On historiography in the fine arts.

International and interdisciplinary conference organised by the University of Bern and the University of Oldenburg in cooperation with the Swiss Literary Archives.

Concept and organisation: Prof. Dr. Melanie Unseld and PD Dr. Christian von Zimmermann
19-21 March 2009 Swiss National Library, Bern Centre Dürrenmatt Neuchatel

List of all participating scientists

Prof. Dr Angelika Schaser (Hamburg): Biographies in historical studies Prof. Dr Gerd Blum (Münster): Vasari's canon: art history between historical theology and artistic praise Prof. Dr Frank Hentschel (Giessen): How the powerless Martin Luther regained consciousness through music. Luther fictions in German music writing of the 19th century Dr Johannes Roessler (Bern): Cultural history and artist psychology. Art historical biography in the second half of the 19th century PD Dr Bernd Hamacher Myriam Richter, M.A. (Hamburg): The 'biosem': At the core of the biographical PD Dr Enno Ruge (Heidelberg): Shakespeare and the power of the anecdote Dr Dennis Pausch (Giessen): Demosthenes in the literary salon: biographical knowledge in the "Noctes Atticae" of Aulus Gellius Dr Camilla Bork (Berlin): The virtuoso in the mirror of the anecdote Prof. Dr Gabriele Rippl (Bern): John Updike's "Seek My Face" (2002) between art-historical anecdote and fictional (meta-) biography Prof. Dr Hendrikje Mautner (Stuttgart): Extra-scientific mediation processes of "classical music". On the significance of the anecdote in popular music representation PD Dr Bernhard Fetz (Vienna): From archive to biography: biographical and medial transformation using the example of Ernst Jandl Dr Carola Muysers (Berlin): Paradigm shift: the new biography of Paula Modersohn-Becker Prof. Dr Peter J. Schneemann (Bern): Biography & Artist Education Prof. Dr Joachim Kremer (Stuttgart): Marginal phenomenon or innovation? Mili Balakireff's piano music against the background of his biography Dr Anita Runge (Berlin): Biographical portraits in Kurt Pinthus' "Menschheitsdämmerung": canon formation and (self-)designs of expressionist poets Dr Nina von Zimmermann (Bern): Women writers in the shadow of "great poets". On the canonisation of women writers Prof. Dr. Susanne Klengel (Mainz): Victoria Ocampo and her transcultural afterlife in biographies Dr. Monica Soeting (Amsterdam): Ambition or coincidence. Paradox in the self-representation of the writer Cissy van Marxveldt Prof. Dr Melanie Unseld (Oldenburg): Images of genius in cultural memory Prof. Dr Bettina Gockel (Zurich): Artistic legends of modernity. Paradigm van Gogh Prof. Dr Joachim Grage (Freiburg/Br.): The role and function of biography in the early reception of Kierkegaard Dr Nina Noeske (Hanover): Homeless, seducer, demon - biography as an implicit aesthetic standard? A contribution to value research using the example of Frank Liszt PD Dr Christian von Zimmermann (Bern): Rescue from the dust of philology: Schiller - Goethe - Brentano