During his more than four decades at Rice, Weissenberger has become one of the world’s leading experts on Celan, having written three books and countless articles about the poet.Ĭlick for a larger version of the conference poster. Rice professor of German studies Klaus Weissenberger will also be among the esteemed lineup of presenters. Speakers from across the United States and Europe will present research on Celan’s life and the future of Celan scholarship, including University of Tübingen professor Barbara Wiedemann, Harvard University professor Judith Ryan and well-known Celan translator Pierre Joris, a poet in his own right.

The conference takes place March 6-7 in the Moody Center for the Arts and is presented by Rice’s Department of Classical and European Studies. Adorno posited that writing poetry after the Holocaust could only be “barbaric,” but it was Celan who found a new and highly personal lyrical language that allowed him to respond to the continued possibility of poetry.Īn upcoming conference at Rice, “Life Lines: Paul Celan’s Poetic Recreation of the World,” will examine the way in which his poetry is embedded in both historical experience and his own life. Adorno - highlights the ethical urgency of Celan’s work. This question - originally posed by the philosopher Theodor W.

Rice professor Klaus Weissenberger, a leading expert on Celan, will head a March 6-7 forum on the poet's life and work. Religion and Literature sponsors and publishes the annual Religion and Literature lecture at the University of Notre Dame, hosts special issues with guest editors, and publishes forum sections dedicated to key topics and issues in religion and literature, broadly construed.įor more information visit our website at. Abrams, Daniel Boyarin, Gerald Bruns, Lawrence Buell, Kenneth Burke, Donald Davie, Robert Detweiler, Denis Donoghue, Terry Eagleton, Caryl Emerson, René Girard, Geoffrey Hartman, Stanley Hauerwas, Peter Hawkins, David Jasper, John Milbank, Walter Ong, S.J., Alicia Ostriker, Barbara Packer, Chaim Potok, Stephen Prickett, Annemarie Schimmel, Regina Schwartz, and Nathan A.

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