2007 Fall Conference "Too Much Literature?
The Role of Literary Studies in the German Classroom"
Elon University
19-20 October 2007
Welcome
Dear Colleagues:
You are cordially invited to attend our next Lehrerkonferenz, "The Role of Literary Studies in the German Classroom." The event will take place 19-20 October at Elon University.
The conference is made possible by the generous support of AATG, the Department of Foreign Languages, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning at Elon.
All AATG members and prospective members are welcome to attend. The conference provides an excellent opportunity to meet with colleagues of all levels, to discuss the role of literary studies in our classrooms—a hot topic since the MLA’s report on the subject this summer—and to shape and improve the content of our German Day for high school students (also at Elon, March 2008).
In addition, we are particularly delighted to hear from Dr. Lutz Hermann Görgens, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany, who will be with us on both days. For non-members, the meeting is also a chance to meet with fellow professionals and weigh the benefits of membership.
Come for presentations, compelling business items, relaxing Kaffeeklatsch, and a tour of the new Deutsches Haus living-learning community. After attending the conference each participant will receive a certificate that may be counted towards CEU credits in the teacher’s home district.
Registration
To register for the conference, please download the registration form (pdf) and return it, along with a check made out to NCAATG, to the address below. Conference fees are $25 for Fr./Sa. or $15 for Sa. only. Full-time students and teachers in their first or second year of service may attend at half price ($12.50 or $7.50, resp.)!!!
Mail to:
Christiane Hawkins
Attn: NC-AATG registration
502 N. Mendenhall St.
Greensboro, NC 27401
Mail your registration and check (made out to NCAATG!) to Christiane by October 1.
Schedule
Friday
5:00-5:45
Arrival and check-in
6:00-7:00
Dinner and welcoming remarks (Windham)
7:00-7:30
Panel: Too much literature? The role of literary studies
in the German classroom (Denham, Henke, Walther, Worthington)
7:30-8:00
Wine and cheese reception
8:00-9:30
Film Screening: Das Leben der Anderen (2006)
Saturday
9:00-9:15
Introduction (Windham)
9:15-10:00
Group Discussion: Follow-up to panel (Henke)
10:00-11:00
Schatzkammer: Tips and Tricks for teaching language,
literature, culture, and film (Henke, Windham)
11:00-11:15
Coffee
11:15-12:15
Presentation and Q&A: Dr. Lutz Hermann Görgens,
Generalkonsul, Atlanta
12:15-1:15
Lunch
1:15-2:30
German Day planning and idea session (Windham, Woloszyn)
2:30-3:00
Kaffee und Kuchen
3:00-4:00
Business Meeting (Boaz, Denham, Hawkins, Henke, Worthington)
4:00
Closing Remarks (Henke, Windham)
Contact
Scott Windham
Assistant Professor of German Elon University
Campus Box 2125
Elon, NC 27244
Phone: 336.278.5841 swindham@elon.edu
Accommodations
A block of rooms has been reserved at
Country Suites
3211 Wilson Drive, Burlington (at I-40 and Huffman Mill Road, 5 miles from campus)
(888) 201-1746 or (336) 584-1115
Mention AATG/Elon conference rate of $89.
Special rates end Friday, September 28.
Note cancellation policies when you book.
and at
Courtyard by Marriott
3141 Wilson Drive, Burlington (at I-40 and Huffman Mill Road, 5 miles from campus)
(888) 236-2427 or (336) 585-1888
Take Interstate 85/40 to Exit 140 (University Drive). From 85 South / 40 West, exit right and turn right. From 85 North / 40 East, exit right and turn left.
Stay on University Drive for 1.4 miles and turn right on Highway 70 East / South Church Street.
Take 70/Church to Williamson Avenue (.7 miles). Turn left on Williamson.
Follow Williamson for 1.7 miles. You will cross railroad tracks as you enter the campus area.
Turn right at the stoplight on Haggard Avenue.
Turn left at the stoplight on North O'Kelly Ave. Take the first left into the Visitors Parking Lot at Moseley Center.
The meeting will be held in the Koury Business Building.
Friday night’s activities are in room 101, the Larose Digital Theater.
Saturday’s activities are in room 348.
