The Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium (BUGSC), now in its eleventh year, provides a forum for conversation and exchange among scholars, teachers, students, translators, writers, artists and others interested in German Studies. It seeks to foster collaboration across programs, departments, disciplines and institutions.
Past colloquia include:
The Upstate New York German Studies Colloquium 2010
Übergänge / Transitions
April 9-10, 2010
Keynote: “Kulturwissenschaftliche Forschung im Kontext von Deutsch als Fremdsprache und German Studies. Thematische, theoretische und forschungspraktische Übergänge” (Claus Altmayer, Herder-Institut, University of Leipzig)
The Upstate New York German Studies Colloquium 2011
Meisterwerke / Masterworks
April 29-30, 2011
Keynote: “German Studies' Lehrjahre: Masterpieces as Cognitive Apprenticeships in Cultural Studies” (Katherine Arens, University of Texas at Austin)
The Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium 2012
Doppelgängers and Fraternal Twins: Translations in German Studies
April 20-21, 2012
Keynote: “Einzelgänger” (John E. Woods, Berlin)
The Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium 2013
Progress and Risk — Fortschritt und Risiko in German Studies
April 19-20, 2013
Keynote: ”Das Unbehagen in der Disziplin: German Studies in the 21st Century” (Imke Meyer, Bryn Mawr College)
The Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium 2014
What Visual Culture Does for German Studies
April 25-26, 2014
Keynote: “German Studies and the Challenges of Visual Culture: From the National to the European Style” (Randall Halle, University of Pittsburgh)
The Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium 2015
Readers and Readings: Literature and Literaturgeschichte in German Studies
April 24-25, 2015
Keynote: “The Tragic Process in Goethe’s Faust” (David E. Wellbery, University of Chicago)
The Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium 2016
Dis-Placements, Refuges and Other Cultural Belongings
April 15-16, 2016
Keynote: ”This Migration Which Is Not One: Refugees, Migrants, and (Turkish-)German Studies” (Yasemin Yildiz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
The Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium 2017
BUGSC VIII: Quests for Meaning: Religion, Spirituality and the Transcendental in German Culture
April 28-29, 2017
Keynote: “The Individual Quest For Meaning in the Humanities” (Albrecht Classen, University of Arizona)
The Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium 2018
BUGSC IX: News from Nature / Nachrichten aus der Natur
April 20-21, 2018
Keynote: “Reading the News from Nature” (Caroline Schaumann, Emory University)
The Binghamton University German Studies Colloquium 2019
BUGSC IX: Violence
April 5-6, 2019
Keynote: Witnessing and Fighting Nazi Violence During World War II (Jochen Hellbeck, Rutgers University)
For questions, registrations and more information, please contact Harald Zils, Department of German and Russian, Binghamton University.