Projekte: Symposien, Kongresse, Konzerte
Organisation oder Moderation von Sektionen auf dem International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds, Großbritannien
2011 Sektion: Medieval Heroic Epics between East and West: New Intercultural Approaches.
Sponsor: Baku Slavic University, Azerbaijan / Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft. Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann, Frankfurt am Main. Moderator: Sieglinde Hartmann.
Paper a: Narrator Comments in the Heroic Epics of the European Middle Ages and of the Central Asian Turkic Peoples; Speaker: Karl Reichl, Bonn.
Paper b: New Aspects of the Transition between Orality and Literacy in the Nibelungenlied; Speaker: Prof. Edward R. Haymes, Cleveland State University.
Paper c: Intertextuality of Cultural Paradigms in the ‘Kitab Dede Korgut’ and ‘Nibelungenlied’; Speaker: Rahilya Geybullayeva, Baku, Azerbaijan.
2010 Sektion: Oswald von Wolkenstein (1376/77-1445): A Travelling Knight and his Poetic Explorations of the World.
Sponsor: Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft / Associazione di Cultura Medioevale, Trieste. Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann, Frankfurt am Main. Moderator: Siegrid Schmidt, Salzburg.
Paper a: Wolkenstein’s Explorer’s Curiosity and his Poetical Exploration of the World; Speaker: Sieglinde Hartmann, Frankfurt/Main.
Paper b: Oswald von Wolkenstein: The Perception of the Iberian Peninsula and the Enactment of the Self; Speaker: Juergen Rauter, Duesseldorf.
Paper c: The Surprising Adventures of Oswald von Wolkenstein; Speaker: Prof. Dr. Tomas Tomasek, Muenster.
Paper d: New Autobiographical Experience vs. New Autobiographical Identity; Speaker: Paola Schulze-Belli, Trieste.
2009 Sektion: Heretics and their Hell in East and West.
Sponsors: Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft / Associazione di Cultura Medioevale, Trieste. Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann. Moderator: Uta Goerlitz, Munich.
Paper a: Early Medieval Visionaries on Heretics in Hell; Speaker: Paola Schulze-Belli, Trieste.
Paper b: Conceptions of Japanese Purgatory and Buddhist Heretics; Speaker: YukoTagaya, Yokohama.
Paper c: Heretic Hussites, Oswald von Wolkenstein and his Song of the Hell; Speaker: Sieglinde Hartmann, Frankfurt am Main.
Paper d: Heresy and Hell in Early Modern Religious Polemic: Jesuits as Heretics; Speaker: Ursula Paintner, Muenster.
2009 Sektion: About Bridal Quest: Heroes and Anti-Heroes between Conquest and Sexual Desire.
Sponsors: Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft, Università degli Studi di Urbino, Facoltà di lingue e letterature straniere. Organiser: Patrizia Mazzadi. Moderator: Sieglinde Hartmann.
Paper a: It began in the North? Origin and Development of the Bridal Quest Motive: An Open Question; Speaker: Patrizia Mazzadi, Urbino.
Paper b: Conquering the Unknown: The Bridal Quest Motif in the Willehalm Trilogy; Speaker: Cordula Boecking-Politis, Dublin.
Paper c: The Timing of Desire in Day Three of Boccaccio’s Decamerin; Speaker: Margaret Escher, New York.
2009 Sektion: Syphilis, the Death of Emperor Maximilian I in 1519 and the Aftermath.
Sponsors: Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft, Uniwersytet Mikolaja Kopernika w Toruniu. Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann, Frankfurt am Main, and Jaroslaw Wenta, Torun. Moderator: Sieglinde Hartmann.
Paper a: Syphilis - A Contemporary View on the Biology and Pathology of a Disease with Tremendous Individual and Historical Implications; Speaker: Jan Kiesslich, Salzburg.
Paper b: Emperor Maximilian’s I Life and Death with Syphilis; Speaker: Kaethe Sonnleitner, Graz.
Paper 3: The Dying Emperor and the Destiny of Europe; Speaker: Jaroslaw Wenta, Torun.
2008 3 Sektionen - Three sessions
Tuesday 08 July: 09.00-10.30, Bodington: Music Room – LOGIC, ALLEGORY, AND THE NATURAL WORLD
Explaining the Natural World in the Early Middle Ages (Christophe Ehrismann, Cambridge), Fitra and Tabi'ya: Man's Nature between Creation and Philosophy in Al-Ghazali (Zora Hesova, Munich), The World as Frame: Measure, Vision, and Perspective in the Allegorical Body-Worlds of Opicino de Canistris (1296-1354) (Karl Peter Whittington, University of California, Berkeley)
Tuesday 09 July: 16.30-18.00, Weetwood: Kirkstall Room – THE NATURAL WORLD IN PHILOSOPHY, ART, AND LITERATURE OF THE LATE MIDDLE AGES
Wilderness and Emotions by Aristotelian Thinkers (13th - 15th Centuries) (Benedicte Sere, Paris), The Walrus and the Rhinoceros: Albrecht Dürer and the Exotic (David H. Kennett, Stratford-upon-Avon College), The Function of the Natural World in the Epic of Wigoleis (Cora Dietl, Giessen, Germany), Die Rolle der Natur in den Kurzfassungen des 'Wildehelm von Oesterreich' (W. Günther Rohr;
Wednesday 09 July: 11.15-12.45, Bodington: Woodsley Common Room – THE (SENSUAL) PERCEPTION OF DIVINE NATURE BY MEDIEVAL MYSTICS
Human Nature and Divine Nature: The Perception of Body and Soul in Mechthild of Magdeburg's Book The Flowing Light of the Godhead (Paola Schulze-Belli, Trieste), When Supernatural Becomes Daily Life: Mystical Experience in the Sisterbook of Adelhausen (Dagmar Gottschall, Leece, Italy), The Perception of Divine Nature in the Book of Margery Kempe (Naoe Kukita Yoshikawa, Shizuoka University, Japan).
2007 3 Sektionen Cities, Myths, and Literature - Three sessions, organised by Sieglinde Hartmann on behalf of the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft, are intended to find new connections between ancient myths, historical relevance and medieval constructions of (real or imagined) cities in literature. A special focus on Asian cities such as Qara Qorum and Tokyo should allow shedding new light on specific aspects of Western and Eastern images of cities and their importance.
Monday 09 July: 11.15-12.45, Weetwood: Headingley Room 3
Mythical Cities and Cities in Myths (Paola Schulze-Belli, Trieste), Jerusalem in Jewish Imagination (Edith Wenzel, Berlin), Basilius Plinius and His “Encomium to the Great City of Riga, Metropolis of Livonia” (1595 - Kaspars Klavins, Riga);
Monday 09 July: 14.15-15.45, Weetwood: Headingley Room 3
Grippia, a City in a Pre-courtly German Epic: Literary Fantasy or Myth? (Jasmin Behrouzi-Rühl, Frankfurt am Main), The Image of the Medieval Utopian City (Tessa Morrison, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia), Heavenly Jerusalem as a locus amoenus in medieval (and Early Modern) Polish Literature (Jacek Kowzan, Glasgow);
Monday 09 July: 16.30-18.00, Weetwood: Headingley Room 3
A Medieval’s Poet Sense of Humour: Oswald von Wolkenstein and Emperor Sigismund in Paris (Sieglinde Hartmann, Frankfurt am Main), Qara Qorum, the First Mongol Capital in Eastern and Western Literature (Romesh Gyaram Molle, Würzburg), Kyoto in Myth and Literature (Yuko Tagaya, Tokyo).
2006 Sektion “The Teutonic Knights in the Baltics I: Conventual Life and Liturgy”;
Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann and Jaroslaw Wenta; Life in Teutonic convents between Statues and Practice (Piotr Olinski, Torun), Art and Liturgy in Teutonic Castle Churches ( Michal Wozniak, Torun), The Teutonic Order and its Musical Culture in the 15th Century (Pawel Gancarczyk, Warszawa).
The papers will be published in a new series edited by Jaroslaw Wenta at the University of Torun.
2006 Sektion “The Teutonic Knights in the Baltics II: Literature and Libraries”;
Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann and Jaroslaw Wenta; Chances and Risks of a Regional History of Literature.
The Example of the Teutonic Order (Freimut Löser, Augsburg), The Use of the Bible in Convents of the Teutonic Order (Klaus Vogelgsang, Augsburg), The End of History? Johannes Renner Bremensis and the ‘Livonian Rhymed Chronicle’ (Michael Neecke, Regensburg).
The papers will be published in a new series edited by Jaroslaw Wenta at the University of Torun.
2006 Sektion “The Teutonic Knights in the Baltics III: Visual Arts and Architecture”;
Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann and Jaroslaw Wenta; Style and Iconology of Visual Arts in Teutonic Prussia (Monika Jakubek-Raczkowska, Torun), The Myth of Gog and Magog in Pictorial Art of the Teutonic Order (Marcin Osowski, Torun), The Influence of Teutonic Castle Architecture on Polish Neighbours in the 15th Century (Wieslaw Sieradzan, Torun), Military Architecture and Military Medical Surgery in Prussia (Bernhard Schnell, Göttingen).
The papers will be published in a new series edited by Jaroslaw Wenta at the University of Torun.
2006 Sektion “The Rise of the Mongolian Empire and its Impact on Medieval World”.
Organiser: Sieglinde Hartmann and Jaroslaw Wenta; Chinggis Khan and his Image in Western Literature (Romesh Gyaram-Molle, Wuerzburg), The Battle of Liegnitz (1241) and its Aftermath (Aleksander Paron, Wroclaw, Poland), Het’um the Armenian: A Historiographer between the Mongol Empire and the Latin West (Wilhelm Baum, Klagenfurt, Austria).
The papers will be published in a new series edited by Jaroslaw Wenta at the University of Torun.
2006 Sektion “Islands of The World and The Seven Seas in Medieval Myth and History” I mit folgenden Beiträgen:
Islands in Celtic Myths and Medieval Literature: Avalon (Paola Schulze-Belli, Trieste),
Cyprus in Medieval and Early Modern Travel Accounts (Maria E. Dorninger, Salzburg),
Far Eastern Islands and its Myths: Japan (Yuko Tagaya, Kanto Gakuin University, Tokyo).
Die Drucklegung der Vorträge ist unter dem Titel „Islands in Medieval Myths and History“, in: Beihefte zur MEDIAEVISTIK, Frankfurt am Main 2008 geplant.
2006 Sektion “Islands of The World and The Seven Seas in Medieval Myth and History” II mit folgenden Beiträgen:
Insular Myths in the ‘Nibelungenlied’: Was Siegfried slain on an Island? (Sieglinde Hartmann),
Holy Islands and their Christianisation in Medieval Prussia (Jaroslaw Wenta, Torun, Poland),
Insulae: Misses, Myths, and Mexico (James Ogier, Roanoke College, Salem, Virginia).
2005 2 Sektionen zum Thema “Islands of The World and The Seven Seas in Medieval Myth and History” mit Beiträgen von Paola Schulze-Belli (Triest), Sieglinde Hartmann (Frankfurt am Main), James Ogier (Salem, USA), Richard F. Byrn (Leeds), Aleks Pluskowski (Cambridge), Albrecht Classen (Tucson, USA), Patrizia Mazzadi (Vicenza).
Die Drucklegung der Vorträge ist unter dem Titel „Islands in Medieval Myths and History“, in: Beihefte zur MEDIAEVISTIK, Frankfurt am Main 2008 geplant.
2005 Sektion „Literary Images of Youth and Medieval Heroes“ mit Beiträgen von Claudia Brinker–von der Heyde (Kassel), Cordula Politis (Dublin), Käthe Sonnleitner (Graz), Edward Haymes (Cleveland), Neil Thomas (Durham).
2005 Sektion “A Genius Revisited: Enea Silvio Piccolomini (1405-1464) and his 600th Birthday”, mit Beiträgen von Wilhelm Baum (Klagenfurt), Cora Dietl (Tübingen), Maria Dorninger (Salzburg) und Reinhard Strohm (Oxford).
2004 Sponsor der Sektion “Jewish Culture within the Holy Roman Empire: An Antagononistic or Symbiotic Relationship?” mit Beiträgen von Martin Przybilski, Trier, Manuela Niesner, Heidelberg und Winfried Frey, Frankfurt am Main.
2004 Sektion „Interaction of Cultures in German Literature of the Middle Ages“ mit Beiträgen von Patrizia Mazzadi, München, Edward R. Haymes und Cleveland State University, Ohio, und Cordula Politis, Trinity College Dublin.
2004 Sektion „Petrarch in Germany: Medieval Reception and Modern Medievalism“ mit Beiträgen von Otto Arnold, Marburg, Cora Dietl, Tuebingen, Maria E. Dorninger, Salzburg, und Patrizia Mazzadi, Vicenza.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in ‚Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft’, Band 16, 2006/2007.
2003 Sektion „Heroism and Power in Medieval Literature“ mit Beiträgen von Bettina Bildhauer, Cambridge, Alan Robertshaw und Richard Hitchcock, Exeter.
2003 Sektion “The Authority of the Bible and the Power of Change in Theological Theory and Language History“, mit Beiträgen von Alice Chapman, Clare College, University of Cambridge, Claudia Wich-Reif, Freie Universät, Berlin, Franz Simmler, Freie Universität, Berlin.
2003 Sektion „Sports of the Powerful: The Medieval Hunt“ mit Beiträgen von Aleksander Grzegorz Pluskowski, Cambridge, Siegrid Schmidt, Salzburg und Silvia Ranawake, London.
2002 Sektion „German Dawn Songs and their Castles“ mit Beiträgen von Ricarda Bauschke, Berlin, John Greenfield, Porto, und Anette Volfing, Oxford.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in: Die Burg im Minnesang und als Allegorie im deutschen Mittelalter. Hrsg. von Ricarda Bauschke. Frankfurt am Main 2006 (= Kultur, Wissenschaft, Literatur. Beiträge zur Mittelalterforschung, Bd. 10.).
2002 Sektion “Reconstructing the Medieval Environment and its Impact on Human Mind: Castles - Real and Imagined“ mit Beiträgen von Paola Schulze-Belli, Käthe Sonnleitner und Siegrid Schmidt.
2001 Sektion „Reconstructing the Medieval Environment and its Impact on Human Mind: Pet and Domestic Animals“ mit Beiträgen von Malcolm H. Jones, Sheffield, und Albrecht Classen, Tucson, Arizona.
2001 Sektion “Reconstructing the Medieval Environment and its Impact on Human Mind: Gardens - Real and Imagined“ mit Beiträgen von Paola Schulze-Belli, Triest, Anja Grebe, Nürnberg, und Marlu Kühn, Basel.
2000 Sektion „Reconstructing the Medieval Environment and its Impact on Human Mind: Flora“ mit Beiträgen von Gerhardt Helmstaedter, Köln, Gertrud Blaschitz, Krems, Marlu Kühn, Basel, und Sieglinde Hartmann.
2000 Sektion „Reconstructing the Medieval Environment and its Impact on Human Mind: Fauna” mit Beiträgen von Nigel W. Harris, Florida, Malcolm Jones, Sheffield, und Peter Dinzelbacher, Princeton, USA.
Selected papers of these sessions are published in: MEDIAEVISTIK, Beihefte Band 8, “Fauna and Flora”, Frankfurt am Main 2007.
2000 Sektion „Perception of Eternity in Medieval German Literature“ mit Beiträgen von Paola Schulze-Belli, Triest, Arnold Otto, Düsseldorf, und Richard Byrn, Leeds.
1999 Sektion „Oswald von Wolkenstein in New Translations and New Recordings“ mit Beiträgen von Alan Robertshaw, Exeter, Paola Schulze-Belli, Triest, und Martin Schubert, Köln.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in ‚Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft’, Band 13, 2000/2001.
1998 Sektion “Translating the Medieval Mystics: New Approaches to their Interpretation“ mit Beiträgen von Paola Schulze-Belli, Triest, Margarete Hubrath, Chemnitz, und Gabriella Del Lungo, Florenz.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in ‚Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft’, Band 11, 1999.
1997 Sektion „Law and Iconography“ mit Beiträgen von Wolfgang Schild, Bielefeld, Dagmar Hüpper, Münster, und Gernot Kocher, Graz.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in ‚Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft’, Band 11, 1999.
1996 Sektion „Love-Letters in the Middle Ages: Facts and Fiction“ mit Beiträgen von Martin Schubert, Köln, Frank Fürbeth, Frankfurt/M. und Max Schiendorfer, Zürich.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in ‚Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft’, Band 11, 1999.
1995 Sektion „Poetry and Music“ mit Beiträgen von Rebecca J. Davies, Leeds, Henriette Straub, Amsterdam, und Reinhard Strohm, Oxford.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in ‚Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft’, Band 9, 1996/1997.
1994 Sektion „Oswald von Wolkenstein and the Mediterranean“ mit Beiträgen von Sieglinde Hartmann, Alan Robertshaw, Exeter, und Albrecht Classen, Tucson, USA.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in ‚Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft’, Band 8, 1994/1995.
International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A:
1998 33rd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S.A., 7. - 10. Mai, zusammen mit Ulrich Müller Organisation der Sektion „Oswald von Wolkenstein and Spain“ mit Beiträgen von Albrecht Classen, Tucson, Arizona, James Ogier, Roanoke College, u. S. Hartmann.
Drucklegung der Vorträge in ‚Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft’, Band 11, 1999.