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| What | Lecture |
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Sun, September 13 @ 06:00PM from 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm |
| Where | UNC Institute for the Arts & Humanities, Hyde Hall, Chapel Hill, NC |
| Contact Name | Philipp Stelzel |
| Contact Email | stelzel@email.unc.edu |
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Claudia Koonz (Duke University) on "THE MUSLIM KOPFTUCH [HIJAB]: AN OBJECT, A SYMBOL, AND AN IMAGE IN VISUAL CULTURE"
Introduction and moderation: Dr. Richard Langston (UNC Chapel Hill)
How did the Muslim Kopftuch [Hijab] simultaneously stabilize and disrupt German (but not Austrian) identity in the context of popular culture--mainly television documentaries, talk shows, and made-for-TV dramas? As a symbolically freighted image, the Kopftuch has provoked debates that reveal deep divisions in public culture that fracture conventional party alignments and provide a displaced discourse for widespread anxiety about German identity. Rather than using images to illustrate trends, the lecture will present a close reading of selected representations of the Hijab and suggest some ways historians can use cultural studies to identify their agency. Because this informal talk represents a work in progress, feedback from colleagues in literature, popular culture, and film studies is especially welcome.
Claudia Koonz is Professor of History and Peabody Family Chair at Duke University and a renowned scholar of Modern German history and culture and women's and gender history. She published: The Nazi Conscience (Harvard University Press, 2003); with Renate Bridenthal and Susan Stuard ed., Becoming Visible : Women in European History (Houghton Mifflin, 1987); and Mothers in the Fatherland : Women, the Family, and Nazi Politics (St. Martin's Press, 1987). Her current research focuses on ethnic identity formation as manifested in experts', politicians', and feminists' responses to women wearing Muslim headscarves in public spaces.
After 6:15 pm, images of the Kopftuch in German and Austrian social cultural history (with a nod to trans-nationalism) will "loop" on the screen of the seminar room. Since they form the backdrop for her talk, they will not figure in the presentation.
Refreshments and drinks will be served before the seminar. The lecture starts at 6:30 pm.
Please register with Philipp Stelzel (stelzel@email.unc.edu) in a timely fashion.
For more information see: http://www.unc.edu/ncgs
SPONSORED BY THE CAROLINA SEMINAR SERIES