The preliminary program as PDF.
Refractions of Bob Dylan – Cultural Appropriations of an American Icon
May 19, Thu
14.00 – 14.30 Main Lecture Hall
Welcome
Representative of the US Embassy
Representative of the University of Vienna (Vice
Rector Prof. Arthur Mettinger)
Representative of the Department of English and American Studies (Head of Department)
Conference organizer, Dr. Eugen Banauch (UVienna / Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
14.30 Main Lecture Hall
Introductory Keynote Lecture:
Gray, Michael. How did Bob Dylan’s version of Americanness impact 1960s’ British culture?
15.30 – 16.00 Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.30 Panel A (Main Lecture Hall)
Dylan Abroad 1
Grabovszki, Ernst (Wien). Like a Rölling Stön. Bob Dylan in the GDR
Heath, John (Wien). Not there: the Poetics of Absence in German Literature’s Bob Dylan Constructions
Schaefer, Martin (Basel). Bob Dylan in Switzerland
16.00 – 17.30 Panel B (Salon)
Appropriations of/by Dylan
Klaus Karlbauer (Wien). Death is not the End – An American icon meets a European Myth Reichert, Ramón (Wien). Dont Look Back. Zur filmischen Inszenierung des Protestsängers Bob Dylan
Zechner, Dominik (Wien). Dylan, das nicht festgestellte Thier - Strategien der Subjektivierung in I'm not There
18.30 Festsaal Uni Wien, Dr-Karl-Renner-Ring, 1010 Wien
Keynote Lecture
Scobie, Stephen (Victoria). Plagiarism, Bob, Jean-Luc, & Me
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May 20, Fri Venue: Amerikahaus
10.00 – 11.30 Panel A (Main Lecture Hall)
Who’s not there? Dylan and Film
Hamscha, Susanne (Berlin). The Ghost of Bob Dylan: Spectrality and the Performance of America in I’m Not There
Seitz, Sergej (Wien). "My name it is nothing": Dylan, "Dylan" und "I’m Not There".
McColl, Robert (Bochum). Surplus and Demand: (In)appropriating Dylan
10.00 – 11.30 Panel B (Salon)
All the truth in the world...
Cabañas, Pilar (Wien). Polyeder Dylan: Metamorphose der Selbstdarstellung Stiegler, Christian (Wien). The answer my friend... – Kommunikationsformen bei Bob Dylan Keckeis, Paul (Wien/Cambridge). "Spoken intros" zwischen akustischer und elektrischer Gitarre
12.00 – 13.00 Main Lecture Hall
Round Table: Dylan's European Appeal
with: tba
13.15 – 14.30 Lunch Break
14.45 – 15.45 Panel A (Main Lecture Hall)
Dylan Performing / America 1
Rois, Ulrich (Wien). “Silver and Gold”: The songwriting partnership of Bob Dylan and Robert Hunter
Cossu, Andrea (Padova). Blessed Be the Name of the Lord: Performing the Conversion during Dylan’s Gospel Tour
14.45 – 15.45 Panel B (Salon)
Transformative Powers of Dylan 1
Fagan, Paul (Wien) and Mark Shanahan. Learning to Turn it Off: Self-Deception in Dylan
Coley, Rob (Lincoln). ‘I Don’t Believe You...You’re a Liar’: The Fabulatory Function of Bob Dylan
15 min Coffee Break
16.00 – 17.00 Panel A (Main Lecture Hall)
Transformative Powers of Dylan 2
Giamo, Benedict (Notre Dame). Here, There & Elsewhere: Dylan’s Illusion of Embodiment
Bell, J. Frederick (Williamsburg). Transforming Authenticity: Bob Dylan's Electric Critique of Subculture
16.00 – 17.00 Panel B (Salon)
Dylan Performing / America 2
Rueckert, George (Giessen). Visions of Johanna: Dylan’s Beat Lyrics in the Photographs of Robert Frank
Grist, Leighton (Winchester). Mr Pound, Mr Eliot, and Mr Dylan: USA and Europe, Modernity and Modernism
17.30 – 19.00 Main Lecture Hall
Keynote Lecture
Heylin, Clinton (Somerset) and Michelle Engert (Washington/München). The Evolvement of Fan Culture Throughout the Never Ending Tour.
21.00 Bunkerei, 1020 Wien
Dylan Tribute Concert
Mika Vember, Markus Brandstetter, Börn, Ulrich Rois
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May 21, Sat
10.30 – 11.30 Panel A (Main Lecture Hall)
Dylan Abroad 2
Zirngast, Max (Wien). Dylan and the Cantautori. The reception of Dylan in the Italy of the 60s
Barry Williams (Birmingham). Bob Dylan and his Fans: The Music and the Meaning
10.30 – 11.30 Panel B (Salon)
Mysticism and/or Mystique
Heine, Steven (Miami). From Lowlands to Highlands: Bob Dylan's Quest for Salvation as Seen from Eastern Mystical Perspective
Wolfson, Elliot (New York).This Wheel's on Fire: Jewish Mystical Elements in Dylan's Poetry and Song
15 min Coffee break
11.45 – 12.45 Panel A (Main Lecture Hall)
Dylan Abroad 3
Kristen, Susanne (München). A Foreign Sound to Your Ear: The Influence of Bob Dylan's Music on American and German-speaking Fans
Jean-Martin Büttner (Bern). Greil Marcus and Bob Dylan: the writer and his singer
11.45 – 12.45 Panel B (Salon)
I ain't no prophet. And I ain't no prophet's son
Schaefer, Martin (Basel). Bob Dylan vs. Jacob Taubes - The Price of Messianism Reconsidered
Meiller, Christopher (Eisenstadt). Dylan the prophet. Aspects of a (quasi-)religious stereotype
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch Break
Österreich Schwerpunkt
15.00 – 16.30 Main Lecture Hall
Dylan und/in Österreich
Blumenau, Martin (Wien) und Alexandra Ganser (Erlangen). Bringing It All Back Home? Wolfgang Ambros’ Austrian Appropriations of Bob Dylan
Weber, Michael (Wien). Zu den Coverversionen von Songs von Bob Dylan von österreichischen Musikern unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von Wolfgang Ambros
Kutzenberger, Stefan (Wien). Die Dylan Installation am Stock-Im-Eisen Platz
17.00 - 18.00 Main Lecture Hall
Round Table: Dylan und Österreich Abschlussbemerkungen
20.00 Bunkerei, 1020 Wien
Lesungen
Doris Knecht, Andreas Unterweger, Bernhard Moshammer
Open end: Ausklang mit DJ-Line
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Sun, May 22
In cooperation with Votivkino, Todd Haynes’ Dylan Biopic I’m Not There will be screened on Sunday, May 22 at 12.15. An additional screening will take place on May 29 at 12.30. Tickets at €7. For more info and tickets: www.votivkino.at.