Alexander von Humboldt and the Hemisphere
Working Conference at the Vanderbilt University Nashville, Tennessee, USA
SPONSORS:
Center for the Americas + Alexander von Humboldt Foundation + Gerda Henkel Foundation + Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Atlanta Office + Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages at Vanderbilt + Department of History at Vanderbilt + Department of English at Vanderbilt
ORGANIZERS:
Vera Kutzinski, Vanderbilt University
Ottmar Ette, University of Potsdam
Laura Dassow Walls, University of South Carolina
THURSDAY 15 of January 2000
7 p.m. Opening Reception at Buttrick Hall Atrium
8 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Vera M. Kutzinski English and Comparative Literature, Vanderbilt, USA
Lutz Goergens Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Atlanta Office
Keynote by Ottmar Ette: “TransTropics: Alexander von Humboldt’s constructions of the American Hemisphere” See the video lecture on Ottmar Ette’s keynote
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