As announced earlier this year, from 12 to 14 December the University of Halle-Wittenberg will host the interdisciplinary conference Silence in Analogue and Digital Communication in Western Modernity. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Its Variety and Change.
This event is organized by the Arbeitskreis Sprache, Geschichte, Politik und Kommunikation in cooperation with Martin-Luther-University’s Chair of Modern and Contemporary History.
The conference begins with a panel discussion (in German) involving experts from journalism and various academic disciplines, who will tackle the many tensions between speech and silence apparent in current democratic regimes. This event is open to the public and entry is free. It takes place in the university’s main building (Löwengebäude, Universitätsplatz 11).
Many thanks in advance to Karoline Preisler, Melani Schröter, Annamária Fábián, and Till Kössler for their willingness to join in this discussion.
On Friday and Saturday, we continue with a dense program of presentations from the fields of history, literature, media studies, linguistics, memory studies and philosophy. Again, anyone is very welcome to attend one or more of the panels. Please note the different venue for Friday and Saturday: the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies, Franckeplatz 1 – Haus 54.
The organizing committee includes: Torsten Leuschner (Ghent), Judith Visser (Bochum), Annamária Fábián (Bayreuth), Armin Owzar (Paris), Melani Schroeter (Reading), Igor Trost (Passau), and myself.
Many thanks in advance to all those participating in the conference, to my co-organizers, as well as to my colleagues at the Chair of Modern History, who have made this possible.
To dowload the program, click here.
Theo Jung 