Heroism as a Global Phenomenon in Popular Culture
Thursday, September 28, 2017 |
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| From 14.00 | Coffee, Registration at FRIAS Freiburg |
| 15.00 | Introduction |
| 15.00 | Barbara Korte (Freiburg) & Simon Wendt (Frankfurt a. M.): ‘Global and Popular Heroism’: Theoretical Concepts and Approaches |
| Panel I: American Heroes Go Global 1 | |
| 15.30 | Nicole Falkenhayner, Maria-Xenia Hardt, Julia Ditter, Özlem Sarica (Freiburg): One Hero Fits All? The Case of ‘Doctor Strange’ and New Frictions in Cultural Translation |
| 16.00 | Dietmar Neutatz (Freiburg): ‘Guardians’ [Zašcitniki]: A Russian-Soviet Answer to Superman and Batman |
| 16.30 | Plenary Comments |
| 16.45 | Coffee |
| Panel II: American Heroes Go Global 2 | |
| 17.15 | Michael Butter (Tübingen): The Transnational Heroization of Donald Trump |
| 17.45 | Wolfgang Hochbruck (Freiburg): Axe and Helmet: The Increasing Range of New York Firefighters as (Super)Heroes |
| 18.15 | Plenary Comments |
| 19.30 | Dinner at FRIAS |
Friday, September 29, 2017 |
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| Panel I: Travelling Traditions | |
| 10.00 | Nadja Gernalzick (Mainz): The Hagakure between Japan, Germany and the US |
| 10.30 | Ricardo Mak (Hong Kong): Shaolin Martial Arts Heroes in Industrial Hong Kong |
| 11.00 | Binoy B. Agarwal (New Delhi): Reinventing Superheroes: Global Superheroes with an Indian Twist |
| 11.30 | Plenary Comments |
| 11.45 | Lunch at FRIAS |
| Panel II: Heroes or Villains? | |
| 13.15 | Sugata Nandi (Kolkata): Gangsters are Desi: Indianization of a Hollywood Stereotype |
| 13.45 | Ken Chitwood (Gainesville, FL): Hero and/or Villain?: ‘The 99’, Mixed Reception, & the Study and Popular Conceptualizations of Global Islam |
| 14.15 | Ariel Heryanto (Monash, AUS): The Transnational Interface of Heroes, Villains, and Those in Between |
| 14.45 | Plenary Comments |
| 15.00 | Coffee |
| Panel III: (Post)Imperial Heroes | |
| 15.30 | Konstanze N’Guessan (Mainz) & Mareike Späth (Frankfurt a. M.): ‘Y’a bon?’ Popularizing tirailleurs africains as heroes of (anti) colonialism |
| 16.00 | Michael Goodrum (Canterbury): Biggles, Britain and (Imperial?) Heroism |
| 16.30 | Sonjah S. Niaah (Mona, West Indies): ‘Outlaw Hero’ – Bob Marley, Reggae and Rastapolitism into the New Millennium |
| 17.00 | Plenary Comments |
| 19.00 | Conference Buffet |
| 20.00 | Film Screening at KoKi, Freiburg: Der große Japaner (2007) |
Saturday, September 30, 2017 |
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| From 9.00 | Coffee |
| Panel IV: Politics and Popular Culture | |
| 9.30 | Sotirios Kimon Mouzakis (Freiburg): Princess at Home, Heroine Around the World. Disney’s Female Protagonists as a Phenomenon of Global Heroism |
| 10.00 | Shuxi YIN (Hefei): Narratives about Heroes in Chinese Cinema: Analysis of Hero (2002) |
| 10.30 | Rüstem Ertug Altinay (New York): Gay Alien Seeking Democracy: Queer Adaptation, Heroism, and Political Critique in Turkey |
| 11.00 | Plenary Comments |
| 11.15 | Final Comments and Discussion |