In June 2024, it will be 100 years since the death of Franz Kafka. Not many authors receive as much attention so long after their death as the Prague writer, who did not live to see his 41st birthday and was actually an insurance clerk by profession, who at least made it to the position of „senior assistant“. Wherever you look up „German-language world literature“, Kafka is always there. And the fact that his name has become somewhat proverbial in „kafkaesque“ situations (incidentally: also in English) is something he has in common with no other author. So „people“ know him. Do people know him?
Franz Kafka is a particularly well-known author, but in some ways also a particularly „unwieldy“ one, who is not easy to approach. The seminar therefore aims to provide an approach for all interested parties who do not (yet) see themselves as Kafka experts. His life and work will be examined from various perspectives, such as the fact that Kafka spent the longest period of his short life in „Kakania“, the late Habsburg monarchy, as it was called by his older colleague Robert Musil. The special cultural atmosphere of Prague will play a role and much more - in the special atmosphere of Haus Schlesien, tranquil, culinary and easily accessible.
Planned course (subject to change):
Wednesday, 06 March 2024
14:00: Welcome and opening (Nicola Remig/Prof. Dr. Winfrid Halder)
14:30: Experimental station for the end of the world (Karl Kraus). Conflict potentials and fault lines in the late Habsburg monarchy 1867-1919: Kafka's historical environment (Prof. Dr. Winfrid Halder)
15:45: Coffee break
16:15: Of bugs, dogs and hunger artists. Introduction to Kafka's stories (Michael Serrer)
18:00: Dinner
19:00: Franz Kafka's labyrinthin of worlds - between fascination and irritation. Public evening lecture (PD Dr. Jürgen Nelles)
Thursday, 07 March 2024
09:30: Kafka and the arts (N. N.)
11:00: Coffee break
11:15: Is Kafka Kafkaesque? The perspective of film (Orson Welles 1962, Steven Soderbergh 1991, Agnieszka Holland 2023) (Prof. Dr. Michael Braun)
12:45: Seminar summary and conclusion (Nicola Remig/Prof. Dr. Winfrid Halder)
From 13:15: Lunch, followed by departure
Participation fee: 140 € per person (1 overnight stay with shower/WC, 1 evening meal and 1 lunch, coffee, mineral water and biscuits during breaks), without overnight stay 85 € per person.
Members of the HAUS SCHLESIEN association: 120 € with overnight stay, 70 € without overnight stay.
Limited number of participants! Therefore, please register as soon as possible at HAUS SCHLESIEN, Dollendorfer Str. 412, 53639 Königswinter, +49(0)2244 886 0, info@hausschlesien.de (keyword: Kafka 03-2024, please include your name(s) and contact details).
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