Myths, Gender and the Military Conquest of Air and Sea
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Wednesday, 22 April
19.00 Public Evening Lecture, Kulturzentrum PFL, Peterstr. 3
Welcome AddressProf Dr Silke Wenk, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
The Second World War in Cinema during and after 1939-45. Changes and Ruptures in Memory Cultures
Prof Dr Penny Summerfield, University of Manchester
20.30 Conference Reception
Welcome Address
Martin Schuhmacher, Head of Cultural Affairs of the City of Oldenburg
Thursday, 23 April
Location: Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Hörsaalgebäude, A 14 1-1111. MEMORY-REMEBERING-NATION
9.00 – 11.00
Opening Remarks and ChairProf Dr Herbert Mehrtens, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Concepts of Memory in War and Cultural Studies in GB
Dr Lucy Noakes, University of Brighton
Concepts of Memory and Postwar Myths in Germany
Prof Dr Silke Wenk, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Fascinations and Myths – Air and Sea
Dr Sabine Höhler, Deutsches Museum Munich
Comment
Dr Petra-Utta Rau, University of Portsmouth
Discussion
11.00 Tea Break
11.30 - 13.30
Chair: Prof Dr Herbert Mehrtens, Technische Universität BraunschweigEngland and the Aeroplane Revisited
Prof Dr David Edgerton, Imperial College London
Popular Visions and Military Decisions. The Cultural Appropriation of the Aeroplane in Germany, 1908-1914
Dr Christian Kehrt, Deutsches Museum Munich
Submarine Warfare Films
Dr Jonathan Rayner, University of Sheffield
Comment
Dr Jahnavi Phalkey, Georgia Tech-Lorraine Metz
Discussion
13.30 - 15.00 Lunch Break
2. Gender Semantics and the Techniques of Modern Civilian Technologies of Conquest
15.00 – 17.00
Chair: Dr Sue Malvern, University of ReadingThe Aviator’s Eye: Gender Structures of the Panoramic and Scopic View and the View from a Plane
Prof Dr Irene Nierhaus, University of Bremen
"Every Exploration Is an Appropriation": Aerial Photography, Architectural Discourse and Postwar Reconstruction
Tom Allbeson, University of Durham
Women Sport Pilots and their Contributions to Expansionist Policies in Germany and Great Britain between 1918 and 1933
Dr Evelyn Zegenhagen, National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
Comment
Prof Dr Helmuth Trischler, Deutsches Museum Munich
Discussion
17.00 Coffee Break
17.30 - 19.30
Chair: Dr Sue Malvern, University of ReadingThe Hero Has No Future: The Staging of Masculinity in British Postwar Film and Fiction
Prof Dr Gill Plain, University of St Andrews, Scotland
Case study: The Sinking of the Titanic
Ute Rösler, Technische Universität Braunschweig
The Memory of a Man-made Disaster: The Space Shuttle Challenger
Eileen Kwiecinski, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Comment
Prof. Dr Barbara Paul, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Discussion
Friday 24 April
Location: Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Hörsaalgebäude, A 14 1-1113. Constructions of Military Masculinity in Reference to Weapon Systems
9.00 – 11.00
Chair: Dr Katharina Hoffmann, Carl von Ossietzky University of OldenburgSpace in Military Discourses in Britain and Germany, 1900-1950
Dr Alaric Searle, University of Salford
The Symbolic Relevance of the Navy and the Sea in Britain and Germany, c. 1880-1918
Dr Jan Rueger, University of London
Submarines and U-Boat War in British Historiography
Prof Dr Eric Grove, University of Salford
Comment
Prof Dr Matthew Seligman, University of Northampton
Discussion
11.00 Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.30
Chair: Dr Katharina Hoffmann, Carl von Ossietzky University of OldenburgNew Heroes: Pilots and Submariners
Dr René Schilling, Herford
Making the Lion Roar: The Kiel Canal in British Strategic Planning and Propaganda at the Beginning of World War II
Dr Christoph Laucht, University of Liverpool
Team and Machine (U-Boats/Submarines)
Prof Dr Herbert Mehrtens, Technische Universität Braunschweig
Comment
Dr Roland Wittje, University of Regensburg
Discussion
13.30 Lunch Break
15.00 – 16.30
Chair: Dr Lucy Noakes, University of BrightonAchieving Masculine Identity within the Naval Aviation Community
Prof Dr Frank J. Barrett, Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California
Lack of Moral Fibre and Air Crews in the Second World War
Dr Nafsika Thalassis, University of Salford
Comment
Dr Gabriel Koureas, University of London
Discussion
16.30 Tea Break
17.00 - 19.00
Chair: Dr Lucy Noakes, University of BrightonSubmarine Films: The Construction of Male and Female in Sound and Image
Prof Dr Linda Maria Koldau, University of Frankfurt
Recapturing Space, Technology and Gender Semantics - The Propagandistic Battle of Images during the Berlin-crisis
Silke Betscher, University of Liverpool
Security as a Myth in the Cold War? Transnational Images of European Arms Producers
Dr Stefanie van de Kerkhof, University of Bochum
Comment
Dr Paul Fox, University College London
Discussion
Public Evening Lecture, Edith Ruß Haus für Medienkunst, Katharinenstr. 23
20.30 When Artists Have to Inform Politicians – An Artistic Intervention to Stop the Hamburg-based International Maritime MuseumCornelia Sollfrank, Hamburg
Saturday 25 April
Location: Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Hörsaalgebäude, A 14 1-1114. Museum-display and Memorialising between "Communicative" and "Cultural memory"
9.00 – 11.00
Chair: Dr Alaric Searle, University of SalfordPublic Remembrance, Private Grief
Dr Gabriel Koureas, University of London
Interactions between "Popular Memory" and "Private Memory"
Dr Graham Dawson, University of Brighton
The Role of the Internet in Remembering the Two World Wars
Dr Dan Todman at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
Comment
Prof Dr Karen Ellwanger, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Discussion
11.00 Coffee Break
11.30 - 13.30
Chair: Dr Alaric Searle, University of SalfordAerial Bombardment, Cultural Anxiety and the Remembrance of Ruins
Dr Sue Malvern, University of Reading
Musealization of (U-Boat) Bunkers and Air Shelters
Nicole Mehring, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
Military Historical Collections as a Medium for Constructing and Interpretation of History within the German Air Force – The Example of the Traditionsgeschwader
Marc Hansen, University of Flensburg
Comment
Prof Dr Christine Sylvester, Lancaster University
Discussion
13.30 Lunch Break
15.00 - 17.00
Chair: Prof Dr Silke Wenk, Carl von Ossietzky University of OldenburgMemory Cultures in the German Air Force and Navy
Dr Katharina Hoffmann, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg/ Ines Schöbel, Officer, German Air Force
Naval and Air Force Memorials in the United Kingdom: An Overview
Jane Furlong, Project Coordinator, UK National Inventory of War Memorials, IWM
British War Artists and Aviation
Rebecca Searle, University of Sussex
Comment
Prof Dr Jim Aulich, Manchester Metropolitan University
Discussion