Symposium "Literary Exhibition Practices in Transformation"
The research project TRAUM – Transforming Author Museums is arranging a day of open lectures on ”Literary Exhibition Practices in Transformation” at the University of Oslo on Thursday 20 October.
If you plan to attend, please inform johan.schimanski@ilos.uio.no.
Morning: Eilert Sundts hus, Blindern: Auditorium 2
09:00-09:30 About the research project TRAUM – Transforming Author Museums
Ulrike Spring, History, Sogn og Fjordane University College & Johan Schimanski, Comparative Literature, University of Oslo
09:30-10:15 “Literary Heritage Sites across Europe: A Tour d’Horizon”
Harald Hendrix, Director of the Royal Dutch Institute in Rome/Chair of Italian Studies, Utrecht University
10:15-11:00 “Writer’s House Museums Considered as a Genre, Past, Present and Future”
Nicola Watson, Professor of English Literature, Open University
11:00-11:30 pause
11:30-12:15 “From Autobiographical Exhibition Towards a Phenomenological Architecture and Innovative Experience Design: The Case of Hamsunsenteret, Hamarøy”
Bodil Børseth, Director of The Knut Hamsun Centre/Assistant Professor, Nord University
Afternoon: Eilert Sundts hus, Blindern: Auditorium 6
13:15-14:00 “Writing Curators? When Authors Make Museums”
Werner Hanak-Lettner, Head Curator, Jewish Museum Vienna
14:00-14:30 pause
14:30-15:15 “Authorship and Memory: Ibsen”
Narve Fulsås, Professor of History, UiT The Arctic University of Norway