Convenor: Dr Robert Gillett

The Cultural Transfer Section of the CAGCR facilitates lectures, colloquia and workshops on all aspects of presenting the culture of one country in the context of the other.

The sorts of research topics covered by this component of the CAGCR include the following:

• Collaboration, influence and distinctive traditions in the production and reception of plays, art, film etc, in the two countries
• The institutions involved in the mediation of one culture to another
• Considerations governing the availability of texts within and across the two cultures
• Theoretical approaches to the study of culture, including the relationship between ‘Kulturwissenschaft’ and ‘Cultural Studies’

Events organised by the Cultural Transfers / Drama Section:

Lectures

16.01.2009
Cultural Transfers / Drama Lecture
Jürgen Grimm (University of Vienna)
“British Edutainment – a Model for Europe? Results of an Empirical Study of Super Nanny TV in England, Germany and Austria”

Workshops

01.05.2009
Cultural Transfers / Drama Postgraduate Workshop
Invisible Women: English and German Women Playwrights
Susanne Kord (University College, London) and Kate Newey (University of Birmingham)
Steiner Room, Lockkeeper’s Cottage, 2:00-6:00pm