Both of the following events are free to attend but booking is essential. Please email office@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk by 20 January, noon, if you are interested in attending part or all of the event. A map for the event is available on the Website of the Taylor Institution.
Round Table: The Future of German Studies
22 January 2016, 2pm, Taylor Institution, Room 2
On the Occasion of the Inaugural Lecture of Henrike Lähnemann, Chair in Medieval German Literature and Linguistics
Speakers: Prof. Dr. Hans-Jochen Schiewer (University of Freiburg), Dr Wilhelm Krull (VolkswagenStiftung), Dr Dorothea Rüland (DAAD), Prof. Katrin Kohl (Oxford German Network), Dr Carsten Dose (FRIAS), Chair: Prof. Ritchie Robertson (Taylor Chair of German Studies)
The Round Table will be followed by a Launch of the website Reformation 2017 at the Taylor Institution with presentations from German Studies students and a drinks reception in the Voltaire Room, sponsored by the Cultural Attaché Charlotte Schwarzer (German Embassy).
The launch opens the series of events and publications leading up to Reformation Trail due in 2017 to celebrate 500 years of publication of the 95 Theses by Martin Luther. The considerable holdings of Reformation Pamphlets will be presented as:
Series 1 of the 'Treasures of the Taylorian'
3pm Taylor Institution, Room 2
Introduction: Henrike Lähnemann
Passional Christi und Antichristi: Ed Wareham
Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen: Howard Jones
De captivitate babylonica: Lucas Eigel
Hans Sachs’ Dialogue: Charlotte Hartmann
Weissagung vom Papsttum: Kezia Fender
Lustgarten der Seelen: Klaus Meyer
Karlstadt pamphlets: Jennifer Bunselmeier
The Website: Emma Huber
The Reformation Music Project: Alex Lloyd
Launching the website: Charlotte Schwarzer
3:30pm Taylor Institution, Voltaire Room Exhibition and Wine Reception
Featured pamphlets
Andreas Karlstadt, Disputatio excellentium (Erfurt 1519) ARCH.8o.G.1519(1)
Martin Luther, De captivitate babylonica ecclesiae (Wittenberg 1520) ARCH.8o.G.1520(9)
Lucas Cranach, Martin Luther, Philip Melanchthon: Passional Christ und Antichristi (Erfurt 1521) ARCH.8o.G.1521(19)
Hans Sachs: Disputation zwischen einem Chorherrn und Schuhmacher (Augsburg 1524) ARCH.8o.G.1524(26)
Hans Sachs: Eine wunderliche Weissagung von dem Papsttum (Nürnberg 1527) ARCH.8o.G.1527(8)
Martin Luther, Sendbrief vom Dolmetschen (Wittenberg 1530) ARCH.8°.G.1530(9)
Hortulus Animae. Lustgarten der Seelen (Wittenberg: Georg Rhaus Erben 1558) 91.H.8