June 14-16, 2002
Department of English: University of Cologne
p l a c e :The site of the conference is the Philosophicum of the University of Cologne [Albertus-Magnus-Platz 1].
Please consult for further directions how to get to the University.
registration :There is no registration fee and thus no need to register. Come as you are.
accommodation:A number of good hotels can be found in the vicinity of the university. We recommend the Hotel Chelsea, which is where the speakers will be staying [Hotel Chelsea, Jülicher Str. 1, 50674 Köln, +49 0221, Tel. 207150, Fax 239137, It is located within easy walking distance [there is even a tram!] to the university and near the center of Cologne. Rooms are about 60 Euro per night for a single room. Please make reservations directly with the hotel.
There are also two youth hostels in Cologne [19,50 – 34 Euro per night]: JH Köln-Riehl, JH Köln-Deutz.
information :For further information, please get in touch with either John Krafft: or Hanjo Berressem:
p r o g r a m :
friday: [cinenova, koeln-ehrenfeld]
18:00-18:30Krafft | Berressem [miami | cologne]: Opening of Conference – Introduction.
18:30-19:45Thomas Schaub: Transcending Gravity: Mahler and the German Dialectic in Gravity's Rainbow.
21:00-23:00Fosco und Donatello Dubini [Cologne]: “Journey into the Mind of [p.].” Screening and Discussion with the filmmakers.
saturday: [practice]
09:00-10:15keynote: Heinz Ickstadt [berlin]: “How German Is It? Learning from Pynchon’s German Obsessions.“
10:15-11:00Terry Reilly | Steve Tomaske [fairbanks | los angeles]: Hard Science and the Paranormal in Gravity’s Rainbow: Precognition Machines, Cockroaches, and Not That Helmut Schmidt.
11:00-11:45Douglas Lannark [berlin]: Relocation | Dislocation: "Rocket-man" in Berlin.
lunch
14:00-14:45Thomas Eckhardt [bonn]: Pynchon in Contemporary German Literature.
14:45-15:30Sebastian Fasthuber [vienna]:The Reception of Mason & Dixon in The German-Speaking Area.
coffee
16:00-16:45 Alexei Lalo [minsk]: From the “Zone” and “Zone-Hereros” to the “German Mania for Name-Giving”: German References as Metaphors in Gravity’s Rainbow.
16:45-17:30Inger H. Dalsgaard [aarhus]: Messages from the Black Box: Recording Terror in Gravity’s Rainbow and on the 11th of September 2001.
17:30-18:30von Blumröder [köln]: The Radio Cologne Sound in ‘The Crying of Lot 49.’
dinner[cinenova, koeln-ehrenfeld]
21:00-23:00 Robert Bramkamp [berlin]: “Documentary – Prüfstand 7.” Screening and Discussion with the filmmaker.
sunday: [theory]
09:00-10:15 keynote: Friedrich Kittler [berlin]: „Pynchon und die Elektromystik”
10:15-11:00Luc Herman | Bruno Arich [antwerp | cologne]: The Colonial Encounter at Home: Representations of Dora in Pynchon and Mirbach.
11:00-11:45Galena Eduardova [sofia]: Mittelwerke: The Architecture Of Still Life.
lunch
14:00-14:45Victoria de Zwaan [trent]: “A child of the oven:” Hansel and Gretel in Pynchon’s Germany.
14:45-15:30Bernd Klähn [bochum]: The Leibniz-connection: Nazi-Symbolism, Calculus and Leibnizian Worldmaking.
coffee
16:00-16:45Jim Neighbors [madison]: Ilse | lies: Nietzsche and Pynchon.
16:45-17:30Käkelä-Puumala, Tiina [helsinki]: “Max Weber, Baudrillard and Pynchon.”
17:30-19:00roundtable
dinner