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Week 7<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tuesday, 10 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brunch at Evita and Bjoern’s Farmchen<\/p>\n

8 p.m. at CIEE: Daniel Kahn<\/p>\n

Wednesday, 11 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

19:30<\/strong> Required*: Keynote talk at the Untying the Mother Tongue Conference, ICI Berlin, Daniel Boyarin:\u00a0Philological Investigations: The Concept of Cultural Translation in American Religious Studies<\/strong>. ICI Kulturlabor Berlin \/ Institute for Cultural Inquiry. \u00a0https:\/\/www.ici-berlin.org\/event\/704\/<\/a><\/b>\u00a0Christinenstr. 18\/19 or Sch\u00f6nhauser Allee 176. The ICI is hard to find and hard to find your way around; it is behind the Pfefferbraeu, where we ate our first supper together in Berlin, at the Senefelderplatz stop on the U2. \u00a0Plan to arrive early both to make sure you get a seat and that you find your way in. \u00a0Probably it is on the third or fourth floor; no signage, so just keep looking!<\/p>\n

Remember too to read both short selections from the two keynote speakers, Boyarin and Cixous, and to read one of them in its entirety (googledrive)<\/p>\n

Thursday, 12 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

14:15<\/strong> The Last Supper. Restaurant Pasternak.\u00a0<\/strong> Knaackstra\u00dfe 22\/24, 10405 Berlin, Germany.\u00a0 http:\/\/restaurant-pasternak.de\/en\/restaurant_pasternak.html<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 The restaurant is also accessible from the Senefelderplatz U2 station, and is a short walk from the ICI.\u00a0 (It is in the neighborhood on the other side of Sch\u00f6nhauser Allee, not in the direction of ICI.)<\/p>\n

18:00<\/strong> Required*: Keynote talk at the Untying the Mother Tongue Conference, ICI Berlin, Helene Cixous:\u00a0I say Allemagne<\/strong><\/p>\n

*see full conference schedule below; there are likely other sessions that will interest you!<\/em><\/p>\n

Friday, 13 May<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last day with host families. \u00a0Make sure Kathleen gets an updated Wanderbondage syllabus so she knows what your world looks like for the next weeks!<\/p>\n

*full conference schedule<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Wednesday,\u00a0 11 May 2016<\/b>
9:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Morning coffee
9:30-9:45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Introduction

Panel I: Rethinking the Mother Tongue<\/b>
9:45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Michael Eng
Philosophy\u2019s Mother Envy. Has There Yet Been a Deconstruction of the \u201cMother Tongue\u201d?<\/p>\n

10:15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Deborah Achtenberg
But You Don’t Get Used to Anything: Derrida on the Preciousness of the Singular<\/p>\n

10:45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Jakob Norberg
The Mother Tongue at School: Jacob Grimm<\/p>\n

11:15-11:45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Coffee break<\/p>\n

11:45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Micha Brumlik
Does an (Ethnic) People Need a Mother Language? Considerations About Fichte and Weisgerber<\/p>\n

12:15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Uli Linke
Speaking in Tongues. Language and Belonging in Europe<\/p>\n

12:45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Zsuzsa Baross
Mother Tongue at the Limit<\/p>\n

13:15-14:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Lunch break

Panel II: In Translation
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14:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Eran Shuali
Holy Tongue or Mother Tongue: The Choice of Language in Translations of the New Testament<\/p>\n

15:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Anastasia Telaak
Mother Tongue, Father’s Moses and \u201cthe Errant Verbal Matter.\u201d Translations of the Other\u2019s Language(s) in Alejandra Pizarnik\u2019s Writing of Trauma and Exile

Panel III: Hebrew. Mother of All Languages<\/b><\/p>\n

15:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Michael T. Miller
The Original Language and the Seventy Languages in Jewish Tradition<\/p>\n

16:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Reuven Kiperwasser
Mother Tongue\/Mother Land in Rabbinic Rhetoric<\/p>\n

16:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Cedric Cohen-Skalli
The Multilingualism of Isaac Abravanel:The Space of Hebrew within Christian Iberian Society<\/p>\n

17:00-17:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Coffee break<\/p>\n

17:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Zohar Weiman-Kelman
Dream of a Common Mame-Loshn. Yiddish Beyond the Mother Tongue<\/p>\n

18:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Elad Lapidot
The Infantile Native Speaker. Her Construction and Prohibition in the Event of the XX Century Hebrew<\/p>\n

18:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Federico Dal Bo
\u201cMy Mother Tongue is a Foreign Language:\u201d On Edmond Jab\u00e8s\u2019 Writing in Exile<\/p>\n

19:00-19:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Coffee break<\/p>\n

19:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Keynote by Daniel Boyarin<\/b>
Philological Investigations: The Concept of Cultural Translation in American Religious Studies<\/p>\n


Thursday,12 May 2016<\/b><\/p>\n

9:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Morning coffee<\/p>\n

Panel IV: Nostalgia, Trauma, and the Unconscious<\/b><\/p>\n

9:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Juliane Prade-Weiss
Scarspeak. For a Traumatic Notion of the Mother Tongue<\/p>\n

10:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Rivka Warshawsky
Afflicted by Lalangue: or, Mutism in the First Hebrew-Speaking Infant<\/p>\n

10:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Mathias Verger
Nostalgia and the Demythologisation of the Mother Tongue<\/p>\n

11:00-11:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Coffee break<\/p>\n

11:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Monica Monolachi
Avatars of Mother Tongue, with Samples of Romanian Poetry<\/p>\n

12:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Anne Isabelle Francois
Estranging the Mother Tongue<\/p>\n

12:30-14:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Lunch break

Panel V: Mother Tongue and Literature<\/b><\/p>\n

14:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Stefano Evangelista
Oscar Wilde\u2019s Salom\u00e9: The Daughter of Too Many Fathers<\/p>\n

14:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Jeffrey Champlin
\u201cI know you can cant\u201d.Slips of the Mother Tongue in F. Moten\u2019s B Jenkins<\/p>\n

15:00-15:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Coffee break<\/p>\n

15:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Ramsey McGlazer
The Manse of Mothers: Joyce, Reproduction, and the Past as Pensum<\/p>\n

16:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Nimrod Reitman
On the Stuttering of Language:Ingeborg Bachmann’s Inconsolable Silence<\/p>\n

16:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Antonio Castore
\u201cDie erfundene Wahrnehmung\u201d or the Pantomime of Words:On Herta M\u00fcller\u2019s Theoretical Writings<\/p>\n

17:00-17:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Closing Remarks<\/p>\n

17:30-18:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Coffee break<\/p>\n

18:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Keynote by H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Cixous<\/b>
I say Allemagne<\/p>\n

Prague Weekend, between Wk 6 and 7, May 7-9, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quick Reminders:<\/strong>
– Don’t forget to tell your host families that you will be away.
– Bring your passport. The hotel will collect all of them during check in and hold them for the duration of the stay, which is standard procedure in the Czech Republic. You will also then need it after check out in order to enter the Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty building.<\/p>\n

Saturday, 07 May<\/strong>
10:00 Meet at the Main Train Station (Hauptbahnhof)<\/strong>
Note: The station is huge. In order to make things simpler, let’s meet on the Washingtonplatz<\/strong> side of the station. This is the side without trams and buses. It is a large plaza next to the Spree River with a view of the Reichstag building.
11:00 Train departs Berlin
Train: EC 379, Wagon-Nr 255, Reserved seats: 13-16, 21-26, 31-36
Scheduled to depart from Track 1
15:28 Arrive in Prague 16:00 Check in at Hotel
Hotel Brixen
Sokolska\u0301 1796\/44, 120 00 Praha 2 Tel.: +420 222 765 703
Nearest Metro Stop: I.P. Pavolva<\/p>\n

16:15 Meet in hotel lobby to depart for city tour<\/strong>
Guide: Marie Homerova 18:30 Tour concludes<\/p>\n

19:30 Group Dinner<\/strong>
Maitrea
Ty\u0301nska\u0301 ulic\u030cka 1064\/6, Praha 1 – Old Town http:\/\/www.restaurace-maitrea.cz\/en_home.htm Tel. +420 221 711 631
Reservation under the name: CIEE Students<\/p>\n

Sunday, 08 May<\/strong>
Breakfast at the hotel (buffet from 06:30 until 11:00)
Early lunch on your own
11:45 Meet in hotel lobby<\/strong>
12:00 Depart for Tour of Jewish Quarter
Guide: Marie Homerova
14:00 Tour concludes at Kafka Museum
14:15 Visit Kafka Museum and discussion with Seth Rogoff<\/strong> (circa) 17:00 Return to hotel
Dinner on your own<\/p>\n

Monday, 09 May<\/strong>
Breakfast at the hotel (buffet from 06:30 until 11:00)
10:30 Check Out<\/strong>
During check out, be sure to store your luggage in the luggage room.<\/strong>
10:45 Meet in hotel lobby to depart for Radio Free Europe<\/strong>
*Don’t forget to bring your passport or you will be denied entry!
11:30 Visit Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty with Jana Klenhova<\/strong><\/p>\n

13:30 Group Lunch<\/strong>
Vinohradsky pivovar
Korunni\u0301 2506\/106, 101 00 Praha 10
http:\/\/www.vinohradskypivovar.cz\/
Tel. +420 607 040 120<\/p>\n

15:00 Return to hotel to pick up luggage<\/strong>
16:27 Train departs Prague<\/strong>
Train: EC 170, Wagon-Nr 257, Reserved seats: 11-16, 21-26, 33-36
20:58 Arrive at Berlin Hauptbahnhof<\/strong>
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Week 6 May 1-7, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, May 2 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Free<\/p>\n

Tuesday, May 3
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9:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Drop your Notizbuch off at the front desk and let them know it is for me.<\/p>\n

9:00-13:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Language Courses Continue<\/p>\n

14:00-16:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dienstags mit wem? pop-up salons<\/p>\n

Evening: optional, German film, hosted by Martin; look at CIEE for the notification of when and where. (8 p.m.?)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, May 4
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9:00-13:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Language Courses Continue TODAY ON WEDNESDAY!<\/p>\n

(NOTE: Language classes M, W<\/em>, F this week)<\/p>\n

Thursday, May 5 Christi Himmelfahrt\/Ascension Day
<\/strong><\/p>\n

No language class as today is a German National Holiday; group outing to the Deutsche Kinemathek Museum f\u00fcr Film und Fernsehen, which claims in spite of the holiday to be open! Note: this will displace the PsychicCity assignment, which you can choose to do on the weekend prior, the free Monday of this week, or postpone until after Prague.<\/p>\n

12:00-4:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meet at the Museum for Film and TV,\u00a0 Deutsche Kinemathek \u2013 Museum f\u00fcr Film und Fernsehen
Potsdamer Stra\u00dfe 2.\u00a0\u00a0 10785 Berlin.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Friday, May 6
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9:00-13:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Language Courses Continue<\/p>\n

13:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Break for lunch<\/p>\n

14:00-17:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Professor Eamon will meet with all students in Tempelhof<\/em> classroom<\/p>\n

Benjamin, Reflections, \u201cA Berlin Chronicle,\u201d 36-44.
Benjamin, Illuminations, \u201cFranz Kafka, On the Tenth Anniversary of his Death,\u201d pp.111-126.
Kafka: (note revisions from paper syllabus, now just ca. 20 pages)\u00a0 \u201cA Country Doctor,\u201d the shorter stories pp 379-384, and reread \u201cThe Silence of the Sirens.\u201d Pick one of these for which to explode a passage, this time elaborately and with drawings.<\/p>\n

Saturday, May 7-Monday, May 9. \u00a0 See above for Prague details.
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Week 5 April 22-29, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, April 25\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Optional, Kathleen and Lynarra will meet anyone who wants to get together and talk about their Wanderbondage plans and project at the Prater Biergarten at 4 p.m. If the weather is bad, we\u2019ll send an e-mail out specifying a location near there where we can get together in-of-doors.<\/p>\n

Tuesday, April 26<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00-13:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Language Courses Continue<\/p>\n

14:00-16:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dienstags mit wem? pop-up salons<\/p>\n

Evening: optional, German film, hosted by Martin; look at CIEE for the notification of when and where. (8 p.m.?)<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 27<\/strong><\/p>\n

14:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gather in front of the Tourist Information Center on the side of Brandenburg Gate closest to the US Embassy.\u00a0 <\/strong>Address: Pariser Platz.\u00a0\u00a0 Nearest Public Transit Stop: S + U Brandenburger Tor. **Can\u2019t find the group? Call or text Rachel: 0157 5211 3533 (from a German phone)<\/em><\/p>\n

15:00-17:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.\u00a0<\/strong> Guided overview of the exhibition and a moderated discussion<\/p>\n

18:00-19:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Topography of Terror.<\/strong>\u00a0 Guided overview of the permanent exhibition in the documentation center<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 28 <\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00-13:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Language Courses Continue<\/p>\n

19:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Optional: Recurrences<\/em>\u00a0Symposium<\/em><\/strong>,<\/em> ICI Berlin. \u00a0Christinenstra\u00dfe 18-19, 10119 Berlin<\/span> . \u00a0 \u00a0 Keynote: James T. Siegel. Gift, Fetish, Magic<\/b><\/p>\n

Friday, April 29
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9:00-13:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Language Courses Continue<\/p>\n

13:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Break for lunch<\/p>\n

14:00-17:00 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Professor Eamon will meet with all students in Tempelhof<\/em> classroom<\/p>\n

Benjamin, Reflections, <\/em>\u201cA Berlin Chronicle,\u201d 29-36.\u2028<\/p>\n

Yildiz, Yasemin.\u00a0 Beyond the Mother Tongue<\/em>, portions of each chapter:\u2028<\/p>\n

*\u201cSurviving the Mother Tongue: Literal Translation and Trauma in Emine Sevgi \u00d6zdamar,\u201d 143-147<\/p>\n

* \u201cInventing a Motherless Tongue: Mixed Language and Masculinity in Feridun Zaimoglu,\u201d 169-182<\/p>\n

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Week 4 (Known as Week III on the CIEE itinerary), April 18-25<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, April 18 <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

12:10 Meet in front of the Jewish Museum Berlin – J\u00fcdisches Museum Berlin, Lindenstra\u00dfe 9-14, 10969 Berlin.\u00a0 Our guide will meet us there once we’re gathered and it will take 20-30 minutes to pass through security.\u00a0 The museum spans a very long stretch of history, which you can explore after we hear about “The Emergence of the Modern Age: Jews in the Kaiserreich and the Weimar Republic.”\u00a0
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Tuesday, April 19<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00-13:00 Language Courses Continue: Classroom Change<\/span> (for today only).\u00a0 Beginning<\/strong> Level meets in Tempelhof<\/em> classroom. Intermediate\/Advanced<\/strong> Levels meets in the Conference Room of Haus B<\/em>\u201d(Please gather in the lobby and Jan will walk with the entire group to the conference room).<\/p>\n

14:00-15:30 Dienstags mit Wem<\/em> pop-up salons on Auserw\u00e4hlten<\/em> texts.\u00a0 Likely that we’ll regroup for a few minutes at 3:30 this week to meet a guest.\u00a0 Kathleen will be with the Adorno\/Autonomy group, Lynarra with the Yildiz\/Adorno group.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 20
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16:00 Meet in front of the Berlin Wall Memorial Documentation Center. <\/strong>Bernauer Stra\u00dfe 11<\/p>\n

The Documentation Center is directly across from Nordbahnhof S-Bahn<\/em> station, served by the S1, S2, and S25 S-Bahn lines.<\/p>\n

Additional directions here: http:\/\/www.berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de\/en\/directions-164.html <\/a><\/p>\n

**Can\u2019t find the group? Call or text Rachel: 0157 5211 3533 (from a German phone)<\/p>\n

18:00 Tour of the Berlin Wall Memorial concludes; group proceeds to the Prater Biergarten<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 21
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9:00-13:00 Language Courses Continue<\/p>\n

Afternoon PsychicCity, with post by 22:00.\u00a0 PsychicCity MENU by the week Berlin 2016<\/a><\/p>\n

Friday, April 22
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9:00-13:00 Language Courses Continue
13:00 Break for lunch
14:00-17:00 Professor Eamon will meet with all students in Tempelhof classroom for seminar.\u00a0 Passagenwerk<\/em> Readings:<\/p>\n

Benjamin, Reflections,<\/em> \u201cA Berlin Chronicle,\u201d 20-29.<\/p>\n

*Benjamin, Illuminations,<\/em> \u201cThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction,\u201d 217-224*<\/p>\n

Didi-Huberman, Images in Spite of All<\/em>, 3-17<\/p>\n

*Adorno, \u201cThe Concept of Enlightenment,\u201d 155-161 (top of page)<\/p>\n

Reminder:\u00a0 Anytime that you leave Berlin, please inform the site staff about your travel plans using the CIEE Berlin Travel Notification Form:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/CIEE-Berlin-Travel<\/a><\/p>\n

Week 3 (Known as Week II on the CIEE itinerary), April 10-17<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday, April 11<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

12:10 Meet at the Boros Bunker, for a group tour.\u00a0 Reinhardtstra\u00dfe 20, 10117 Berlin.\u00a0 The Boros Collection is a private collection of contemporary art. It contains groups of works by international artists dating from 1990 to the present. Different facets of the collection have been on public display since 2008 in a converted bunker, situated in Berlin-Mitte, with 3000 sqm of exhibition space spread over 80 rooms.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

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Tuesday, April 12<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00-13:00 Language Courses Continue<\/p>\n

Wednesday, April 13<\/strong><\/p>\n

10:15 Meet at Kottbusser Tor U-Bahn Station<\/p>\n

10:30 Street Art in Berlin
We will meet with Evelyn, a Berlin street artist, who will take us on a walking tour to see some of the best stencil art, throw-ups, mural art, paste-ups and taggings. She will explain a little about the artists, their motivations and her own methods.<\/p>\n

Thursday, April 14<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00-13:00 Language Courses Continue
13:00 Break for lunch<\/p>\n

Friday, April 15<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00-13:00 Language Courses Continue
13:00 Break for lunch
14:00 Professor Eamon will meet with all students in Tempelhof classroom for seminar.<\/p>\n

Benjamin, Reflections,<\/em> \u201cA Berlin Chronicle,\u201d 12-20* (missing from the paper syllabus) and Passagenwerk<\/em> Readings:<\/p>\n

*Adorno, \u201cThe Autonomy of Art,\u201d 239-244<\/p>\n

Yildiz, Yasemin. Beyond the Mother Tongue<\/em>, portions of each chapter:<\/p>\n

* \u201cThe Foreign in the Mother Tongue: Words of Foreign \u2028Derivation and Utopia in Theodor W. Adorno,\u201d 67-77 \u2028<\/p>\n

* \u201cDetaching from the Mother Tongue: Bilingualism \u2028and Liberation in Yoko Tawada,\u201d\u00a0 109-112 and 120-121<\/p>\n

*Benjamin, Illuminations,<\/em> \u201cTheses on the Philosophy of History,\u201d Theses VIII and IX (257-258)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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End<\/span> of Week 1, April 1, through Week 2
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Friday, April 1
Arrival in Berlin<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

1:00 PM Orientation at CIEE <\/strong>Students arrive on their own to CIEE by 1:00 PM on Friday, April 1st. Orientation begins in the early afternoon. Light lunch, program overview, local logistics, health and safety. Welcome packet: transit pass, emergency contact card, map.<\/p>\n

5:00 PM Travel with host family to home stay<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday, April 2<\/strong>
3:15\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meet in front of the Tourist Information Center on the side of the Brandenburg Gate closest to the US Embassy. <\/strong> (address: Pariser Platz<\/em>, nearest transit stop: S + U Brandenburger Tor)<\/em><\/p>\n

3:30\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Berlin Walking Tour, <\/strong>6:00 PM Welcome Dinner <\/strong>at restaurant Pfefferbr\u00e4u<\/em> (address: Sch\u00f6nhauser Allee<\/em> 176)<\/p>\n

Week 2, Apr 3 \u2013 9<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday and Monday, April 3 and 4:<\/strong> Free days. Consult program handbook at syllabus (\u201cKulturbingo”)<\/em> for suggested activities and places to explore around the city.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday, April 5:<\/strong><\/p>\n

9:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Language Courses Begin<\/strong>. Beginning in Mitte <\/em>classroom, Int\/Adv in Tempelhof. <\/em>Language classes will meet Tuesday, Thursdays, and Fridays<\/strong> unless otherwise specified.<\/p>\n

2:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Special one hour session: Syllabus meeting. <\/strong>Tempelhof<\/em> classroom.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday, April 6: <\/strong>City Office of Development, Spreefeld and M\u00e4rchenpark.<\/p>\n

9:45\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meet on the platform at Jannowitzbr\u00fccke<\/em> S-Bahn Station \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Served by the S7, S5, S75 lines<\/em><\/p>\n

10:00\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Site Visit<\/strong>: City Office of Development, Spreefeld and M\u00e4rchenpark. <\/strong>View Berlin from an urban planning perspective and tour the grounds of two sites representing Berlin\u2019s competing priorities and community involvement in development initiatives. The Spreefeld Cooperative is located in the Urban Renewal District \u201cN\u00f6rdliche Luisenstadt<\/em>\u201d, created by the local government specially to improve access to the Spree River and to develop a public path along the shore. This public planning process began officially in 2011 and is expected to continue for another decade.<\/p>\n

Thursday and Friday, reminder: <\/strong>Language classes, 9-1:00.<\/p>\n

2-5:00 Friday Seminar at CIEE: Passagenwerk Readings.<\/em> <\/strong>*means candidate for next Tuesday\u2019s Ausgew\u00e4hlte<\/em> texts, which you\u2019ll find in the googledrive folder to which Kathleen will have provided a link.<\/p>\n

Huyssen, Twilight Memories, <\/em>\u201cEscape from Amnesia: The Museum as Mass Medium\u201d (pdf distributed by e-mail before quarter-begin)<\/p>\n

Benjamin, Reflections, <\/em>\u201cA Berlin Chronicle,\u201d 3-12 (we will read the whole of this over these five weeks)<\/p>\n

*Bernstein, Jay. Fate of Art<\/em>, \u201cMemorial Aesthetics: Kant\u2019s Critique of Judgement,<\/em>\u201d 17-18, 53-55, 62-65<\/p>\n

*Adorno, \u201cCulture Industry Reconsidered,\u201d 230-233 (top of page)<\/p>\n

*Buck-Morss, The Origins of Negative Dialectics,<\/em> \u2018Intellectual Beginnings,\u201d 1-5<\/p>\n

*Buck-Morss, from New German Critique (journal)<\/em> \u201cThe Fl\u00e2neur, the Sandwichman and the Whore: The Politics of Loitering,\u201d 99-middle of 102<\/p>\n

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