Department of German Conferences

Conferences 2007

1st HISON Summer School in Historical Sociolinguistics

16. – 23. August 2007

Further information on HISON Summer School or contact the local organiser Nils Langer

 

The Department regularly hosts national and international conferences.

• 2005
• 2003
• 2002
• 2000

2007

LXXth. Conference of the University Teachers of German

2. - 4. April 2007, for info, please click here.

2005

• Schiller

Dates: November 2, 2005
Topic: Half-Day Workshop
Location: Dept of Drama, University of Bristol

 

•  Language History from Below - Linguistic Variation in the Germanic Languages 1700 - 2000

Dates: April 6-9, 2005
Topic: An international conference on Historical Sociolinguistics.
Organisers: Nils Langer (Bristol), Stephan Elspaß (Münster), Joachim Scharloth (Zürich), and Wim Vandenbussche (Brussel). 

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2003

• Linguistic Purism in the Germanic Languages

Dates:
Organisers: Nils Langer, Nils & Winifred Davies (eds.). Linguistics Purism in the Germanic Languages. Berlin, New York: De Gruyter. 
Proceedings will be published by March 2005

 

• Power and Performance in the Berlin Republic 

Dates: Autumn 2003
Location: Royal Fort House
Topic: An international symposion on Performance
Organisers: Dr Birgit Haas (Bristol)
Supported by: The Institute for Advanced Study and the Alumni Foundation

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2002

• British Baroque Symposium

Dates: March 2002
Organisers: Dr Carrdus and Prof. Skrine

 

• Preaching and Politics: German Writers and their Publics from Gottsched to Goethe

Dates: 16 November 2002
Location: Royal Fort House
Topic: A colloquium in honour of the 80th birthday of Emeritus Professor Hans Reiss.
Organisers: organized in association with the English Goethe Society

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2000

• Germany 2000

Dates:
Organisers: Dr Mark Allinson, Dr Clare Flanagan, and Dr Taberner (now at Leeds)