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Distinguished Guests

Diedrich Diederichsen, Max Kade Writer in Residence

Diedrich Diederichsen is Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory at the Merz Akademie in Stuttgart, Germany. He has curated a number of important exhibitions, and has published widely in art and culture journals and exhibition catalogues. He edited "Sounds" magazine from
1979-1983 and founded and edited "Spex" magazine from 1985 until 1990.

Professor Diedrichsen is also member of the Board of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (Federal German Cultural Foundation), and of the ZMI at the Universität Gießen (Center for Media and Interactivity). He is also the author of numerous books, including Golden Years: Dokumente und
Materialien zur queeren Subkultur 1959-1974 (Graz: Camera Austria,
2004); Sexbeat (Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 2002); Schallplatten
von 1979-1999 (Vienna: Hannibal Verlag, 2000); Der lange Weg nach
Mitte. Der Sound und die Stadt (Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1999);
Loving the Alien (Berlin: ID-Verlag, 1998); Politische Korrekturen
(Cologne: Kiepenheuer & Witsch, 1996); Yo! Hermeneutics - Schwarze
Kulturkritik: Pop, Medien, Feminismus (Berlin and Amsterdam: Edition ID
Archiv, 1993); Freiheit macht arm 1990-1993 (Cologne: Kiepenheuer &
Witsch, 1993); and Schocker - Stile und Moden der Subkultur, with Dick
Hebdige (Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1983). His exhibitions include “Die Kraft der
Negation” (Theater der Welt Cologne/Volksbühne Berlin 2002);
"BildSchirmAuge" (Bauhaus Archiv Berlin 2000); "Cross Gender/Cross
Genre" (Steirischer Herbst, Graz 1999); "Loving the Alien" (Volksbühne
Berlin, 1997); "Three Day Weekend" (Los Angeles Art Center College
1995); and "Sample/Zitat" with music and a conversation on situationism
and hiphop (Frankfurt: Portikus,1992).

Martin Lüdke, Courtesy Professor

Prof. Martin Lüdke, critic of literature, was born in Apolda (Thüringen). He studied philosophy, sociology, German studies, and political science. From 1976 to 1978 he was a scientific fellow at the Social Science Institute Federation in Munich (SOWI) and Professor for 20th century German literature at the J. W. Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. He has also been aVisiting Professor at several American universities, including San Diego, Los Angeles, and St. Louis. He served as editor at the Hessischer Rundfunk from 985 to 1990, and is editor at the Südwestfunk since 1990. He writes for the newspapers Frankfurter Rundschau, Die Zeit, Spiegel, and Literaturen.

Filmmaker Haroun Farocki, Artist in Residence

The Artist in Residence for 2002 was Harun Farocki who has been making films and videos since 1966. The prolific filmmaker makes film essays on sociopolitical themes. His unique style joins formal and political concerns and closely links image and text. In a 1993 interview, Farocki noted, "I probably write, or rather occupy myself with writing, in order to determine the difference between film and text. I want films that are not far removed from texts, and that are nonetheless very distinct." Farocki completed his studies at the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie in Berlin in 1968. In 1974, he became editor and chief author of the journal filmkritik. His work includes Gefängnisbilder (2000), Der Ausdruck der Hände (1997), Die Bewerbung (1997), Stilleben (1997), Der Auftritt (1996), Schnittstelle (1995), Videogramme einer Revolution (1992), Leben - BRD (1990), and Bilder der Welt und Inschrift des Krieges (1988). He has aught at the University of California at Berkeley. More on Harun Farocki.

Uwe Timm, Writer in Residence

The Artist in Residence for 2000 was Uwe Timm (Munich & Berlin), author of eight novels, a novella, four children’s novels, and essays, as well as a number of film screenplays (including ‘Der Flieger’ and ‘Die Bubi Scholz Story’). His novels ‘Morenga’, ‘Kerbels Flucht’, and ‘Rennschwein Rudi Rüssel’ have been turned into feature films, while his ‘Die Zugmaus’ was made into an acclaimed cartoon film. Four of his novels are available in English translation from New Directions, New York.

Jürgen Lodemann, Writer in Residence

The Artist in Residence for 2004 was Prof. Jürgen Lodemann.  Born in 1936 in Essen, he completed studies in German Languages and Literatures and in Geography in Freiburg, Germany.  He served as editor and anchorman of television shows in Baden-Baden, Germany ("Literaturmagazin" and "Café Größenwahn")for 30 years, and was the originator of the "Bestenliste: Dokumentarfilme".  He is a member of PEN-Zentrum.  He has taught at Universities in Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Marburg, and Freuburg, as well as in Essen, Germany and Galway in Ireland.  In 1978 he was awarded the Kerr-Preis for Literaturkritik.  Latest publications include "Muttermord" (novel) and "Lortzing" (Biographie).

Ulrich Gaier, Visiting Professor

The Max Kade Visiting Professor for Spring 2005 is Prof. Dr. Ulrich Gaier, of the Universität Konstanz in Germany.

Forschungsschwerpunkte und -projekte (Research Interests & Projects

• Anthropologie und Poetik von Platon bis Brecht.
• Konjekturales Denken in Neuer Mythologie und ihrer Ideologisierung.
• Hölderlin-Texturen-Projekt

Publikationen (Publications)

• Der gesetzliche Kalkül. Hölderlins Dichtungslehre, Tübingen 1962.
• Studien zu Sebastian Brants Narrenschiff, Tübingen 1966.   
• Satire: Studien zu Neidhart, Wittenwiler, Brant und zur satirischen Schreibart, Tübingen 1967.
• Krumme Regel. Novalis’ "Konstruktionslehre des schaffenden Geistes" und ihre  Tradition, Tübingen. 1970.
• Johann Gottfried Herder Frühe Schriften 1764-1772, hrsg. u. komm., Frankfurt 1985.
• System des Handelns. Eine rekonstruktive Handlungswissenschaft, Stuttgart 1986.   
• Johann Gottfried Herder Volkslieder Übertragungen Dichtungen, hrsg. u. komm., Frankfurt 1990.
• Hölderlin. Eine Einführung, Tübingen 1993.
• Johann Wolfgang Goethe Faust-Dichtungen, hrsg. u. komm., 3Bde. Stuttgart 1999. Ca. 90 Aufsätze.

Information from: Universität Konstanz Germanistik

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