500th Anniversary of the Reformation – Day's Events
October 23, 2017
German Embassy
500th Anniversary of the Reformation
Campus Weeks at CSULB
10:30 | German Club Schnitzeljagd Focusing on the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation | |
11:30 | German Club Pizza Party | |
12:15 | Greeting by Professor Markus Muller (RGRLL Chair) and Daniel Chaffey (Goethe-Institut in Los Angeles) | |
12:30 |
Reformation and Thirty Years War Dramatic Readings and Presentation of Martin Luther |
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1:00 | Lecture by Dr. Jeffrey L. High (CSULB): “Portrayals of Martin Luther in Goethe’s Götz von Berlichingen and Heinrich von Kleist’s Michael Kohlhaas” | |
1:30 | Lecture by Dr. Lisa Beesley (CSULB): “Martin Luther’s Legacy of Conversion: Clemens Brentano and Heinrich Heine” | |
2:00 | Break for Soft Drinks and Coffee/Tea | |
2:30 | Lecture by Dr. Clorinda Donato (CSULB): “‘This Heretic’s Arrogance Knows No Bounds!’: Constructing Luther in Early Modern Italy” | |
3:00 | Presentation of Abstracts for CSULB Reformation Essay Contest | |
3:30 | The Cambridge Reformation Quartet Directed by Rebecca Stewart (Harvard University) | |
Quartet: Joseph Olivier Gauvreau (bass) David William Hughes (alto) Matt Perkins (tenor) Rebecca Stewart (director, soprano) |
Featuring: Christine Marie Li (soprano) Patrick Tsoi-A-Sue (tenor) Emilio Valdez (bass) Tegan White-Nesbitt (alto) |
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4:30 | Break for Soft Drinks and Coffee/Tea | |
5:00 | Announcement of Awards for Photo Contest and Essay Contest | |
5:15 | Film Screening: Michael Kohlhaas – der Rebell (1969, dir. Volker Schlöndorff) with an introduction by Daniel Chaffey (Goethe-Institut in Los Angeles) |
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