene Norman: Spinster Queerness – A Photo-Autobiography of Life and Love
Tatsiana Varabei (University of Greifswald)
Capturing Landmarks, Framing Monuments: Baroque Architecture of the Former Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Late 19th and Early 20th-Century Photography
Prof. Dr Ewa Manikowska (IS PANWarsaw)
Photographic Archives Across Borders: The Biography of the Bildersammlung of the Prussian State Library between Germany and Poland
Chairs & Discussants: Prof. Dr Ingvild Folkvord (HU Berlin / NTNU Trondheim) & Prof. Dr Eckhard Schumacher (University of Greifswald)
Organiser: Tatsiana Varabei (University of Greifswald)

16.00 FAREWELL & END OF CONFERENCE PROGRAMME